In short, you are almost certainly not good in practice either. Re-contextualize the information you receive from practice, and you’ll stop being confused by your match level. How You Start Matters It’s the start...
Every elite player has elite footwork. Every elite stroke is preceded by elite footwork, and non-elite strokes are almost always preceded by equally non-elite footwork. Ergo, good footwork causes good ball-striking, right? Not quite....
“Rhythm” in tennis means different things to different players, but here’s how I’ll define it: You are “in rhythm” when your neurological pattern has calibrated itself in the near-term. As you get “in rhythm”,...
Attention is a limited resource. As you play, hundreds of sensations, decisions, and distractions compete for your limited attention. Executive function is your ability to manage that. I’ve actually written about executive function already,...
We cannot access our forehand swings directly – we only have access to the Forehand Function, a neurological process that runs in the brain, which processes our sensory inputs into movement. What physically occurs...
Imagine you’re at the eye doctor, staring at the vision chart. You can see every single line in perfect acuity, even the tiniest line at the very bottom. You have excellent vision, right? Not...
In 1974, Tim Gallway wrote a book called The Inner Game of Tennis which contains, to this day, one of the most useful models for improving in sport. His thesis was simple – if...
Your forehand is a neurological pattern: a mental function that receives sensory input, and outputs a set of movements which will, hopefully, lead to an effective strike on the ball. My job is to...
This position is magic on the forehand. I call it “the press slot,” because it’s a dynamic position you reach by pressing with your pecs – the strong muscles in your chest. If you...
Tennis is a series of strikes, and strikes are like snowflakes – no two are exactly the same. No two forehands are exactly the same. No two backhands are exactly the same. What matters...