The Forehand Press Slot
This position is magic on the forehand. I call it “the press slot,” because it’s the moment your stroke’s final powerful muscle group – the chest – engages to press the your racket through...
Positive, Neutral, and Negative Balance
Here’s a simple way to understand the basics of balance in tennis. Shots can be played in: In a perfect world, we’d play every shot in positive balance. Positive balance lets us recruit the...
Balance Secrets in Tennis
Many skills in tennis are easily visible – any casual Wimbledon fan will be quick to gawk at Carlos Alcaraz’s incredible forehand or be awed by Roger Federer’s immaculate feel. Movement is equally visible...
Alcarize Your Dropshot
In the Barcelona 2023 final, Carlos Alcaraz hit nine drop shot winners against Stefanos Tsitsipas. Nine. In two sets. How is Carlos Alcaraz so unbelievably lethal with this shot, when most on the tour...
1 Habit For Perfect Ball Striking
Would you believe me if I told you the shot Aryna Sabalenka is executing above can actually be practiced without a tennis court? Well, it can. There exists one, singular habit you can adopt...
Stop Finishing Over Your Shoulder
The image above is Frances Tiafoe’s follow-through after a serve return. Looks terrible right? The shot must have been a shank, or if it did hit the strings, must have produced some sort of...
4 Steps to Stroke Production
All strokes in tennis, and I mean all strokes, share 4 key elements. While the specifics of implementation vary for each stroke, at a fundamental level, high quality ball striking requires four things things....
Coco’s Cannon
You’re 5’ 9’’, 140 lbs (1.79m, 64kg), and female. How hard can you serve? Answer: at least 124 mph (200 km/h), because that’s how fast the rocket Coco Gauff threw down in her third...
Alcarize Your Forehand
There’s one defining aspects of Carlos Alcaraz’s world class forehand that often gets overlooked – generous use of gravity. Carlos’s unique mechanics are precisely the result of this technical decision, so let’s dive in...
How to Hit the Perfect Forehand
The calendar just switched over to April, and I’d like to christen the new month by recapping the technical underpinnings behind a perfect forehand. Before we start, a quick word of warning: Don’t click...