Triple Flexion Athleticism
There’s a lot that goes into athletic movement, but the basic idea is pretty simple – the more muscle you can recruit to help you move and balance, the more athletic you’re going to...
Smashing Through Plateaus
There are three critical, broad skill classes you need to master in order to be an elite tennis player. In order, they are: If you’re good at these three things, you’ll be an elite...
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...
Bad Decisions… Or Just Bad?
What do Karue Sell and Scott Adams have in common? Believe it or not, both have addressed a very common, often misunderstood match play decision: When should I take my forehand up the line?...
5 Critical Serving Insights
The serve is a technically difficult shot, but that doesn’t mean you can’t master it. Below are five critical insights that aren’t immediately obvious when you start your serving journey. Internalize them, and it...
Zverev’s Brutal Injury – What Can We Learn?
Nothing is more painful, frustrating, and sometimes, devastating, than injury. We all remember the great Roger Federer shedding tears after losing the 2009 Australian Open final, only to beat Andy Roddick at Wimbledon later...
Why You Can’t Return a Kick Serve (Saccadic Blindness)
When you watch professional players return serve, they rarely look rushed, and when a player hits heavy spin at them, they never look bothered. There’s a clip from an exhibition tournament were Federer requests...
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...
Is “Snap Your Wrist” Good Advice?
Well… no. Not empirically, anyway. Just look around at your local courts, club, or league, and you’ll see plenty of “wrist snapping,” despite seeing precious little, you know… good serving. The cue just doesn’t...