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Featured Articles – January 2011 Archive (13)

“Cut back on your errors”

Most of the points in a tennis match are over after only three or four hits. At every level, the majority of points are lost and not won. This means that most of the points are won due to errors rather than winners.

 

The best way to understand errors is to learn the four mistakes in tennis. They are:

  • hitting the ball into the net
  • hitting the ball over the baseline
  • hitting the ball wide to the left
  • hitting the ball wide to the…
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Added by Steven White on January 27, 2011 at 7:20am — 4 Comments

How to Develop Bone Crushing Serves.

 

There are many different muscles that contribute to the velocity and power of your Tennis Serve. And not only does each muscle deserve specific attention, but as a whole the muscles should be trained in a way that together they produce power that begins in your toes and is transferred up your body and out to the ball.



Below is an image that displays specific pivot points during your serving motion and is labeled as each of the main muscle groups are activated in…

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Added by Todd Scott on January 26, 2011 at 8:00pm — 5 Comments

The Daily Wrap, Day 9

Added by Mark / The Mayor on January 25, 2011 at 9:38am — No Comments

Meet Future Top 10 Milos Raonic

Added by Mark / The Mayor on January 23, 2011 at 7:51pm — 3 Comments

Radwanska's Hilarious Reaction

Added by Mark / The Mayor on January 22, 2011 at 9:30am — No Comments

Aussie Day 4 Daily Wrap

Added by Mark / The Mayor on January 20, 2011 at 9:43am — No Comments

AO Day 2 Highlights

Added by Mark / The Mayor on January 20, 2011 at 9:40am — No Comments

Australian Open Bracket Challenge 2011



You love to watch pro tennis and there is no better way to do it than when you have your pride on the line. Fill out a bracket in our Aussie Open Pick-em and prove to everyone your tennis superiority!  

Just fill out the bracket here (be sure to pick Tennisopolis as your…

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Added by Mark / The Mayor on January 15, 2011 at 10:00am — 5 Comments

Del Potro on the comeback, defeats Lopez narrowly.

Del Potro looked sharp enough, frustrating Lopez at the beginning. His trademark forehand and rock solid two hander all seemed intact, along with that thundering serve. Lopez took the match to Delpo to three very tight sets and delivered on his volleying prowess. Will Delpo be ready for the Australian, ranked in the 250s at the beginning of this match in…
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Added by Tim Prapong on January 11, 2011 at 3:54pm — No Comments

Soderling hangs tough against Roddick

Roddick gave Soderling some trouble in the second set with some very clever play. Le Sod had to wade it out, picking the right moments for his missile forehand. The Swede looks a little more adept at playing the net, more maneuverable and less hesitant. Roddick also seems to have some heat in the forehand and his slice looks more…
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Added by Tim Prapong on January 10, 2011 at 11:16pm — No Comments

Federer defeats Davydenko at Doha final

Davydenko's groundstrokes had little effect on the Fed Express today. Federer made very few mistakes and kept changing his pattern. Davydenko could not get set and dictate from the middle. Well, with the Australian a little more than a week away, things look promising for the talented…
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Added by Tim Prapong on January 8, 2011 at 8:28pm — 6 Comments

Federer vs. Nadal final at 2011 Abu Dhabi

 

 

Nadal responded to Federer's strategy of attacking returns by serving much more aggressive. You don't have much of Federer asserting the chip and charge against those serves. The other thing to note is how Federer is not crowding the baseline in these rallies. It is true that Federer had the better tempo at the beginning and Nadal weathers the storm like he usually does. Federer even had break point to win the first set. But his backhand in the…

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Added by Tim Prapong on January 3, 2011 at 3:00pm — 8 Comments

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