The one-handed backhand even though not as popular and not as widely taught as the two-handed backhand is a shot that when executed well can become a player’s biggest weapon. Now, in a different blog, I will discuss the reasons most tennis coaches choose to teach the two-handed backhand over the one-handed variation, but today I want to reveal to you a…

In older times the ball was addressed squarely with the strings.

In modern tennis you approach the ball with the racquet’s frame, the upper edge, starting from below the ball for topspin, the lower edge, starting…

Let's make a list of everyone who is on twitter and auto follow all our tennisopolis friends so we can share tennis on twitter too! 

I am @sourcesyndicate and I will auto follow any tennisopolis friend!  let your twitter in the comment section so i can follow you…

Have you ever used a sponge ball (those oversized orange/yellow now sold for kids) and played it back and forth over the net with your hand?

This is perhaps the most basic and most helpful drill of all.

If you don't have a partner, you can do this drill against a wall or your garage door. Once you are proficient with your hand, then do it with a racquet,…

Many players react by separating the hands and moving the racquet first, losing valuable time to reach a distant ball.

It is best to keep the non-playing hand on the racquet, so you make with your torso (and…

Most players have the goal of hitting the ball on the center of the racquet.

They succeed unless there is a difficult situation.…

I have tested, for decades, an interesting experiment that has proven helpful to a lot of players, from amateurs to pros.  Rather than trying to position your body at a certain distance from the ball, track the ball with your playing hand or hands as if you were trying to catch…

Found this on my feed and I feel this guy's pain. My tennis tan ain't quite this bad!
Anyone else got the curse?

As he walks off the court and right past the referee, he tells him to "go fu%# yourself."

The U.S. Tennis Association bought the support of many outraged park advocates with a $10 million donation to Queens’ flagship park - enough to grease the wheels for a nearly unanimous approval of its expansion plan by the City Council Wednesday.

The 47-1 vote will allow the USTA to build new tennis stadiums on two-thirds of an acre in Flushing Meadows-Corona…

Maria Sharapova has split with coach Thomas Hogstedt and expects to name a new coach in the coming days: http://t.co/tUfDjo5oCM…

Andy Murray: how to gatecrash the golden era

Editor of new Apple newsstand magazine, SW19 Members Club Magazine, Melina Harris, met Scottish sports journalist, Hugh MacDonald to find out about his new book, Murrayball, and what he believes is…

I live by the zoo in Honolulu, if anyone is looking for a partner or just to play in general I am available after 4 pm on weekdays and most of the day on weekends. you can send me an email @ [edit: please send a PM through a friend request.]

I am a natural gut player for many reasons.  First I started playing with Gut cuz playing with Polyester gave me tennis elbow.  Sure it was a lot of reasons like bad form, hitting the ball late, muscling the ball etc but I feel pretty sure that the stiffness of my Babloat Pro Drive married with old Polyester strings did my arm in. 

Once Physical therapy was near completion, I started looking at what changes I could…

Rafa in a piece titled "Bring The Action"

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As the next milestone in its ongoing resurgence, World TeamTennis announced today that tennis champions and global sports icons Venus Williams and Andy Roddick have become part owners of the business and of the professional team tennis league co-founded by Billie Jean King.

Both longtime Mylan WTT players, Williams and Roddick will help lead the organization forward and have an active voice in…

I am an easy-going 3.5 to 4.0 player looking for other players to hit with for some fun and exercise. I live on campus of UBC and prefer to play singles. Currently I have a flexible schedule until mid-June.

Hi,

I recently moved to Cary and looking for 3.5/4.0 hard hitting partner.

I can play pretty much on all working days after 5:30pm. I would prefer to play at Robert V. Godbold Park on NW Maynard Rd. in Cary but willing to play anywhere within 5-10 miles radius.

-Nagsen