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Podcast #203: Forehand Timing, Footwork and Contact Point
Timing, footwork, and contact point are all at least closely related when it comes to the forehand groundstroke. However, when attempting to diagnose a problem and fix it you need to know which element is at fault and what change to make! Today’s show focuses on exactly those topics as I go into detail on [...]
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal Practice Drills – In HD
Here are a few quick video clips of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal hitting on the practice courts! As always, there is so much that we can learn from both of them. Nadal Inside-Out Forehand Drill Check out Nadal’s footwork as he moves around backhand after backhand that his coach feeds to him from a [...]
Singles Strategy Weekend Clinic Details!
Update: Sold Out! This is an amazing opportunity to work with me in person over the course of a full weekend to improve your singles results! This clinic will feature instruction exclusively on singles strategy (for the first time ever in ET clinics). This clinic is very exciting and unique for several reasons: Exciting: If [...]
Podcast #202: Breaking Out of a Rut
Have you ever experienced a certain stroke getting stuck in a rut when it comes to timing? A very common issue is timing a groundstroke swing late over and over again. I should know, it happens to me! In today’s episode of the podcast I’ll share my favorite method of breaking a student out of [...]
Roger Federer becomes number 2 after Madrid win
Given how often Rafa and Novak were competing against each other, they seemed so far ahead of everyone that no one would catch them, but Federer had an outstanding end of the year where he won Basel, Paris, and the year-end championship. Federer continued to have a solid 2012, starting off better than he has [...]
Who’s in form heading into Rome?
Rome is the last big tournament where many of the names expecting to contend for honors at Roland Garros will play. Let’s just say that 2012 is significantly different from 2011. 2011 was the year of Novak, and the question then was “Can Novak win on clay?”, and the answer was yes, but. He beat [...]
Federer reaches 20th Masters win with 3-set victory over Berdych in Madrid
It wasn’t a pretty match, by any means. There seemed to be a lack of rhythm and flow, and thus, it was one player striking the ball well, and the other not as well, and vice versa. Berdych started off the match strong with an early break and rode that break to a 7=5 first [...]
(Madrid, SF) Federer reaches Madrid finals with win over Tipsarevic
With the favorites, Nadal and Djokovic, out of the tournament (Murray opted to skip due to injury), it was up to Federer to rescue the tournament. Federer had an easy win over Tipsarevic, relying once again on some aggressive net-charging, a strategy he seemed to abandon when serve-and-volley fell out of style. While he wasn’t [...]
(Madrid, QF): Djokovic upset by Tipsarevic while Federer moves on to semifinals
Tournament organizers must have crossed their fingers for a Djokovic-Nadal final. When Nadal fell to countryman, FernandoVerdasco, organizers must have hoped that the Federer-Djokovic semi would have to do. Only Djokovic didn’t accommodate. Like Nadal, Djokovic had complained about the surface. And like Nadal, who lost to a countryman, Djokovic also lost to a countryman [...]
[Madrid, 3R] Verdasco upsets Nadal, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
Apparently, the late Vitas Gerulaitis once said “No one beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row” when he claimed a victory over Jimmy Connors. In those days, it was hard to find head-to-head stats, so Vitas may have been guessing how many times Connors had beaten him. In any case, good friend, Bjorn Borg [...]
del Potro wins a leadup to the big clay events
Three tournaments were played on clay this week in the lead up to Madrid, which will be played on blue clay. Madrid and Rome are two Masters 1000 events and are back-to-back events. The three events are Munich, Estoril, and Belgrade. Let’s start with Belgrade. Normally, this is the Novak Djokovic tournament. He has won [...]
Singles Strategy Weekend Clinic Details!
Update: Sold Out! This is an amazing opportunity to work with me in person over the course of a full weekend to improve your singles results! This clinic will feature instruction exclusively on singles strategy (for the first time ever in ET clinics). This clinic is very exciting and unique for several reasons: Exciting: If [...]
Nadal wins 7th Barcelona title with close win over Ferrer
Four times David Ferrer has made the Barcelona finals and four times he’s met Rafael Nadal. Nadal is to Ferrer as Federer is to Roddick except occasionally you get glimpses that maybe Ferrer could break through. In all respects except possibly heart, Ferrer comes up second best against Nadal. His serve is comparable, but with [...]
Nadal and Ferrer to meet in Barcelona finals
If Monte Carlo is Nadal’s most successful tournament, then Barcelona has to be number 2. Nadal recently won his 8th consecutive title at Monte Carlo. He might be going for the same feat now had he not, in 2010, skipped the event, presumably to save his fragile knees. But, for whatever reason, Nadal changed his [...]
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