Quick story for you to illustrate a critical tennis improvement principle... The other night after dinner my 9 year old daughter challenged me to a game of "Connect Four". In case you aren't familiar it's a classic game of trying to string together 4 checkers of the same color (red or yellow) in a vertical
Do you get nervous when you play tennis matches? Do you get tight, lock up, and become a totally different player once score is being kept? If so today and tomorrow's message are going to help you tremendously. Fact is every passionate tennis player experiences those things at some point or another. That became abundantly
Ready to complete the picture for your tennis tactics so you'll know EXACTLY what to do walking onto the court for all your matches? Yesterday's message gave you my dead simple "Foundational Strategies" for singles and doubles... They're the "Plan A" I recommend all tennis players use to start every match, definitely read them first
The other day I stumbled on something truly priceless... It was a random brand video that Roger Federer did with Credit Suisse where he was answering questions about being "mentally fit". Even though it was only 2 minutes and 36 seconds long it was PACKED with insights related to getting the most out of yourself
What keeps you from improving your tennis technique? It's an invisible, evil force... Seriously. I'm not joking or exaggerating. Every single time we work with a VIP student we fight against it... You clash with it during your lessons, practice sessions and especially in matches. I had never thought of it as a "force" until
Really important story to share with you this morning while its fresh in my head... Yesterday Kevin and I played two sets against each other for the first time and it really highlighted something in my head that's critical to your success. It's a mindset shift that can 100% determine the difference between competitive success
Good movement is critical to your tennis success... Think about it this way: what good does that new and improved forehand do you if you can't effectively put yourself in a balanced, controlled position to actually hit it?? That's why for the next few days I'll be delivering movement keys right to your inbox, stuff
You're going to want to print out today and tomorrow's emails... They're going to give you a simple yet effective plan to follow for both singles and doubles so you can walk onto the court confidently for every single match. What you're about to learn is the antidote for the most common, yet least effective
Greetings Essential Tennis readers. I hope that you are finding these articles helpful and informative. If you ever have any questions or suggestions feel free to contact me at ian@essentialtennis.com.Several weeks ago I wrote about the importance of good contact. I daily remind my students that technique becomes almost irrelevant if the strings are not
