Although many only look at Anna Kournikova’s beauty, citing the fact that she’s never really done much in the sport of tennis, she is an accomplished player that has a remarkable attitude about the game and an innate talent. Born in Moscow in 1981, Kournikova began training as a tennis player early in life. She [...]

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Here are some more useful tennis tips for improving your serving game. If you want to make improvements in your ability to serve, these tips will prove useful. Tip #1 – Vary your procedure when you are serving. You are going to want to vary your procedure as well as your rhythm when you are [...]

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Dick Gould is regarded by many as the most successful coach in the entire history of intercollegiate tennis, so it really makes sense that he would write such an excellent, in depth book about conditioning your body and your mind for tennis. “Tennis Anyone?” is a text that is designed to provide students with the [...]

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Here is a continuation of the tennis glossary of terms that we have been working on for some time now. Serve- The initial shot of each point in a game is called the serve. While behind the base line of the court the player is required to first toss the ball in the air and [...]

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Venus Williams and her sister Serena are two of the most easily recognized players in the game and they have rocketed to national prominence over the past few years. Venus was born in 1980 and holds the records for the most Olympic gold medals for any tennis player, male or female, an accomplishment that is [...]

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Choosing the right tennis racquet is actually capable of improving and enhancing the game of the player. Unfortunately, the task of selecting the right tennis racquet is not always as simple as it may seem. Manufacturers have actually made the entire process difficult because each individual manufacturer has a completely unique method for determining what [...]

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If you are interested in learning how to play tennis, there are a few things you need to know before you get started. By having the proper foundation in this sport, you can be assured that you’ll learn properly and be able to play better as a result. Although this game is a lot of [...]

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One of the biggest problems facing beginning players is right under their nose, and they may not even realize what may be holding them back from success. The shoes you wear on the court can have a big impact on the way that you play the game and if you’re not wearing the right ones, [...]

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Here are some more useful tennis tips for improving your serving game. If you want to make improvements in your ability to serve, these tips will prove useful. Tip #1: Serve well enough that you can control the rally. One of the more popular axioms that has to do with tennis is that you are [...]

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At first glance it may appear as if tennis is an easy game for you to learn how to play. You simply have to lob a ball back and forth over a pretty low net, right? Well sure, tennis really is not that difficult to learn but there is a little more than this that [...]

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