tennis camp

For all tennis players at the beginning of their life on the court, it’s important to find easy ways to start building confidence and logging the hours necessary to feel comfortable with a racket in your hands. The best way to make this happen is to get on the court and practice! Then again, you can’t just expect to step foot on the court and instinctively know what to do – you need to have a game plan.

That’s why we’re sharing with you the best tennis drills for beginners. Before we get into those drills, however, let’s touch on some important [Read More>]

Do you really love playing tennis and can’t imagine your life without playing it? Everyone’s goals are slightly different when it comes to the sport of their choice, but a popular one is a desire to play varsity tennis at the college level.

Young tennis players always want to know what they can be doing to put themselves in the best possible position to get recruited when the time is right. So, we thought it would be helpful to provide a general timeline on what you should be doing throughout high school, from freshman year to senior year.

Freshman Year

Whenever a freshman in [Read More>]

Whether you’re a serious tennis player or just want to keep playing the sport because it’s fun, having a strong foundation of physical fitness is important to getting the most out of your time on the court.

For those who are high-performance and competitive match players, being in shape prior to playing is a necessary chain of events. Getting fit by playing tennis isn’t how you should be going about your business here. How you should start your workout, and once you’ve started, what are the best ways to hit all of the necessary body groups?

We’re glad you asked! Here are some general [Read More>]

Success in sports – or just about anything in life – starts with setting appropriate goals. Depending on what you’d like to accomplish as a tennis player, it’s essential to have goals that make sense for your specific situation.

Goals are important because it’s the best way to get the most out of your performance. It’s hard to know whether you’re successful or not if you don’t know where you want to go or what you’d like to achieve in any kind of endeavor. Maintaining the motivation necessary to reach these goals will remain deep inside you as long as you’re seeing [Read More>]

Hall of Famer Yogi Berra once said, “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.”

While he was specifically talking about his own sport, this thought process applies to basically every sport on Earth, especially tennis. It doesn’t matter how much prep work you’ve done prior to a match or tournament – if you don’t trust your preparation process or have confidence that you’ll be successful, you probably won’t be.

Some tennis players are born confident, and others have to work at it over a long period of time. In order to improve someone’s confidence, it’s necessary to identify where these [Read More>]