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A tip on Passing Shots 25 Nov 2011 | 09:50 pm
I see quite a few students miss passing shots. Even against players who have relatively poor volleys, they still end up missing passing shots. Reasons: Rushing. When the players see the opponent co...
Every Point is Important 24 Oct 2011 | 06:46 pm
Tennis is quite unique. It is not necessary that the player who has won the most number of points, wins the match. You may win more points and games than your opponent and still end up losing the mat...
A Free Tennis Lesson with: Novak Djokovic (Courtesy: TIME Magazine) 17 Oct 2011 | 07:05 pm
This week, since I am extremely busy with the ongoing tournaments, I will take a back-seat. (Busy here implies watching AUDA-PITA students compete in matches, day in and day out. And since the student...
A Note on (Re)-Hydration 7 Oct 2011 | 08:59 pm
Water. A necessity. As a tennis player, you need to keep yourself hydrated all the time- in other words, keep re-hydrating yourself- since the body loses fluids through sweat and urine. So here’s t...
Key to Good Movement! 27 Sep 2011 | 05:59 am
We have a student (a 10 year old boy) at our academy who thinks a lot. Really. If you ask him, ‘What’s your name?’, he would pause for two-three seconds, think, and then answer! Really, No kidding!...
Serve Vs. Return of Serve – Whom would you bet on? 16 Sep 2011 | 08:20 pm
I was watching the U.S. Open men’s final the other day and it was a treat to watch Djokovic and Nadal – the two champions – battle it out. According to me, the thing that tilted the match in Djokovic...
How to watch the ball? 12 Sep 2011 | 05:08 pm
One of the very first blogs that I wrote was about the importance of ‘watching the ball’ http://www.samasamtennis.com/index.php/2011/02/the-most-important-rule-of-tennis/ Yes, I believe it is the mos...
Using Overheads to better the Serve! 1 Sep 2011 | 11:29 pm
We had a new student (with wonderful potential, I may add!) join our academy recently. Good forehands, nice backhands, good energy – but quite a poor serve. There were a lot of things that went wron...
Characteristics of Three Basic Grips 25 Aug 2011 | 06:38 pm
One basic thing that I learnt while playing tennis is that each grip (the way you hold the racket) has its advantages and limitations. And let me be very specific here to the forehand groundstroke. ...
It’s Raining, What to do? 20 Aug 2011 | 05:25 am
The rainy season is well and truly on. Until the beginning of August, our academy would probably have lost a maximum of three sessions due to rain. However, since the past week, there has been a con...
