The way tennis is taught has changed in the last 10 years, and I have been in touch with all the latest research and methods, being a level 3 coach in European standards and a USPTR Professional tennis coach.
I even presented some of my teaching methods at the ITF Coaching Seminar in Bangkok in 2006... (picture)
Although learning how to play tennis takes time, the process can be greatly accelerated by learning tennis technique and footwork in a proper progression.
I know that if you invest in the complete guide "How to Play Tennis For Beginners" - all 3 packages - you are serious about learning how to play tennis.
In that case, I'm going to offer you something special...
This is something that will set this "how to play tennis" video instruction guide far apart from all other instruction material you will find online or on a DVD.
Most other instruction videos (or pictures) just show all the elements of the stroke like grip, ready position, footwork, follow-through, preparation and so on.
They expect you to be able to memorize all that and execute all those movements while trying to judge the ball flight and move your legs correctly in the 1.5 seconds you have before the ball gets to you!
No wonder the 2006 USTA report says that 47% of adult beginners quit tennis after one year because it is too difficult!
Learning how to play tennis can be an enjoyable journey, especially when your game improves to the level at which you move effortlessly around the court hitting accurate and powerful strokes.
However, as with every journey, you can head off in the wrong direction. The direction you take at the outset makes the biggest difference in where you end up.
Unfortunately, tennis teaching has long been too intellectual, with too many verbal instructions. The result is over-thinking beginners who move like tennis robots.
I've seen tennis players spend hundreds of dollars on lessons, only to be left more confused than ever... and unable to keep the ball in play for more than a few shots!
Have you been taking lessons and hitting hundreds of balls with no noticeable improvement?
Hello Tomaz,
I wanted to share my tennis success story. I have literally no previous tennis experience, however I recently married a 4.0, two time tennis champion, so I was immediately thrown into the fire trying to learn tennis.
I immediately joined the USTA as a 3.0 and began playing matches and going to drills. I began my USTA season losing all 3 of my matches.
After spending some time watching the "How to play tennis videos" and practicing the progressions of strokes and serves with my wife, I won my first USTA match!
I also bought the Mental Manual for Tennis Winners and read it as well, which I feel is a great compliment to the tennis videos and helps me understand the ways I am learning tennis.
I am going back through the videos and going over the slow motion strokes, and looking forward to more improvement and more wins. Thank you for the videos.
Neil Hasty, Tulsa, OK
Hi Tomaz,
A couple of months ago I purchased your "How to play tennis" videos and wanted to share my story as your system has changed my tennis life forever.
I have been taking lessons every week from my local club pro for over 1 year. I wasn't getting any better and about to give up the game as my groundstroke's and serve were poor.
I put a lot of time into practising but never seemed to get any better. Now I believe I was reinforcing my poor technique!
I purchased your system for the cost of 1 lesson !!!! and it was like a light was turned on. I finally understood what I should be trying to achieve when hitting the ball.
I went through all the drills you suggest and now I am hitting the ball with much more spin and penetration. My ball flight is more of an arc now and I am no longer hitting balls into the net or going long as frequently.
Your half court drills really helped me develop the correct feel and I slowly extended that to the full court. I still cannot believe that my new half swing produces as much power as my previous one with twice the accuracy!
My biggest area of improvement has to be my serve - I rarely landed my serve in and when I did it was weak, and hence I Lost the majority of my own service games.
I had never been shown the mechanics behind the serve before and your idea of practising the serve in parts and then putting it all together over many weeks really helped me.
My ball toss now is consistent and I have learnt to hit a spin serve which lands in 90% of the time! I am now pronating my wrist in the serve and cannot believe the power this one tip has given me.
Thank you so much for turning the light on with my tennis. I can now trust my swing and just focus on where to hit the ball, rather than how to hit it.
Brendan Murphy, Australia
