We have all faced them on court - those rude, obnoxious or annoying tennis players who just get to us. How can we handle these people? How can we remain cool, calm and happy when are opponent is acting in a way that makes us miserable? In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, I'll help you look at this situation in a completely different way and I'll help you turn this around no matter what kind of player you face on court. GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it's Kim! Thanks for listening! You ...
Apr 07, 2016•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Is it time for new tennis shoes? Should you own more than one pair of tennis shoes? Just which tennis shoes should you buy anyway? Do you really need special shoes to play on clay courts? Since your shoes are the only thing that comes between you and the court surface, they're pretty important. In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, we'll talk about how to know if it's time for new shoes and exactly what shoes you should buy. GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it's Kim! Thanks for listen...
Apr 01, 2016•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast I’m always on the lookout for easy, no-fail strategies that will help me win my next tennis doubles match. And I’ll bet you are too. In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, I discuss a strategy we all know - picking on the weak link. But I'm going to give you a few extra tips to make sure you put this super easy doubles strategy to best use every time you use it. GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it's Kim! Thanks for listening! You can leave me your comments or suggestions by going to the show not...
Mar 24, 2016•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Does it drive you crazy to see your doubles opponents strategizing between points? It drives me crazy. Even if I’m 99% sure that they’re talking about where to go for lunch after the match, I’m not 100% sure so I can’t help but wonder. Are they changing tactics? Have they spotted some weakness? Is one player telling the other to go down the line because I’ve let one too many of those shots go by? If my opponents start talking to each other, I can think of all kinds of things they MIGHT be talkin...
Mar 17, 2016•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast How do you deal with those poach happy opponents who camp out right on the net? They can be effective despite having tennis skills that may be less than great. And they can really get into your head, psyching you out to the point where you almost can't hit a return! In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, I'll give you six great tennis tips that will help you neutralize and beat those poachers. GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it's Kim! Thanks for listening! You can leave me your comments or...
Mar 10, 2016•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Who should serve first for your doubles team? How do you decide? In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, I'll give you several factors to think about in making this decision. And maybe one of these factors could help you make a decision that will have a positive impact on the outcome of that first service game of the match! GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it's Kim! Thanks for listening! You can leave me your comments or suggestions by going to the show notes for this episode and leaving a commen...
Mar 03, 2016•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast What do you do right after you hit a lob? Do you watch your lob to see if it lands in or out? Do you watch your lob to see if it's short or deep? In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, we're talking about lobs. I'll tell you why watching your lob is the exact wrong thing to do. And I'll tell you what to watch so that you know how good your lob is and what your next shot should be. GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it's Kim! Thanks for listening! You can leave me your comments or su...
Feb 25, 2016•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast What happens when you hit the ceiling in tennis? And I mean literally hit the ceiling with your tennis shot, not just figuratively hit the ceiling in tennis improvement. In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, we're talking about hitting ceilings, chairs, scoring devices and spectators. Yes, we're talking about permanent fixtures. GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it's Kim! Thanks for listening! You can leave me your comments or suggestions by going to the show notes for this episode and leav...
Feb 18, 2016•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever played a match with a doubles partner that you've never met before? Someone that you are introduced to as you walk out onto court? How do you play with someone like that? Especially when you're coming up against opponents who clearly have a lot of experience partnering up. In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, I"ll give you three great tips to apply in this situation, tips you can use to make sure you have the best partnership possible. GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it&apo...
Feb 11, 2016•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Do you know how to "read" your opponent's serve? Do you think that's even possible? Are you a fan of the 2004 tennis movie, "Wimbledon"? In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, I'll give you my best tips to help you read your opponent's serve and I'll tell you why I think Wimbledon is actually a pretty good tennis movie. GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it's Kim! Thanks for listening! You can leave me your comments or suggestions by going to the show notes ...
Feb 04, 2016•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Have you ever had an opponent aim a return right at you when you're up at the net? Most of the time, when recreational or club level players are in a match and the net player gets drilled by a return, I think it's probably not intentional. It's more of an attempt at a down-the-line return gone wrong. But what if your opponent is really trying to hit you with that return? In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, I'll answer a listener's question about this and give some real...
Jan 27, 2016•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Australian Open is here! Yay! I'm always excited when the Slams happen because I love watching the pros play tennis. But is there anything that we recreational players can learn from watching the pros? They're very different from us after all. In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, I'll tell you the six things I think you can learn from watching the pros play tennis. Because I do truly think it can help you to become a better tennis player. And now you have a great excuse to la...
Jan 21, 2016•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Are you giving away points on your return? Are you just handing points over to your opponent without requiring them to any work at all to win the point? In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, I'm talking about how we can all stop just giving away points when we're returning. And I'll give you my three best tips for making sure you hit the kind of return that forces your opponent to do some work to win the point, with no help from you. GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it's Kim! Thanks f...
Jan 14, 2016•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Every year, at the beginning of the new year, I set a few tennis goals for myself - goals that I hope will improve my game and that I want to accomplish in the coming year. I've done this since 2009 and the results have been pretty inconsistent. Some years, I achieve one, maybe even two of my goals. Some years, nothing seems to happen. In this episode of tennis Quick Tips, I'm going to talk about setting tennis goals again and I'm going to give you the tips I'll be applying i...
Jan 05, 2016•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Looking for something to do over the holidays to keep yourself in shape? No problem! I've got an exercise routine you'll love that takes no more than seven minutes to do. It's my Super Quick Bodyweight Workout for Tennis Players. I'll let you know the details in this episode and then you can download the entire routine by visiting the show notes. You can go to the show notes for this episode for a transcript and links to all of the resources mentioned by visiting: http://tenn...
Dec 24, 2015•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Let's talk about the serve - again. And let's talk about my favorite part of the serve - the toss. Specifically, how are you holding the tennis ball when you are preparing to toss? Have you given that much thought? If not, you may want to because in this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, I'm going to tell you how I think you should hold the ball to get the best toss when you serve. You can go to the show notes for this episode for a transcript and links to all of the resources mention...
Dec 17, 2015•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Some of the best tennis advice can be distilled down into one sentence or one line. And I'll bet you've used this particular tennis “one-liner” several times in the course of your tennis-playing career - play one point at a time. In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, we're going to talk about playing one point at a time and how that one-liner can be used to help you play better tennis during your next match. You can go to the show notes for this episode for a transcript and links ...
Dec 11, 2015•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Believe it or not, there are some tennis players that no one wants to partner with! They are not bad players. In fact, they may be pretty darn good. They make their shots. They win more than they lose. But, for a variety of reasons, these players just take all of the fun out of playing tennis. And if you play doubles with any regularity, especially if you play for a team, you might just find yourself partnered with one of these "bad" tennis partners. So how do you deal with these playe...
Dec 03, 2015•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast I'm a big believer in the idea that there are lots of tiny things we can do that can have a huge impact on our tennis game. One of those is to play with the best equipment possible. In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, we discuss the grip of your tennis racket - the one thing that comes in direct contact between you and your racket. I'll explain just what the grip is and how you can improve it to make sure your grip, and your racket, are in excellent shape. GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it&...
Nov 27, 2015•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast I broke a string in my tennis racket recently. This is a pretty common occurrence with tennis players, especially if you don't have your racket restrung when it's time. But this incident reminded me of the time I broke a string during a match which led to me looking into the rules on string breaking and other equipment malfunctions. So in this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, we'll answer the question about just what you do when you break a racket string. GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it&a...
Nov 19, 2015•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast What is a good serve? What qualities does a serve need to have for us to consider it something we can be proud of? In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, we're talking about the qualities that make a good serve and which ones you should concentrate on to improve your own serve. GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it's Kim! Thanks for listening! You can leave me your comments or suggestions by going to the show notes for this episode and leaving a comment at the bottom of the page. Those show notes ...
Nov 10, 2015•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, I'm answering Lorna's question on communicating with your partner during points - how strict should we be on following the calls of "yours" and "mine," especially when the player who calls the ball is not always in the best position to hit the shot. And, as a bonus, I'll talk about verbal hindrances - what they are, what the rules say about them, how to deal with them and how to avoid committing them. GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi...
Oct 29, 2015•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Which side should you return from when playing doubles? The deuce court side? The ad court side? How do you and your partner decide who takes which side? In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, we'll discuss five factors to consider when choosing which side to return from in doubles. GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it's Kim! Thanks for listening! You can leave me your comments or suggestions by going to the show notes for this episode and leaving a comment at the bottom of the page. Those show n...
Oct 22, 2015•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's time for another episode in the Simple Serve Tips Series. This week's episode focuses on the service stance. Specifically, what is the right service stance for you. Is it the platform stance? The pinpoint stance? Or should you just hit the ball like you're swinging a frying pan? Learn all about service stances and which one you should be using in this episode. GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it's Kim! Thanks for listening! You can leave me your comments or suggestions by going t...
Oct 15, 2015•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast What are the best targets for your volleys when you are at the net in doubles? In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, I tell you my three favorite targets for my volleys and I explain exactly why these targets are so effective. GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it's Kim! Thanks for listening! You can leave me your comments or suggestions by going to the show notes for this episode and leaving a comment at the bottom of the page. Those show notes also include an edited transcript, links to resources an...
Oct 08, 2015•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to my Simple Serve Tips series! In this series, we're getting up close and personal with the tennis serve. We all know that there are so many moving parts to the serve and it can be hard to get a handle on all of them. So, in this series, we're going to looking at the entire serve picture - every little bit of it and how each piece can be improved upon to make your serve a better, more reliable tool in your game. In this second episode, we're talking about how to hold the ...
Oct 01, 2015•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast What is the I Formation and how do you use it in doubles without messing your own play up? In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, I talk to tennis pro Ian Westermann of Essential Tennis. Ian explains what the I Formation is, what the Australian Formation is, and just how you can put both of those formations to work in your doubles matches. He even gives some insider tips on hand signals. Guess what? They're not as hard to use as you might think! GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it's Kim! Thanks ...
Sep 24, 2015•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is the first episode in my brand new series, Simple Serve Tips. There are so many moving parts to the serve and it can be hard to get a handle on all of them. So, in this series, we're going to look at the entire serve picture - every little bit of it and how each piece can be improved upon to make your serve a better, more reliable tool in your game. Maybe you're happy with your serve. Maybe you think your serve is perfect and needs no adjusting or tweaking. But even at the pro l...
Sep 17, 2015•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast I recently started teaching adult beginner tennis. I really don't consider myself a tennis pro, however, because I'm teaching ladies who have never played the game before and I'm teaching them the most basic aspects of tennis. I was thinking about these beginner tennis players when I was looking through my tennis books (as I do) and was wondering what book would I have liked to have read when I was starting to play the game. And that book is, without a doubt, Tennis Beyond Big Sho...
Sep 10, 2015•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast What is up with people and the crazy things they do before they serve? Some of the antics we see on court these days seem less about serve preparation and more about playing mind games. In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, we're going to talk about something we've all faced at one time or another, or at least we think we've faced it. Sometimes it's hard to be sure. We're going to talk about gamesmanship on the serve - what it is and how you can deal with it. GET THE SHO...
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