Former Australian tennis star Mark Philippoussis is currently facing financial collapse as he is unable to pay his mortgage on his Williamstown home in bayside Melbourne. Philippoussis earned more than $8 million dollars on court over the years, but is now being sued for failing to pay the mortgage and not just for a small [...]

A found something very interesting for those of you who don’t know it yet. This is for all the coaches out there who want to improve their coaching skills, becoming coaches, players who want to work on themselves, in short for everyone who wants to improve his knowledge about tennis. I saw on the itftennis.com [...]

With the tight schedule that the professionals, both men and women, have nowadays, injuries become more and more frequent as we could see at every end of the season for the past few years. We had frequently Federer and Nadal missing at the last Masters Series of the year in Paris Bercy, and Nadal even [...]

The official Homepage of the Australian Open found the perfect quote to express what might happen sooner or later: “Without wishing to worry Roger Rasheed unduly, he might want to start taking an interest in the “positions vacant” page in the paper.” In fact the 22 year old French appears to change his coaches as [...]

What do we do what we find ourselves in a winning position in a match? Most make two errors. They focus on the outcome of winning the match and they defend their lead. Both of these two things have catastrophic results! There are many many examples even at an elite level Web players have started [...]

The tennis court can be a very lonely place for a singles player. In between points it is easy for our mind to wander and be distracted. People wandering around the behind court, planes flying over, other matches going on around you, all have the potential to take your focus away from the match. It [...]

When you are playing it a tournament at a tennis centre for the first time it is very important to make sure you know a few of the finder details about the centre. Spending a little bit of time gathering all this information will make your time at the tournament much more relaxed. You will [...]

All players should use different shoes for different surfaces. The main 2 differences are hard courts and ‘slippery’ courts. (eg clay, dirt and synthetic grass) On the weekend I watched a young player slip over on Synthetic Grass during the warm up for his match. Synthetic Grass has a layer of sand over it making [...]

Ok, I heard about this last night and tried it. This is a great little test and skill enhancer. We are not working on improving any stroke in particular however your whole game will improve. The drill goes like this. What you need – 2 players. One Serving and the other Receiving. 2 balls – [...]

Ok, firstly anxiety and nerves are slightly different things. Anxiety is where you are looking forward to achieving a particular outcome in the future. The frustrating part about anxiety is that you are basically waiting for a ‘time’ to achieve it. For example a match on the weekend, in a few hours etc. Usually anxiety [...]

As Early As Possible. Yes, go out after your volley. Do not wait for it to come to you. This does a few things. Firstly it gets you moving forward to the volley. With your body momentum going forward you will use your body weight as the main power in the volley. Most people who [...]

One of the most challenging parts of tennis is that nearly every ball is going to come to you differently. In most other sports there are not as many variables. This is one of the great parts about tennis, the challenge! Ok having said that, the shot with the LEAST number of variables is our [...]

Wristbands, they sometimes are a little forgotten. Well here is an insight, they are not a fashion accessory – they are a performance enhancing tool !! Ok, why? They are used to do a few things. Firstly, to wipe your forehead to stop sweat dripping into your eyes and secondly to stop sweat running down [...]

During a match we tend to tighten up in pressure situations. Serving is where these pressures can mount up. Why? Well, we are expected to win our serve AND we are in control of when the point starts. (Here also lies the opportunity to become a very sold server – more about that another time) [...]

Elite level players will use different shoes for different surfaces. The main 2 differences are hard courts and ‘slippery’ courts. (eg clay, dirt and synthetic grass) There are 2 main things to look for when deciding what shoes to wear when. Cushion and grip pattern. On a hard court surface the pattern does not matter [...]

Welcome to Daily Tennis Tips. The goal of this web site is pretty clear – Enjoy and Improve Your Tennis. How? We will be discussing techniques, strategies, fitness, stretching, equipment and preparation. Our target audience is for tennis players from 5 years old to 105 years old. Yep that should cover it !! Things to [...]