Anna Kournikova - A Picture of Her Successful Tennis and Modeling Career
Anna Kournikova is a very successful semi-retired Russian tennis player. Although she was a highly talented and gifted tennis star, some people feel she was distracted by all the media attention to her, due to her outstanding natural beauty.
At one point she was one of the most searched for terms in the popular search engine [...]
Tennis Forehand - The Basics
The forehand is arguably the most important shot in tennis. It’s typically a player’s most offensive groundstroke. Many top college players and most pros inside the top ten have big forehands.
The forehand is a very complicated shot and this article won’t cover all of its ins and outs. What this article will try and do [...]
Tennis Instruction - The Serve - Developing a Smart Second Serve
The key to a great second serve is consistency. Many players have trouble keeping a steady (and decent) second serve. Between 4 and 8 points per set are lost by the average player. Therefore, between 2 and 4 total service games are wasted during a match. Most players can not afford this. There are several [...]
Elbow Pain: “Tennis Elbow”
You don’t have to play tennis to develop tennis elbow. It can be due to any movement that puts excessive force on the wrist muscles. Tennis elbow refers to elbow pain as the result of an injury to the elbow tendons that bend and straighten the wrist. Hold your hand down with your thumb on [...]
ATP Cincinnati Masters - Murray Takes Trophy Home
The Cincinnati Masters which is part of the nine Masters Series tournaments in the ATP tour was just recently held in Mason, Ohio and to this day it is the oldest tennis event played in the United States. For the surprise of many, the last two men standing were the Serbian Novak Djokovic and the [...]