Tennis Breaks | Tennis Tips | Tennis Coaching Tips http://www.nickringleisure.co.uk/blog Tennis Holidays Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:44:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 High quality of the coaching provided. http://www.nickringleisure.co.uk/blog/high-quality-of-the-coaching-provided http://www.nickringleisure.co.uk/blog/high-quality-of-the-coaching-provided#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:44:07 +0000 nick http://www.nickringleisure.co.uk/blog/?p=194 Hi Nick,

John and I have just returned from our very hastily arranged week at Barnham Broom having had a fantastic time!

We cannot speak highly enough of the quality of the coaching provided by the coaches, Nick and Sam and have gained a great deal of very useful information and advice. Nick in particular was a

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To defeat your enemy one must know him/her is an excellent old saying and let’s develop that thought further; we must be acutely aware of them in person and in mind as much as we can the whole time. Can we feel their direction of movement as we begin to set

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]]> http://www.nickringleisure.co.uk/blog/the-primary-goal-in-tennis/feed 0 The Flight of the ball – Groundstoke preparation http://www.nickringleisure.co.uk/blog/the-flight-of-the-ball-groundstoke-preparation http://www.nickringleisure.co.uk/blog/the-flight-of-the-ball-groundstoke-preparation#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:03:38 +0000 nick http://www.nickringleisure.co.uk/blog/?p=180 Continue reading The Flight of the ball – Groundstoke preparation

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Both the forehand and backhand volley are played with the same grip, the chopper grip.  Unlike the serve you should hold the racket firmer and it helps if you hold the racket slightly higher on the grip dependant on your wrist strength i.e. the less wrist strength the higher.  If you start in a

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Our New 24 hour Tennis Academies are tailored to regular club players who can only get away for 1 night. One of the key components of the course is specialist double tactics coaching, which aims to improve your general court awareness and net play. Our new 24 hour Tennis Academies will

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The grip

The grip for the serve is the chopper grip, also known as the hammer grip.  To find this grip, simply pinch the strings of the racket over the frame of the racket and slide your hand down the frame to the grip.   The grip tension should be light and be held more in

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]]> http://www.nickringleisure.co.uk/blog/the-serve/feed 0 We all had a great time! http://www.nickringleisure.co.uk/blog/we-all-had-a-great-time http://www.nickringleisure.co.uk/blog/we-all-had-a-great-time#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:05:40 +0000 nick http://www.nickringleisure.co.uk/blog/?p=171 My friends and I have just come back from our tennis weekend at the Hampshire Court Hotel and would just like to say what a great time we all had. The tennis coaching with Rupert and Ben was excellent, they are both very knowledgeable and enthusiastic and made our weekend most enjoyable.

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The grip

The grip on the double handed backhand is not as disciplined as the single handed, as you can use which ever grip feels comfortable as long as the hands do not have a gap between them and you do not hold the racket too tightly.

The swing/action

Turn your shoulders approximately 90

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