Tennis
Tennis biomechanics, training science, tactics and mental performance, written by Emre Köse.
The Neutral Ball: The Shot Most Amateurs Are Too Proud to Hit
The neutral ball keeps you in the point without giving anything up. It is the shot most amateurs are too proud to…
Read More →Recovery Footwork: Getting Back Is Half the Point
Recovery footwork, the movement back to optimal court position after every shot, is the most undertrained skill in club tennis. It is…
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The Grip Continuum: Eastern, Semi-Western, Western
A grip is not a preference. It is a trade. The trades on the continuum from Eastern to Semi-Western to Western are…
Read More →The Perception–Decision–Execution Cycle in Tennis
Tennis is rarely lost on the swing. It is lost in the seconds before the swing, in a three-stage cycle of perception,…
Read More →The All-Court Player: Highest Ceiling, Hardest to Build
The all-court game has the highest competitive ceiling of any tennis style. It also has the longest development arc, the most technical…
Read More →Bad Calls, Bad Bounces, Bad Luck: Building the Next-Point Mindset
A bad call costs one point. The reaction to the bad call costs three more. Players who handle adversity well have specific…
Read More →Repeated Sprint Ability: The Most Tennis-Specific Quality
If there's one physical quality that captures what tennis actually demands, it is repeated sprint ability. Measurable, trainable, and tennis-specific in a…
Read More →Reading the Server: Toss Location, Contact Point, and Shoulder Cues
A 200 km/h serve gives you no time to react after seeing the ball. You have to read the serve before it's…
Read More →Racquet Head Speed: A Four-Source Breakdown
Racquet head speed has four sources, legs, trunk, shoulder, forearm, and each contributes a measurable percentage. The breakdown reveals where the largest…
Read More →Tennis Is a Stochastic Intermittent Sport: And What That Means for Your Training Week
Tennis is not really like soccer, boxing, or any sport people compare it to. It is something specific: a stochastic intermittent sport.…
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