Tennis

The radar early warning systems in computer games, calls your attention to an incoming missile or enemy attack...and you take evasive, defensive or aggressive action. Boy, would this be useful in tennis!

Some players seem to have that ki

There's a syndrome in tennis circles that has come to be widely known as "The Ugly Parent Syndrome."

It is one in which teenaged players, or even those in their pre-teens, are placed under enormous pressure by over-zealous parents determ

John Newcombe, former world tennis No 1 and former Australian Davis Cup captain, once said that the top Australian players of his era believed that it was their destiny to become tennis champions.

Boris Becker told me that two weeks befo

Responding to criticism of being unemotional and boring, Pete Sampras was
once quoted as saying: "People have this perception of when I win majors that I don't look very ecstatic."

"By the same token, if you just look at what I ha

Watching a tennis match between two promising juniors, one an Australian and the other a New Zealander, earlier this year, I observed a very interesting incident.

At matchpoint down in the second set, the Australian player clearly failed

"How does it feel to walk out onto center court at Wimbledon?" is a question I've been asked many times.

It' s a question iIhad asked myself ever since I was a nine year old playing mock Wimbledon finals against my brother, Mark, in the

The impression I have from many TV commentators and almost every tennis expert that I have read or listened to, is that they all seem to be in awe on how fast the game of tennis today is. Everyone seems convinced that players of the past played slowe

In part one I explained how the backhand slice can be a great neutralizer of power and an opener for point winning opportunities. Now I am going to show you the ever so important relationship, among time, speed and spin of the ball.

For

Everyone is marvelled at Federer's fantastic record but it is no surprise if you think not too far back at Pete Sampras dominance and John McEnroe's, who also played great all round games.
One of the characteristics that separates these player

The apparent similarities of Roger Federer style of play to the older generations, which he himself admitts by calling his tennis "modern-retro tennis", implicates the possibility that many players of the past e.g. Rod Laver, Lew Hoad, Ken Rosewall,