Tennis coaching methods, technique instruction, and player development resources reviewed for competitive improvement and skill progression at all levels.
The advice gets repeated in every corner of the internet where rackets are discussed: you do not need to pay for coaching.
For most of the twentieth century, the assumption inside American tennis was straightforward: if you wanted to get better, you paid a pro.
The first tennis drills for beginners should not involve hitting a tennis ball with the strings. That is the claim, and we mean it literally: for the first thirty to forty-five minutes a new player…
Here is a claim a lot of well-meaning parents have heard, sometimes from a club pro, sometimes from a YouTube video: teach the Eastern forehand grip and the full swing first, and the rest follows.