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Sergio Cruz - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Sérgio Cruz is a tennis instructor, ex # 1 National Champion, Davis Cup Player from Portugal and former Coach Jim Courier ATP World Ranking # 1
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- Which Stroke is the Decider in the Game of Tennis?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] The Tennis Forehand! Without trying to diminish the importance of the service or the volley or the return of service or in fact any other stroke in tennis, ever since competitive tennis began the forehand has always played a key role. The tennis forehand, unlike any other shot in tennis is often the deciding factor between winning and losing a match.
- Tennis Instruction -How Important is it to Watch Tennis Video Lessons With Expert Comment?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] Tennis in the last 25 years tennis has evolved from a tactical and strategical chess game to a straightforward, aggressive heavy topspin, right to left dominating by force rather than a skills battle. This has given the illusion that the game is a lot faster than it really is, nevertheless if you are a student of the game and you want to improve your tennis stroke production or correct something in your shots and you need a good visual example, you are going to want to see some of the top players in action.
- Tennis - Are Lobs For Girls Only?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] The most macho tennis players think that lobs are for girls!...indeed girls are smart and use it to win points and so should men. But why? A few things a well played lob at the right moment can do for you...
- How To Improve Your Forehand In Tennis
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] Tennis players after many years of practice and playing, often find themselves at a dead end with their game improvement. This does not need to be the case if you are willing to try new things. Martina Navratilova at 46 years old once said: "Life. We're lucky to be here. It's about learning and our time is limited. I'm still learning, to do better, still studying strategy. I'm technically better now than I was in my heyday."
- The Head To Head Count Stands At Andy Murray 2-1 Roger Federer
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] This is what the players said after the Andy Murray victory in Dubai 2008: "Tough match, obviously," said Federer, who had not played since the Australian Open. "It was always going to be a tough draw. I knew that from the start. He's played many matches already this season whereas obviously I come in a little bit cold.
- Australian Open 2008 - Tsongas' Inexperience and His Coaching Staff Cost Him the Title
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] In the end of the fourth set a struggling Djokovic on the verge of cramps and a left hamstring problem, intelligently called for the trainer and took a full medical time out. At the same time Tsonga, who was not feeling much better either and also on the verge of cramps, set calmly on his chair. How important was this?
- Australian Open 2008 - Are We Playing Fair With The Draws?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] Let us take the men's draw top half as an example. As much as I want to accept the rules, I just can't. Of course I understand that the 1st seeded player should play the weaker players, but how weak can a whole quarter of the draw be? Or rather how lopsided can a quarter of the draw?
- What to Do and Not to Do Before a Major Tennis Event
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] The tennis season has barely begun, the first Grand Slam is about to start and I thought it would be appropriate to talk about small things that can be important to succeed in a major tournament. The scenario I will develop is for contestants with a chance at winning a Grand Slam. The location is Melbourne, Australia, Australian Open. You can extrapolate this to any tournament of importance with identical conditions.
- Are Champions Born or Made? Is the Answer in the Genes?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] This is a continuation of the article "Donkey wins the Tennis Australian Open 2008 title." What separates the tennis champions from the regular tennis players and what are the tell-tale signs of champion material being on the tennis court?
- The Tennis Forehand For Beginners - The Easy Way!
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] You should always take lessons in the basics of tennis for beginners. Learning the basic movements with a qualified professional teacher is very important to create a solid foundation for your future tennis technique. But, you can also have fun with a friend or parent.
- Donkey is Going to Win the Tennis Australian Open 2008 Title!
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] No! No! Just kidding. Of course a donkey could not ever win the Australian Open in tennis, or the Kentucky Derby! I am just trying to get your attention ! (smile). This is about the eternal question "Are Champions born or made"?
- A Few New Year Tennis Resolutions for 2008
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] The Dos and the Don'ts in competitive tennis Winning tennis matches at ATP, WTA, professional or at amateur level is the consequence of proper careful preparation. Preparation the week previous to tournament play Training;
- ATP Tennis Masters Shanghai 2007 - Questions Anyone?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] The more I see the round robin system in the ATP final tournament the less I like it! Simply because at a certain point of the tournament it leads to some very questionable matches like the one between Andy Roddick and Roger Federer. It is obvious to me that since Francisco Gonzales had lost to Nikolai Davidenko, Roddick was automatically qualified winning or losing, so when he lost the 1st set against Federer he figured he would save his energy for the semifinal against David Ferrer and let Federer deal with nemesis Rafael Nadal by NOT FIGHTING!
- How Sometimes Ignorance In Tennis Is Bliss!
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] After trashing Guillermo Canas 6-0, 6-3 in the MUTUA MADRILENA MASTERS MADRID 2007, Roger Federer made the following comment; "I was especially disappointed with the Miami loss, so to beat him later in the year after two tough losses is nice."
- Are Tennis Matches Won at the Net Today?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] Amazingly enough a great percentage of today's tennis matches are indeed won at the net. What does this mean to all players? No matter how much you do not like to go to the net, if you want to win, you need to develop your net game skills and that means...
- Hit The Ball Away From Your Opponent
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] "Hit the ball away from your opponent into the gaps and not to him unless you mean it as a surprise. You achieve this largely by hitting for the lines. Learn to put the ball where you aim it." Mr. Harry Hopman (The best tennis Coach of all time!)
- Great US Open 2007! Great US Open 2007?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] When you consider how many great matches we were able to see there is no question it was a great tournament! When you look at the men's draw and the way the scheduling was made during the event, you may ask yourself, was it really a great US Open?
- Was Andrew Roddick a Flop against Roger Federer in the US Open?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] Many experts think so! But we got to go easy on Roddick, he did try his best, but he was facing an opponent that is playing excellent tennis and is at the peak of his career. I do not say awesome because I always think that no matter how good your opponent is playing, 30 to 40% of how good or how bad he plays depends on you.
- Great Tennis US Open 2007!
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] In contrast with Wimbledon 2007 where apart from the final excitement was almost alien to the tournament, the US Open 2007 is bubbling with exciting matches and is the show case for many younger players many of them qualifiers some wild cards, who've proven themselves respectable opponents.
- Should We Legalize Performance-Enhancing Drugs In Tennis-Sports?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] In the last 25 years the challenges presented by performance enhancing drugs in sports and the inadequacy of the drug testing agencies to deal with it, has come to a point that even high ranked officials are venting their frustration. "There's definitely a performance-enhancing effect if you use things that improve oxygen transport to the tissue," says Larry Bowers, an expert on athletic drug testing and senior managing director of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. He says anonymous surveys of athletes indicate that only a tenth of them use performance-enhancing drugs. But he acknowledges that doped Athletes may win most of the time."
- Tennis - Performance Drugs? Or No Performance Drugs!
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] In recent years the World of Cycling has been turned upside down by doping cases involving all kinds of top stars, "Le tour de France" leaders and recent winners tainted with the doping question. This got me thinking about our little world of tennis and in all fairness these questions popped up in my mind, what if:
- Novak Djokovic - The Future Star Starts To Glimmer!
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] The second hard fought final of the year and Roger Federer this time succumbed at the Canadian Open to an inspired Djokovic. The irony of the match is that Roger the final "king," the best big points player and tiebreaker leader was beaten in all departments. Does this mean anything for the US Open 2007? Nothing, zero, nada!
- Like in Chess
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] Control the Center of the Court
Tennis in many ways has the powerful mental drainage a chess game can have and a blow/defeat to your ego and psych, can hurt you for years to come. But the similarities do not end up there, generally speaking the player who controls the center of the chess board has to most chances to win. In tennis the situation is very similar, the player who has the courage and skills to get inside the court and not relinquish that position on a consistent basis is most likely to win the match.
- Something Has To Change In The Rules Of Tennis!
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] Tennis for years and years has been ruled by a hierarchy of "dinosaurian's" who decide what the rules are and are not. The game has evolved from being a sport played by a restricted group of snooty, snobbish "blue blood" high society to a popular middle class sport.
- Roland Garros 2007 Final - Federer A Season Of Plenty With Little Reaped!
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] A few years ago I think there was this political saying, "it's the taxes stupid!" which won an election for someone, I can not help but use a similar sentence for the Federer-Nadal final in Roland Garros 2007, where Roger should have been saying to himself throughout the match - "It's the backhand slice stupid!"
- Why is Roger Federer Winning So Easily?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] There are several elements to consider, Roger is indeed a very talented player, an excellent athlete and there is a list of things he does ultimately better then his present opponents;
- Is Roger Federer in Fact the Best Player of All Time?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] This question is posed every time I watch a tennis match on TV involving Roger Federer and some pundits are willing to award this title of best player of all time to Federer.
We all can understand that the press will have to be positive and cater to the ATP, the tournament directors and the sponsors to get their free passes.
- Excellence-Make It A Habit
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] Aristotle once said:
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
- Serena Williams, The Smoking Gun!
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] ...And yes for all I know Serena's racket must be still smoking a couple of days after that incredible final!
- Don't Make Your Opponent Look Good!
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] A couple of days after the match Roddick - Federer at the Australian Open 2007, a friend of mine said "it is impossible to beat a 'Mister'...like Federer..."
I answered:
- Federer Can Not Be Serious!
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] Just recently I read a quote by Roger Federer that left me aghast!
After losing 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 against Andy Roddick for the exhibition title at Kooyong 2007 Roger Federer said: "It's hard in those conditions. I didn't want to lose my rhythm from the baseline, so I decided to go to the net," Federer said.
- The Ugly Truth About Tennis
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] For parents and "wannabe" professional players it is hard to understand that this highly competitive sport of tennis seeks the boundaries of the maximum capacity of human efficiency.
- Can Roger Federer Be The Best Tennis Player Ever
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] Sometimes we like someone or something so much that we want things to happen that are unrealistic. Is this type of group phsycosis happening in tennis today with Roger Federer's feats?.....
- What Kind of Tennis Learner are You?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] There are several types of learners but there are two that stand out in my mind because they are the opposite pole of each other:
- The ones you teach over and over and over and never learn!
- Tennis - The Serve-How Important is It?
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] The serve is the most important foundation block of anyones game, unless you are Dementieva! (smile. Just kidding.)...
- Tennis - Anticipation - Early Warning Systems, what is it?
[Recreation-and-Sports: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!....
- Learning From The Tennis Pros
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] What are the 5 crucial things that the pros do that amateurs and club players don't?
- Three New Years Tennis Resolutions
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] This article is about three New Years tennis resolutions. Number one, I will call other players and organize my match play practices.
- Does Faster Mean Better in Tennis? (Part II)
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- Does Faster Mean Better in Tennis? (Part I)
[Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] 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 slower games and therefore could not cope with today's fast game.....
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