Tennis Coach | Frank O' Keeffe – Personal Tennis Coach

In Ireland Cardio Tennis takes place in many clubs. It is a high energy fitness activity that combines the best features of the sport of tennis with cardiovascular exercise, delivering the ultimate, full body, calorie burning aerobic workout. It is a very social and fun class for players of all ability levels taught by a tennis teaching professional. If you’ve never played tennis before it is a great way to be introduced to the sport and if you are an experienced high level tennis player it is the best way to train for tennis. Most classes have mixed ability and some facilities offer classes which are more specific to ability/fitness level. However, regardless of ability or fitness level the tennis professional is trained to provide the ultimate workout for each person.

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So often i see players of all levels of ability practising serve from the baseline. I recommend to start at the service line and work your way back to the baseline. This drill helps develop footwork, dexterity, coordination, and all service techniques. read more

‘Why are my balls landing so short?’, ‘Why does my opponent keep attacking the net?’, ‘ Why do i always feel i am under pressure?’. A short ball can cause big trouble for a player. These comments from my Irish players are all too common but a series of drills can make a big difference to improving depth. read more

Rushing into a game of tennis can be a big mistake when you haven’t seen a racket in years. I include both static and dynamic warm ups in my coaching in Ireland.This is to ensure your body is fully primed before stepping on court. A warm up of progressive intensity and appropriate exercises will elicit a number of physiological changes that will enhance performance on the day and minimise the aches and pains the day after playing.

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So often when I coach I hear players ask me how to put spin on the ball.
Without an understanding of why spin is needed during a tennis match they just want to know how to do it.
Surprisingly they forget that topspin is only one type of spin they can put on the ball and do not think about
underspin or slice as it is more commonly called. I will discuss slice in a later article but in this edition i would like to talk about topspin.

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