How Good Are Online Teachers? I subscribe to quite a few of the online teachers that sell their lessons on the internet, and have come to some conclusions about how useful they are. As an active USPTA teaching pro and avid tennis player, here's my two cents on how...
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Should a Junior Tennis Player Use Video?
Why Should a Junior Tennis Player Use Video to Improve Can the average junior tennis player improve by taking and looking at videos of himself/herself ? How much does it help? I think any good coach will answer a resounding “yes”! For the typical junior tennis player,...
How to Film a Soccer Match
Although it hasn't caught on yet in the U.S., over in England the QM-1 is used quite a bit to film soccer matches. For a look at how it looks, and some highlights from amateur English soccer, go to DreamLeague I'd like to see someone mount the camera behind the goal...
Handling Difficult Circumstances
TIPS ON HANDLING THE WIND Being an outdoor sport, tennis players are sometimes forced to play (and film) in somewhat harsh conditions. The most common problem is the wind, but there's no reason it should keep you from getting great results. Small to moderate...
How to Fix Technical Problems in Tennis
Florian Meyer, one of the leading online tennis gurus, recently put up this video of his presentation at the Tennic Congress. Florian is talking about how to fix technical flaws in various aspects for tennis, mostly in stroke production, but also in footwork and...
Filming Tennis at Night
Here's a good example of filming tennis at night. This match started out in the daytime and ended up at night under some pretty regular court lighting. The MUVI K-1 did a pretty decent job of capturing the action under the lights. The newer KX-1 and your smartphone...
Ten Easy Ways to Improve Your Tennis Results
Ran across this great article from Sports Illustrated that you might want to check out. Some things to think about that will improve your tennis game: 1. Stick with one pattern of play 2. Pull back on your serve speed 3. Get your back leg behind the ball 4. Play...
Filming Tennis in Slow Motion
How Does Slow Motion Work? Let's say you want to shoot some slow motion video and you have a camera that can shoot 120 frames per second (hey, kind of like the MUVI K-1!) What exactly does that mean? Why do I care about frame rate if I'm after slow motion?...
When NOT to Serve Up the Middle in Doubles
Okay okay, we have all heard "middle solves the riddle", or something like that....it seems to be the gospel when it comes to doubles. Well, bucko, not so fast!! There's at least one situation where you do NOT want to serve to the middle (or "T"), and that's when...
How Do You Handle the Deliberate Bad Call
Bummer! Just when you thought you had made that great shot that would get you back in the game, your opponent makes such a bad call that you just know it was deliberate. I mean, you are standing there watching your down the line shot and it lands six inches in....