The serve return plays a critical role in the game of tennis. During roughly half the match, your first shot taken will be a serve return. It’s important, therefore, that you develop a sound technique. The serve return starts with proper positioning along the baseline. …

An important part of your shot arsenal, the volley can help add a new dimension to your game. The volley allows you to attack after serves or approach the net following a deep groundstroke shot to your opponent. This makes it possible for you to …

The serve is one of the more difficult shots for beginners, mostly because it’s an overhead stroke where ball placement is confined to a relatively smaller area – the service box – rather than the full court. However, it doesn’t need to be a stumbling …

The very first time you swung at a tennis ball, chances are it was a forehand shot. Topspin or slice spin aside, the motion of the arm swing probably did not take much time to get used to. The forehand stroke is performed in a …

Among groundstrokes, the backhand is perhaps the most challenging shot to master. Unlike the forehand which follows a more natural trajectory forward on a player’s dominant side, the backhand requires the player to reverse the motion of the swing on their non-dominant side. The backhand …