Like many of you, I was excited to learn that Roger Federer was giving a commencement speech. How fortunate for Dartmouth that Tony Godsick, his agent, had a daughter in the Dartmouth University 2024 graduating class, which is also Godsick’s alma mater. Much like Federer’s career, the speech went viral. Some described it as motivational,…
Tennis = Life Anticipatory anxiety is a very common experience. Entering a new environment or playing in a challenging match with unfamiliar people can be all it takes to make you feel self-conscious and have these feelings come up. Everyone undergoes them; some people are more troubled by them than others. These uncomfortable feelings are…
A common misunderstanding in tennis is that a ball that spins faster follows a more vertical path. While true in some cases, it’s not true in all circumstances. Does This Matter? Consider that such two dimensional thinking that confuses rotation and revolution is why we once thought the earth was flat, too. Ball Flight We…
The below is an excerpt from the new Secrets of Spanish 2, the second edition of Chris Lewit’s best-selling book. The book is now available on Amazon and other venues. Although historically there has been some personal conflict — and competition — between Bruguera and Alvarez, together they have had a profound influence on the…
Winning Pretty is a new tennis technique book by Chris Lewit, author of the best-selling book The Secrets of Spanish Tennis. Winning Pretty is an expert’s guide to modern, world-class tennis technique and features cutting edge biomechanics, evidence-based technique analysis, diagrams and models, and many excellent technique drills for building beautiful, elastic technique. The book…
Serving is always a rollercoaster ride. It is extremely likely that you have experienced the ups and downs of your serve during a tennis match. One minute, all of your serves are going in and are very effective, and the next minute you can barely swing your arm and get the ball to land in…
A big theme of my articles through the years is that many good coaches have differing opinions regarding on-court and off-court tennis issues. I put my idea to the test and asked 20-top coaches with more than 450-500 combined years of coaching experience, 20-questions. In this edition, I’ll delve into the responses of the on-court…
Unfortunately, kids around the world often do not receive a strong technical foundation in their strokes and movement. I have a great passion for training children and have dedicated much of my coaching work in tennis to developing a great base of technique for kids. I have also been fortunate to work with many tennis…
Recently I was working with one of my favorite clients. Ileen is her name, and tennis is her game. I know it’s corny, but it is true. During our lessons we often have great conversations about the game, and the similarities we recognize that it has with life. The internal challenges we must face on…
We are in the final production stages of our unique book, a book that literally creates a written conversation on the education that takes place within athletic experiences. Having grown up together and experiencing many incredible sports moments both together and apart, and now having both grown into experienced and successful coaches in different sporting…