I know, these are unprecedented times with very little if any income, an inert tennis programme and racquets gathering dust. But amongst the gloom, the actions from many in our industry have been second to none. Home tennis ideas, webinars to discuss the way back, the list goes on.

As a naïve junior player it was drummed into me,” You must step into the volley! Get forward!” But many years, much experience and research later I discovered that this is not strictly true.

The split step is to allow the player to move in a more efficient and explosive fashion but when exactly do you execute it, read on...

The First Four Shots - We all know the importance of the first four shots in tennis…over 75% of pro points are won and lost within the first four shots...