Tennis 4 Everyone
from David Sammel, the former ATP
tour coach and professional tennis player; information online and help to improve all aspects
of your tennis: Technical,
Tactical, Mental and Physical Articles
useful information for coaches and players from
Coaches
Info Service Tennis resources
from Tennis Thing; has free online information in the form
or articles and tutorials and provides online coaching for paid
members
Photo-based Tennis lessons online from the About Tennis team
- all the strokes and grips with related articles;
Reference Information and research
covering stokes and grips
Learn and Improve forehands,
backhands, serves, volleys, overheads, and specialty shots. Develop better strategies for
singles and doubles at any level, beginner through advanced Backhand
- one hand or two - these articles discuss the issues
One hands or Two from TheTennisSource recommends both and
explains why
Mastering the two-handed backstroke from Dummies "which
one should you play? First, listen to your instincts...." Wikipedia
presents the alternative grips and the players with great
backhands
The Tennis About team presents the pros and cons with some
videos to help
Nick Bollettieri, tennis coach discuses the contact points
for the one-hanbed stroke
The
Herald Tribune looks at the successes with alternative
approaches in the French Open 2002
Mr
Tennis Australia Mark Rothwell, covers online tips, tactics
and tricks.
"100 Plus Tennis
Tips covering all aspects of the
game, designed for all players, Beginners to International
Standard, all sizes, shapes and ages. You may not agree with
some, but study them, and your game will improve in some way"Operation
Doubles
very
detailed online advice with illustrations covering all aspects
of doubles play
Quick Tips and
Tennis
Lessons, from
Tennis
Lovers.com Racquety Yak
tips.
message board,
Live Chat Revolutionary
Tennis online instruction for both
tennis pros and recreational
players that explains a new and easier way to improve your
tennis strokes, your consistency,
court coverage, and power.
Scoring - for beginners
Strategic Tennis concepts helping you to think through and
analyse your game
Tennis Ratings
- see below Tennis 4 everyone.com,
dedicated to improving your tennis experience and your game. Got
a problem with your serve? We have the easiest to follow
products to help with any technical problem and free help as
well. Inside Story lets you in on pro tennis in a unique
experience that 'captures the soul of tennis' .
Free email newsletters with the
latest inside stories and tennis tips. TennisONE -
on-line tennis lessons and information. Need to become a paid
member for wider access. 'Ask the Pro' (for an annual fee).
Tennis Skills nicely presented by the BBC Sport Academy,
along with Masterclass and Training Tennis
Tips from
Greenlees Park Tennis Club,
Sydney, Australia - very informative text to improve all aspects
of your game - footwork, stoke playing, tossing the ball,
anticipation, poaching...... Tennis Instruction
Online from Teaching Tennis; The Game, The Basics,
Different Levels, Body, Mind Spirit Tennis 4
You instructional
tennis
articles from some of the best
sources on the web;
ask the experts
and tips, drills and exercises to
improve your game
Tennis 4 Everyone from
David Sammel who has
coached seven British Davis Cup players; Totally original
and exclusive content of tennis coaching analysis and tips,
emerging talents, interviews, tour diaries, products and a new,
paid membership area with masses of further, advanced content!
Coaching
Children Little Tennis
includes a structured program of
lessons and play designed to move children ages 3-10 quickly
through the transitional stages of graduated equipment to
full-court tennis.
Teacher's resources
Tips for teaching tennis to young beginners
from the About team; "To ensure success, use
progressions, ..... start simple, small, and easy."
Teaching tennis to younger kids from TennisOne - philosophy
and application; David Brouwer shares some of his personal
philosophies on teaching 4-6 year olds as well as some warm up
games and stroke games that work well for him.
ITN International
On Court Assessment Database
This website allows you to
pinpoint your strengths and weaknesses of your ITN On Court
Assessment in relation to your International Tennis Number in
the same manner as thousands of players from all around the
world - essential for all International competitors International
Tennis Numbers (ITN) - 1 to 10; descriptions of standards,
conversion chart for ATP?WTA ratings
What is the ITN? "an international tennis number that
represents a player’s general level of play. In time it is hoped
that every tennis player worldwide will have an ITN" What is an
LTA Rating? "a description of a
persons tennis playing standard,
much like a golf handicap, which enables organisers to place
players in the right tournament or the right draw for
competitive matches." USTA
Tennis Ratings 1 to 7 explained
Rackets Notes on Purchasing a
Racket Racquet Tech
one-stop location for all your equipment
questions, resource needs, burning curiosities; database of string patterns,
racquet selector, balance adjustment.... Siegfried Kuebler
Racket design, collector; the inventor of the "widebody" racquet, the
Wilson Profile and collector of antique
rackets. Racket Antiques - book of
tennis rackets by Siegfried Kuebler Know Your Rackets
from Racket-Technique -a guide to rackets and strings;
Tennis Tackets Tennis String ForumJoe's
Tennis String Forum presents string
evaluations of other players to help to get informed about strings.
Results from
Tennis Complete tennis results, schedule and
statistics from all tournaments. Players profile with individual
statistics. Compare players, preview tennis games
Bella
Online Tennis "The Voice of Women", covers beginners tennis,
camps, instruction, equipment, players, tournaments and more...
Fox Sports-Tennis
provides news, photos, features, Rankings
Infoplease Tennis Easy-to-search, one-stop source of
historic stats, bios and results News
Now - Tennis: news feed; online media monitoring of world
tennis at all levels Racquety Yak
tips.
message board,
Live Chat String Forum authentic
string evaluations of other players should help make some
decisions on strings. Tennis Teaching Forum
see if anyone can answer some of those difficult questions or
let everyone know what you think about a tennis issue. Tennis Magazine for all the
tennis news TennisONE - on-line
tennis lessons and information
Tennis Chat rooms a directory from ChatMag US Tennis Court and Track
Association - the centralized
source for information on tennis
court and track guidelines for builders, manufacturers,
professionals and consumers;
Faq
Your Park Tennis about Anna Kournikova, Jelena
Dokic, Maria Sharapova: photos, wallpapers, news, statistics,
results, biography, skins, grand slams, rankings World Tennis
Ratings tennis ezine with articles World Wide Web Tennis
Server
Governed by the ITF which was founded in
1913 by the national associations of 12 countries. Today the ITF is
composed of the
national tennis associations of 200 countries. The ITF 'circuits'
provide the opportunities for players to develop for the top level
tennis Pro Tours. The Circuits:
Junior's,
Women's,
Men's,
Davis Cup
Federation Cup
ATP and rankings
Since 1900,
Nations have competed each year for the
Davis Cup. Currently hundreds of Nations compete to
belong to an elite World Group of 16, 8 of which are
seeded by the Davis Cup Committee - the premier
International team event in men's tennis, attracting the
top athletes in the sport. Games are arranged on a home
and away basis leading to the World Group Final in
December. Below this elite group, countries compete in 4
levels within 3 zonal groups. Full details from the
official site. See also
Wikipedia
Tickets
Dwight's Little Pot - * an interesting collection of photos
and early history of the Davis Cup. Well worth a look for those
interested in this aspect
Davis Cup History a summary from HickOkSports
Davis Cup from Tennis-X with schedule, records and useful
stats
The Fed Cup is the ITF's
top tournament for Women. 16 elite teams compete in two
groups (World Group and World Group II), with first
round ties early in the year followed by semi finals in
July and Finals in September. World Group selection is
via 3 Zonal competitions (America, Asia / Oceania, and
Europe / Africa) For more details see
Wikipedia
and
the official site
In terms of
importance (and Ranking points) the tournaments for
individual players rank as follows:
The 4
Grand Slams:
Australian Open, US Open, Wimbledon and The French Open
The 9
Masters Series-part of the ATP (mens) Tour:
Indian Wells, Miami (Nasdaq), Monte Carlo,
Rome, Hamburg
Toronto/Montreal (alternates each year),
Cincinnati, Madrid and Paris.
The
ATP Tour events
Calendar
Challengers Series
for young and promising players
working their way up to ATP tournaments
Futures and Satellites
commonly
used in reference to minor professional or
competitive
junior tennis and are overseen by the
ITF
U.S.
Open official site, with results, news, photos, and
information from the 2000 US Open tournament. Also includes
information on purchasing tickets and a seating chart for Arthur
Ashe Stadium
ATP
Tour - over 70 tournaments, (Calendar)
culminating in the Tennis Masters Cup, with the 8 top performers
from the year invited to compete.
Players, ranking, new,
results, including challenger
series and archived information.
Coverage by
SkySports,
ABC Sport,
BBC
Sport Tour of
Champions 12
events around the world,
between March and December involving past heroes of the sport
including sporting legends such as Boris Becker, John
McEnroe, Jim Courier, Goran Ivanisevic, Pat Cash and Thomas
Muster. News, players, results
Challenger Series
for young and promising players working
their way up to ATP tournaments
Details from
Wikipedia
minor professional or competitive junior tennis and are
overseen by the
ITF
400 weeks of tennis, between 68%-74%
of these weeks are made up of Futures Tournaments, the remainder
being Satellites. All these tournaments take place in over 60
different countries each year. Tournament
details and
Calendar
All England
Tennis Club Wimbledon news, championship, video vault,
Virtual Tour,
Museum
BBC Sport Tennis UK and World tennis information, UK
tournament results, news, archived information, rankings, tours,
The Opens, rules,
skills
British Tennis not the Tim and Greg show; key stories about
the progress of British players other than Tim and Greg in
tournaments around the world. Essential Guide to
British Tennis news on the British teams and tournaments -
Davis cup, GB Tennis Girls "To
improve professional women's tennis
in Britain by providing a support system for all players";
player zone, articles,
event calendar, find a partner, message board, resource centre.
Richard Bloomfield's personal site on tennis What's
Wrong with British Tennis - Forum Tennis Players, coaches
and parents can use the forum to share their thoughts and ideas
on how to improve British Tennis; unsung heros.
UK
tennis club links a complete directory of lawn
tennis club websites in the
UK and Republic of Ireland, whether
affiliated to their national associations or not. You should
find your club here!
United
States Tennis Association governing body of tennis in the U.S.;
operates the U.S. Open tournament The
Tennis Channel a television-based multimedia destination
dedicated to tennis and the healthy, active lifestyle that surrounds it
- live tournaments, news, one-on-one interviews, game analysis and
skills instruction, giving viewers an all-access pass, with inside
looks, behind-the-scenes coverage and a perspective this close to the
action. The network canvasses the tours and trends of all racquet
sports, including squash, badminton, racquetball, table tennis and
paddle tennis.
Equipment
Tennis Tech
(UK) tennis, squash and badminton racquets and
strings, stringing machines, balls and a wide range of accessories, all
designed to incorporate the latest racquet technology at very competitive
prices
Game-Set-and-Match Tennis
instruction for tournament players in ebooks, personal coaching, email
consultation, phone calls, photo and video analysis, private tennis lessons,
clinics and seminars plus a shop for tennis equipment and a lot of links.
Tennis Info
ATP, WTA Rankings and Stats, as well as match stats,
events....... ATP Players
profile, activity, points breakdown etc ATP Rankings and Results
comprehensive and up to date information across the tennis
scene; archive
Pro
Tours - Players,
Rankings and Events from the
Tennis.About team - a useful collection of links
Pro-tennis players from the LookSmart Directory websites for
each player, arranged alphabeticall
Anna Kournikova official site,
photos, news, facta, multimedia, links Andy Roddick
official Site; news, facts, schedule,
fan page,
forum Andy-Roddick profile, pictures,
schedule, news archive Roddick Online also very
comprehensive
Profile from
Atp TennisYahoo Sports
ESPN
Cbs Sportsline
Wikipedia Greg Rusedski unofficial site;
news, pictures or information on Greg.
Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten: - a selection of articles, pictures, links Kim
Clijsters an unofficial fan site of the World tennis
sensation, Kim Clijsters. This website is dedicated to all her fans in
search of information about her. Rafael
Nadal biography, career and records. Also Rafael Nadal
pictures, videos and news. Monica Seles, photos, news,
results, schedule, head-to-head tournament results Steffi Graf the
original website, news, gallery Tim Henman official site. About
Tim, Tim talks, news, match results, video and audio media database, FAQ Tim Henman World Murray's World Fan site dedicated
to British tennis player Andy Murray. Includes news, biography, career
results, rankings, message board, and images.
