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Tennis skills
19 skills, beginner to advanced. 18 of them can be checked from a phone video with honest form analysis — no fake scores.
Beginner
5Ready Position & Split Step
Before any stroke comes the ready position and the split step — the single most important …
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The Grips
How you hold the racket — your grip — shapes every stroke. The main ones to know: the CONT…
Forehand Drive
The forehand is most players' biggest weapon. Its power comes from the kinetic chain — ene…
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Two-Handed Backhand
The two-handed backhand is the easier, more stable backhand for most beginners — it's a sh…
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Footwork Basics
Tennis is often won and lost with the feet. Good footwork gets you to the ball early, in b…
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Intermediate
5The Serve
The serve is the most complex and most athletic stroke — biomechanically it's like throwin…
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The Volley
A volley is hitting the ball out of the air before it bounces, usually near the net. It's …
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One-Handed Backhand
The one-handed backhand is elegant and offers great reach and slice versatility, but it de…
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Topspin
Topspin is the spin that makes the ball dip down into the court and kick up after the boun…
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The Slice
The slice is the opposite spin to topspin — backspin (underspin) that makes the ball float…
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Advanced
5Serve Power & Spin
Once your serve motion is solid, real power and spin come from one thing: the kinetic chai…
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Return of Serve
The return is one of the most underpracticed shots — and a weapon if you build it. The who…
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The Overhead Smash
The overhead smash is the put-away you hit above your head, usually off a lob when you're …
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Approach Shot
An approach shot is the shot you hit on a short ball as you move forward to take the net. …
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Defensive Lob
A defensive lob is a high, deep ball you throw up when you're pulled out of position or fa…
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Insane
4The Kick Serve
The kick serve is the high-bouncing, heavy-topspin serve that's the gold-standard SECOND s…
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Drop Shot
The drop shot is the ultimate disruptor — a delicately sliced ball that just clears the ne…
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Open-Stance Power
Open-stance hitting is how the modern power game generates huge racket speed and recovers …
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Transition Game
The transition game is the art of moving from the baseline to the net to finish points — t…
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