Your Guide    Gavin Davison If you’ve ever opened a BRAND NEW tin of tennis balls before, you’ll instinctively know that tennis balls (and their cans) are pressurized. All sports balls are pressurized to a certain degree, however, and this is necessary FOR THEM to travel through the Air and Bounce. Without this pressure,

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison As you can see, there is no EXACT ANSWER to this question. It really does depend on: Take myself as an example. I still play tennis 3/4 times per week, and without BLOWING MY own trumpet, the balls get a fair thrashing out there on the court. So after

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison Those are my top three recommendations if you’re looking to GRAB a used tennis ball machine right now. 1) eBay Starting with eBay, is one of the greatest online platforms for finding quality second-hand goods. You’d be SURPRISED at the number of tennis-related items on eBay as it happens,

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison Tennis is an awesome sport, that we all know. And one of the sure-fire ways to keep it as fun as possible is to play on a clean court. I’m not talking about trash here, I’m talking about keeping the actual court surface as clean as possible. This is

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison Many professional players on both the ATP and WTA circuits started playing tennis aged 3 or less. In fact, when researching the top players… I discovered that this was pretty much THE NORM! I’m fairly sure I was still learning how to color in images correctly at age 3

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison Of course, rally structures and lengths can vary quite significantly, but at the very fundamental level, it’s all about consistently hitting a ball in the court between two or four players. When kids are starting out in tennis, you’ll often hear coaches asking them to rally their age, which

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison There is nothing worse than being out there on the court, whether in practice or in competition, and the clothing you have doesn’t feel right. Unless you’re competing at Wimbledon, which has an all-white clothing requirement, you can pretty much wear whatever you like to play tennis. Of course,

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison Since I have personally worked as a tennis coach for a number of years in the past, I feel I am qualified to answer this common question. For a direct answer, I’d have to say that it depends on the following: For example, a coach in the USA will

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison Some tennis pundits say that volleying is a dying art in the sport. Sure, the days of players serving and volleying are long gone, but I believe hitting a good volley is still a critical part of the game. Of course, to hit a great volley you need to

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison Have you ever stopped and marveled at a tennis ball? Okay, you might not look at one the same way you might look at a celebrity or some athletic SUPERSTAR, but they’re still pretty cool. I often wonder about the actual manufacturing process of tennis balls, and how people

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison The serve is one of the most important parts of tennis. It’s the ONLY shot that you have 100% control over, and if you’re serving well, I usually find that the rest of the game follows. Serving well also simplifies the game. If you can keep the scoreboard ticking

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison Ah, the memories! I first picked up a tennis racket when I was eight years of age, SWINGING violently at a sponge ball and barely making contact. Believe it or not, I was one of the later starters at my local club. Other kids had already been hitting balls

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison When do tennis players retire? If you asked me this question several decades ago, it would have been easier to give a CONCRETE answer (not that I was born until the early 90s). Back in the 70s, 80s, or 90s, it was fairly rare that tennis players would continue