Tennis

  Your Guide Gavin Davison A Tennis Ball Machine – What Is It? Have you ever fancied a game of tennis but you just can’t find someone to play with? Or maybe you’re just a little bored of hitting against the wall?  Well, the good news is that a tennis ball machine provides an ideal […]

Your Guide Gavin Davison If you want to really get the most out of your tennis game, you have to find some appropriate tennis balls to PLAY WITH. For competitive events, unfortunately, you don’t often get the choice of which tennis balls to use. However, when you are practicing, you most certainly do! In my

Learning the game of tennis tends to happen on the court, at least when developing your skills. But have you ever stopped and wondered how reading tennis books could help with your game and your overall knowledge of the sport? Your Guide Gavin Davison It’s something that players don’t often ponder, but in my opinion,

Your Guide Gavin Davison There are various pieces of equipment in tennis that can impact how you play. This can include what rackets you play with, what strings you use, what shoes you wear, and many other factors too. With that said, one of the most overlooked areas, in my opinion, is what grip you

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison If you follow tennis relatively closely, you’ll likely have picked up on the fact that the game can be played on VARYING SURFACES. At the lower levels, tennis can actually be played on multiple surfaces like tarmac, artificial grass, carpet, shale (a crushed brick form of clay), and quite

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison As most tennis coaches will tell you, in order to really enjoy the game, you have to MASTER THE BASICS. And as far as basics go, for me, it’s all about learning the groundstrokes to develop solid foundations and therefore, be able to rally. Once you start feeling confident

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison What Makes a ‘Tennis Bad Boy’? Before I get the ball rolling and start shedding light on all of the bad boys of the tennis world, I figured it would be a good idea to let you know how I’ve shortlisted these hotheads in the first place! Let’s be

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison The Artistry of Doubles Tennis is somewhat unique in the respect that it can be played as singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. And to be honest with you, playing doubles can sometimes feel like a different sport entirely – especially when compared to a GAME OF SINGLES. The most

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison As the game of tennis has developed, THE WAY in which players hit the ball has completely changed. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, players would hit the ball extremely flat, very low, and the standard grip being used was ‘continental grip’. However, as we progressed into the 1990s,

GAME PENALTIES in Tennis – What Are They? How Do You Get Them? Are They That Bad? Let’s face it – tennis players can have a bit of a TEMPER ON THEM.    Your Guide    Gavin Davison Throughout the many decades that this sport has been played at the highest level, we’ve seen: Of

Your Guide    Gavin Davison Tennis is one of the few sports that has the ability to change how it is played, relating to the number and gender of players that mix on the court. Of course, the scoring system remains the same, but when you look at singles play compared with doubles/mixed doubles –

  Your Guide Gavin Davison As many of you might be aware, the 2020 Wimbledon Championships did not take place due to the COVID-19 situation. Amazingly, this was the first year that the Championships did not take place since World War II. With that said, since we were all robbed of the 2020 tournament, fans

   Your Guide    Gavin Davison There are two types of tennis players in this game – those who grunt, and those who don’t. There is no in-between, even if there are varying degrees and volumes of those players that do indeed grunt when hitting the ball. Grunting is not something particularly new either. In

In tennis, as you may already know, a standard tournament format involves a progressive knockout structure, until we are ultimately left with a winner. Your Guide    Gavin Davison As the tournament moves along, individuals (or pairs in doubles) will go head to head, and the winner progresses through to the next round. But as

  Your Guide Gavin Davison Top Tennis Shoes For Kids Kids may be a bit more concerned with LOOKING COOL and TRENDY compared to us adults. But unfortunately, looking cool isn’t going to guide them towards the right pair of tennis shoes. Sometimes, we adults need to step in and talk some sense to the

Your Guide Gavin Davison Top Tennis Shoes For Working Out This is the beauty of tennis shoes in my opinion, for they are so versatile that they can be worn for so many different activities. Personally, I always wear a pair of tennis shoes when working out. I usually just run on the treadmill when

  Your Guide Gavin Davison When you are shopping around for tennis shoes for toddlers, it’s good to know that you won’t have to look for too many extreme features. As let’s face it, they aren’t yet competing in sport at any high level.  If your child is trying to get started in tennis or