Happy Birthday Dad!!

I feel your presence everyday! I love you, you were always in my corner.

A Nice Blog

This Blog is well written and has some nice articles.

Tenniswire

Emilio Sanchez Talks at 2009 USPTA World Conference

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Forehand - Overhead Drill with Emilio Sanchez Vicario

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Emilio Sanchez Volley Drill

Courtesy of 10sDog and TW

Sanchez X and V Drill

More Sanchez drills. More ideas.

Good Advice for Wall Practice

I found the above picture on the Tennis Warehouse forum. This is an explanation for practicing to hit on the rise against a wall.
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showpost.php?p=4210210&postcount=21

Ana Ivanovic

Nice warm up.

Ana Ivanovic Warming up in Luxembourg 2007

Excellent video for footwork drills.

Coordination : Doble V in cercles playing tennis

Another good drill, I like the fact that they are keeping the racket and utilizing it while doing the drills. in my opinion, most of the coordination drills and exercises should be done with a racket in hand and practicing strokes in the air as well.

Coordination : Eight arround two cones playing voleys against the wall

Very good exercise for the wall!

TSR - Tennis Skill Rythms - Javier Capitaine - Capi - FITNESS PERFORMANCE -Academia Sanchez Casal

Very nice routine. FOOTWORK, FOOTWORK, FOOTWORK!!! The key to good tennis.

Treadmill Routine - Tennis Training

If you have access to a treadmill, this is a nice routine.

Federer training video

Another good video o learn from and get ideas from.

Preparación física 2 (Rafa Nadal)

Part 2 of Nadal warm up/workout.

Preparación física 1 (Rafa Nadal)

Nadal warm ups for exercise and or tennis practice.

Reaction and Coordination Drills

Reaction and coordination drills.

Sanchez-Casal Barcelona

More of the Spanish Method.

Oscar Wegner

I've been reading a lot about Oscar Wegner and his MTM (Modern Tennis Method) on the Tennis Warehouse Forums
Unfortunately, there seems to be a lot of hostility directed toward him by a few of the forum members. It has gotten pretty personal and I don't like the way the conversations always seem to evolve and degenerate into personal attacks, mostly against Oscar and his fellow MTM instructors and students.
I am going to send an invitation to Oscar and his fellow instructors and students to participate in this thread and forum. This way they can voice their opinions in a civil and open environment. There are some aspects of MTM that I like and agree with, there are some aspects that I don't agree with as well. BUT, I am open minded and i have always been civil and respectful toward Oscar, his students, and instructors.
This is an OPEN invitation for Oscar and his friends to come here and promote their product and methods.


Here is Oscar's book; Tennis in 2 Hours
This is the 1989 version that he provided in the Tennis Warehouse Forums .
There are more recent versions as well that can be found here along with his DVDs. Read the book and check out his website, then judge for yourself. If you have any questions, please post them here.

My New Yahoo! Group

I have set up a Yahoo! group to be interactive with this Blog. Please help the group grow, you can ask questions about techniques, add advice about techniques, etc. The answer or reference will be provided there where we can discuss it. I hope to see you there, here's my group:
Gillean's Tennis

Andre Agassi Foundation

Here's another athlete that has gone through some turmoil recently, Andre Agassi. He has also done a lot of good works. Here's a link to the
Andre Agassi Foundation

The Tiger Woods Foundation

The man has done some good works for people. His personal life, tragic as it may be, is his personal life. Here's a link to Tiger Woods' Foundation
Let's also concentrate on the good things he has done.

A Letter To Tiger Woods

In light of the recent revelations about Tiger Woods, an athlete whom I admired, I like to extend my prayers and good wishes to Tiger and his family. Hopefully they can work things out and keep their marriage and family intact. Hopefully the vultures in and out of the media can now back off and let them settle this very serious situation in privacy. Imagine how his poor wife must feel when she turns on the television and radio and hears this circus.
Let he or she without sin cast the first stone.

Good luck and good wishes Tiger and Family

G

800 Tennis Drills

I received this in an email. It looks to have some pretty nice drills. Here's the link so you can judge for yourself.
800 Tennis Drills

It has some nice progressions from beginning beginner to intermediate and advanced players.

RPT Drills Part 1

This drills and RPT method are provided by the courtesy of my friends at Tennis Warehouse Talk tennis Discussion forum.
Here's the link to the thread:
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=301426

Also check out Bungalow Bill's advice on the forum, he provides an excellent technical analysis on various tennis techniques.

RPT Drills Part 2

Drills

Spanish Training Model Part 1 of 4

A take on tennis technique from Spain. very good stuff. Compare to Oscar Wegner's MTM which I will posting on here soon.

Spanish Training Model Part 2 of 4

RPT

Spanish Training Model Part 3 of 4

RPT

Spanish Training Model Part 4 of 4

Very good stuff!

My New Friends

The Virginia Beach Filipino American Tennis Association

I've met and hit with Danny & Pat. VBFATA is a nice organization and I look forward to joining it in the near future. Don't be fooled by the name, it may be called the Virginia Beach Filipino American Tennis Association, but they are OPEN to ALL ethnicities and you won't meet a nicer bunch of folks who are members from many different ethnicities there!!

Nice work kuyas!