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Brian explains how the best tennis players have more discipline than talent.   Day 6 of the 7-Day Kick Start Tennis Lesson Series:  Habit Building. DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 233 1.  Examples of athletes with great talent. 2. Examples of athletes with great discipline. 3. Examples of athletes that have both. 4.  How do you develop good habits? 5.  How often should you prac...

Brian explains the benefits of "Situational Drilling" to improve your tennis game. DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 232 1.  Who are Situational Drills Good for? 2. What is a Situational Drill? 3. Why are Situational Drills Beneficial? 4.  When is a good time to do Situational Drills? 5.  Which Situational Drills are best? MIAMI OPEN RETRO TEE SHIRT   Pick Your Favorite Color, Size an...

Brian describes how Return of Serve practice can transform your tennis game. DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 231 1.  Find someone who can serve. 2. Find a Ball Machine with Elevated Projectile  3. Back Returns 4. Neutral Returns 5. Aggressive Returns MIAMI OPEN RETRO TEE SHIRT   Pick Your Favorite Color, Size and Style HERE WHO IS BRIAN? WHEN WILL THE TENNIS COURTS REOPEN?

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 230 Brian Goes Over the Fundamentals of the Serve to prepare you for his online course Xelerator Tennis System . Tip: Warm Up Before Your Serve Toss Practice 1.  How To Hold The Ball 2. Three Hinges 3. Elevator Shaft How To Hold the Racquet. 1.  Frying Pan 2. Forehand Grip 3.  Continental Timing Your Serve 1.  Experiment with Height 2. Timing of Your...

Brian incorporates movement into the 7-Day Kick Start Tennis Lesson Series. DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 230 1. WARM UP MOVEMENT 2. FEET & LEGS 3. TRUNK & CORE 4. HAND & EYES 5. REPEAT - WITH BALL STRIKING 6. PROGRESSIONS - 30 -45 MIN WARM UP 7.  SITUATIONAL DRILLS 8. POINT PLAY MIAMI OPEN RETRO TEE SHIRT   Pick Your Favorite Color, Size and Style HERE WHO IS BRIAN? WHEN W...

The First Installment of our 7-Day Kick Start Series Daily Tennis Tip / Episode 229 Day 1 - BALL STRIKING Brian talks about the importance of ball striking to improve your on court performance. 1.  Start in the Short Court 2. Abbreviate your Back Swing. 3. Find Your Tempo 4. Find your Sweet Spot 5.  Increase your Spin 6. Increase your Racquet Speed 7. Move back to Next Progression 8. Sus...

Brian explains the design process behind the MIAMI TENNIS Retro Tee Shirt. DAILY TENNIS INSIGHT / EPISODE 228 1.  Need Something To Do 2. Create a New Revenue Stream 3. Release a Creative Outlet 4.  Bring the Tennis Community Together 5.  Love of Retro Products Specifically Font and Style MIAMI OPEN RETRO TEE SHIRT   Pick Your Favorite Color, Size and Style HERE WHO IS BRIAN? W...

Brian gets into the importance of routines when it comes to improving your tennis game and keeping a high spirit during Covid-19. DAILY TENNIS INSIGHT / EPISODE 227 Micro Commitments Fuel Healthy Mind Set 1. Make Your Bed 2. Make a To Do List (Write it Down) 3. Find Someone With Similar Values 4. Do Your Favorite Drills 5. Grind It  6. Make It Fun 7. Repeat (3x to 5x per week). MIAMI OPEN RET...

It was a Friday night in Key Biscayne during the 2nd week of the tournament as local fans and TV viewers witnessed one of the best matches in the history of the tournament.  Brian explains his favorite tennis match ever at the Miami Open. DAILY TENNIS INSIGHT / EPISODE 226 1. Watching It Live vs YouTube Highlights 2. What It Meant To Tennis 3. What it Meant To Federer 4. What it Meant To Kyrg...

Brian examines the usage of the term "punch" when considering the optimum visual technique for learning or improving your volley. DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 225 1.  Define a Volley 2. Different Volley Speeds 3. Different Volley Positions 4. Different Volley Contact 5. How to Practice Your Volley WHO IS BRIAN? Video Tip: Absorb and Push Volley Technique with Brian

Brian analyzes the Covid-19 crisis and tries to make and estimate of when it will be safe for tennis facilities to re-open. Daily Tennis Tip / Episode 224 1.  Is Tennis The Best Sport for Social Distancing? 2.  What Does the Data Say? 3.  Metropolitan tennis courts 4.  Suburban and Rural tennis facilities 5.  Decision Makers:  Public Parks, Private Clubs and HOA's WHO...

Brian analyzes John Isner power tennis game translated in the 1990s. DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 223 1. Court Surface 2. Playing Styles 3. Training 4. Diet 5. Effect WHO IS BRIAN? FIND A TENNIS PARTNER ON BACKHAND CITY

Brian gets introspective and talks about his day to day life during self quarantine. DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 222 1. Routines are important 2. Creative Outlets 3. New Revenue Streams 4. Catch Up with Long Lost Friends 5. My Cardio Isn't As Bad As I Thought 6. Roku Rocks! WHO IS BRIAN? FIND A TENNIS PARTNER ON BACKHAND CITY

Brian dives into the blood, sweat and tears with his life long marriage to the sport of tennis. DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISOdE 221 1. Find a role model. 2 Develop a curiosity. 3. Build Habits 4. Be fractional better in different aspects of your game. 5. Develop Playing Style 6. Have a healthy skepticism 7. Go Live Xelerator Tennis System : A Fresh Start Guide on How To Play Smart Tennis

Brian goes over some wish list items for tennis players before they "kick the bucket". 1.  Get back to Wimbledon 2. Play at the All Iowa Lawn Tennis Club 3. Travel on ITF Senior Circuit 4.  Travel the Spring Clay Court Season:  Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Paris 5.  Get Back to Australian Open XELERATOR TENNIS SYSTEM : A Fresh Start Guide on How To Play Smart Tennis

Which level tennis player are you?  What defines these levels and how can you maintain your level as your age or even get better.  Brian explores the differences between A, B, and C level tennis players. DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 219 1.  Before There Were Tennis Ratings 2. A Players = Advanced Skills 3. B Players = Intermediate Skills 4. C Players = Novice Skills Learn the correspo...

So what are you options when a pandemic hits and you can't play tennis at your local tennis courts?  Brian gets into the the temporary tennis reality with some helpful pointers to keep your spirit on track in times of uncertainty. DAILY TENNIS TIPS / EPISODE 218 1. Have some perspective.  It's only temporary. 2. Watch the Tennis Channel 3. Go for Bike or Run 4. Interval Training 5. Do a...

The French Open changes is Spring time schedule because of Corona Virus to the Fall.  Why the pro's should be grateful and not complain. TENNIS NEWS / EPISODE 217 1.  It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. 2.  What input could players possible give? 3. The players are the product. 4.  The real customers are the fans. 5.  What will happen to other events and to...

Change is never easy but if there is one thing that is certain in our life it is change.  Brian examines the neuropathology of change and how great tennis players adapt to it and how Corona Virus is challenging peoples ability to adapt to new routines. Finally, what can you do to adapt to this change on and off the tennis court. DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 216 1.  What are we talking abou...

Brian explains the "In and Out" Tennis Student. Are you one of these tennis players who is driven by results? DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 215 1. What is an In and Out Tennis Student? 2. Why is the result so important to this personality type? 3. How can you use this in a better way? 4.  The Danger of Competitive Anxiety? 5.  How can competition off a productive and positive mind set? XELE...

Is one part of your tennis game letting you down? If so, what can you do to get your game back on track? DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 214 1.  Take a private tennis lesson. 2. Work around your strengths to cover up a weakness. 3. Change your patterns of play. 4. Adapt your positioning 5.  Play weaker players. 6.  Paradigm Shift XELERATOR TENNIS SYSTEM : A Fresh Start on How To Pla...

Brian demonstrates the art of "getting out of the way" of your student's development. DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 213 1.  You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink. 2. Student needs to take ownership of the stroke. 3. Recognize when you are solving a problem as opposed to creating a new one 4. Summarize the outcome 5. Trust the process.   XELERATOR TENNIS SYSTEM : A Fres...

Brian gives a fresh start system for growing your tennis game from scratch. 1. Are you new to the game of tennis? 2. Are you a lapsed player looking to get back into the swing of things? 3. Are you a player who's taken a lot of lessons but you aren't improving? If so, you are listening to the right podcast.  In this episode we are going to dive into a new system for teaching tennis and how th...

Brian gives out 13 practical tips for tennis players help prevent (COVID-19). DAILY TENNIS TIPS / EPISODE 211 HEALTH TIP FOR STRONG IMMUNE SYSTEM Eat Right, Sleep Well, Drink Lots of Fluids. #BeHealthy You may get infected but have strong immune system and fight off Covid-19.  If you suffer from obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure you are vulnerable. If you are sick and have presciptions i...

How to sneak in a productive tennis workout on busy days. Tennis Wall Workout / Daily Tennis Tips / Episode 210 1.  What Level Tennis Players Are You? 2. Sneakers would be ideal 3. Start up close.   4. Work on one shot. 5. Organically back up. 6. Maintain as many reps as you can. 7.  The End / Back to Life Xelerator Tennis System: A Fresh Start Guide on How To Play Smart Tennis