Helmut from Germany has decided to check out Slovenia and take a few tennis lessons with me. We worked on the backhand mostly and the first article with lots of videos is ready.

Part II with more drills and tips on how to develop an advanced backhand will come next week...

--------------------------------
1. What's New?
--------------------------------

a) The key to developing an advanced backhand is getting the fundamentals right and being able to control the ball really well at low speeds.

Helmut's backhand is a perfect example of a recreational backhand which is relatively consistent in easy conditions but is limited with speed and accuracy and breaks down under pressure.

The first article talks about using the right muscles to hit a one-handed backhand and shows drills to help you develop basic ball control and basic backhand technique.

Advanced Tennis Backhand Technique - Drills And Corrections To Fix The Backhand

b) There were two interesting stories submitted this week.

Felipe talks about how losing a match makes you improve more than winning because you learn what went wrong and work on it to improve it.

And Joseph suggests that you should focus on accuracy before power if you want to develop consistent strokes that you can rely on.

Check both stories and share your thoughts too!

--------------------------------
2. Tennis Thoughts Blog
--------------------------------

Caroline Wozniacki is involved in an unusual controversy. She retired against Anne Kremer in the second round of the Luxembourg Open at the score of 7-5, 5-0 for her.

I don't think she made the right call, what about you?

Caroline Wozniacki's Investigation

---------------------------------

The Slovenian version of the DVD on tennis tactics is finally done. I'll send an email to my fellow Slovenian tennis players, parents and coaches next week so if you don't understand anything, don't panic. ;)

Here's a sneak preview of two videos uploaded to Youtube (just copy and paste the URLs to your browser):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BhmPWEwBxw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t_Y6w2vfxY

Talk to you in 2 weeks!

Best, Tomaz

-----------------------------------------