WebTennis.net Newsletter

January 2, 2004

Hi and Happy New Year...!  I absolutely love this time of year.  A new fresh start and all of that good stuff.  I'm not to much into resolutions, but I always get a big inspirational push at the beginning of the year...! 

I guess if there's one thing I really want to improve upon this year, it would be to do a better job of giving you more opportunities to let me know what's happening with your tennis and how I can best help you...

After having taught this game for over 30+ years, it's way to easy for me to presume what's best for you, what I think you need, blah, blah, blah, when in fact, I want to hear directly from you.  Yep, I want you to feel free to be precise and let me know exactly what challenges you personally have with your tennis and/or how to you can improve.

So, there's the invitation, take advantage of it, either send me an email to brent@webtennis.net or just fill in one of the question boxes I've posted throughout the website...

I've got an announcement about a NEW instructional product on doubles that I've put together with my friend Pat Blaskower.  Pat is considered one of the top experts in the area of doubles strategies.  She wrote the 'holy grail' on doubles, "The Art of Doubles", about 7-8 years ago.  It's my reference manual and the only hard cover book on doubles I recommend to my students.

Pat and I just completed an instructional audio product, "Your Top Ten Biggest Challenges in Doubles".  More on that in just a bit.


Rant...  You're kidding me right?  What are they thinking?...

I'm ticked, hacked off, and downright appalled by the latest issue (Jan/Fed 2004) of "Tennis" magazine.  You gotta be kidding me...

Here's a shot of the cover with the caption in the lower left hand corner...

"How to Play
Doubles From
The Baseline"

What...?  Encourage players to play doubles
from the baseline?  Why don't we just take the
game and throw it in the toilet and flush it
away forever...

Come on people, it's tough enough to have to put up with this magazine and other websites promoting "how to play like the pros" by advocating boring baseline play with the extreme grips, but doubles from the baseline...?

Man, get me outta here, because this is just ridiculous.  If anyone out there thinks that tennis can be played as a lifetime sport with extreme grips, extreme swing shapes, and worse, doubles from the baseline, well, hello, it ain't possible.

I briefly chatted with Pat Blaskower about this stuff today...  Here's just a couple of minutes of it...
 
Hey, I'd like to apologize, but I can't, this stuff just makes me crazy.  Yeah, I know, it's all about marketing and sales, but every USTA member receives TENNIS magazine, so in effect, the U.S. national tennis association is endorsing and promoting thus kind of crap.  I'm sorry, but it's a joke..

What do you think...?  Am I a little overboard about all of this?  Do you actually believe we should be playing doubles from the baseline just because some pros do...?  Feel free to let me know what you think in this dialogue box.


OK, that's about as much of this stuff as I can stand...!  Now on to the truth about actually helping your doubles... (whew...!)


NEW Doubles Instructional Product - Online and CD...!

"Your Top Ten Biggest Challenges in Doubles" by Brent Abel and Pat Blaskower

After reading the latest issue of Tennis magazine, maybe it should be the top eleven challenges which would include one about having to deal with all of the mis-information you have to put up with out there...!  (OK, I'm calming down, hang in there with me...!)

Doubles coaching guru Pat Blaskower and I have partnered up to give you the answers to ten of your most often asked questions about how to deal with specific situations in doubles...

Pat has authored what I believe is the best hard cover book on doubles, "The Art of Doubles".  Pat's book is truly my one and only resource for coaching doubles.  Here's where to pick up a copy of Pat's book, "The Art of Doubles".  Amazon has it for just $11.99.  It's the deal of the century...
Just click on the book photo to the left...

Pat and I took your ten most asked questions and discussed exactly how to solve those problems.

This instructional product is a one hour discussion segmented into 11 parts (intro and the answers to the ten questions).

  • Where exactly do I serve and what's likely to happen with the return of serve?
    How you set up your partner with the correct placement of your serve as opposed to power.

  • How do I get rid of this irrational fear of messing up if I poach?
    How you can overcome the fear of missing put-away opportunities and why losing points when you poach can turn into your team's advantage for future points.

  • Where do I return serve and why?
    What are your targets for the return of serve and why establishing those potential placements early in the match will open up big opportunities for you later in the match.

  • As the receiver's partner, what's my role and exact court positioning?
    What exactly is your role here and how you can control the point from this position on the court.

  • I'm freaked out about the "transition" from baseline to the net.  How can I improve on that?
    How you can overcome the worry of playing shots within "no man's land" as you move forward to join your partner up at net.

  • How do I deal with lob queens and kings?
    How to hit shots that force your opponents into not lobbing or trying very difficult lobs.

  • When and where should I lob?
    How you can turn a simple lob into a major weapon, not as a lob queen or king, but an immediate offensive opportunity for you and your partner.

  • How do I deal with those crazy "net rushers"?
    How you can neutralize those players that are barreling up to net.  What are the right shots you should play to put them in a defensive position.

  • Where do I hit my shots?
    How you can have a simple formula that will decide exactly where every shot should be played.  How you can better understand the geometry of the court for your shot placements.

  • How do my partner and I "get on the same page"?
    How to positively involve your partner with your shot placements and why this is the answer to a long and successful life as a doubles player...!

Here's what you get...

- Immediate access to the one hour online presentation of this lesson.  You can listen to each of the ten answers directly from the webpage. 

- Each answer is a discussion between me and Pat which gives you our combined teaching and playing wisdom of nearly 100 years (yikes...!).

- Each answer is a MP3 file that you can also download to your computer where you can listen "off-line" and/or burn your own CD.

- The lesson CD will be immediately shipped to you.

- PLUS, unlimited email and telephone support from Brent!  Yep, I'm available to help you.  Just let me know.

- And with all of my instructional products, you get my 100% fully refundable lifetime player satisfaction guarantee.

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Feedback and Contact...

As you know, I'm always interested in your opinion of my newsletters, products, and your overall tennis learning experience with me.  Please feel free to drop me a line if you have any suggestions, criticism, ideas for topics, whatever...   I want to hear from you...!  Thanks.

brent@webtennis.net

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