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Archive for February 5th, 2010

How To Improve Your Tennis Game

Friday, February 5, 2010
posted by Rdgventure 8:00 AM

This article was taken from a recent article in WikiHow.  I think it is an important article for people who are discouraged about their progress in learning how to play tennis

Practice, although just playing is not enough; you have to play with the right people, play often, and play under the right learning atmosphere.  Just getting together with your regular partner 1-3 times a week is not enough and may even hurt your game; it will definitely stop you from improving.  You will make the same mistakes over and over and the game will continue to be a major challenge.

The bottom line is that in order to improve your tennis game, you have to put the time in by playing as often as you can and by playing as many people as you can.