Professional Tennis Player 101

A Quick Guide on How to Become the Best Tennis Player You Can Be and Achieve Your Dreams of Becoming a Professional

Created byHowExpert

Last updated 9/2020

English

What you'll learn

Professional Tennis Player 101

Course content

1 section • 12 lectures • 3h 23m total length

Welcome0:24
Learn how to become the best tennis player you can be and achieve your professional dreams from a to z, written by Christopher Morris and narrated by Gereb.
Introduction16:10
Explore realities of turning pro in tennis, from the challenger circuit to grand slams, through practice and mental resilience. See how a practical template helps players reach professional standard tennis.
Chapter 1 – Making the First Steps in Tennis24:09
Begin your tennis journey by selecting appropriate equipment, understanding age and court considerations, and mastering basic grips, serves, ball toss, and groundstrokes through focused practice.
Chapter 2 – Becoming an Intermediate Tennis Player31:32
move from beginner to intermediate by building consistent rallies, developing a topspin forehand and solid backhand, and refining the serve through wall drills and ball-machine practice.
Chapter 3 – Getting Serious, Getting Good16:19
Develop serious tennis through passion and thousands of hours of practice, focusing on the backhand (two-handed for juniors) and net play. Evaluate singles versus doubles and prioritize progress over results.
Chapter 4 – Getting Into the System21:56
Learn how to gain official recognition to enter the system, prioritizing a well-rounded game, disciplined practice, and two key drills that build consistency from baseline to net play.
Chapter 5 – Surviving in the System16:30
Explore how young players balance commitment and life, assess academy options, and pursue versatile development across surfaces, singles and doubles, while maintaining enjoyment and passion.
Chapter 6 – Is Coaching Critical for Playing Professional-Standard Tennis?11:42
Coaching is essential for reaching professional standard tennis, yet independence and non player coaches can foster success; focus on mental development, love of the game, and avoiding overemphasis on strategy.
Chapter 7 – The Importance of Talent vs The Value of Practice14:38
Explore how talent and practice shape tennis success. Argue that ten thousand hours of practice and love for the game drive mastery, while genetics and height influence potential.
Chapter 8 - Mental Fitness, Physical Fitness and Advanced Drills24:53
Develop mental fitness and physical fitness for tennis through advanced drills and circuit training, building endurance, movement, and technique with drills like hitting deep and tramline targets.
Chapter 9 – Examining the Success Stories11:37
This chapter examines the success stories of the game's top players, from the Williams sisters to Nadal and Federer, illustrating diverse junior development paths and challenging conventional routes.
Conclusion13:31
Success in tennis hinges on personal responsibility, independence, and love of the game; with dedication anyone can reach professional standard tennis, but few win ATP titles.

Requirements

None

Description

Tennis is one of the most challenging sports in the world, requiring a heady cocktail of technical skill, physical prowess, and mental strength. It can be an intimidating game for beginners to pick up, while experienced club players often struggle to improve. And 99.99% of tennis players never play professional-standard tennis, while also dreaming what it would be like to do so.

In this multi-purpose guide to the sport of tennis, a former highly ranked British junior provides a raft of practical tips for improving your game, while uncloaking the myths which surround the halcyon turf of the professional game.

This book outlines all of the key basic tennis techniques, provides you with the best drills to improve your game, and explains how to develop the skills that professional players possess.

It also handholds you through the world of junior tennis, and explains why all may not be as it seems inside expensive academies and the junior tennis circuit. And the book furthermore contributes to the ongoing debate regarding the importance of talent versus practice.

Tennis Player 2.0 is your guide to becoming the tennis player you want to be, for players of all skill levels, while also outlining what it is possible for you to achieve in the game of tennis.

About the Expert

Christopher Morris was ranked in the top 20 juniors in Britain in both short tennis and lawn tennis as a teenager. He was also part of the first state school team to reach the British schools finals. An insider in the British LTA scheme, Morris was part of several of the top junior development squads, where he regularly played against several players, both male and female, who went on to play professional tennis. He also worked with the highest rated LTA coaches of the time.

Morris has since become a successful freelancer writer, with his work featuring in Newsweek, Yahoo and Seeking Alpha, amongst many other publications.

Who this course is for:

People Interested in Tennis