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Hi, I am John Debnam, a tennis coach based in Los Gigantes on the beautiful Canarian island of Tenerife. This site is dedicated to the sport of tennis, to which I owe my career, news of local and international Tennis events, tips on playing the game and various other items of interest I come across along the way. I hope you find something here that will interest you, so enjoy the site and send any  thoughts and ideas to john@tenniszoo.com.

John Debnam - tennis coach from Los Gigantes, Tenerife

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Dustin Brown - Who Is He?? PDF 
Written by John Debnam   
Wednesday, 01 September 2010 21:45

Andy Murray's next opponent - born in Germany but is Jamaican but with British grandparents,so there is the possibility he could play for GB in the Davis Cup - but here is an interesting article about him from the NY Times - click the tenniszoo link.

 

 
Roger Federer - Between The Legs Shot!! PDF 
Written by John Debnam   
Monday, 30 August 2010 17:14

Last night this amazing Roger Federer shot - watch it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
US Open Update........... PDF 
Written by John Debnam   
Monday, 30 August 2010 17:05

Did you know... that Elena Baltacha is just the second British woman since 1998 to reach round two of the US Open (Anne Keothavong reached round three in 2008).

Is'nt that just sad and a reflection once again on Brit tennis.

 
Return Of Serve Practice No 3 PDF 
Written by John Debnam   
Monday, 30 August 2010 13:07

As we have said before you cannot practice enough the "return of serve".

This practice is for points and in a way it is also a game that can be played out between 2 or more players.

The idea: To become consistant on the service return

The server only has one serve,if the serve is out the receiver wins 1 point.

The receiver first of all must return the serve cross court as in the diagram below.

A return deep cross is worth 2 points

A return short cross(inside the service box) is worth 1 point.

A return into the wrong half of the court or out is worth 1 point to the server.

A return in the net or a return not touched is worth 2 points to the server.The net is really where we do not want the return as you are not allowing your opponent the opportunity to make a mistake.

So the game could be "the first to 15 points" and lets assume the receiver wins 15-11,then they have a +4 result.

Server and receiver then change and the same game is played,but now the receiver is trying to win by more than +4.

Then as in the diagram below you do the same,but now the return is hit as a down the line shot.

Of course after this you change the serving to the other side and so on.

Variations: You can have two serves and a double fault counts 2 to the receiver.

You can make the point scoring, 2 for short returns and 1 for deep, and so practice short angles off the serve.

As a team game:For example with 4 players.One player is the receiver and the other 3 take it turns to serve.Using the same scoring system to 15,assume the 1st receiver wins 15-9,then the others take it in turns to receive and try to beat the +6 scored by the first receiver.

It also makes the serving team try and work together on finding the receivers weakest stroke.

 

 
What are they saying? PDF 
Written by John Debnam   
Sunday, 29 August 2010 13:43

Go on give this photo a caption - mine would be

 "I had a baby last year and won the US,Roger has had 2,so maybe you should get married and have 3!"

 
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