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Lots of inquiries as to the quality of Pat Dougherty's DVD. Pat Dougherty is the same person that put together the "Sonic Serve", "Killer Forehand" and "Ballistic Backhand" (to name a few) videos for the Academy. Anything he puts his hands on is top notch. I've worked with Pat on occassion...

I think part of the problem here is that BeHappy has obviously never "taught" tennis. Teachers often implement a "building block" approach to achieve a polished final result. The retro serve is designed to help people with less than optimal throwing mechanics. Whether you choose to implement...

Be Happy...For what it's worth....I've spent a great deal of time working with "the serve doctor" over the past several years. With his help, I've probably added close to 30 MPH on my serve (I have my own radar gun). Prior to my first visit with Pat, I was barely cracking 100mph on my first...

Wont find any indoor courts that are open to the public in the Boston area.....They are all associated with a club. I've lived in the area for the past 15 years. You could probably find a club that would let you play for court time + guest fee....

I was curious to learn if the staff at TW and or any of the folks in this community know if there is a way to obtain/purchase the 2001 version of the Babolat Pure Control. I am interested several standard length, 4 5/8 grip sticks with the 98 square inch head. I prefer the stiffness and weight...

Steve, What specific suburb to do visit? I'm a 5.5 player that works in Natick. I live in Braintree.....I could certainly direct you to a club or two to find a match and/or hit with a teaching pro.....Personally, I play out of the Weymouth Tennis Club and Longwood Cricket Club. You can...

Drop a tennis ball in a tube sock.....Quick, easy, no mess.....same function.....You could also use a baseball if you'd like more weight.

Good luck installing them.....The most difficult grommets to install ever! You may need to use a hair dryer to warm the grommet, making it more pliable.

As you guys know, I've been training with the AP Belt now for almost 3 months. I'm really starting to notice some pretty significant improvements in my game.....I'm pleasantly surprised that these improvements aren't exclusive to movement. My stroke production is really starting to get bigger...

I've fallen.....and I can't get up.....

The reason that I would consider scrapping lifting altogether probably has more to do with ego than anything else. I can't press the weight I once could....It is tough to do sets of 5 with a weight that I used to use as a warm up for 15 reps....(example 225 lbs for the bench). These days I see...

Vin, My workout has changed a lot since college. I used to weigh 240 (at 6'2). I could bench 425, Squat just over 600 and deadlift 570. You are right.....Not your typical tennis frame. I now fluctuate between 198 and 202 lbs. My workout consists of interval cardio training (a minute of...

Having had knee problems in my career (torn meniscus in both knees), I can understand your concern. I developed my knee problems from football and weight lifting (I used to compete in powerlifting events....Those squats....Yuck). The heavy squatting contributed to my knee problems because I...

George, I've been training in the belt for almost 2 months now. I can relate to the feeling that you describe (tension when sprinting). I emailed the folks at APbelt.com for their opinion on this issue. Long story short, they suggested that I was likely feeling tension during the sprint...

Vin, Like you, I work in the Software Industry. Every 12-18 months, we launch a new major release. When shipping time comes, the actual cost of the media (CD, Box, Doc, Postage), is in most cases less than $10. But is that the true value of the software? How do you quantify the...

A ton of topsin means that you were really accentuating the "windshield wiper" effect of the forehand swing. To better drive the ball, you will want to experiment with driving your entire arm forward through the ball. The leverage band is meant to keep your wrist and elbow in a "leveraged"...

No offense taken Phil. I took to tennis late in life...(first picked up a racket at 25, now 35). Although I was a college baseball player, I've always felt like I've had a lot of "catching" up to do on the tennis court. At my level, I'm now playing folks that started playing as kids...

Marius....That does sound like an Etcheberry workout....A funny story about Etcheberry and Courier....Courier was once asked who Etcheberry would claim to be the harderst worker that he has spent time training........Courier's reply? "Hennin....That is after me....." Like Lendl before him...

Atatu, I am 35 and I really enjoy training with the belt. My buddy/frequent hitting partner Tom is 43 and just picked one up himself. As I've mentioned previously, we both live in Boston. Unfortunately, we are forced to play predominantly indoors from September - May. Court Time is $50...

Sorry my last note was vague. Allow me to specify. Take a length of surgical tube and make a very small loop at one end. Attach this small end to the frame between the 2 center main strings on your racket. Attach the second loop to your arm just above the elbow. The cord should be just...

The surgical tube drill is designed to help the player regulate leverage, allowing forearm rotation, simultaneously eliminating any foreward wrist snap. Essentially, you want to get a piece of surgical tube with two loops at the ends. Note, that you will have to create the loops yourself...

George, I believe that the pulley is the element that is responsible for the "continuous" feedback property of the belt. Although, I think that the protorype belt did have a free-flowing "O" ring. My guess is that the pulley yields even less friction than the "O" ring and probably promotes...

When I was custom fit for the belt, I was told that the intent of the device is to make fluid movement instinctive. If my movement becomes instinctive or natural, I will then be in a position to focus all of my attention on the ball, or on executing my point building strategy. They used the...

From the research that I've done, there aren't any devices that provide a similar "feedback" mechanism for proper movement. By this I mean, if you are wearing the AP Belt and deviate from the proper athletic stance, you receive feedback via the tensioning of the bungee cord. It gets tougher to...

Jun, The folks at IMG, (and specifically the designer of the belt) suggest that the belt be sized to keep you in an athletic stance. Their definition of an athletic stance is approximately 1 foot shorter than your regular height. I am 6'2. Therefore my athletic stance should have me...

Hey Vin, Just to put things into perspective, I should let you know that I am 35. I've been to both Saddlebrook and Bollettieri's several times. Typically, myself and 2 other friends would go down for a long weekend to either place (Thursday night - Monday). I also used to have a...

Picture a red Ferrari…a machine built to move. It can accelerate at the drop of a hat and corner on a dime. Dragsters may beat it in the quarter mile, but not many cars would out perform it in a slalom course. Why is this the case? The Ferrari has a very low center of gravity,a wide wheel...

Specs are actually different....The new PC is lighter and has a lighter swing weight. The old PC was in the low 12's (ounces) the new PC is in the high 11's. I beleive there was a .8 difference between the two. I used to use the old PC.....When a few of them cracked and I had to replace...

I think it was his insenstive comments about Mauresmo that got him the boot.....

tetsuo10 The short answer to your question is that I serve in the mid 120's. However, the serve has been the single most difficult of my game to improve. I've only been playing tennis for about 10 years now (I am 35 and started playing a few years after I graduated from college). That...