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Is practicing your serve with dead balls bad for your serve?

Alright... so I understand that when a moonball or high, deep ball is hit to y ou, it is best to take it on the rise. I seem to have a problem though, that when I try to hit it on the rise, I hit it straight back down to where it came from. The only way that I can prevent this is by pushing it...

Does anybody use an overgrip by itself, without another grip under it? I like to do this because I can feel the bevels on my racquet the best. Everybody on my tennis team thinks it is really weird and has never seen anybody do this before. Do any of you do this? How about two overgrips by...

Here is my story: The other day at tennis lessons, I wasn't hitting as well as usual on my serve. For some reason, I couldn't get it in, and couldn't get any speed on it. I decided that I would go out later after practice and work on it myself. I was hitting serves, and I was still doing...

My footwork has gone down the drain since last year... I used to have very squeky (sp) Wilsons, and I could tell that I was making plenty of adjustment steps. Also, my coach had me work on that constantly. Now I have a different coach, and we have never done drills that incorperate it. I also...

What short court games do you use to improve volleys? Also, it would be best if the are not like one sided games, like where one person improves and one person just helps, because my partner needs to work on his also.

Do any of you know of a good drill for working on drop shots? I always get run around the court, and alot of the time, I could easily close out the point with a drop shot, but mine are really inconsistent and so I tend not to use them. I usually end up winning the point but I get tired fast, so...

How do you beat moonballers? Or how do you force them to not hit a moonball? My hitting partner always hits them, and so when I am trying to perfect my stroke technique, it is hard to do with these high bouncing, deep balls.

I hit from like 4 feet behind the baseline most of the time, unless I'm up at the net. I figure it makes sense, because I can run forward faster than I can backwards, so this way I can get long balls, and short balls, and still make a good approach shot. People on my tennis team call me a *****...

What do you do when your doubles partner does not play good? How do you compensate for it? My doubles partner is a terrific singles player, but when it comes to doubles, he just plays terrible. Not only does he hit like 50 percent of his forehands into the net, he positions himself terrible, and...

What are the rules regarding foot faulting? I don't really know how to state the question I have... so please just give as much info as possible.

I am looking for a cheap ball machine (under 500 dollars) and I was wondering if anybody had any recommendations. I have found a few, but I'm not really sure which ones would be most reliable and what not.