David Kemp Tennis DKT Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Tim recently returned from a holiday in France, where he played David's fantastically fun quickfire tennis game called Dakete.
David summarises how his opinion on the top 3 seeds and hints that Nadal might have a weakness in his game.
Fabrice Santoro fell yesterday to Andy Murray. David and Tim reflect on his magical style of play.
David talks about the challenges many players face when trying to change ingrained habits.
David talks about how disappointed he was at the one sided French Open Final. What might have caused such a thrashing of the world no. 1? David has a few theories...
David reports on an amazing Wimbledon Mens Final of the 2007 championships. Federer beat Nadal to claim a fifth sucessive Wimbledon men's single title - equalling Bjorn Borg's record. Jamie Murry went on to win the mixed doubles later on in the day.
In this first special Wimbledon bulletins David talks to Tim about the rainy start to this years Wimbledon. Also included are Agassi's shorts, Henman's victory of Moya, and printable cut-out masks. Enjoy.
One of David's Favourite players is Gonzalez - he's got the biggest forehand in the world. Listen to the whole MP3 by clicking the link.
Good News for all Tennis Fans!
You can now have all your tennis related questions answered, just send me an email and or leave me a skype voicemail. These can be anything from requests for very specific coaching instructions to very general website feedback, or you may want to start a tennis debate or just get something off your chest. If you want to join in on the fun please get in touch. I want to get this tennis community going - especially the online interactive coaching.
Once the interactive coaching gets some momentum I think it will contain some really good info for tennis players. If you haven't already done so, please watch one of my tennis instruction videos. Then send us any feedback in any form you like email, skype, or send us a tennis video clip.
From the ready position I want to you to hold the racket at the side of your body and bring the other hand across your body to meet up with the racket. As you take the racket down, let the ball go with it, then let it divide with the ball hand going back up.
As you are just about to hit the ball bring the back foot up to the front foot and then let it carry on into the court.
We are very pleased to announce that we are now accepting video submissions for interactive coaching via our podcast.
Shifting your weight and bending your knees adds a rocking action and an upward surge to your service.
Learn to add waist action to your service using body rotation (aka body torque). This extra power will enable you to hit ace after ace.
Once the racket reaches the second leg the shoulder is turned outwards. This gives a smooth stroke when taking the racket out the back.
David talks about the phrase "appealing through the eye" and why he will probably never be able to forget its meaning.
Wrist action is a vital to a good service stroke. In this episode you can learn how to free up the wrist and allow a proper revolving action.
As a continuation from the previous podcast, this episode shows how to start making the transition from standing facing the net to standing at the side. Grips are also part of this topic because when standing at the side the correct grip directs and spins the ball into court.
This is the first of many video podcasts by David Kemp - a world class tennis coach. David has over 40 years of experience in that time has coached at all levels upto and including Davis Cup.
In this first video podcast, David talks about the best strokes for serving at club level. Hope you enjoy it.