The Hawks had been flying above and around our home courts since the start of the season, wherein today they landed on the courts, They also barely escaped with a 3-2 win and I hope left everyone with a new perspective, but surely hungry for more.

Each time we play a tennis match as a team and as individuals, I feel it is a sort of celebration of the sport and our hard work to then arrive at that moment and compete. These pictures are reminder of such an experience but also a story which speaks to that, in a visual sense of course.  You know I wanted to have these same pictures have a winning flavor to them, but we'll have to settle for we're hungry for more, and a ever so close 3-2 loss to the Hawks of Haddon Twp.  Enjoy, Coach Bo.

We've been working on making this subtle grip adjustment, the eastern forehand to the continental on the volleys, serves and overheads, with many of you, since the beginning of the season.  Here it is further described, but very much the same as I've communicated to many of you.  See in this scan directly below where it shows how and when the grip change is made and or advised by your instructor and or coach. specifically the serve, in that the adjustment is made, as you develop as a player.   Everyone starts learning the sport by hitting all the strokes with an eastern forehand grip.  Don't worry about terms such as strong or weak, just worry about continental and eastern forehand grips, as keeping this simple is important.  This information on grips is an excerpt from a book by one of the all time best teachers of the sport, Nick Bollettieri.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Bollettieri

See in the picture below where two parts of the hand are noted.  That area where it says base knuckle of the index finger should be held a little bit firmly, while your heel pad and hand are somewhat loose while your serving, volleying and overheads.  Another key point is switching your grip in play by simply rotating up or down, kinda like a grip on a bike to change gears, using the base knuckle of the index finger as the pressure point to pivot.