Brian Thinks: Ideas from the Court

The First Installment of our 7-Day Kick Start Series

Daily Tennis Tip / Episode 229

Day 1 - BALL STRIKING

Brian talks about the importance of ball striking to improve your on court performance.

1.  Start in the Short Court

2. Abbreviate your Back Swing.

3. Find Your Tempo

4. Find your Sweet Spot

5.  Increase your Spin

6. Increase your Racquet Speed

7. Move back to Next Progression

8. Sustain Rally As Long As Possible

Tips: Do Against Wall or With a Friend

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WHO IS BRIAN?

WHEN WILL THE TENNIS COURTS REOPEN?

Brian explains the design process behind the MIAMI TENNIS Retro Tee Shirt.

DAILY TENNIS INSIGHT / EPISODE 228

1.  Need Something To Do

2. Create a New Revenue Stream

3. Release a Creative Outlet

4.  Bring the Tennis Community Together

5.  Love of Retro Products Specifically Font and Style

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WHO IS BRIAN?

WHEN WILL THE TENNIS COURTS REOPEN?

Brian gets into the importance of routines when it comes to improving your tennis game and keeping a high spirit during Covid-19.

DAILY TENNIS INSIGHT / EPISODE 227

Micro Commitments Fuel Healthy Mind Set

1. Make Your Bed

2. Make a To Do List (Write it Down)

3. Find Someone With Similar Values

4. Do Your Favorite Drills

5. Grind It 

6. Make It Fun

7. Repeat (3x to 5x per week).

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WHO IS BRIAN?

WHEN WILL THE TENNIS COURTS REOPEN?

It was a Friday night in Key Biscayne during the 2nd week of the tournament as local fans and TV viewers witnessed one of the best matches in the history of the tournament.  Brian explains his favorite tennis match ever at the Miami Open.

DAILY TENNIS INSIGHT / EPISODE 226

1. Watching It Live vs YouTube Highlights

2. What It Meant To Tennis

3. What it Meant To Federer

4. What it Meant To Kyrgios

5. What Was Your Favorite Miami Open Memory?

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WHO IS BRIAN?

WHEN WILL THE TENNIS COURTS REOPEN?

Brian examines the usage of the term "punch" when considering the optimum visual technique for learning or improving your volley.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 225

1.  Define a Volley

2. Different Volley Speeds

3. Different Volley Positions

4. Different Volley Contact

5. How to Practice Your Volley

WHO IS BRIAN?

Video Tip: Absorb and Push Volley Technique with Brian

Brian analyzes the Covid-19 crisis and tries to make and estimate of when it will be safe for tennis facilities to re-open.

Daily Tennis Tip / Episode 224

1.  Is Tennis The Best Sport for Social Distancing?

2.  What Does the Data Say?

3.  Metropolitan tennis courts

4.  Suburban and Rural tennis facilities

5.  Decision Makers:  Public Parks, Private Clubs and HOA's

WHO IS BRIAN?

Find a Tennis Partner HERE

Brian analyzes John Isner power tennis game translated in the 1990s.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 223

1. Court Surface

2. Playing Styles

3. Training

4. Diet

5. Effect

WHO IS BRIAN?

FIND A TENNIS PARTNER ON BACKHAND CITY

Brian gets introspective and talks about his day to day life during self quarantine.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 222

1. Routines are important

2. Creative Outlets

3. New Revenue Streams

4. Catch Up with Long Lost Friends

5. My Cardio Isn't As Bad As I Thought

6. Roku Rocks!

WHO IS BRIAN?

FIND A TENNIS PARTNER ON BACKHAND CITY

Brian dives into the blood, sweat and tears with his life long marriage to the sport of tennis.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISOdE 221

1. Find a role model.

2 Develop a curiosity.

3. Build Habits

4. Be fractional better in different aspects of your game.

5. Develop Playing Style

6. Have a healthy skepticism

7. Go Live

Xelerator Tennis System: A Fresh Start Guide on How To Play Smart Tennis

Brian goes over some wish list items for tennis players before they "kick the bucket".

1.  Get back to Wimbledon

2. Play at the All Iowa Lawn Tennis Club

3. Travel on ITF Senior Circuit

4.  Travel the Spring Clay Court Season:  Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Paris

5.  Get Back to Australian Open

XELERATOR TENNIS SYSTEM: A Fresh Start Guide on How To Play Smart Tennis