Stop-action photos illustrate this lesson on the high backhand volley.

Try to weave your way through ten tennis singles strategy questions with as few steps as possible.

Techniques and strategies to make low temperatures work to your advantage in tennis.

Solve seven tennis riddles ranging from trivial to technical.

Answers to your questions about Eastern, Western, Semi-Western, Continental, one-handed, and two-handed grips for forehands, backhands, serves, volleys, and overheads.

With four speeds, three types of upholstery, and two power sources, the tennis ball universe might need its own Blue Book

Answers to your questions about doubles positioning and strategy, including roles of the server, the receiver, and the partner of each.

How to fix problems with your backhand.

Video clip of a swinging volley, with instructional comments on strategic uses, grips, footwork, backswing, swing, point of contact, and follow-through.

Review of a book by Howard Brody, Rod Cross, and Crawford Lindsey that explores the physics of racquets, strings, balls, court surfaces, and strokes.

Test your knowledge of forehands and backhands: Eastern, Western, Continental, two-handed, one-handed, topspin, flat, and slice.

Why the service toss can be tricky and how to make it reliable.