Photos of James Blake hitting forehands, serves, and backhands illustrate explanations of how he hits those strokes. James is particularly interesting for his exceptionally powerful, relatively flat forehand.

Improve your mental and physical service return techniques. Answers include universal techniques for all returns and specific adjustments for returning hard, kick, and slice serves.

This step-by-step, photo-based lesson will help you learn the most popular forehand among power hitters. Because it encourages topspin, this stroke can also improve consistency.

Each correct answer brings a new question of higher difficulty. See how far you can get.

Find answers to your questions on how to get started playing tennis. Beginners will find help on the best racquets, balls, and shoes to buy; when to start taking lessons; how ... Read More

How do racquet weight, balance, and stiffness influence control and power? Which racquet specifications best suit different types of players?

Does the new WTA rule allowing coaching during matches improve competition in women's professional tennis? Is it fair? Does it help or hurt the image of women's tennis?

Test your knowledge of court positioning for singles and doubles. Each question on this quiz presents you with a court diagram on which you must find the best positioning for ... Read More

Stop-action photos illustrate this lesson on how to hit the basic one-handed backhand. To many players who find the two-handed backhand somewhat constricting, the one-hander is much more fun.

This visual and textual comparison will help you experiment with using different grips, stances, and swings. Many players improve dramatically once they discover the grip and stance that had long ... Read More

Here are three drills that focus intermediates on shots they probably don't practice very often. The contest element and the novelty add lots of fun.

On the "top half" of the planet at least, this is the time of year when you're most likely to see parents out with their kids, trying to play some ... Read More

Roger Federer defeated Andy Roddick 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 16-14 in the Wimbledon men's singles final Sunday to win his sixth Wimbledon and break his tie with Pete ... Read More

Serena Williams won her third Wimbledon singles title Saturday, defeating her sister Venus, 7-6, 6-2. Serena was sharper off the ground than her older sister, the five-time champion, but ... Read More

Venus and Serena Williams will play for Wimbledon's women's singles title on Saturday, but getting there wasn't easy for Serena, as she and Elena Dementieva played one of the closest ... Read More

As 24th-seed Tommy Haas upset 4th-seed Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon's quarterfinals Wednesday, one of the contests within that contest was Haas's one-handed backhand against Djokovic's two-hander. The two types of backhand ... Read More