Tennis Holiday in Mallorca: Solo Travel's Big Hit for Adult Players

Solo travel and tennis holiday’s to the Mallorca, Spain is high on adult players destinations. Post pandemic people have cash to spare despite the looming recession we’re constantly threatened with now. If it’s not one thing, it’s another. Tennis players who’ve felt safe enough to play with caution during the pandemic are taking their lives back & moving ahead with holiday plans. People are ready to go & happy to travel solo! I was a solo traveler myself on my way back to Mallorca this October to coach an adult tennis camp in Mallorca. My players traveled solo too. At first it felt bizzare landing in Spain with no facemasks in sight. Spain was hard hit by covid & stayed on high alert long after other countries had relaxed theirs. Now, travelers move with excitement are pouring out of baggage claim at Palma’s international airport (PMI) even on it’s shoulder season. What shouldn’t have surprised me, was the amount of female solo travelers. I’ve long said, Mallorca’s THE BEST place for a woman to travel, solo. Women who know the island travel here free & easy any time of year. And many decide to settle on Mallorca for its beauty, vibe & the safety they feel here. Mallorca’s the Spanish IT spot for tennis training. Its beaches, beauty & easy low cost flights make it a breeze to get here➡️ (for Europeans).

Tennis Classes: Why you should start taking them as an adult

Tennis classes are THE best way to learn how to play tennis. It’s never too late to start to play. It’s also a lifetime game meant to be played throughout adulthood, anywhere in the world. You don’t always need to join a club in order to take private lessons or group tennis classes and there are benefits to taking classes you’ll enjoy. The cost varies around the world depending on your country and how popular tennis is but tennis classes are less expensive, allow you to meet new people your playing level & they give you a reason to play more tennis. In this article you’ll learn the highlights of taking different styles of tennis classes to improve your game.

How to Play Tennis Better: Powerful tennis tips for BEGINNERS

How to play tennis better is always the goal after you decide you like tennis. Once you put skin in the game and go deeper, tennis classes let you start hitting a lot of tennis balls. Having simple tennis tips for beginners helps when things start to overwhelm & paralyze you. You decided to play the game to get in better shape, meet more people & have more opportunities. You’re doing your due diligence watching video after YouTube video but don’t find much there for actual beginners. Even though the titles read, “for beginners”🧐. As you fall down the rabbit hole of YouTube “secrets”, nothing seems to work like it does for the coach. You’re trying to hit balls as cool & hard as they do but it hits the frame or finds the bottom of the net most times😡. Sure looks easy when they do it, but you’re struggling. HARD. My number #1 tennis tip for beginners is to take tennis classes. Tennis classes will make these tennis tips for beginners an easy reminder when you need them.

Tennis Strokes 101: Mastering the Art for On-Court Success

Your tennis strokes are your basic forehands, backhands, volleys, overheads and serves. It’s your tennis strokes that usher in that new tennis lifestyle you want from the game. That new exciting activity breathing life into your day to day. Those new friendships, opportunities & events that you’d like to get involved in are all going to revolve around your tennis strokes!

Summer Tennis Camps 2023 (Spain & Florida)

Summer tennis camps in 2023 are here again parents! The difference this year is that you’ve been hearing about the travel slowing down due to the scary economy. Telling you no one would travel & flights would be too expensive. It’s true flights are expensive. But I can tell you writing from this from the island of Mallorca, Spain, European tennis is on the move! So much so that currently the top training academies are requesting playing videos because they’re that full for their annual programs. They likely won’t request playing videos for entry during Summer months but the academies have suggested Summer 2023 is proving to be one of their most promising Summers in decades. Accommodations for Summer tennis camps are filling fast! It’s surprising a lot of parents just how limited spaces are, as I write this in early March.

Want to Improve Your Tennis Game? Pick the right coach, here's how.

Finding a good tennis coach takes discernment. I hired a local tennis coach to look at my game when I was 31. I quickly lost 50 minutes of my time & $85 on a coach who didn’t give a shit about my tennis game. And I knew it. No corrections, no visuals, and 1 major tip after I pressed him why my balls soared past the green curtain on repeat. Turns out, I was in the wrong grip. Excuse me? 50 minutes & $85 later I find out I was in the wrong grip! I knew exactly what happened. I was an adult & not as interesting a prospect to coach as a junior. This particular coach figured shits & giggles tennis would pacify me. Little did he know my history in the game or that I was looking to potentially coach. I wanted my money & lessons taken as seriously as any junior they would develop. That underwhelming experience taught me so much. The game that made me feel special as a junior was lost on me as an adult. That experience drove me over the moon to develop an adults game towards becoming the player they wanted to be. At any age. At any level. The right tennis coach will get you where you want to go -as a team.

League Tennis: Do you have the nerve to play?

League tennis is THE perfect excuse to wear cute matchy-matchy outfits (if you’re into that sorta thing 😉)and get adult players out on court. If you’re a newer player, experienced, young or old, the more players the game has, the more opportunities you have. League tennis gives you a reason to play more tennis. Period. There’s zero excuse around age because it’s offered to over 18, over 40 and over 55. It gives you a reason to improve and put your tennis lessons to work. To play with more confidence, get invited to more socials, or travel with your teammates. And if competition was something you did in your youth, now you have a whole new reason to compete. League tennis gives you an opportunity to test your tennis chops - for real.

Tennis Strings: Beginners, have you popped yours yet? A beginner's guide to tennis strings

When I put myself in the shoes of a beginner tennis player my head spins. There’s a lot to break down, including the tennis strings in your racket. From how to play tennis to the gear involved, it’s impossible to keep things simple when you compare yourself to your favorite touring pro. While you may want to know what they play with or how they hit the ball, it’s overkill in the beginning and leads to frustration. Gear overwhelm will lead you into a financial mistake. If you’re learning to drive, do you need a Ferrari? Same idea. Keep tennis strings, simple. In this post I speak to tennis coach, Mark Sansait. Mark’s transparent & over the moon on his YouTube channel about tennis strings. Together we keep you aware of only what you need to know at the beginner stages around tennis strings. You’ll learn the basic lingo, find some great string options, and how to ultimately save money replacing your tennis strings. It’s a big deal to pop your 1st set of strings! A real badge of honor for a tennis player. From there it gets annoying & expensive if you’re not careful.

How to Serve in Tennis: For a consistent & reliable serve {serving rules included}

So here you are learning to play tennis and you’ve reached the serve. You’ve heard ALL about the difficulties & importance of the serve. And it really IS an important tennis shot. What makes it difficult for beginners is using the continental grip. Most beginners try to pull a fast one & revert back to the forehand eastern grip. Don’t do it! You’ll put yourself in a straight jacket out the gate! If you use the wrong grip you’ll have zero variety, lack power and won’t have as much fun! Why? Because all the hype around how hard the serve is will come true. Build your beginner serve using the continental grip, simple progressions, a dose of patience, and you’ll be great!

If you’re going to play tennis with other people you’re going to have to serve. Put the idea of power aside for now and let’s get you comfortable building a consistent & reliable serve. {Serve rules included}

From Balls to Walls: Are Pádel and Pickleball the new game in town? Where does it leave Tennis??

As Covid hit the world FULL throttle and lingers into what seems like eternity. I came back to tennis vaccinated, boosted, ready to play TENNIS with adults. But I quickly noticed empty tennis courts in the USA. Worse yet, tennis courts were marked with more lines than a zebra’s coat to showcase, Pickleball! Adults were clamoring around tennis courts waiting for their turn to play. Doesn’t take an astute observer of humanity to see players engaged, smiling, bantering back & forth - all in good fun! I’d recently returned from Spain where Pádel had again grown leaps & bounds solidifying THE racket sport in Spain. But Pádel’s been ticking up for years.

As an adult tennis coach, I had to understand, “why not tennis”?

Beginner Tennis: A five star forehand & quick fix when you're in trouble

Regardless the playing level, everyone playing tennis is out to have a good time. That rush happens fast when you hit your first beginner forehand on the sweet spot and it lands in the opposite court. That 1st time is like noooo other! YOU WILL come back for more. But to do it again you’ll need to improve your beginner forehand to get into your first tennis rally. I love teaching the forehand & fixing adults on day 1 of an adult camp. Sets a terrific tone & energy for players to quickly see improvements to the #1 fan favorite shot in tennis, the forehand.

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