HOWIE BURNETT

• Net Notes: Farewell tips Published 03/25/2008 at 8:06 a.m.

  In my first column for the eagle back in 2004 I suggested some ideas for you to derive the greatest value from a tennis lesson. Since Wednesday will be my final weekly column in this space I thought it would ...

• Net Notes: What makes a good doubles partner? Published 03/18/2008 at 11:59 a.m.

  Do you want to be in demand as a partner? If so, here are a few things you need to know.

• Net Notes: Watch the champions Published 03/10/2008 at 9:50 p.m.

  Beginning Wednesday at the Players Club at Lely, just a few miles from the island, you have a chance to see up close and personal all of the foot work and racket techniques that I write about every week here ...

• Net Notes: Be willing to lower the boom Published 03/03/2008 at 1:32 p.m.

  The tactical goal in a doubles match is to gain control of the front court and to then strike the ball decisively downward or angle the ball out of the opponents reach to win the point.

• Net Notes: Practice only makes perfect if you perfect practice Published 02/18/2008 at 12:28 p.m.

  The time you spend practicing your tennis can work in one of two ways, it can foster improvement or it can ingrain less than sound skills and/or tactical ideas.

• Net Notes: Volley — dead or horribly wounded? Published 02/11/2008 at 8:01 p.m.

  The volley (which is the act of playing the ball in the air prior to the bounce) is a very specific racket skill if one intends to be accurate and consistent.

• Net Notes: Shot replacement in doubles Published 02/04/2008 at 12:19 p.m.

  There are two simple ideas that you can use to help keep you out of trouble with your shot placement in doubles. It isn’t complicated at all — here it is!

• Net Notes: Doubles is a whole different match Published 01/28/2008 at 5:44 p.m.

  If you are striving to become a successful doubles player it is imperative for you to understand that singles and doubles are like apples and oranges, night and day, black and white or what ever image you want to employ ...

• Net Notes: Sustainability Published 01/15/2008 at 3:34 p.m.

  If you compete in doubles at the 3.0 to 3.5 level of play you will run across teams that can be defeated by simply keeping the ball in play until the technical flaws inherent in the 3.0 to 3.5 players ...

• Net Notes: A new spin Published 01/07/2008 at 4:19 p.m.

  If you are a somewhat experienced tennis player I’m sure you take into account the direction that the wind will move the ball from either end of the court, and then aim your shots in a manner that the wind ...

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