James Hoad Tennis Coaching

02/02/2026

How to create 5-10mph more speed on your serve using a simple body weight transfer between your front foot, back foot & front foot again as you deliver the overarm serve.

27/05/2025

Effective Volleying Technique:

1. CONTINENTAL GRIP (forefinger knuckle on bevel 2)

2.SMALL SHOULDER TURN 12 o’clock to 2 o’clock (f/hand for right hander). 12 o’clock to 10 o’clock (b/hand for right hander). Opposite for left handers.

3. STEP FORWARD down the court in the direction of the volley with your left foot for a f/hand volley & right foot for a b/hand volley (right handers- opposite for lefties). Transfer body weight forwards to add POWER to your volleys.

4. CONTACT the ball OUT IN FRONT of you with a slightly open racket face.

12/03/2025

Improving the ball toss on your serve 🎾 drill either into a either a basket, ball bucket or a racket head placed in front of the baseline for accuracy. # serve # serve ball toss # serve consistency # height of ball toss on the serve # serve ball toss accuracy

23/01/2025

How you grip the tennis 🎾 racket dictates what spin you generate on the ball as you hit/contact it e.g Top-Spin, Slice, Flat

26/10/2023

Check out my long-term client Gemma. She works extremely hard in every lesson & has come on leaps and bounds. She has transformed her game 🎾.
See what she has to say about my coaching!

22/10/2022

ICON of the game. Enjoy the watch 🎾

Roger Federer officially announced his farewell to tennis

07/09/2022

Here is Elodie Yuill 🌟 who I coach. She is 5 years old & just been selected for Cambridgeshire county training on Sundays.

This girl has it all: fierce competitor, athlete, fast feet, good hand eye coordination & doesn’t get down when losing, mentally tough.

Proud of you Elodie. You will go far 🌟🎾

07/09/2022

Footwork is everything in Tennis 🎾. Watch & learn & use to improve your game.

Performance Tennis Training shared a post on Instagram: "🎾 Train to move efficiently🎾 . ❇️ 85% of the balls we hit during play in tennis are within two/three steps of the middle. . 👉This drill is a great way to work on the fundamentals of footwork. It consists of shadowing 8 shots (5 fo...

26/05/2022

Making the “Kick” 2nd serve easier, some good teaching points here # Watch 🎾

25/05/2022

Well done Mikhail from St Faiths school in Cambridge. His school Tennis 🎾 team finished 3rd 🥉 in the schools Nationals Finals. 16 schools took part.

Super Proud of Mikhail who always works hard in training has a great sense of humour & natural talent for the game. It’s all starting to pay off for him on his Tennis journey # What A Boy! This is what I love about my job.