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Tennis Match Play

Tennis that improves on purpose: an honest rating, the right racket, strings and shoes, weekly lessons and drills, a match log, stroke and doubles skills, and preparation for leagues, club championships and tournaments.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for Tennis Match Play, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

Before you start: this plan is general information, not medical advice. Check with a doctor before starting a new training programme, especially if you have a health condition, are pregnant or are coming back from an injury, and stop if you feel pain, dizziness or chest discomfort.

What it installs.

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Projects

202

Starter tasks

🏋️ Fitness & Sport

Tennis Match Play

Improving tennis strokes, match tactics and fitness through lessons, league matches and tournament play for club and recreational players.

  1. Finding your playing level and rating
  2. Racket chosen after demoing three frames
  3. String type and tension for your game
  4. Court shoes matched to your main surface
  5. Club, park courts or coaching centre decision
  6. Filmed baseline of every stroke
  7. Season goal for your tennis year
  8. Pool of four regular hitting partners
  9. Match bag and on-court kit checklist
  10. Scoring, rules and self-calling etiquette
  11. Weekly lesson with between-lesson homework
  12. Structured drill session with a hitting partner
  13. Solo serve basket session
  14. Match log with score, stats and one lesson
  15. Restringing and overgrip schedule
  16. Tennis footwork and court-speed conditioning
  17. Pre-match warm-up hitting routine
  18. League fixture and availability routine
  19. Monthly tennis review against the season goal
  20. Quarterly video re-check of strokes
  21. Crosscourt rally consistency to twenty balls
  22. Second serve with kick or slice you trust
  23. Return of serve, block and drive
  24. Approach shot, volley and the move to net
  25. Overhead smash and lob defence
  26. Split step timing and recovery footwork
  27. Backhand slice for defence and change of pace
  28. Doubles positioning, poaching and signals
  29. Between-point routine and match nerves
  30. Choosing a coach for private or group lessons
  31. Weakness audit from your last ten matches
  32. Singles game plan built on two patterns
  33. Forehand technique rebuild with your coach
  34. Scouting notes on regular league opponents
  35. Adapting your game to clay, grass or indoor courts
  36. Ball machine hire, share or purchase
  37. First club tournament entry
  38. Club championships week
  39. Rated tournament with a match-day plan
  40. Team league season as a player
  41. Tournament weekend away
  42. Organising a club round robin social
  43. Adult beginner from first lesson to first rally
  44. Returning to tennis after years away
  45. Two sessions a week around work and family
  46. Mixed doubles partnership for the season
  47. Arm-friendly set-up when tennis elbow is a worry
  48. Trials for a higher league team or county squad
  49. Point-by-point charting of a full match
  50. Periodised tennis year around peak tournaments

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Finding your playing level and rating

Leagues, tournaments and club ladders all sort players by level, and entering one that is two steps too hard or too easy wastes a season. Checking your rating on the system your club or federation uses, or asking a coach to place you on a published scale, gives you an honest starting number to enter events and measure progress against.

First tasks

  • Ask the club secretary which rating system local leagues and tournaments use
  • Look up your current rating or create a player profile on that system
  • Ask a coach to watch twenty minutes of play and place you on the scale
  • Recheck your rating once the league season has finished @recurring(yearly)

Racket chosen after demoing three frames

A racket bought on looks or a professional's name often ends up too heavy, too stiff or too head-light for the person swinging it. Demoing three frames in the same fortnight, with similar strings and on the same court, lets you compare control, power and arm comfort directly before spending.

First tasks

  • Measure your grip size from the palm crease to the tip of the ring finger
  • Ask a tennis shop or the club about its demo racket scheme
  • Hit each demo frame for a full session and score it out of ten
  • Buy the winning frame in your grip size and note its specifications

String type and tension for your game

Strings change how a racket plays as much as the frame does, and the factory string in most new rackets is a placeholder. Choosing between a polyester, a multifilament or a hybrid, and settling on a tension, gives you a set-up you can repeat at every restring and adjust one variable at a time.

First tasks

  • Note how many hours your current strings last before breaking or going dead
  • Ask your stringer for two set-ups to compare for your style of play
  • Play three sessions on each set-up and write a line after each
  • Give the stringer your final string and tension to keep on file

Make it yours.

Install Tennis Match Play, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Blueprints are general information to help you organise your own work. They are not medical, financial, legal or other professional advice. See the Terms.