This article by James Martin breaks down the winning percentages of the top players this year vs. last.  Interesting read.  According to the numbers, not much has changed.  The biggest difference — and this is certainly a big one / the most important one — is who has hoisted the trophies at the end of major tournaments.

We’ve removed the download video option because a bot was repeatedly downloading our videos.  Sort of strange — why does a bot need to download a video more than once?  We’ll put the d/l option back up once we figure out how to prevent this from happening again.

They all focus on the forehand.  There are a number of points we did not address in the fundamentals section that are worth mentioning.  Also, we should have the footwork section up in the next week.  I’m pretty pumped about this — movement is arguably the most important part of the game and it’s something I’ve wanted to get done for awhile.

Davidson lost to Kansas in the Elite 8 :(.  We missed a buzzer beater to win it.  Tear.

Didn’t have internet access for four days so that’s why I haven’t been around.  I’ll be catching up with everything — particular the stuff on the forums — in the next few days.

When you sign up for the newsletter, you’ll get an email asking you to click a link to confirm.  You won’t receive the newsletter until you do this… I’m mentioning it here because we have a bunch of people who have signed up but not yet confirmed.

Navigation is up and running, just have to wait for all the videos to clear.

Go Davidson Wildcats!!!!  If there is a delay in updates, this is the reason.

The newsletter is going to be released weekly starting next week. It will contain exclusive instructional video content as well as some other goodies that are TBD (still all FREE). You can sign up above by filling out your name / email. I think it’s going to be a pretty nice addition to the site.

On totally different subject, I hope everyone out there got a chance to watch Federer - Sampras. It was pretty great seeing two living legends battle it out, even if the quality of tennis wasn’t outstanding. The court was sooooo fast (I suspect the organizers were trying to help out Pete) that both players were having trouble returning serves. Sampras actually had a chance to serve it out in the third but Federer was able to break back and win it 8 - 6 in the breaker.

Two highly ranked juniors that Frank coaches, Denis Kudla and Junior Ore, are the undercard for Federer - Sampras tonight at Madison Square Garden (click here for the Tennis Week article).  Both are fantastic talents.  Hopefully the Tennis Channel will broadcast some of their match (coverage starts at 7:30 PM).

We’re trying to figure out ways to spread the word about FYB and we’d like your suggestions / ideas.  I created a thread in the forums where you can post replies.  I think that’s probably the best way to get a dialogue going.  As an alternative, you can send me an email.

Thanks guys / girls, we appreciate the feedback.