Do you like to kill the ball with an overhead from 38 feet while jumping? If yes, then unless you are Sudsy Monchik my bet is you’re the type of player that loses matches unnecessarily due to skips. Case in point, at the US Open last week a Virginia top Open player hit 8 skips giving his opponent points in one game and he only lost 15-11. Without the skips, it’s an 11-7 lead!!

So how many serves do you have in your arsenal? 4? 5? 6? Want to make that 240? You can just by knowing the factors that change how your opponent “see...

Find Your FOCUS
By Malia Bailey

Have you ever watched a match where two players have almost identical skill levels, yet one manages to pull out the win? Or have you seen a match where one player was clearly more skilled, more athletic and more powerful, but that player loses? Or where a player turns an inevitable loss into a win? What gives the winning edge to a player? It’s called FOCUS.