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High Percentage Tennis, LLC was founded and owned by Head Teaching Professional Kristoffer Barnes. High Percentage Tennis, LLC is looking to expand into other clubs and recruit new teaching talent. If you know of any clubs that are looking for energetic, yet knowledgable coaching, please contact us via our email address.
08/14/2026
What a great week and summer this season has been! Here is our F&F crew (Fundamentals and Fun Class) before today’s practice! We had a little fun with the tennis balls. Poor coach got rocked in the temple (but he knew the risks haha). We are missing Coach Annie and Ben in this photo!
08/10/2026
🏆🔥🎾 WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER 🎾🔥🏆
HUGE SHOUT AND CONGRATULATIONS to HPT Academy Tennis player Andrew Lahens for winning L7: ADULT NTRP MEN’s 4.0 SINGLES TOURNAMENT held at The Country Club of Fairfax in VA on clay!
Andrew has shown consistent and steady improvement every week/month and that solely because of his hard work and dedication to his training. We are so proud of you! Way to keep the streak of winning least one tournament a year still in tact!! Well done brotha! Keep it up!
Results:
RD 1: W 5-4(5), 4-2
RD 2: W 5-4(2), 4-2
RD 3: W 4-0, 4-2
08/10/2026
🏆 WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!! 🏆 Congrats to two of our Adult students on winning the USTA MID-ATLANTIC MEN’s 18+ 3.5 SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS in Richmond, VA this weekend! Their hard work and dedication had them playing unbelievable all weekend dominating from the beginning to the end!
Because of their efforts, they and their team, Captained by our boy Mofei, have now qualified to compete in the USTA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS in Surpise, AZ on OCT 9-11, 2026!!
We are very very proud of you guys! Well done!!
Congrats and HUGE SHOUT OUT TOO:
Captain: Mofei Chen (David Navaro) and Noah Song (Noah)!!
07/22/2026
Twas a great practice with our T.E. crew!
Watch a UTR 10.84 hit cross forehands with a UTR 5.53.
07/13/2026
🏆🏆🎾🔥 WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!! 🔥🎾🏆🏆
Huge shoutout to all of our HPT students who competed this weekend! Our college, junior, and adult players put weeks of hard work into action, and we’re incredibly proud of how they competed and represented the HPT Academy.
🏆 Champions
• Teo Burgess – USTA Men’s Doubles Prize Money Tournament (Rochester, MN)
• Mofei Chen – USTA NTRP 3.5 Banana Open Men’s Doubles (first tournament back after December surgery!)
🥈 Finalist
• Andrew “Rooster” Lahens – UTR George Mason A Division, with wins over two higher-rated players.
🥉 Semifinalists
• (3) Nadya Tobing – ITA Summer Series @ Mary Washington (B Division)
• (7) Mofei Chen – USTA NTRP 3.5 Singles
👏 Quarterfinalists & Strong Performances
• Allen Ou – Quarterfinalist in just his second tournament at the UTR George Mason B Division.
• Andrew Scott – Excellent showing at the USTA NTRP Banana Open 4.0 Singles, continuing to raise both his floor and ceiling against tough competition.
Every tournament is another opportunity to learn, compete, and improve. Proud of every one of you. Enjoy the rest… we’re back on court tomorrow at 8:00 AM! 💪🎾
Such a cutie! haha! Here is our 6 yr old, Emma, learning the steps to hit a forehand volley! She did so great!! Keep it up, Emma!
It’s important to have your strokes match the shape of the court. The volley is no different. The volley is a linear “pushing” motion. Form a wall with the ball and bring that wall to the ball!
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One-handed or two-handed... the fundamentals are the same.
A great backhand isn’t about copying a pro. It’s about mastering the principles that every great backhand shares.
Even our Adults train the same way. Here is Usha slowing down and working on her mechanics.
✅ Proper spacing begins with proper ready position. Neutral grips, Elbows out and away from body, racket center of body at a 45 degree angle just below eye sight, hands and elbows create enough space a small basketball can fit through.
✅ Unit Turn: change your right hand grip (if righty) to the “forever grip” and straighten arm while pivoting the left foot to turn to the left. Shift weight to left leg. Keep racket head high above wrist. Preparation creates consistency.
✅ Get below the ball. Tennis is a lifting game. Step out, bend knees, and let racket free fall to the “three point landing”. Then lift and uncoil to bring racket to contact.
✅ Shape of the swing must match shape of the court. Shape of the swing is a circle. Swing high low high and inside out. This creates a “Ferris Wheel” swing that get the ball to rotate like a bicycle tire. Extend as far as you can before finishing the follow through to create a long hitting zone.
✅The faster you swing up, the faster the ball rotates down. This is called topspin. Used for control and margin.
✅ Stay balanced. Your body drives the stroke—your arm simply delivers the racket.
For the **one-hander**, stay sideways, sit into your legs, and “lift the hood” through contact.
For the **two-hander**, think of it as a left-handed forehand. Let the non-dominant hand do the work and create a long, upward swing path.
Finally, **Hit & Hold.** Freeze your finish for one second after every shot. Your balance, spacing, and swing path will immediately tell you whether you executed the stroke correctly.
The one-handed and two-handed backhand aren’t different strokes.
They’re the same blueprint... with different tools.
🎾 Which backhand do you hit—one-handed or two-handed?