Gerrie Dippenaar Tennis Academy

🎯 TARGET HITTING — PLAY THE COURT, NOT JUST THE OPPONENT

Too often, players focus only on the opponent on the other side of the net. I prefer my players to focus on specific target areas on the court.

That’s why we use these target boxes. 🎯

The idea is simple: hit with purpose.

By consistently finding these deeper targets, you can:
🎾 Move your opponent from side to side
🎾 Push them deeper behind the baseline
🎾 Take time and court position away from them
🎾 Create the opportunity for a shorter ball

And once that short ball arrives, you can step in and attack — or, if your opponent has been pushed well behind the baseline, even use the drop shot.

In these clips, Stas Majewski and Eben van der Niet demonstrate the drill and the importance of playing to areas rather than simply hitting the ball back.

Good tennis isn’t only about how well you hit the ball — it’s about WHERE you hit it. 🎯🎾

🎾 ENERGY. ENTHUSIASM. ENJOYMENT.

12-year-old Dietmar Swart is a great example of something every coach loves to see — a young player who steps onto the court with enthusiasm, energy and a real love for the game.

As coaches, we feed off that energy! When a player enjoys what they’re doing, the intensity goes up, the effort goes up, and even the coach finds another gear. 💪🎾

To all the young players out there: tennis is a fast game. Play with high intensity, bring good energy to every session, compete for every ball — but most importantly, enjoy it and have fun!

Love the game, bring the energy, and improvement will follow.

Keep it going, Dietmar! 👏🔥🎾

☀️ PROTECT YOUR EYES! 🎾🕶️

As tennis coaches and players, we spend hours every day out in the sun. Looking after your body is part of the game — sunscreen, a good hat, plenty of hydration, and something we sometimes forget… our eyes.

Here in South Africa, the sun can be extremely harsh, especially with the glare reflecting off our hard courts. Protecting your eyes from harmful UV rays is incredibly important, not only for comfort today but for your long-term eye health.

For me, there’s only one answer — JONDO sunglasses. 🕶️

I absolutely love my Jondos. They’re comfortable, easy on the eyes and make a massive difference when you’re spending hours on court.

Look after your eyes today — you’ll thank yourself in the years to come. 👀☀️

🎾 Play hard.
☀️ Protect yourself.
🕶️ Wear JONDO.

🇳🇦 WORLD GROUP 2 — HERE WE COME! 🎾🏆

What a way to finish our Davis Cup Africa Group III campaign in Bujumbura, Burundi! Namibia defeated Benin 3–0 on the final day to secure our place in Davis Cup World Group II for 2027. 🇳🇦💪

This marks our third consecutive year qualifying for World Group II, and I could not be prouder of this team:

🎾 Connor van Schalkwyk
🎾 Cody van Schalkwyk
🎾 Steyn Dippenaar
🎾 Daniel Jauss

These boys represented Namibia with pride, commitment and fighting spirit throughout the week. They have done their country proud. 🇳🇦

Another Davis Cup campaign, another qualification — and now we look forward to representing Namibia once again on the World Group II stage!

Proud to be Namibian. Proud of this team. 🇳🇦🎾

🇳🇦 ONE MORE STEP! 🎾💪

Another good day for the Namibian Davis Cup team here at Africa Group III in Bujumbura, Burundi, with a victory over Togo! 🇳🇦

Tomorrow is the big one. A win against Benin will see Namibia qualify for World Group II for the third consecutive year. Let’s go Namibia! 🇳🇦🔥

We also had a special little Davis Cup moment today. ❤️🎾

This young tennis enthusiast from Bujumbura told us that our No. 1 player, Connor van Schalkwyk, reminds him of Alexander Zverev. But he was also very quick to make one thing clear — he is a Jannik Sinner supporter! 😂🎾

It just shows the incredible impact the world’s top players have on young kids, even thousands of kilometres away here in Burundi.

This is why tournaments like Davis Cup are so important. These youngsters get to see international tennis up close, meet players representing their countries and, hopefully, start dreaming about one day wearing their own country’s colours in Davis Cup.

Keep watching, keep playing and keep dreaming, young man!

🇳🇦 NAMIBIA BOUNCES BACK! 🎾🔥

Davis Cup Africa Group III here in Burundi 🇧🇮 has already produced some serious battles!

🇳🇦 Namibia 2–1 Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮
🇧🇮 Burundi 2–1 Namibia 🇳🇦
🇳🇦 Namibia 2–1 Senegal 🇸🇳

Yesterday we had to bounce back against a very strong Senegalese team — and the boys delivered! 💪 Namibia is right back in the running. 🇳🇦🔥

A few clips from yesterday’s action… and here’s one I particularly enjoyed.

We all know the body serve — but how about the BODY RETURN? 😳🎾

Great example of Steyn Dippenaar stepping into the return and drilling it straight through the man at the net! 💥

👀 Keep your eye on the ball… can you actually see it? Let us know!

🇳🇦 DAVIS CUP – AFRICA GROUP III | BURUNDI 🎾

Our Davis Cup campaign continues here in Burundi!

Yesterday, Namibia defeated Côte d’Ivoire 2–1 in a great team effort. 🇳🇦💪

Today we faced the home nation, Burundi, and after another tough battle, we went down 2–1. It all came down to the deciding doubles, which went the full three sets. So close, but that’s Davis Cup — every point counts! 🎾🔥

One thing is for sure though… we might just be the nation with the BEST WAR CRY! 🇳🇦😂🔥

Turn up the volume and tell us what you think! 👇

GO NAMIBIA! 🇳🇦🇳🇦🇳🇦

🇳🇦 DAVIS CUP – AFRICA GROUP III | BURUNDI 🎾🌍

The stage is set here in Bujumbura for the 2026 Davis Cup Africa Group III! 💪🎾

Six nations will battle it out this week:
🇳🇦 Namibia
🇧🇮 Burundi
🇧🇯 Benin
🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire
🇸🇳 Senegal
🇹🇬 Togo

The Namibian team is ready for the challenge ahead, and our campaign starts tomorrow against Côte d’Ivoire. 🇳🇦🔥

The preparation is done — now it’s time to compete, fight for every point and represent Namibia with pride!

All the very best to our boys for the week ahead. Let’s go Namibia! 🇳🇦🎾💪