Welcome to Fuzzy Yellow Balls! Get ready to LEARN HOW TO PLAY TENNIS FOR *FREE.*  Fuzzy Yellow Balls is a site where tennis players from across the world come to learn how to play tennis online for free, discuss the sport and socialize.  The content of this website is both exclusive and incredibly unique, combining the expertise of some of the Washington, DC area’s top tennis pros with innovative teaching technologies and strategies. 

Fuzzy Yellow Balls has an incredible collection of FREE tennis lessons that you can watch or read, including videos and articles on virtually every part of the game. If you want to learn how to play tennis, just check out some of the content we’re offering. In order to watch all of the free tennis lessons on our site, all we ask is that you register with your name and email address.

Kudos to Fuzzy Yellow Balls for providing so many instructional videos and articles for free. This is a "must bookmark" site for any tennis enthusiast. - Tomaz Mencinger from Tennis Mind Game.

Free tennis lessons aren't easy to find.  This website is a powerful resource for those learning the sport. - Mark Sanger of the Andy Murray fansite MurraysWorld.com.

We approach teaching tennis in a new way that combines technical analysis, visual learning, and step-by-step progressions for each aspect of the game. First, we use video and pictures to analyze what top professional and collegiate players do when they hit the tennis ball. We then use a green screen, like the weatherman, to help point out exactly what those players do and how you can replicate it. Finally, after showing you exactly what the top players do, we give you step-by-step progressions that build each of your shots up from scratch in an easy-to-learn format to get you hitting with the same mechanics as the pros. FYB has free tennis lessons that cover nearly every part of the game, including:

Tennis Serve
The serve is arguably the most difficult shot in tennis to learn because there are so many moving parts of the body that must act together. In this section of the website we teach you how to hit an effective tennis serve by breaking the serve down into its fundamental steps, the things that every good server does the same.  Each video focuses on a particular piece of the serve, and we then demonstrate how to combine the elements into an effective weapon.  After analyzing what good servers do, we then help you learn the tennis serve by doing progressions that will build your serve up from scratch.  Click to watch our free tennis lessons on the serve.

Tennis Forehand
When you hit the tennis ball on your dominant side (your right-hand side if you are right-handed), you are hitting a forehand. The forehand is often the shot that every tennis player develops first, but this also means that players often develop bad habits early on their forehand side. This section contains tennis lessons that teach you the fundamental techniques that every pro uses to hit a tennis forehand.  We teach the tennis forehand by breaking the shot down into easy-to-follow steps, and then show you video and pictures of some of the top pros on tour doing each step. We then show you progressions you can follow step-by-step to build your tennis forehand up from scratch.  If you can master the techniques in this section, you will be well on your way to having a strong weapon in your forehand. Click on the following link to watch our free tennis lessons on the forehand.

Tennis Backhand
When you hit the tennis ball on your non-dominant side, you are hitting a backhand. This section of Fuzzy Yellow Balls has videos that teach you the fundamental techniques that every pro uses to hit a backhand. We teach the two-handed backhand, one-handed backhand, and slice backhands by breaking the shots down into easy-to-follow steps, and then show you video and pictures of some of the top pros on tour doing each step.  If you want to learn how to hit a backhand, you’re in the right place.  Click on the following link to watch our free tennis lessons on the backhand.

Tennis Volleys
When you hit the tennis ball before it touches the ground, you are volleying the ball. Volleys are typically hit when you come up to the net to end the point by putting the ball away. While the volleys are mechanically one of the simplest shots in tennis, many people have trouble executing the fundamentals. In this section, we teach you the technique that every top volleyer uses, from Pete Sampras to Tim Henman. Click on the following link to watch our free tennis lessons and learn how to volley effectively.

Tennis Kick Serve
The kick serve is a variation on the serve that adds a combination of topspin and sidespin to the tennis ball. Because of these spins, the kick serve can be hit higher over the net but still land inside the opponent's service box, making the kick serve a very consistent serve and at the same time very difficult for the returner to judge.  Because it is so consistent, almost every top tennis professional uses the kick serve as their second serve. The kick serve is much more than a defensive shot, though: Some pros, such as Rafael Nadal, have tremendously aggressive kick serves that they use as their first serve as well. We teach you how to hit a tennis kick serve by comparing the kick serve motion to the flat serve motion and highlighting the differences between the two.  We then show you how to build your kick serve up from scratch using easy-to-follow progressions and drills. Click on the following link to watch our free tennis lessons on the kick serve.
 

Tennis Footwork
One of the most important aspects of learning to play tennis is developing solid footwork fundamentals. Proper tennis footwork is often overlooked by club-level players, and this is a huge mistake. You can't expect to hit great tennis groundstrokes if you can't move to the ball and set your body up properly. In this section we use videos to examine the fundamental pieces of footwork that every single top tennis pro player utilizes on tour, and show you video footage and pictures of them executing each step.  Check out our free tennis footwork section.

Tennis Approach Shots
When you come to the net, you hit a specific type of shot called an approach shot. The approach shot is designed to make it difficult for your opponent to easily send the tennis ball past you as you come to net. In this section, our free tennis lessons will show you how to hit an effective approach shot that should help you end the point quickly.  Click on the following link to watch our free tennis lessons on approach shots.

Tennis Return of Serve
The return of serve is one of the least-practiced shots in the game of tennis. The real key to a great service return lies in the special footwork you use when hitting this shot, and the free tennis lessons in this section will get you using the proper technique to get the ball back effectively.  Because the return of serve is not practiced by many players, you can create an advantage for yourself by developing a great return game. You will place pressure on your opponent's serve and can turn one of his strengths into a weakness. Click on the following link to watch our free tennis lessons on the return of serve.

Tennis Overheads
After hitting an approach shot and coming to net, you are in position to volley the ball. Your opponent, however, can try to send the tennis ball past you by lobbing it up over your head. If his lob is within your reach you may have the opportunity to hit an overhead smash. The technique for the overhead smash is similar to that of the serve, and the videos we have in this section will teach you, step-by-step, how to put the ball away by hitting a tennis overhead. Click on the following link to learn how to hit an effective overhead.

Still not convinced?  Here are some testimonials from several notable figures:

“Four score and seven years ago I did not know how to play tennis.  This website has freed my game from the shackles of incorrect technique.” – Abraham Lincoln

“Is our children learning how to play tennis?  Thanks to Fuzzy Yellow Balls they are!” – George W. Bush

“I’m so glad I invented the internet, because now I have access to free video tennis lessons” – Al Gore

“Fuzzy Yellow Balls is great despite the fact that the tennis lessons are presented by a coach with mediocre to poor good looks.” – People Magazine

“Who would've thought you could learn how to play tennis watching instructional videos through a series of tubes?” – Ted Stevens

The bottom line? Come to FYB and learn how to play tennis for free.  

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