Abstract: A tennis training device including at least one racket frame and a member for holding a player's hand in a fingers-extended position at a location fixed adjacent the center of the racket frame and parallel thereto. A tennis training method, which can use the foregoing tennis training device, is also described which involve inserting a player's hand into a training device that holds the hand in a fingers-extended position at a location fixed adjacent the center of the racket while permitting free articulation of the wrist and swinging the training device in such a manner that the player's hand remains substantially perpendicular to the direction of the swing.