Understanding Tennis

at some point you have to hit the shot– when the ball is still up you need to make the height adjustment before you hit

on the one handed backhand you want to have a big incline up and out finish– bonus — puff the cheeks out and exhale on

you want to locate the tossing arm thinly near your cheek– the easiest path is to drop down to you pant leg and go straight

when the opponents are at the net and you are pulled off the court– if yu don’t see the opportunity to hit a passing shot–

one of the things the tc loves to talk about is how a loss of opportunity will adversely affect a player–anyone who plays at some

notice both of the non hitters are following the ball–

you want your back knee below the incoming flight path and be core balanced

on the return balance a runners start- one foot in front of the other– is a choice

on the forehand follow through to get the extension and lift we talk about kissing the shoulder

on the return you want a constant start balance– here the feet are on a level line

Rafa follow through is mostly a middle Yank on his forehand side– go Pats

on the high kick serve you can jump up to bring the shot below shoulder level

on the forehand – on your your preparation- kept the non hitting hand on the racquet– it helps to compact the shot

on the low incoming shot at the net– the elevator goes down — the back knee goes to the ground the racquet head needs to

when you are faced with a powerful serve often it is best to move way back Rafa does this quite often