Understanding Tennis

if you can you want to take the return inside the baseline–attacking the serve and taking time away from the server’s ability to recover off

when the lob goes to your backhand side– try and run around it –to hit an overhead

there are many pull back on the serve choices– Rafa pulls across his waist

on the step up shot you want move through the hit peacefully– this increases your power and helps you continue to the net

on the serve hit the motion is up and out

Jason Collins, a 7 foot former NBA player of 12 years joined one of my clinics Friday– he is a very good 4.0+ player– on

on the two handed backhand we like both elbows up and the over the shoulder rotation hit–watch the front foot going to the net which

on the serve you need to get your elbow up, get the racquet’s bottom label up to the sky and keep your eyes up to

the Fed’s tossing hand release make a side 4– the side of the wrist faces him

when the ball floats up you want to step up and take the ball in the air with a ground stroke– we call this blitzing

track the incoming ball to the center of your racquet and square the hit point

to get more topspin increase the angle of incline

as soon as you make the read of the direction of the incoming ball rotate your shoulders– the racquet goes for the ride

Since returning from Roma my line to my students has been you must have a willingness to rally– you need to patiently construct your points