Understanding Tennis

to fight off the jam serve step in and away to create the space to hit the shot

on the hit square up the racquet– bonus great core balance

if you have a 2 handed backhand you would like to develop a one handed shot for a few reasons one being the ability to

not kidding the back knee has to be below the incoming flight path

on the toss have your fingers go tightly to the sky making a 4 and have the thumb go up inside the hand

on the western grip the hitting hand is way under the racquet

outside of the box when the ball floats hit a ground stroke on a fly– we call this shot a blitz

keep your shoulder on a straight line and have your shoulders over your hips — have a tall back

once I make sure the returner is ready– I pay no attention to that player– I am only focused on the ball and my hit

on the backhand volley get the break out in front of you– play first base and reach for the ball

on the serve get your eyes up to see the hit- get your elbow up- get the racquet’s bottom label to the sky by dropping

as the non hitter follow the ball

on the slice drive the finish out

both feet are around on the preparation– then you bring the back foot in on the hit to get the whole body involved

some players like to gather under the racquet– it helps prevent a wild fly away