Understanding Tennis

on the middle serve return angle in– play offense

on the return get back enough to handle the power

Barty hits a ton of slice backhands — she set the racquet angle early during her preparation

after you hit keep your eyes where the ball was for a beat– the Fed has one of the longest holds– bonus– drive the one

on the hit point you must get behind the ball and square up

after you hit the serve you must land balanced to help you prepare for the next shot– don’t hit a toss that pulls you to

Stan has one of the best one handed top spin backhands — on his base shot the shot comes from the inside shoulder with the

some players like to jump to get the ball in their happy zone –Songren against the Fed in the Aussie open hit this constantly

when the serve goes to the middle you still want to angle in on the return

you need to get under and behind the ball and square up the hit point

on the serve you could pull back across the waist like a quarterback

Thiem has a monster backhand== he coils the tip of the racquet past his back hip

when you are getting jammed pull your hands in– a Dusty Baker tip

on the forehand side the range extender shot is slice shot which is often called a squash shot — get the ball back one more