Understanding Tennis

to fight off the jam– pull the lead foot away from the body and pull the hitting arm in– trying to create room to hit 

on the backhand preparation get the elbows in — get a tight coil

on the high incoming ball –still get the racquet below the flight path and hit up on the shot

if you jump on the hit maintain core balance

on the 2 handed backhand finish I like- both elbows up and the racquet’s bottom label up to the sky

on your forehand rotation keep the non hitting hand on the racquet — it helps compact the shot 

after you finish your hit  — move and reposition — assume  your shot is in and move to get ready  for the next shot 

on the return start some players like to have  one foot in front — a runners start

on the serve–keep your eyes up and see the hit

you want to track the ball all the into the center of the racquet- into the W

jump to get the ball at a better hit height– Rios and Safin were some of the first to master this

here the gather is in the middle–lots of choices — pick one as part of the serve ritual

you must have a gathering pause after the bounce– i am a big fan of the low gather