1) Tennis Grips: For the Serve, the Forehand and the Backhand.
a) What is your Plan B when you are trailing or losing a match? Try hitting the ball harder or deeper or shorter. Try hitting a lob or a drop shot. Try hitting to your opponents backhand or try serve and volley. Try coming to the net and volley.
b) Excellent advice from Coach Macci on becoming a better player.
He coached some of the top tennis players when they were young.
2) Many players do not have the correct Grip Size for their racket. When you grip a racket there should be an open gap in which you could just barely fit your index finger in that gap. If the gap is too large then you will not have good control of the racket. If the gap is too small then you could get a a painful condition called "tennis elbow".
3) How to replace the overgrip on a racket.
4) Keep a RELAXED grip: SPREAD the fingers along the racket
handle rather than holding the racket like a hammer.
5) a) Warming up to PREVENT injury.
b) More warming up exercises
c) How to feed the ball to start a rally for your warm up.
6) The BEST forehand grip: Eastern grip or Semi Western grip?
a) Which backhand is easiest to learn: the two handed backhand
(2HBH) or the one handed backhand (1HBH)? My experience in teaching tennis to younger kids is that it is easier for them to learn the 2HBH grip. If they start with the continental grip then it doesn't take much to change to their forehand grip and then back to their 2HBH grip. On the other hand there is a major grip change in going from the semi-western forehand grip to the 1HBH grip. In addition, the follow through on the 2HBH is much easier to learn. Both hands and arms go through the same motion similar to swinging a baseball bat. But the 1HBH follow through means your arms are moving in different directions and must do so in a manner that maintains your balance. However once my students have committed to the 2HBH, it is often times a challenge to get them to let go of the racket in order to make a one handed volley or to learn the one-handed slice backhand.
7) To Prevent Wrist Injuries: Keep your wrist firm and your grip loose.
8) The 10 Best All Court Warm Up Drills:
1) Both players volleying at the net: Fill pockets with balls....don't stop
each time to pick up balls.
a) 4 forehand to forehand
b) 4 backhand to backhand
c) 4 alternate FH to BH. Figure eight pattern.
2) 10 volleys each: Both players start from the service line. One player moves
toward the net during the exchange. Then both players moving to the net.
3) 5 half volleys each: Both players start at the service line. Start with
a half volley and continue moving toward the net to finish the point.
4) 5 drop shots each: One player feeds from the service line while the
other located beyond the service line comes in for a drop shot.
Player moves in closer to the net as play continues. Work on both
backhand and forehand drop shots.
5) 5 volleys each: One player feeding from the baseline and the other
at the net volleying. Baseline player tries to get to the volley
and make a passing shot or a lob.
6) 5 lobs with overheads. One player feeds lobs from the baseline.
The other player located near the service line hits an overhead.
Baseline player returns the overhead trying to hit another lob.
7) Cross-court ground strokes: Each player hits10 FH to FH ground
strokes. Each player then hits10 BH to BH ground strokes.
8) 6 serves (into the service box) from each side. Returner returns cross
court but play ends with the return of serve.
9) 3 serve-and-volley from each side. Returner tries to return the ball
cross court. Play continues until point is decided.
10) Play a 7 point tie-break.
b) When to use the shuffle step and the crossover step.
c) Excellent demo of crossover, shuffle and split steps.
10) Avoid "snapping" your wrist in the service motion.
11) Aways watch the strings MAKE CONTACT with the BALL.
12) Excellent tips for building tennis CONFIDENCE. Rather than focus on WHERE you want to hit the ball, focus on getting the correct SPACING, for example, use the non-racket hand to determine the spacing for the forehand shot. For the backhand shot, after getting the racket into the "slot position", space yourself so the racket butt points toward ball.
13) Using the Top Spin Pro to learn how to hit topspin while
keeping your eyes on the ball at CONTACT.
a) The Top Spin Pro in pictures and explanations.
14) Using the Service Master to learn to get the racket drop and the follow through.
a) More Serve Master demonstrations.
15) How to breath and stay relaxed during tennis.
16) Tennis Rackets (grips, sizes and strings) and Tennis Shoes
17) How to Practice on your own.
18) More Practice-On-Your-Own drills.
19) Steve Smith: Practice shadow strokes BEFORE live hitting
20 a) 3 tips when hitting against a wall
14) Using the Service Master to learn to get the racket drop and the follow through.
a) More Serve Master demonstrations.
15) How to breath and stay relaxed during tennis.
16) Tennis Rackets (grips, sizes and strings) and Tennis Shoes
17) How to Practice on your own.
18) More Practice-On-Your-Own drills.
19) Steve Smith: Practice shadow strokes BEFORE live hitting
20 a) 3 tips when hitting against a wall
Thanks Ken, lots of good information to absorb.
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