Fwd Swing: Accelerate gradually so that your muscles do not "contract" (flinch) and cause you to lose spacial awareness of sweet spot ... and thus mis-hit
Do NOT stop swing at impact in some insane attempt to better control the ball ... or keep it in-bounds ... racket must go thru the ball and arc over left shoulder
Feel Tennis: Add a small pop with wrist (like a trampoline effect) at moment of impact ... but this is absorbed into the full swing and is imperceptible to the naked eye
Amount of topspin is determined by the path of elbow in fwd swing ... loop elbow down-up-down for rally ball and envisage elbow moving straight across a table for a flat ball
as ball approaches, keep Left Arm extended and used as a measuring tool that "measures" the distance the ball must be from your body for optimal contact with racket at impact ...do not let ball get closer than an arm's length
Memorize these 8 points and during knock-ups / warm-ups, repeat 1 or 2 with each stroke ... it will develop an instinctual reaction and an auto reactive behavior useful in fast paced match rallies when time is short
additional points: 1. keep head steady thru impact ...do not lookup 2. Curl RIGHT foot toward opposite court to create more coil on backswing 3. Watch the ball bounce up from the ground and onto your strings 4. Take back racket with left hand on throat (to coil shoulders)
Follow thru: Maintain spine angle at impact ..do not pull up erect with lower back muscles ...instead rotate around spine with these muscles esp the left side lower back muscle
Follow thru: As you point the racket to the opposite court, momentarily frame the target area inside the oval shape of the racket head as it travels over to your left shoulder .. this will ensure your wrist stays laid back thru impact and gives a flatter trajectory ... altho it tends to pull shot to the left
IMPACT FOCUS POINTS; • BALL IN FRONT
• SWEET SPOT CONTACT
• EYES STAY ON BALL
• WRIST LAID BACK
• WEIGHT MOVING FWD
• IMPACT DEFLECT LO/HI
• ROLL BALL OFF STRINGS
• LIFT WITH LEGS /TORSO
. . ARM FOLLOWS
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