QUICK FIX FOR YOUR TENNIS GAME
“I’m hitting too many shots into the net”
Reasons:
- Racket face maybe slightly closed (tilted down).
- Your racket maybe too high as you start your forward swing into the ball.
- Your upper body maybe pulling around on a horizontal plane through impact
Fixes:
- Have a vertical racket face at impact.
- Prevent a destructive forearm rolling through the hitting zone.
- Swing with a high-low-high motion and avoid pulling across the ball.
“When I try to hit a backhand hard, it usually goes long”
Reasons:
- Hitting the ball with insufficient topspin
- Yor racquet face is open/turned up at impact
Fixes:
- Make sure your racquet gets down by your knees to get a swing up the back of the ball
- Have a fixed wrist and a firm forearm to insure a vertical racquet face
“When I try to hit a hard serve, it goes wild”
Reasons:
- You maybe hitting the serve hard but without good ball rotation
- Your toss maybe above your head
- You maybe using the wrong muscles
- Your backswing maybe too fast and getting you out of sinc with your racquet
Fixes:
- Produce better ball rotation, get more forearm pronation and increase upward angle
- Toss the ball more out in front and to the right (right handed)
- For power you need to improve your uncoiling body and loose hitting arm
“I have trouble controlling my underspin backhand approach”
Reasons:
- Like many players you maybe swinging down to much on the ball, slicing down at the ball with too severe “high to low” motion
- You might be thinking that you must curl or slice under the ball to much to give the shot the desired underspin effect
Fixes:
- Remember the stroke is “high-low-high”
- Concentrate on keeping the wrist and forearm as a fixed unit and open the racquet face slightly