Tips To Become A Better Player

No Space Or No Time Are No Longer Excuses For Not Playing

Three Great Ideas:

1.) If you are practicing your serves, go to a court that is located in a private park. Here there is less of a crowd so that you can concentrate.

2.) Practice your serving aiming to the opposite corner if you are sharing the tennis courts with others. This will prevent your balls from interfering with their play.

3.) It is best to go early morning or during dusk for at least an hour each day.

4.) If there is no practice wall, practice dropping the ball, stepping forward and hitting against a fence. The ball will roll back to you if you hit it correctly with a good swing.

5.) If the courts are full and you feel uncomfortable, find somewhere to run in the meantime. You will need lots of running in before you play tennis well.

6.) Practice forehands and backhands by tossing the ball high into the air and hitting it in different areas of the court. This will strengthen your eye hand coordination and footwork as well as strategizing. Be sure to toss extra high and low for lob and volley practice.

7.) When finished with serves and forehands/backhands, run around the court several times practicing focus, footwork, and quickness. Please be mindful of other players. Try the court run exercise only if there are no other players on courts on either side of you.

Easy Ways To Improve Your Tennis Game

We've All Wondered How To Become A Better Player. Here Are A Few Tips I've Learned Along The Way That Really Are A Benefit.

1.) How To Create A Perfect Serve:

* Practice Practice, PRACTICE! Often when there is no room for me to hit or I am in a pickle for time, I will practice my tosses. Tosses should be off of your fingers and high. The ball should not move to the sides, forwards or backwards ; but straight up into the sky. This is a great way to improve your serve conditioning and can be done practically anywhere!

** Bring 10 balls to any wall of tennis court and practice your serves ten on each side-switch to other side of court and continue. This exercise helps balance your technique no matter what side of the line you are on.

**** When practing on an empty court; try practicing your footwork, your serves and your swing.

Footwork: Run around the court several times. Slide down the baseline back and forth. Practice running to the ball forwards and backwards with racket in correct positioning along with correct body alignment. At first this might sound or look silly to you; but these are some of the very key components of a good game.

Serves: Start on the right side of the baseline. Keep your feet near the middle marker. Your right foot should be at an angle with your toes pointed to the left side of the net post. Bend your right leg. The more often that you practice you will notice how your entire body will move to a natural positioning for a good serve. Ideally, your entire body makes a unified motion. Toss the ball off of your fingertips. The ball should go straight up, not to the sides or forwards or backwards. Toss high and hit the ball with the middle of the racket. Keep your eye on where the ball and racket meet. Follow through your serve by swinging across your body with the racket landing on the side of your left leg. A good serve feels like shooting an arrow.

Swing: Toss balls high and low. Practice running to them, positioning your body correctly and following through with your swing. Remember that the correct swing makes a pop sound. Toss the ball far from you to practice your footwork. Toss high to practice high balls, and toss low to practice low balls.

Topic: What If I Don't Have A Tennis Partner To Play With?

7/1/2009 - Tennis Is About Having Fun, Hard Work, and Good Friends!

Today's Topic Is : What If I Don't Have A Partner To Play With?

Here Is A Review Of Some Good Wall Practice Techniques:

Drill One:

Forehand Volleys and Backhand Volleys

Definition. Forehand Volleys are used for tennis balls that do not touch the ground.

* Postion yourself in the middle of the court four feet from the wall. Practice your forehand and backhand volleys by using correct swing, footwork, and using the middle of the wall as the target. Using the center of the wall as the target improves your placement.

Drill Two:

Ground Stroke

Definition. A ground stroke refers to the player hiting a ball that has touched and bounced off of the ground.

* Practice your ground strokes by staying behind the baseline. Drop ball and hit; practicing your follow through. Practice your placement by using the center the wall as the target.

Drill Three:

Serves

Definition. A shot to start the point.

* Practice your serves by simulating a real match. Start on the right side of the baseline closest to the middle marker. Serve two, then switch to the left side. Continue doing this. A good serve should hit the wall in the middle of the opposite side from where you are serving. Ball should return itself to you when good.