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Tennis Movement - Get Yourself Going!
Why movement?
There are few areas in tennis that are as complex, confusing and yet also overlooked by most coaches. Yet think about it, if it's good it will allow you to get to the ball not only in time but in a mechanically advantaged position to enable you to hit better and more powerful shots. Tennis is a multi-directional, explosive, stop-start sport where dynamic balance and control are needed for effective shot making. Slow reactions, poor agility , sluggish recovery and/or high center of gravity, will make the quickest athletes appear slow. The flip side of this is when things are in synch with the tempo of play, speed will be advanced and your strokes will flow much better.
This section will focus on what to do and how to train to "glide" better in all phases of the game.
Get your hands on my special report detailing how for just 10 MINUTES investment of your time you can reduce your unforced errors by over 70% and reach new levels of FANTASY tennis I have seen it from my time working with tour players and with kids just staring out in the game - if you can improve their footwork then their racket skills follow and NOT the other way round!! I am thinking of the dominant players in my memory and this is what comes to mind - Borg Johnny Mac Graf Navratilova Lendl Edberg Becker Sampras Henin Federer Djokovich??? All of them magnificent athletes!! Is it a coincidence that it has been reported that both Federer and Henin spent more time on this part of their skill training than their peers when young and less time on their tennis? I think not!!
The mechanics for tennis can be divided into two sections - 1. Foundation (developing fundamental patterns)
2. Tennis Specific
Instructions - click anywhere in the video then click the play button in the bottom left hand corner of the screen to see an example of a Tennis Specific movement drill - The Side Shuffle
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