“RACKET BACK!” WHY IS THIS A HORRIBLE INSTRUCTION? Tennis pros and coaches say it ALL THE TIME! Racket back! Racket back! Racket Back! Students are taught that they need to take their racket back to the back fence or further. Why? Because a backswing is needed to help you swing faster leading up to contacting […]
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Tennis TrainingThis article will challenge the traditional and popular instruction to lock your wrist when you volley. Since the opposite of locked or firm is loose, I want to be clear that neither fully locked nor fully loose will work well for the volley. First, let’s break down the volley into two components: the backswing and
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Tennis TrainingIntroduction You probably already know that the serve is the most frequently hit shot in tennis, but did you also ever think about the fact that the return of serve is the second most frequently hit shot? With that degree of importance, we should be practicing our returns of serve quite frequently. But how many
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