How To Play Tennis

You're going to learn everything you need to get started in the game of tennis. Including all the major strokes plus at the very end we're gonna let you in on a secret that’s critical to understand. If you want to be a good player and we're going to start How To Play Tennis by talking about the serve. Because the service begins at every point in the game of tennis and it has to be hit from back. Behind the baseline which is the line all the way in the back part of the courts. And has to be aimed across to the opposite service box they serve is referred to. As the most important shot in tennis because it sets the tone for each point. The most common mistake that tennis players make on their serve. That holds them back from success is what we like to call a pushy motion and all that means is that. The body is facing forwards the hand is facing forwards it's a low contact point and lines your strings up with. Where you want to hit the ball and patty cake the ball over to the other side.

Sure that'll get you started and that'll get you in the game but it's never going to allow. You to advance beyond very beginner levels of play so getting away from that pushing motion. As early as possible is going to help you develop as a player much much How To Play Tennis faster to get a fast start on the serve. You must focus on three main elements number one you have to use your body to power the shot. If you use your arm in your hand it's always going to be weak so start off turn to the side. And make sure you rotate forwards as you swing up towards the ball and that leads us right into number two. You must toss the ball in the right spot so that you can make contact in a comfortable place. And that means if you’re right-handed you want the ball to be up over the right side of your body. As you turn forwards you want the ball to be over your right shoulder. If you're left-handed over your left shoulder and that leads to a contact point your contact. The point should be over that shoulder and out in front of your body. So you have a little bit of room to transfer forwards and use your body. If you do those three things you'll be in a good position to start hitting solid serves. The next night you want to learn is a forehand groundstroke a forehand means that.

It's on the dominant side of your body for me that's my right side. Since I'm right-handed and a groundstroke means the ball bounces once. Before you make contact meaning you don’t hit it out of the air but the ball bounces and then you hit it. So that ‘show you get forehand groundstroke now you’re also going to be making contact and hitting this ball. Most of the time from around the baseline all the way up to inside the service line area to paint up. On How To Play Tennis how short the ball lands this also becomes most players favorite shot and you can use it to develop. It into a weapon so it's important that you work on the forehand groundstroke for your tennis game. One of the biggest mistakes that you're going to see a lot of tennis players make on the forehand. Ground stroke is that they use all arm which means their turn to the side and they're only using the arm to be able to hit. The ball is going to cause a lot of injuries especially in your elbow and your shoulder. So it’s important that you're trying to use your body and using your body to swing through. And your arm is relaxed and you're using both together to swing through the ball. The other thing that you want to think about is your swing path you want to start the racquet head. Which is this part of your racquet below where you're gonna make contact with the ball. So you start below you come up to the contact point and then you finish above the contact point.

It does not have to be over your shoulder it needs to make sure that it's above the contact point. Where you finish your swing now the other thing you want to talk about is the contact point. Exactly where it should be if you're stepping into your forehand I'm stepping with my left foot here. Because I'm right-handed I’m going to make contact right around How To Play Tennis my front foot. That means my racket is going to be straight this way and not going to be down at contact. And not going to be up when I'm making contact with the ball but it's going to be straight. This way and I’m going to be making contact right around my front foot again up to. That point and then finish above that's going to be imperative body movement swing path. And contact point to make sure that you're getting the most out of your forehand groundstroke. Now it's time to talk about the backhand now there are two different flavors of the back end. You have the two-handed backhand or the one-handed back in and this is all going to be hitting. Your non-dominant side so like we talked about the four in over here. Your non-dominant side with the backhand right here. For your two-handed or your one-handed shot no-win general your backhand. You wanted to be a solid consistent shot you have your forehand that's going to be. Aggressive and your backhand can be something you can always rely on.

Whether it’s a one-handed or two-handed shot nowhere do you hit the backhand? Generally, you hit the backhand around the baseline the ball has to bounce first. And then you hit the ball so that's going to put you in the position of the baseline or inside the How To Play Tennis baseline. So the culprit for that is now the biggest and biggest player.

 

When they're hitting the backhand is that it's arming the shot. They’re not using the rest of their body so if you're a two-handed the backhand user that. You're swinging like this and if you're a one-handed backhand user. You’re poking like this the problem with this is that you're not going to get a lot of consistency. And power with your swing because you're not using the rest of your body. Now let's talk about how do you hit your backhand so let's start with the two-handed backhand. Now like we were talking about before one of the biggest things. We want to learn how-to-do is using your body so when we're using your body. We're going to get the racquet come under and turn all the way out and around. Now it's important that you watch my body turning all the way out and round instead of using. My arms now some important key points about when you're hitting.

The one-hand the two-handed backhand scuzzy me is that you want to make contact right in front of your toe. So as we're swinging with our body we're making contact right in front of our toe and the rack is going to go out. And come all the way around on your finish now this is so important that as you use your body. You’re making that correct contact and everything flows together and it's nice and smooth. Now for the one-handed backhand difference you have How To Play Tennis one hand on it so you're going to start from. Here same thing with the swing path we're going to cap the rack erupt under and come up to the ball and make contact. Now the contact for the one-handed backhand is further in front. Then the two-handed backhand and that’s one of the biggest differences. You’re going to have to contend with if you want to use a one-handed versus. A two-minute backhand with the swing is contact it's going to be way in front on the follow-through. After this, it's going to come all the way up and around not like the two-handed. But it's going to be extended out in front of you and a little bit higher so again swing. It's going to come up come down come up to the ball and all the way around. One smooth motion is important that even with the one-handed. You’re going to use your body not as much as it's a two-hander but you're gonna use your body and then complete.

That swing the next critical shot we're going to talk about is the volley. The definition of a volley is a shot in tennis that you hit before the ball bounces on your side of the court. Volley does not mean hit the ball back and forth over the net that's. Actually a rally volley means that you’re usually moving forwards and hitting the ball. Early before it bounces on your own How To Play Tennis side of the court so usually that means the player is closing inside. But to do it is to access the network, sometimes it is on duty. Which is the line up in the middle of the courts and because of that you're taking time away from your opponent. And it’s something that players you to attack they’re taking time away. They’re improving their position on the courts and the closer you get to the netting. The closer you get to your opponent's side of the courts the easier it is to attack and start to put the ball away. And so this is a very aggressive thing to do as a tennis player is to move forwards and take the ball out of the air. It’s wrong now, but sad, instead of waiting. That a lot of tennis players make is as they close forwards in attack. They get super panicked and because of that lack of time they rush and they get tight and jerky.

Ad they start punching the ball and everything starts to get abrupt and tight and tense. And they lose control and so they had an opportunity up there to attack. But they end up throwing it away by making a lot of mistakes and getting rigid and tight and tense. The antidote to those mistakes is to be calm and smooth and the technique. You want to use on How To Play Tennis volleys shouldn't be making contact way out in front and punching the ball in. But actually bringing contact back a little bit so you have some room that flows through. The point of contact you also don’t want to make contact way for back behind yourself. Because then you started getting handcuffed and things get awkward and unnatural. So out in front of your front foot or out in front of the front edge of your body is about. Where you want to make contact and your hand should be relaxed and loose. So that you can flow through the point of contact and direct the ball.

Where you want it to go you should be viewing volleys as redirecting energy not adding energy. It should be about placement and finesse and accuracy and not raw power and strength secret. That is going to make everything that you've learned twice as effective is where the racket is faced. Where the strings are faced is where the ball is going to go so for instance on your groundstrokes. If your racket faces down the ball it's going to go down if your racket faces up the ball is going to go up. And this applies to every stroke that you learned it’s important to make. Those small adjustments so that you can make more balls in the court.