Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The Best Tennis Drills

By Adam Woods


To master any game you need constant practice and more so in the game of tennis, which requires you to push yourself and put in effort to improve footwork for greater mobility. Regular practice and unwavering stamina are what are required from you in tennis so brace yourself for it. One of the best tennis secrets is to practice more and more. Below are some of the tennis tips and tennis secrets served to you. Take them with generous helpings of practice.

First, I must explain what I mean by tennis shoes for women. I am specifically referring to shoes manufactured for women to participate in the sport of tennis. I am not including the various other "sports" shoes that are generically called "tennis shoes". You know-just about any shoe made of canvas or leather uppers with an athletic sole, i.e., cross-trainers, walking, running, heck-even "deck" shoes!

Players who practice "dead-ball drills" constantly perform really poorly in matches. It is mostly because the instructor feeds the balls perfectly to the students. Consistent feeds prevent players from adjusting to different kinds of balls. "Dead-ball drills" however are the most useful kinds of footwork drills. They can keep a large number of players moving if they are designed well.

The 80/20 rule applied to tennis Give the ball 80% of your focus and the opponent 20% and not vice versa! The secret to a win in tennis is to have all concentration on the ball, its movement and its judgment.

The most effective and also most requested forms of drills are live drills. Usually the instructor or even a player puts the ball in play and the point is played out. Live drills also have a purpose or goal that the players try to achieve. Often the goal is to simply win the drill. Other times participants cooperate to attain a common goal such as keeping the ball in play for a certain amount of shots. Experts debate to this day whether competitive or cooperative drills are better. The best answer is probably a good mixture of both kinds of drills.

Properly designed tennis drills offer the most crucial ingredient which is fun. Every tennis coach should attempt to make drills game-like and engaging. Boring and mundane exercises can drive any player to certain burn-out. It is very important for instructors not to lose the attention and interest of students with fresh drills and games.

Add extra zing For that added zing in that serve of yours, use a resistance band to have a powerful, crushing swing. Perform stretching exercises to increase your flexibility.




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