Yes! On many videos made to teach tennis they only talk about one stroke, showing the "one" right way to hit a ball. It's the first time I see someone change the focus to strategy first. Very eye opening!
After listening for about 4-5 seconds I am hooked. I agree with your approach entirely. In tennis (and in life) we count outputs (or outcomes) not inputs. Effectiveness comes first, then efficiency. Efficiency means reliably and consistently achieving our goals with minimum inputs and minimum effort. subscribed immediately.
Been a keen follower of your videos for a while now and agree with what you say. I would like to see how you actually teach players this and how you get them to practice this.
Hi Lee, the best way to do that is to buy my book Developing High Performance Tennis Players. You will know exactly how to do it. It is perfectly explained there with a lot of drills that you can use.
Thank you Jan, I am glad you find the information useful. I would appreciate a short comment on the books on Amazon or IBooks if you have the time. Good luck with your tennis.
Excellent. Matthew Syed described this kind of development as an upcoming olympic table tennis player in the book Bounce. His coach continually gave him driills and situations way out of his comfort zone that targeted the likely tactics of his opponents. Initially he made a lot of errors but with persistence was able to handle even extreme situations.
Adapting is the thing I find hardest, you play away, and the balls are different, the courts are different, the opponent hits differently. All my ball reading is off and I miss-time/miss-hit repeatedly. I just can't adapt fast enough.
You can think about the slice in the same way. You should be able to hit: a neutral slice, a short slice (dipping) a high slice (lifting), a shoulder level slice and an off the bounce slice. However, a topspin base will always be more effective.
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Yes! On many videos made to teach tennis they only talk about one stroke, showing the "one" right way to hit a ball. It's the first time I see someone change the focus to strategy first. Very eye opening!
After listening for about 4-5 seconds I am hooked. I agree with your approach entirely. In tennis (and in life) we count outputs (or outcomes) not inputs. Effectiveness comes first, then efficiency. Efficiency means reliably and consistently achieving our goals with minimum inputs and minimum effort. subscribed immediately.
Makes perfect sense. Play with purpose not like a senseless robot. Thanks Edgar.
Been a keen follower of your videos for a while now and agree with what you say. I would like to see how you actually teach players this and how you get them to practice this.
Hi Lee, the best way to do that is to buy my book Developing High Performance Tennis Players. You will know exactly how to do it. It is perfectly explained there with a lot of drills that you can use.
Perfect opening statement! Agree 100%
Perfect video. Your books are great too.
Thank you Jan, I am glad you find the information useful. I would appreciate a short comment on the books on Amazon or IBooks if you have the time. Good luck with your tennis.
Excellent. Matthew Syed described this kind of development as an upcoming olympic table tennis player in the book Bounce. His coach continually gave him driills and situations way out of his comfort zone that targeted the likely tactics of his opponents. Initially he made a lot of errors but with persistence was able to handle even extreme situations.
In tennis the best players are not the ones that hit the best ball but the once that adapt better
Adapting is the thing I find hardest, you play away, and the balls are different, the courts are different, the opponent hits differently. All my ball reading is off and I miss-time/miss-hit repeatedly. I just can't adapt fast enough.
What does Slice shots fit in the 5 variations that you suggested?
You can think about the slice in the same way. You should be able to hit: a neutral slice, a short slice (dipping) a high slice (lifting), a shoulder level slice and an off the bounce slice. However, a topspin base will always be more effective.
Start with what you want to do and only then, start to work on how to achieve your goals.
That sounds like a better approach but we sometimes are not able to see the forest for the trees.
Are you trying to get all those shots included in the warmup before a match?
That is harder to do in the pre match warm up, but if you have time to hit for 20 minutes before you play the match, I would add them to the warm up
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I think what you're saying is train how to win???
After all, the objective of the game is to beat an opponent not just hit the ball well.