Forehands

This will be a series for forehand development. Here's one to start:

Nadal Practice

I like the way Nadal loosens up here, note the good footwork and relaxed swing.


Nadal Warm Up

Tennis Warehouse Discussion

Tennis Warehouse Discussion This is an excellent site to discuss tennis techniques , there are a lot of decent and knowledgeable people there. I have taken a 2 week hiatus from playing and practicing tennis because of the frigid and inclement weather. My strokes are really coming along again and I have been working on my two handed backhand as well as my one handed backhand.
I still need to work on my footwork and timing!!!!

The Geometry of Tennis

This article is dedicated to Bill M. Besides my father, his is THE best tennis coach I ever had. This man could play tennis left handed and right handed, I must add VERY proficiently! . He was also a Vietnam Veteran 11b. Anyway back in 1981 he introduced the concept of tennis and geometry to me. He drew it out on the hard tru courts and it was easy to understand. I will give you a synopsis and a personal example;
The closer to the net, the more angles you have.
The further away the less angles.
Sometimes you have to run parallel or back a little from the ball
optimally you should run towards the ball and cut off the angle
HIT THE BALL ON THE RISE!
Flexible triangle, chin forward .

Days 28 thru 30

I've been hitting and hitting, things are getting better, things are getting worse LOL! I met my Dad's spirit yesterday in this senior Boriqua yesterday in the name of Andreas(sp), he had me running all over the court like my Dad used to run me! Dinks, slices, cuts, topspin and the occasional flat hard shot as well as high shots. He's a cool guy, I am going to hit with him so I get to lose weight LIKE HE TOLD ME I NEED TO! God bless this brother, he said I had Puerto Rico written all over my face ;).
I added lead tape to my racquet, this stuff works very well! Within reason of course. I was pretty arm weary and kind of flat today, I should have taken a recovery day. I did hit some nice serves and good ground strokes. More good news is that I am able to jog again with good form and endurance. What baffles me is that I can cycle for 46 miles @ approx 20mph average speed on a non windy day and feel great. Make me jog a half a mile and I felt like I was going to have a heart attack! My heart rate was 185 per minute and still I felt like I was going to die! I haven't played good competitive handball in about 2.5 years but I remember jogging 7 miles to Walmart to buy a new bicycle on Long Island when I was playing handball. To make a long story short I introduced jump rope to my workouts. I jogged a total of 1.5 miles with my dogs, in good form. That translates to me incorporating more footwork drill into my training, as well as "road fun" (instead of "road work") nothing is better than knowing that you can carry your own weight!

Racquet Science Article

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Selecting A Winning Tennis Racquet

This is an excellent article!