| Hi, | | | | also let you know whether you are mentally strong on |
| Using a games based approach to practice specific | | | | the important service points. |
| tennis strokes is a great way to learn tennis. For | | | | Again play a normal game of tennis and modify the |
| example if you want to improve your serve, you need | | | | rules so that you are allowed three serves. This is a |
| to create a match situation that you want to develop | | | | great practice if you are a little nervous on the first |
| further. You are very keen on being able to vary your | | | | serve; why not go for an ace? You will feel great if |
| service placement, set some goals relating to hitting | | | | you make it, fortune favours the brave. |
| different parts of your opponents service box. A good | | | | Another great way to reward calculated risk is to give |
| goal would be to hit every serve to a different part of | | | | you the game if an ace is served. A double fault on |
| the service box. This will make you concentrate with | | | | the other hand can be modified to lose you the game. |
| conviction, and also help you realise the best areas for | | | | Playing one set with you serving for every game can |
| you to serve naturally. With a friend helping measure | | | | be very challenging and good fun too. |
| your performance goals, you can then evaluate the | | | | There are many ways to modify all strokes in tennis |
| feedback and act upon it by resetting higher goals. | | | | practices, and you can also handicap yourself or your |
| A further practice is for you to play a normal game of | | | | opponent. How about you hitting the ball back to your |
| tennis but you are only allowed one serve. This game | | | | opponent racket on every stroke? Will you win? |
| will expose your weakness on the second serve, and | | | | |