Beginner Tennis Tip - Watch the Ball

Keep your eye on the ball. You hear this from all tennisthe ball, you'll screw it up. It's very hard to make any
players. Why is this important? What does it reallyadjustments to a very fast stroke and that means not
mean?putting the ball where you want it in the court. If you
The secret to tennis is accuracy not power. If a tennisset yourself up for a relaxed easy stroke, it's a snap
player can place the ball in the court in the right spot,to add a little extra punch to the stroke in mid-swing, or
the chances of winning that point are great. Putting theto change the direction of the ball.
ball where you want it means strategically moving yourLet's get back to watching the ball. Try to fixate on the
opponent around the court. They have to run to hit theball at all times. In fact trying to read the words on the
ball which increases their chance of making an error,ball or see the fuzz on the ball. As the ball leaves your
sometimes they have to swing while running, it tiresopponents tennis racket watch the ball all the way to
your opponent, and sets you up to hit a winning shot.the strings of your racket. When you're swinging the
Hitting the ball with a lot of power increases yourtennis racket at the ball keep your head down, hold it
chance of hitting the ball into the net, or out of thedown until after the ball has left your racket. This is
court past the baseline. Also it's much easier to applycritical to both beginner tennis play as well as
power from a relaxed easy stroke than it is tochampionship tennis. It's one of the easiest skills to
remove power from a stroke that set up to crush thelearn and one of the hardest to execute even after a
ball. Think about it this way, if you want to hit the balllifetime of playing tennis.
hard and at the last second change the direction ofSo what did we learn?