| Attacking Tennis?? | | | | Simple isn't it?? |
| Most tennis players I know want to emulate the playing | | | | Let me explain a bit further. |
| styles of the top pros. | | | | Let's say you want to hit an inside out forehand (a |
| Whether that's the top ATP players like Federer , | | | | regulation shot for today's attack minded tennis player), |
| Nadal, Djokovic or Roddick or the top WTA players | | | | you move around into your backhand corner and |
| like Venus Williams, Sharapova, Ivanovic or Serena | | | | BOOM, unleash the beast (getting carried away now!). |
| Williams, the average club player I see always wants | | | | BUT!! |
| to copy the attacking shots of these players at their | | | | Instead of trying to hit the singles line on the opposite |
| own clubs. | | | | side of the court, you aim to hit the middle of a hoop |
| There are a few problems however! | | | | placed over in that area. |
| Apart from some obvious ones such as grip and | | | | What does that mean? |
| stance etc. the fact remains that the average club | | | | Well think about it - if you manage to hit the middle of |
| player approaches the shots in the wrong way | | | | the hoop you will probably hit a winner as it is unlikely |
| mentally (if at all) and that unfortunately for them has | | | | that you will be playing someone with the retrieving |
| an impact on the shot they end up hitting. | | | | skills of Rafa Nadal. |
| But what do I mean by approaching the shot mentally | | | | If you hit the near edge of the hoop, you are still likely |
| wrong? | | | | to hit a winner for the same reasons as above but |
| Well first of all as I stated above, many players don't | | | | even if you don't you are still likely to create a good |
| even think about what they are doing or even trying to | | | | situation as you opponent even if they get to the ball |
| do so will have no chance of pulling it off but the one's | | | | will probably reply with a weak shot that you can |
| that do, need to improve their chances of making | | | | capitalize on. |
| these shots on a regular basis and that means not | | | | If you hit the far edge of the hoop (the one nearest |
| trying to hit the lines (or clean the lines as it is often | | | | the sideline) then congratulations maybe you are |
| called) every time. | | | | Roger Federer in disguise. |
| Ok I know we see the top players hitting lines a lot | | | | The point is this, by using the hoop as a target you |
| (part of the reason we have the Hawkeye challenge | | | | have ended up with three shots all of which have |
| system in place now), but these guys and girls spend a | | | | ended up with you probably winning the point. If you |
| significant amount of time playing and practising at a | | | | had aimed for the sideline and missed it on the wrong |
| high level which means that their levels of accuracy | | | | side by even a couple of centimetres or inches you |
| are going to be "right up there". | | | | would have lost the point. |
| But for you, the player who plays a few times a week | | | | So this is the key to attacking tennis! |
| (if you are lucky) we need to change the stakes a bit | | | | Pick your targets and go for your shots BUT hit |
| to still achieve our aim. | | | | aggressively to larger target areas and watch your |
| So Here Is How You Play Attacking Tennis And Win!! | | | | success rate and therefore your results go "through |
| Hit aggressively to larger targets!! | | | | the roof". |