| Keep hitting the ball out of court when using your | | | | wrapping the racket over your shoulder." |
| backhand? Do you feel that you are not quite able to | | | | Ask your friend to monitor and help you evaluate your |
| complete your follow through? This is a situation that | | | | practice. An example would be to set a weekly target, |
| happens often in tennis, are you are stopping your | | | | write down the day and date you are going to assess |
| racket at impact point, this might be the cause of not | | | | your improvement. Your friend can write down on a |
| being able to hit your target. | | | | piece of paper the headings, Completed follow through |
| Knowing you are not quite doing the correct thing is a | | | | or did not complete follow through. Put a tick under the |
| bonus, so with a friend ask them to watch how you | | | | heading which you did, and then analysis and discuss |
| play a double handed backhand in match play. You will | | | | your next options. The improvement you make will |
| then have a second opinion of how you play, and it is | | | | depend on your desire and how well you set targets |
| now time for you to become more specific about your | | | | for your goals. |
| backhand. Your friend has confirmed that you are | | | | Your feedback and analysis came back with more |
| stopping your follow through at contact point; this is a | | | | ticks on the not completed follow through heading. |
| common problem for a great many people. | | | | Next move, talk to your desire and work on putting |
| So let us set up a practice to help you develop your | | | | more ticks on the completed follow through heading. |
| follow through, set a challenging and achievable goal. | | | | Easier said than done! But with your desire and |
| The goal being to "extend out in the direction you are | | | | commitment, how can you fail to develop your tennis. |
| hitting the ball, then smoothly bending your elbows and | | | | Have fun and enjoy your achievable challenges. |