| Learning how to solve and react to tennis problems is | | | | your accuracy by trying to hit a marked area about 1m |
| a lifelong experience,and it is important for you to | | | | wide on your opponents side of the court. If you do |
| reach the right people to help you learn the great | | | | this for say 5 to 10 minutes without words or |
| game of tennis. If you choose someone who is | | | | instruction it will help solve your problem of hitting your |
| inexperienced, ask yourself are they helping you to | | | | cross court shot with consistency. |
| solve your tennis problems? A good way to find out if | | | | After reading this article you decide that you would like |
| your coach or mentor is on your side, is to book one | | | | to practice with real conviction and desire. You then |
| tennis lesson. From that first encounter you will soon | | | | find out that practicing is really hard work. Unfortunately |
| know whether you want to continue playing tennis or | | | | when you learn a new skill in tennis you have to think |
| not. Let us hope you do want to continue with playing | | | | carefully how long it may take you to master it, give |
| tennis. | | | | yourself some achievable goals so that you may build |
| A few problems that you may meet: | | | | a strong basic structure to progress and develop your |
| 1. Your opponent has kindly hit the ball away from you, | | | | tennis on. |
| and you have missed your shot. You will probably | | | | Try not to build your tennis on top of quicksand? You |
| want to do something different with your reaction or | | | | will lose a lot of money. Get that strong base and build |
| movement. Prepare before you play your next rally by | | | | your tennis on it, now, before you go to the next step, |
| telling yourself to use an appropriate cue word. Watch | | | | you would need to practice your cross court for a |
| your opponent hit the ball and make a decision as to | | | | few weeks. At this stage you need to practice without |
| where the ball will travel. More to the left, more to the | | | | too much instruction. Remembering that you are feeling |
| right, higher, lower, forward, backward and so on. This | | | | for contacting the ball will improve automatically with |
| routine will help you anticipate your opponents shots, | | | | time and hitting thousands of repetitions. |
| and give you the best chance of hitting the ball back | | | | Again take the bull by the horn and accept your |
| into play. | | | | responsibility to do the best you can, when the feeling |
| 2. You want to improve the accuracy of your | | | | is not quite right you will know, practice knowing your |
| forehand cross court. Here is how you can do it, make | | | | feelings then you can act upon them. Once you have |
| sure you aim for the lowest part of the net that should | | | | been given an instruction to learn a basic technique |
| be the centre of the tennis net. The reason you aim | | | | you need to take that information and apply it to hitting |
| for the centre of the net is that it is the lowest part of | | | | thousands of tennis balls, adjusting with your feedback |
| the net. Going outwards from the centre, the net | | | | and feelings. |
| becomes higher, therefore hitting over the lowest part | | | | Good luck and enjoy your tennis challenges, enjoy and |
| of the net is the best option. You then have some one | | | | have fun. |
| play rallies with you cross court; you may then develop | | | | |