Off Topic: Tennis Tips and Tricks

These are the tips and tricks that can help you in your tennis game as you commit yourself in training. This list will surely help every player improve their tennis game, the secret with these tips and tricks is understanding the strokes necessary to improve your game and also the commitment to always train and practice what you’ve learned.

Oh well we are pretty sure that all of the tips and tricks would agree that this is the first and the most important which is Practice and Training. This is among the most critical part of tennis is to commit what you want to achieve in your tennis game.

Learn from the best

Yes it will be very difficult at the start if you keep on pushing yourself and trying to beat better and advanced tennis players than you but it will help you in more ways than one. But there are a lot of ways on how you can learn from an advanced player and not just by facing them head on the court but you can use the technology and watch their tapes, you can also watch them play as they oppose to a good player also. Watch them from slow motion on how and what strokes are they using and how composed and clam they are even under pressure. 

Always concentrate on the player’s movement and gain insight that you can apply in your own game. Know that it is not copying but learning from them because professional tennis players are also doing this watching and learning and making it their own by personalizing and understanding the technique.

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Gears and equipment are important

Of course, if you want to excel at something then you should invest not only your time and effort but also your resources because these gears and equipment may save you on the long run if you find the right gears and equipment for you. 

Like tennis rackets a 26” or 27” is the correct and ideal size for an adult. The grip size is a personal choice, hold your racket hand out palm side up, and measure from the crease of the finger to the tip of the ring finger, by this way you can measure the racket handle and what size you are more comfortable with. With a good grip you are helping and protecting your wrists and elbows.

You can also protect the muscle stress in your feet and ankles by wearing proper tennis shoes, do not wear running shoes or soccer shoes or sports branded shoes, but wear a shoe with a herringbone tread made to withstand side to side movement. There are a lot of tennis online shop out there that really offers good discount and that categorize their products from beginner, intermediate, to advance.

Move like Mozart’s playing the piano

For a lot of player practicing their strokes, smash, serve are easier than practicing your footwork, a lot of people consider focusing on the stokes but a lot of the people forgot to improve the footwork which plays a major role on a badminton game more than your strokes because how can you strike a tennis ball if you can’t get where it will go. Si improve your footwork, you can up your game without even stepping on the court by improving your agility and speed.

We all know that tennis is a fast paced game full of quick and sudden movements. Train not to be flat footed on the tennis court to not stress your muscles too much. Train your footwork accordingly and learn how to bounce on the tennis court and just glide swiftly. Do not forget to go jogging because it will give you endurance, but develop your speed first. 

Try sprinting short distances in various direction and return back on your original position as you would run on the tennis court for a lot of occasion. There’s a training routine, sprint for 15 seconds; rest for 15 seconds and then repeat.

After comfortably going back and forth in the tennis court now try to add some flavors on it by incorporating hops and jumps, any movement that will increase your sudden speed. The secret is to train and be comfortable on hundreds or thousands of short races rather than one long race of running.

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Service ace

One trick that you should always have under your sleeve is a very powerful and dynamic service, it can be so powerful that your opponent can’t return it or a service that slices to the opposite direction that your opponent has anticipated it to go. Many players serve well until the scores becomes critical and then they fall apart. 

Players get so jittery that their usual reliable serve loses all direction and control so you don’t need to be that person when the critical times come so train hard and don’t get the pressure go in your head. 

Aim and take advantage of service and be one of the well-known player like Williams’s sister, Nadal, and Federer who are the King and Queens of Service Ace.

Improve your techniques now and play like a pro and someday compete with your idols. We can say that tennis can be so hard at times but as they say the start is always the hardest but once you started training and loving the game for sure the effort will be all worth it. 

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