Marin Tennis: Serving in Singles and Staying Back
SERVING IN SINGLES
Serve and Stay Back: Many tennis players stay behind the baseline after they serve and depend upon their opponent’s errors to win points. Players with powerful ground strokes will hit the ball deep and crosscourt until their superior strokes prevail. Players without powerful strokes but are very quick and agile often just get everything back and rely on frustrating their opponents. Other players just rely on strategy (spin, change of pace, moon balls, unreturnable serves or luring their opponents into hitting their weakest shots).
A highly successful tennis strategy is to wait for your opponent to hit a short or weak shot and then attack. Here are three good ways to attack a short ball (one that lands near the service line).
The most popular is to hit it over the lowest part of the net(the center strap) with enough topspin to keep it in the court. It works best when you have an angle and you are standing still. Your goal is to hit a winner and end the point. At our tennis club in Marin county, we have created drills that will perfect this shot.
If you have to hit the short ball on the run, it is safer to hit it flat, straight ahead, and deep. Your goal is to follow it to the net and put away the volley. This shot is called an approach shot and is best taken on the rise. It has a short backswing and a short followthru. You should move in with the racquet back, holding your volley grip.
The third shot is the dropshot. It should be used sparingly, never on the big points, It works best as a surprise and when your opponent is far behind the baseline.
If you like any of this strategies and would like more information or would like to schedule a lesson,
please call me at (415) 515-7724 or visit our tennis club in marin website
Marin Tennis: Serving In Singles
SERVING IN SINGLE
There are two basic strategies after hitting a nice tennis serve: you either follow your serve to net, or you stay on the baseline after you serve.
Serve and Volley: If you follow your tennis serve to the net, it is not advisable to run to the net without stopping. A low return, a lob or a return near the sidelines are nearly impossible to get. The best approach is to take a few steps toward the spot where your serve will land and do a split step when your opponent strikes the ball. A split step is done by landing on both feet parallel to the net and then moving forward toward the return if you take it in the air or stopping if you have to hit it after it bounces or if you have to hit an overhead smash. The best net rushers do not come to a complete stop when they land on both feet. Instead they spring forward to the right or left with their racquet up for a forehand volley or a backhand volley, depending on where the return is going. If it is high, angle it off the court. If low, hit it straight ahead. The Dave Kregel Tennis Club in Marin will teach all of this techniques and more.
If you see that the receiver has hit the ball low, you should stop and hit the ball on the bounce, straight ahead and deep in the court. Then move in for an easy angled volley.
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If you like this information and would like to schedule a lesson, please call me at
(415) 515-7724 or visit our Marin tennis website
Roger Federer Best Shot In Tennis History
Roger Federer does it again. He makes on of the best shots in tennis history.
This has got to be the craziest shot anyone has pulled off. Roger hits this shot at the US Open Semifinal.
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