If you’re reading this article, you are probably not a beginner looking to get started in the sport of Tennis. But, rather you are a tennis player already on a league and are looking at ways to improve your game. Outside of hiring a personal Tennis coach, let’s look at what it takes to get a spin on moving your game to the level. Here are a couple of places to focus your attention for the quickest and longest lasting results:

1. Foot-work and Conditioning

2. Strokes

3. Spin

4. Angle of Attack

Foot-work and Conditioning:

The size of the tennis court is seventy-eight feet long from baseline to baseline, and twenty-seven feet wide – thirty-six feet for doubles matches. Thats 39 feet by 27 feet (or 1053 square feet), for singles matches, that you must be able to cover in the blink of an eye. You’re not going to be able to do this if you’re out of shape or are tripping over your feet. So, think full body conditioning, sprints, foot-work drills, and stamina.

Strokes:

The emphasis here is follow-through. You can have the best swing in Tennis, but if you don’t complete the follow-through on each and every stroke, you won’t have the power to drill the ball to your opponent for the winner. One option here for training is to either have a friend video you playing or setup a camera on a tripod and video yourself. Then, when the match is over, take that video back with you and honestly compare your strokes and follow-throughs to some of the pros you see on sports television. Noting any improvements you can make. Then practice, practice, and practice some more.

Spin:

Spin is sometimes the hardest for even the most seasoned players. But, spin used properly can have a tremendous impack on your game. Top spin for example can allow you to sit back on the baseline and hit ball high that drop in the short court of your opponent forcing would be baseline players into the center court. Another example is spin on your serve. Good spin on a serve, whether traveling at the speed of sound or not, can cause the ball to either kick away from your opponent or into your opponent, in either case forcing them to adjust.

Angle of Attack:

This is the overall point plan for the point you are playing. You should have a point plan, angle of attack, for each and every point. Matches, Sets, and Games are won a point at a time. The key to you winning the point is placement of your opponent and the angle of your winning shot. I say placement of your opponent because the idea is to force your opponent to a position on the court through a series of strokes where they will have a low probability of returning your final shot and you stil have a high probability of hitting the shot within the lines.

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