Transform Your Tennis Return of Serve In 10 Minutes - Instant Tennis Improvements. The return of serve in tennis is the most important shot after the serve itself. You'll start 50% of all points in singles matches hitting a return of serve, and 25% of all points in doubles. It's a part of the game that many players neglect, but if you master these three elements of the return, you'll become a much better tennis player right away.
Tennis players tend to make these mistakes when trying to return in tennis:
1. Approach the tennis return of serve strokes as the same as a normal forehand or backhand groundstroke. This means they use their normal swings and this causes them to be late more often than not.
2. Using footwork patterns and stances that limit their reach and block them from generating power on the tennis return of serve.
3. Big then small, meaning they have a big backswing but then stop just after the contact point. All of these errors cost players when trying to return, a big swing will make the player hit their return late. Stepping in with a closed stance will limit your reach and block your rotation. Stopping the follow-through will make you push the ball back in play.
To become a more consistent returner in tennis, it's important you master the fundamentals of the tennis return of serve.
This includes:
1. Shortening your backswing, using the trunk to coil and uncoil for power. By using a shorter backswing, you're creating time for yourself and can make contact out in front of your body. A good way to visualize this is to imagine there is a wall or fence behind your body, blocking you from taking the racket behind your body line. This visual will help you to limit the backswing and focus more on the contact zone and follow through.
2. Using the outside leg to load and unload. By loading up on the outside leg, you'll be able to reach much further using a two-step combination and you'll also be creating power from legs and hips.
3. Finish your swing. By focusing on finishing your return of serve swing, you'll be able to produce topspin using a low to high swing and this will make you a more consistent returner. Think small then big, meaning the backswing is small, then the follow-through is big.
Video Timeline:
00:00 - Transform Your Tennis Return of Serve In 10 Minutes Intro
00:23 - Return of Serve Tip One - The Backswing
3:39 - Why We Don't Need A Big Swing When Returning
6:16 - Return of Serve Tip Two - Footwork and Stances
9:57 - Return of Serve Tip Three - Small Then Big
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15 июл 2024
