Richard, this was perhaps the most profound tennis advice that I have ever, finally, heard. Thank you for it! I have known for many years that a. I am a incredibly INCONSISTENT tennis player (almost to the point that I cannot play - hell, even start - points) and b. how _tremendously_ important it is to keep your head still at contact. And yet, I DON'T EVER DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. Unbelievable but true. And I'm a smart guy, just... not at tennis. I've been concentrating and working on _all the wrong things!_ Not that they're unimportant, it's just that they are effectively worthless unless you can *do these two things first!* The times in the past when I _have_ done this, the results have been astonishing, like magic. So that's another possible topic for a video (or Nobel Prize): why, after experiencing this incredible boost to your game, would anyone let themselves fall back into the Fog of Forgetting? How can you _finally_ get what you've always wanted, and then let it slip through your fingers and out of your mind? How?
Apologies for my slow reply, covid wiped me out for a month! I never know if you are making fun of me with your comments, but I really enjoy reading them, anyway 😂 My words of wisdom reading between the lines of your question is because players don't work through the phases of learning for long enough to solidify the specific change they are making. Whether that's watching the ball through contact or what ever else.
Absolutely agreed on consistency priority. But, at the same, we don’t want to get into the habit of just pushing the ball back in play with incorrect forms either. The tricky part is to find the right middle ground.
Probably both, but certainly the practice as if it’s a real point thing. We play each other’s out balls almost to be nice and “keep the rally going.” Doesn’t enforce consistency as well as practice could.
Richard, this was perhaps the most profound tennis advice that I have ever, finally, heard. Thank you for it! I have known for many years that a. I am a incredibly INCONSISTENT tennis player (almost to the point that I cannot play - hell, even start - points) and b. how _tremendously_ important it is to keep your head still at contact. And yet, I DON'T EVER DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
Unbelievable but true. And I'm a smart guy, just... not at tennis. I've been concentrating and working on _all the wrong things!_ Not that they're unimportant, it's just that they are effectively worthless unless you can *do these two things first!* The times in the past when I _have_ done this, the results have been astonishing, like magic.
So that's another possible topic for a video (or Nobel Prize): why, after experiencing this incredible boost to your game, would anyone let themselves fall back into the Fog of Forgetting? How can you _finally_ get what you've always wanted, and then let it slip through your fingers and out of your mind? How?
Apologies for my slow reply, covid wiped me out for a month!
I never know if you are making fun of me with your comments, but I really enjoy reading them, anyway 😂
My words of wisdom reading between the lines of your question is because players don't work through the phases of learning for long enough to solidify the specific change they are making. Whether that's watching the ball through contact or what ever else.
Absolutely agreed on consistency priority. But, at the same, we don’t want to get into the habit of just pushing the ball back in play with incorrect forms either. The tricky part is to find the right middle ground.
Awesome des conseils pratiques pour s'améliorer. Thanks
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thank you for the very helpful 2 tips. God bless!
Optic fix is gold!
Which one of these do you need to work on more?
Probably both, but certainly the practice as if it’s a real point thing. We play each other’s out balls almost to be nice and “keep the rally going.”
Doesn’t enforce consistency as well as practice could.
Always like first
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Sorry, but watching the strings while they hit the ball I lose the field vision and fail each time.
The goal is to watch the ball not the strings
@@TennisHacker Yes, I mean watching the ball
Head locked on. Want to see a bad shot? Look up.
What about pouring a cup of coffee? LOL
That wouldn't be very English of me would it? We do tea and warm beer :-)