What’s The Hurry?

A tennis ball rides on the strings of the racket for roughly - FOUR ONE THOUSANDTHS OF ONE SECOND !

If the racket is kept on its intended path with the correct face angle for that brief moment, the ball will travel unerringly to its target, time and time again.

So, having that understanding, you go out and practice your stroke diligently until it's second nature.

Okay, you now own it, and are ready to go play a big match.

When the pressure is on does your stroke hold up? Or do you make errors you thought you'd eliminated by honing the proper technical execution hundreds of times in practice sessions?

Very few of us can maintain the clean results that we can generate in a practice session because we are alternately seized by ambition and fear in the course of a "LIVE RALLY".

The most common error produced by highly accomplished players is generated by the need to recover to the center of the court, as soon as, and explosively as possible following the finish of their swing.

What happens?

Well, the ball is riding the strings (racket face) for that fleeting four one thousandths of one second, and just as the ball is leaving the strings, the player begins moving back to the center of the court, and in that action, inadvertently changes the spin on the ball, causing it to tail just a tiny bit off the intended target line.

The result is a beautifully executed swing of the racket, sabotaged by an anxiety fueled recovery movement!

Every shot you play has a beginning, a middle and an end.

Make sure you stay with your follow through until it is complete, and the ball has left the racket face cleanly.

There is absolutely no need to scramble back to the center of the court, if you have just missed your shot!