Monday 10 November 2008

Learning To Play Tennis




One of the biggest troubles that individuals have when discovering how to play tennis is discovering how to improve their technique. While this can be achieved through practicing the game, but it is essential to know what you are doing, without which it is out of the question to learn improved techniques. You have to practice each technique to better, otherwise however many books you read or videos you study you will never improve your skills. Reading books and periodicals could be very useful, so long as you put your learning on the tennis court and practise the techniques just discovered.

Your next care should be ensuring that you are using a tennis tennis racquet that is suitable for your skill level as well as physical size. You can never aim to hit the tennis ball properly, if you use an inappropriate racquet. A suitable racquet can guarantee that you hit the ball rightly and you can play the game to the best of your abilities.

The handle and the hold of the tennis racquet should be such that it would appear you were trying to hit the tennis ball with your palm, for a forehand swing. Thus, for a more efficient grip, you need to be engaged square with your tennis racquet. When you strike from the side your ball is likely to fall in the alley and unless you are playing doubles this is not a good idea at all.

Depending on your ease levels, the racquet must be held with one or both hands for playing backhand. When you decide to hold the tennis racquet with both the hands, make sure the hands are not on top of each other, as this would make the racquet incline a bit, which would spoil a good game. Players that consider a heavy racquet will help them play quicker shots will be saddened when they recognise they cannot play endlessly with the surplus weight which affects position and how the tennis ball is hit.

Your playing position is equally serious, so if you are casual in your attitude, stooping forward or taking it slow as the tennis ball is coming towards you, you can never hit the ball with the force you need to employ. Nonetheless, if you have taken time reading this article thus far, it illustrates you do care to improve your techniques and your position as well. Put the weight evenly on both the legs, which would ensure that you get the best result from the game.

The last step is to always ensure that you watch where the tennis ball goes. If you are incorrect about where the ball goes and are having to suddenly bolt across the tennis court to scarcely touch it with your tennis racquet you are not going to have as good of a return as if you had anticipated exactly where the ball was going. Keeping a close vigil on the tennis ball means that you have to do some advanced preparation and work out strategy's ahead both on and off the court, so that you can really better playing techniques.

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