How To Stop Making Errors in Tennis | Top Tennis Training

hey everyone simone alex here with top
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tennis training and in this lesson we’re
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going to help you to stop
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making errors in tennis
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now consistency is one of the most
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important elements that we don’t
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practice enough
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sure we work on our power we work on
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technique but we don’t work on our
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consistency
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enough so in today’s video we’re
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hopefully going to change that
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and give you ways that you can improve
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in your practice
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and essentially start winning more
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matches now make sure you watch to the
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end of this lesson because we’ll be
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giving you a drill
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that we use in order to improve our
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consistency so stay tuned
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now in order to become a more consistent
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tennis player it’s important that we
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understand
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the two main obstacles in tennis and the
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first one of course is the net
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now you can hit the ball extremely hard
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you can hit the ball with a lot of
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pace but if you’re constantly hitting
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the ball into the net you won’t win
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tennis matches
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so we have to eliminate the net by
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having good margin
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so by hitting with a lot of height on
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our shots
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that’s the first step the second step is
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then making sure that we have the ball
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to dip
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before the lines so eliminating the
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lines by hitting with
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good amounts of topspin so what exactly
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is good height
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so if you’re close to the baseline or
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inside the baseline
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you might only lift the ball one racket
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length but if you’re further back
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and if you’re defending then it might
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have to be two
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or even three racket lengths and this is
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why nadal is so good on clay
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because when he’s defending he really
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lifts that ball it gives him a lot of
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space
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it gives him a lot of time to recover
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and he makes a lot less errors
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on the court are you tired of having
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your forehand breaking down under
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pressure
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do you want more control time to stop
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missing click on the link
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now it’s important to remember that by
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lifting the ball higher over the net
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if you don’t have enough spin to make
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the ball dip the ball will sell long
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or sell wide so spin is that magical
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ingredient
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that will help you to hit with good neck
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clearance but then getting the ball to
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dip
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eliminating both the net and the lines
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now before we get any deeper into this
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lesson if you’re serious about improving
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all aspects of your game
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on any future lessons from us
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now in order to have that maximum net
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clearance along with the top spin it’s
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important that we have
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that low to high swing path and that
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means that before the point of contact
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i want to have that complete rack ahead
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below the ball level
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this will ensure that i can then brush
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up the ball that will produce the spin
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but also that lift off the ball yes i
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can get spin by just brushing the top of
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the ball
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but the ball will end up hitting the net
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or hitting the ground on my side
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i can produce topspin but without that
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neck clearance it won’t go over
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so i can still produce spin that’s heavy
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spin but the ball
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ends up on my side of the court so with
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that low to high swing
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that is what is going to help me to
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actually clear the net
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and make sure that i become much more
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consistent so on the forehand side it
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means
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that my racket head is below that ball
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and as i’m hitting i’m brushing up the
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ball
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and then using that windshield wiper
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motion and on the backhand side for the
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two handers
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this is the same technique but with the
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top hand now my left hand
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so my left hand is dropping and then
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brushing up
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well the one hand does it’s the same
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technique but instead of having that top
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hand
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i’m now doing it with the right hand so
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the racket head is dropping below the
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ball level
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and i’m brushing up
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so now that you’re not missing into the
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net or on the baseline it’s time to know
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where to hit that shot and the direction
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where you should be aiming
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now the optimal place to go is cross
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court for three main reasons
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when you go cross-court the net is lower
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in the middle
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you can see it dipping so you actually
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don’t need quite as much height through
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the middle
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as you do when you go down the line now
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when you go cross-court you go down a
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diagonal
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not down a line therefore you have more
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space to hit into
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the court is a lot longer that way
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now you also don’t risk missing the ball
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because if you’re going cross court
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and you mishit it and you hit the ball a
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little bit late the ball will straight
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down the middle
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whereas if you hit it down a line the
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ball will probably go out
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now when you hit cross-court you don’t
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actually have to recover all the way to
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the middle
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you protect more angle by staying a
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little bit to the side so to the right
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of that middle therefore you’ll be less
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rushed
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to recover after the shot and will give
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you more time to hit it
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now going down a line on the other hand
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will make you recover
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past the middle because you have to
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cover the angle that the player now has
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available to hit into
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you’re sacrificing your own space by
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going down a line
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so it becomes a more aggressive a more
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attacking shot and also a riskier option
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so not only do you risk missing that
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ball but you also expose the angle
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that’s available to your opponent so
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you’ll have to recover
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a lot further
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now it may feel counter-intuitive where
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you actually
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have to speed up your racket in order to
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slow down the ball
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that speed of the racket because it’s
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traveling from low to high
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is you’re creating rotation on the ball
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rather than
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speed of the ball traveling through the
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air so don’t be scared
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don’t hold back on that ball what you
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don’t want to do is to guide it
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so that the ball leaves your strings
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without any topspin if you want to
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produce topspin
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what you’ll need is to actually
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accelerate the racket more
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to create more of that rotation now the
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rhythm of the stroke
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is simply how fast or slow you go
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through the hip phase now we take the
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swing
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being the slow part of the shot as you
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start to go towards the ball
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you start to accelerate and you peek at
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the hit of the ball
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what you don’t want to do is to be
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linear you don’t want it to be the same
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the swing the hit and the follow through
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but just because you don’t hit that much
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topspin
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doesn’t mean that you can’t be
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consistent it still means that you have
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to have height over the net
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perhaps not as much height as someone
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who has a little bit more topspin than
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you
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you may have to aim a little bit lower
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but you also have to
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try and get a little bit closer into the
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court the closer you are
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inside the core inside the baseline the
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less the net becomes a factor
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the further back you go the more height
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you must give to that ball
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and that’s where topspin is useful to
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bring that ball down
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because if you’re hitting a flat ball
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that’s high over the net
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you’re risking it going out or you may
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just simply have to
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slow that racket head down and the ball
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will travel
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slowly and the opponent will be able to
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attack after the bounce
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so to be effective off that shot to give
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a rally ball
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back to the opponent you either have to
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go closer into the net
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or apply topspin if you’re further back
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now the closer inside the court you are
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the more angles you have available to
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you
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so you’re also less likely to miss
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that’s why those short balls
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are such easy put aways the further back
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you go the less angle you have to go for
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and you have to accept that you’re just
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hitting the ball down the middle and
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you’re trying to stay in a rally
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through height and length now we can
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also slice the ball
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and the slice doesn’t go that high over
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the net but it’s being slowed down
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by the rotation backwards on the ball
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the slice is quite low over the net
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but that backwards rotation actually
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lifts that ball
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slightly and keeps it going it also
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ensures that the ball doesn’t bounce up
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for your opponent it stays low
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and skids through after the bounce so
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it’s an effective way to break tempo
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and to stop your opponent from attacking
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now to be consistent you have to believe
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that you’re consistent
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you have to believe that you can out
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rally your opponent
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you want to have the ability to have a
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loose arm where you can accelerate
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freely
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the tighter you are the more likely you
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are to snap at the ball
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and the ball will leave your strings
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quickly without too much control
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doubting yourself an indecision will
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actually make you miss
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but in order to create that confidence
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in yourself you need to practice it
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and you need to practice having long
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rallies knowing that you’re not going to
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miss
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with whatever technique that you’re
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using so this leads us nicely into our
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drill
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and now we’ll work on becoming more
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consistent so you can bring this kind of
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tactic into your matches
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the way we’re going to do it is we’re
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going to play points or rallies
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i’ll feed the ball in out of my hand to
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make sure that the serve doesn’t come
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into play
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once we’ve started the rally we’re going
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to work on moving each other around
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and trying to win the point without
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hitting a mistake
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so we’re not going for any uh winners
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we’re not going
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for shots that close to the line we’re
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trying to get good height
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over the net so that the only way we can
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win
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is if the other player makes a mistake
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so
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now this is a great drill not only for
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consistency
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but also for your fitness because you’re
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running and covering a lot of ground
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but also the points are a lot longer
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you’ll actually work out a little bit
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and you’ll get fit on the core and
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you’ll be able to sustain longer rallies
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uh
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separate
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it’s also a great way to work on your
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tactics where you actually get to see
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how ineffective or effective your shots
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are depending on where you go
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on the court whether you’re going down
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the line or cross court and depending on
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how much height and depth you got
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on that ball so there you have it how to
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become a more consistent tennis player i
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