Lesson: August 17, 2016

After a quick warm up, we played the imitation game. It is much easier to play tennis without a ball! Forehands: keep the racquet up and make a "C" as you put top spin on the ball. Forehand slice: Bring the scissors together. I really need to work on this. I slice too much and I need to move the racquet more. Backhand slice: Bring the scissor apart. In some drills I learned that I should stop admiring my good shots and lamenting my bad ones. Just get ready for the next shot! I also learned to keep my racket up. Dropping it downs, means I have to bring it up. It slows everything down. Tennis is a fast, reactive sport. However, I need to slow down. Rushing produces errors. Learned a basic serve starting the toss. The toss is so important. I need to focus on it. A high toss allows for a long, full flowing serve.