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TENNIS ARTICLE © 2010 FixYourTennis, All Rights Reserved
by Randy Lynn Rutledge
It's a Tennis Dance!
The sounds of footwork patterns on the tennis court surface, the rhythm of your breathing, an awareness of your own heartbeat, and the varying sounds of racquet strings manipulating the tennis ball. All of these sounds blend together to create tennis background "music" for your sense of hearing. The beat of this music helps you to become one with the present moment.
All of the experiences of your entire life, measured in minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years, and all that you value and cherish, slowly fade from your conscious awareness. Your full attention and focus is in the here and now. Nothing else matters. The present moment has no time divisions. The present moment flows. Your usual awareness of time fades away.
The game of tennis grows more real with each stroke of your tennis racquet and each breath you take. The music of tennis softens and you dance with grace and style. The tennis ball is your beautiful dance partner.
Randy Lynn Rutledge (January, 24 2010)
TENNIS ARTICLE © 2010 FixYourTennis, All Rights Reserved
by Randy Lynn Rutledge
Functional Variation In Tennis
Functional variation of the progressions of any tennis stroke or hit allows a player to be flexible in how basic tennis strokes are executed.
Footwork is an example of a tennis variable. The footwork argument is usually whether the open or closed stance is better. Both tennis hitting stances serve functional roles in tennis. Available time usually dictates the hitting stance to be used.
Racquet take back is another example of a tennis variable. The speed and height of the approaching tennis ball varies during a tennis match; therefore, functional variation of racquet take back is decided according to available time and other factors of a given tennis situation.
Be aware that when "new" methods of tennis play come along, quite often someone has simply added new language to describe the methods some people have used for years.
Tennis is a game with many variables. The great minds of tennis have never agreed upon any one teaching method as being the best. There is no one way to hit the tennis ball that has been established as being the correct way to play tennis. Functional Variation is nothing new. I am just using words that, when used together, may be new to your ears to say that it is necessary to adapt the progressions of your tennis strokes to each situation.
Functional variation of the progressions of any tennis stroke or hit allows a player to be flexible in how basic tennis strokes are executed.
Footwork is an example of a tennis variable. The footwork argument is usually whether the open or closed stance is better. Both tennis hitting stances serve functional roles in tennis. Available time usually dictates the hitting stance to be used.
Racquet take back is another example of a tennis variable. The speed and height of the approaching tennis ball varies during a tennis match; therefore, functional variation of racquet take back is decided according to available time and other factors of a given tennis situation.
Be aware that when "new" methods of tennis play come along, quite often someone has simply added new language to describe the methods some people have used for years.
Tennis is a game with many variables. The great minds of tennis have never agreed upon any one teaching method as being the best. There is no one way to hit the tennis ball that has been established as being the correct way to play tennis. Functional Variation is nothing new. I am just using words that, when used together, may be new to your ears to say that it is necessary to adapt the progressions of your tennis strokes to each situation.
Tennis Racquets - Four Parts For Over-Correcting Errors
There are four parts of the tennis racquet that I teach my tennis students to consider when making corrections or over-corrections for their tennis errors.
There are four parts of the tennis racquet that I teach my tennis students to consider when making corrections or over-corrections for their tennis errors.
Tennis Vision Enhancement
Your tennis preparation vision begins Immediately after you strike or hit the tennis ball.
Tennis Cross-Training
Balance is an important consideration when speed is a cross-training factor. Your are coordinated at your present maximum speed, but going faster must involve a more fine-tuned sense of balance.
Your Tennis Belief System
Your belief system is not static. The tennis belief system is reshaped by tennis memories which are recorded during each tennis session.
Tennis - Watch Your Opponent Prepare And Execute
An advanced tennis player is refined in his or her ability to consistently know where an approaching tennis ball will land and how it will react upon contact...
Tennis Self-Confidence
Improvement leads to self-confidence. Manage your expectations. Set realistic goals. Expect to make ...
How To Win When Having A Bad Tennis Day
Tennis does not always happen the way we want it to. Sometimes we have bad days.
Making Muscle Memory For Tennis
Tennis is a game of habits. To make a new habit or to break an old habit requires. . .
Tennis Over-Correction For Basic Errors
I use a simple system of over-correction (making opposite errors) which helps tennis students move away from their existing tennis errors and toward more consistent and desirable strokes or hits.
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TENNIS ARTICLES
by Randy Lynn Rutledge
Timing The String-To-Ball Contact Point
Accurate tennis ball placement depends on the ability to time the contact point between the strings of a forward moving tennis racquet and an approaching tennis ball...
Footwork & Shoulder Turn
I teach my tennis students to keep their feet moving while the ball is in play.
Tennis - Parts of A Stroke Or Hit
When fixing an existing tennis stroke or teaching a new stroke, I almost always start by describing how footwork, shoulder turn, and finding a proper contact point are all intertwined.
Tennis Breathing Enhancement
My students use breathing enhancement techniques to improve their tennis.
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Tennis Glossary
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Tennis Photo Sequence
Arnaud Clement
Forehand Groundstroke
Tennis photos: Mia's Tennis Photos
INITIAL SHOULDER TURN
This photograph shows Arnaud Clement (Sydney 2006) making his initial shoulder turn in preparation for a forehand groundstroke. Notice that Arnaud's tennis racquet is still in front of his shoulder.
Tennis photos: Mia's Tennis Photos
INITIAL SHOULDER TURN
This photograph shows Arnaud Clement (Sydney 2006) making his initial shoulder turn in preparation for a forehand groundstroke. Notice that Arnaud's tennis racquet is still in front of his shoulder.
Play A Game - Smashing
Smashing is a paddle & ball type game you can play to quicken your reflexes, gain a better understanding of rebound angles, and improve your eye-to-hand coordination; All are important for tennis improvement.
Smashing is a paddle & ball type game you can play to quicken your reflexes, gain a better understanding of rebound angles, and improve your eye-to-hand coordination; All are important for tennis improvement.
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