Tennis tips?

Question

Hey, I'm a beginner at tennis and I want to know what's the best tennis tips... (forehand, backhand, serve, whatever...) ^_^

Answer 1

As a beginner, start out with a forehand, which is a one handed swin with your dominant hand. The objective of the game is to get the ball over the net so your forehand must "scoop" up the ball to get it over the net. To practice this, it is best to use a brick or wooded wall and draw a line to simulate the net. Stand back to where the basesline, the last line on the court, is and hit from there. One common misconception in tennis is that it is very easy and you can right away blast shots, but thats not the case. Consistency on your shots is imperative before you can be able to implemet power. on your forehand make sure your racquet swing is from low to high, whcih is the "scooping" motion. This will allow to propell the ball over the net but also it will add topspin which will become very useful later on. Usually your grip is slightly closed but it is based on individual preferance. same with the backhand. A one handed back hand or two handed one is up to you. Both though follow the same concept as the forehand. The serve is one of the biggest shots in tennis and is the only shot in which your opponent has no interaction with. For all serves it is crucial to get the timing down. Also to get the ball over the net your whole arm must have a rythemic motion of toss, cock your racquet behind your head, shift your weight forward then come forward and down on the ball. For the most part tennis is complicated and it is very hard to help someone online, but there are websites such as atp.com that offer some instruction on technique. Also if you have time and money it is reccomended to get a coach to train you just to get your basics down. Hope this helped...

Answer 2

Here are some great tips.

1. Always watch the ball as closely as you can and try to hit the ball with the center of your strings. This is probably one of the best tips for begginers because it increases power and reduces errors greatly especially for beginners!

2. Contact the ball squarely in front of your body with your weight going into the shot.

3. do a good follow through towards your target. Don't slack off on your shot.

4.; Rotate well. Use the kinetic chain. The kinetic chain is when after you rotate you uncoil first your knees then your hips , then your upper body than your arm. This makes the racquet snap fotward very fast.

This is what I think is most important ffor a beginner.
Good luck! (:

Answer 3

There's just too much to type...so some simple tips.

When serving, the toss is the most important thing, it should be so consistant that you should be able to hit the ball with your eyes close (you probably won't serve it in the box, but if you can hit it, that's good).

Practice your topspin, it's what brings the ball down when you hit it hard, and because of the way it bounces comes to your opponent faster.

Just practice, and have fun, understand that even to get good at the club level it takes alot of time; and unless you're planning on being a pro, just focus on having fun.

Answer 4

1. Keep your feet moving!

2. Get into the habit of hitting the low outside part of the ball, and following through with your racket completely. The "topspin" will allow you to hit the ball hard and still keep it in the court.

3. Concentrate on keeping the ball in play. Let your opponents try the fancy shots -- and make the mistakes.

4. Take an old tennis racket and throw it across the court like an outfielder throwing to home in a baseball game. There's your serve.

5. Slice and topspin on your serve will keep you from double-faulting on a serve -- and the sad truth is you are only as good as your SECOND serve. Hit at 12:00 on the ball for topspin and 3:00 on the ball for slice. Both are hard to get at first, especially topspin. Practice, practice, practice.

Answer 5

A backhand stroke is generally done with two hands on the racket. Just like with the forehand, you want to make sure to take a moderate back swing and fall through making contact with the ball when the face of your racket is parallel to the net. International tennis star, Gilad Bloom simplifies the game for beginners in this free tennis coaching course. In 9 easy to follow videos, Bloom will take you from choosing your first racket to slamming your first serve. It can be tempting to allow the top hand to lead in strength causing the racket to torque in towards you a bit but try to keep the wrists straight and even.

Answer 6

Hit the ball out in front.

When I forget to do this I seem to have no control over the spin or where the ball is going to land. I often forget this in matches cos I m nervous, as a result it feels like i m playing with a saucepan because shots are all over the place, alot in the net, or when they do go over the net, they are flat and short or long.

I was playing last night and I just reminded myself before hitting every shot to hit it out in front, and I could see the benefit, more spin and less in the net or long.

Its a good tip because it applies to many shots - certainly topspin backhand and forehand, and the serve.

What does it mean? It means hitting the ball when the ball is out in front of you, rather than by your side or even worse, behind you. When you hit out in front it forces you to focus on the ball and watching the ball is v important, also means that the ball is probably higher and that means your racket is coming up underneath it (hit it by your side or behind you and the ball will have dropped making it hard for you to get your racket underneath it)

Watch the pros on TV, they hit the ball out in front every time.

steve

Answer 7

1) dont take your eyes off the ball
2)keep moving

and heres a tip to help you when you swing, practice with wieghts on your hands my friend does this