By: Tomaz

Tomaz — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:44:45 +0000

Thanks for the kind feedback, Earl.

Here are a few things that come to my mind:

1. If you are really constantly out of the time in the match then you are playing someone who is way too good for you at the moment. You need to play someone your level and also lower level than you in order to have time.

2. You are standing too close to the baseline taking the time away yourself. Of course I don’t know that, I am just giving you things to consider so that you can correct them. If this is the case, then stay further behind the baseline so that you can have more time to position.

3. You don’t recover quickly after your previous shot and you don’t recover to the right position so now you really have to run for the next shot. Check the “Just In Case” series of videos and see which of those 4 topics apply to you: https://www.feeltennis.net/improve-game/

4. You will still sometimes run out of time even when you apply all of the above, your opponent will just hit a good shot. In those cases you CANNOT apply new techniques, it is completely normal. You need to improvise just like every player at every level has to do. At the pro level the last statistics I remember from one of the seminars I attended was that the players position well to the ball around 60% of the time. That means 40% of the time they are hitting while on the move. Some of those shots are hit at complete stretch and obviously “correct” technique is not possible.

Check out my article on the Myth Of Tennis Technique and watch the video on top to see how many times Federer hits with “incorrect technique”: https://www.feeltennis.net/tennis-technique-myth/

Let me know if any of these tips help…

By: Earl Weinman

Earl Weinman — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 18:32:20 +0000

Your instruction is the best I have encountered.
There is one overriding principle that always limits the amount of benefit I derive from the lessons. ( all lessons except serve and return)
I can eventually master the technique with practice but only in practice. When I play a match much of what I learned goes out the window for one simple reason. I don’t get to the ball in time. When I am late I struggle just to keep the ball in play and cannot apply effectively the correct strokes.
I assume most players no this but it still leads to frustration when u can’t make use of good information as provided in your lessons. Simply stated as u r aware if u don’t get to the ball on time there is no way to improve your game.
Have h addressed this subject ??

Thank u for all u do for tennis.
Earl

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