Monday, September 8, 2025

Tennis lesson: serves and wall

 Wall practice: five balls. Rest.  Work on ONE thing. 

  1. Alternate left/right. 
  2. Finish with flashlight (butt cap) pointing up
Serves. Work on walking into the court. Right foot moves into pinpoint. Left foot steps into court with impact. Keep walking. Don’t jump yet. Roscoe Tanner didn’t. Rod Laver didn’t. 

Monday, September 1, 2025

Today’s tennis lesson

Forehand against the wall. Stand  back far enough for let the ball to bounce twice to have enough time for follow through. 

Finish with the racket butt cap pointed up to the sky. 

Serve: look for the seams of the ball. Lift the ball and wait to begin racket arm motion. Jannik Sinner’s racket arm is still down as the ball is at head level.  Look at the target then look at where the ball needs to be at contact. No need to watch ball as it goes up.