Video Presentations Notes-3

Forehand:

1.  Perfect swing

  • racket behind you, compact swing turn your body

2.  Contact Point

  • palm pointing away, direction of the racket faces your target

3.  Correct Finish

  • smooth and continuous, follow through

Backhand:

1.  Unit turn, shoulder turn, as soon as possible, move to the ball sideways

2.  Good Power Position - racket hand higher than the grip level, top of the racket pointing toward the sky, hold the throat of the racket

3.  Balance the body after contact, in front of the body, non-hitting hand goes back and down, hitting hand goes back

Serve:

1.  Stance and Grip

  • Stand sideways to the net just behind the baseline.
  • Your front foot should point in the direction of the net post.
  • Your back foot should align with your front foots heel.
  • Your racquet is at hip height in front of the body and pointing in the direction of your target.
  • Your left hand is holding the ball and is placed close to the throat of the racquet.
  •  Continental grip to serve

2.  Ball Toss and Take the Racket Back

  • Drop both arms, separate them as they reach your front leg’s inner thigh and toss the ball while taking your racquet up to a throwing position.
  • Release the ball just as the hand reaches the top of the head.
  • Make sure you shift your weight forward as you toss

3.  Reach the Pose

  • Push the hip forward and shifts your body weight to the front foot.

4.  Jump and Swing

  • Push off the ground and start your swing at the ball.

5.  Ball Contact

  • Occurs at full extension and in front of the body.
  • The body is totally stretched forming a line from the left foot to the tip of the racquet. 

6.  Follow Through

  •  As the ball leaves the racquet the forearm continues turning.

  • The hip and the upper body rotate and face forward.
  • The racquet head moves ahead of the hand so that the tip of the racquet is pointing to the ground while the elbow is still almost at shoulder height demonstrating that the racquet head is traveling faster than the arm.
  • The racquet will continue swinging towards the left side of the body to decelerate slowly. The tossing arm stays close to the body to stabilize the trunk.

Court Dimensions:

  • 78 feet long, 36 feet wide
  • Baseline - must be behind when serving
  • Alley - singles, out doubles are in
  • Center mark - service marking dividing the court in half
  • Net - 3.5 feet
  • Service line is parallel to the net
  • Service box - service line and service sideline - where you serve the ball opposite side
  • Deuce Court - right side
  • A court - opposite side
  • Back court - service line and baseline

Tennis Rules:

Singles - 1 vs 1

Doubles - 2 vs 2

1 pt = 15 love

2 pts = 30 love

3 pts = 40 love

4 pts =  match point

Ace - win a point on a serve

Advantage - 40/40 - deuce, you win next serve

Fault - illegal serve

Double Fault - two illegal serves resulting in losing a point.

The ball is allowed 1 bounce for a return.