One of the biggest mistakes I see is what I call “giving up court position” just because your opponent hits a deep shot close to your baseline.
Lots of players instinctively back up away from their baseline to allow their opponent’s shot to bounce up higher to make it easier to time their swing and to get the ball into a more comfortable hitting area.
And typically that backing up movement equates to hitting that shot literally as your moving backwards.
Unfortunately, by backing up, your stroke mechanics immediatly begin to break down and you now are giving up good court position to a point where better opponents will recognize it, start moving in towards the net in anticipation of a weak shot, and force their opponent to now hit an unbelieveably great shot as they are backing up.
Blah, blah, blah.
When all is said and done, backing up can lead to opportunities for your opponents that you don’t need to give them.
I want you to practice how to not back up, how to take your opponent’s shot early and on the rise, and in general, how to turn that situation into your advantage, not your opponent’s.
Here’s chapter #7 of my One Handed Backhand Topspin Drive lesson where we focus on how to play your one-handed backhand topspin drive right out of the bounce, “on the rise”.
http://blog.webtennis.net/2008/02/26/playing-the-onehanded-backhand-drive-on-the-rise.aspx
Pick up your copy of Brent’s One-Handed Backhand Topspin Drive lesson over at:
http://www.webtennis.net/tennis-one-handed-backhand-groundstroke.htm
