After my regular Wednesday tennis match with Carlos this afternoon at the Berkeley Tennis Club, I sat down and had a great discussion with fellow member and world classs tennis writer Joel Drucker about a bunch of tennis related stuff, but what we focused on the most was what I believe that world class players have that the rest of us don’t…

Natural and fearless swing timing where the racket is always delivered perfectly at the ideal point of contact and without hesitation and concern for the outcome.

Over and over and over and over again…

That is a HUGE component to being able to play well.

And being able to take out that concern of the swing timing each and every shot so we can make contact at the right time, you know, natural timing, it just frees up a player and gives that player a ton of confidence.

Look, some players like Andre and Marat have this insane gift of natural timing, but you know what, it all starts with a set up position in relation to the path of the incoming ball.

If your spatial distance away from that path of the incoming ball is not right, it’s either too far away or too close to you, then God given natural swing timing goes out the window.

Let’s be real.  It all starts with your ability to move your feet in such a way that your first focus is on that ideal spatial distance away from the path of the incoming ball.

When was the last time you actually practiced working on being consistent with your distance away from the incoming ball?

Seeing if you can make that distance each and every time?

Once you’re consistent with your spatial disatnce away from the ball, you’ll start to feel this incredible sense of being able to “wait” for the ball to get into the perfect contact point for your swing.

Tell you what…  Once you get that ideal distance right for you, you’ll be known as a natural timer…!

Here’s one of the chapters from my Forehand Groundstroke Lesson.

I hope you’ll go out there in the next few days and get a practice session where you work on this stuff.

Again, nothing else matters if you’re inconsistent with your spacing.  You’ll always be improvising, and you may be OK for awhile, but eventually it’ll all break down.

What do you think?  Please respond with a Comment here at the Blog.

Thanks,  Brent

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