Here’s the situation in one of your singles matches.
It’s 4 all in the 3rd set, you’re in a baseline rally, and you end up hitting a short groundstroke where your oppnent decides to play an approach shot up their line to your backhand.
Your brain starts to go into panic mode feeling as if this is definitely something you don’t want to have to deal with right now.
This is a big point in the match, and you’ve got to absloutley make this passing shot work or it could get ugly.
You can’t decide whether to take your passing shot cross court, up the line, lob, …
Plus, you think you’re seeing the ball as it arrives, but in reality, you’re peeking up just prior to contact to see where your oppoent is, and then you know the feeling, you just decide to go for it, grip & rip, and your shot finds the bottom of the net.
And now your confidence hits rock bottom…
Hey, those moments right before you have to play a passing shot, especially on a big point, believe me, I know, I have shanked, hit the bottom of the net, hit the back fence, and/or put up such a weak shot that it just got eaten alive by opponent a million and one times.
But you know what? Over the past couple of years, I don’t have that feeling any more when my opponent plays an approach shot or comes in behind their serve and plays a first volley where I now forced to playing a perfect passing shot.
In fact, I know for sure that one of the main reasons I was fortunate enought to win the 60s Hardcourt singles last year was because of my big time improvmenent with being able to consistently play a good passing shot.
I didn’t win each & every one of those passing shot attempts, but I enabled myself to have the best possible chance of playing my shot exactly where I wanted it to go, and I did end up winning a lot more of those points than I ever did before.
And with some focused & regular practice, you can do the same…
What I want you to eventually feel with your passing shots is that you have so much confidence that you can eliminate your opponent from your thoughts.
That’s right, you can mentally remove your opponent from the court and simply hit your passing shot to a specific target.
You can step up to the incoming approach shot early to be able to create more space to hit into; you can take your time to clearly see the ball so you can deliver a specific swing path through the ball; and you can keep your eyes & head down prior to, during, & after contcat so you never ever again pull off that shot prematurely before you naturally finish the swing.
And you can get there, but, as I had to do, you’ve got to go through a practice routine, not a ton of time, but enough dedicated practice time to start to ingrain those good habits into your passing shots.
Here’s what I want you to do.
Pick up your copy of my new court diagram video lesson on passing shots where we work on your 6 fundamental passing shot choices, your mindset during your passing shot attempts, and a 22 minute audio interview Bonus lesson with my coach Michael Wayman where Michael and I discuss the secrets to being consistent with your passing shots.
This is all about slowing everything down, commiting right away to your target, seeing the ball clearly, taking your time to execute your passing shot, and not ever fearing again having to play a passing shot.
Here’s what you’ll get with this lesson on passing shots:
- 16 minute court diagram video
- I show you the fundamental 6 passing shot choices
- We discuss a vital important fundamental of getting onto your opponent’s approach shot early & why it takes the pressure off of you to have to hit a perfect shot
- Passing Shot Mindset: How to mentally eliminate your opponent from your mind as you execute your forehand or backhand passing shot
- Practice Plan: Follow this very simple plan and I guarantee that in a very short time you’ll be able to have all passing shot choices mastered.
- More…
- Practice Plan Log PDF.
- Simple. Follow this simple practice plan, log your sessions, and tangibly start to feel the improvement.
2 Lesson BONUSES…
Pick up this new lesson before this Saturday night, midnight,
May 1, 2010, Pacific time zone,
and I’ll also include:
- BONUS #1: 22 minute audio interview with my coach Michael Wayman
- Hear from a former top world class player about the geometry of the court and how he used it to maximize his passing shots into a consistent stream of winners.
- BONUS #2: A report (PDF) I wrote recently on specifically how the great tennis teaching legend Tom Stow taught me to play my passing shots.
- If you get this part right (Tom’s never ending drill that he put me through for quite awhile), then you won’t believe how simple the stroke mechanics of your passing shots will become.
These time sensitive BONUSES expires this Saturday night,
exactly at midnight, May 1, 2010, Pacific time zone.
exactly at midnight, May 1, 2010, Pacific time zone.
Brent
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