Audio Transcript
Hi, Brent Abel here, WebTennis.net, and this
week’s video tip is going to be focused on what I think is the
number one mistake that we make every time we try to execute a shot
and it’s something that is – it’s really the only one thing that I
think about consciously when I’m playing tennis.
All the other thoughts I have are just pure
instincts.
The instincts are developed either through
focus, practice, or just experience, but there is one conscious
thought that I have to be able to execute each and every shot and
that is the spacing that I want away from the path of the incoming
ball.
And it sounds pretty simple and it really – it
can be, but it’s vital that if you don’t have this initially, that
you’re going to have a problem with shot execution.
Doesn’t matter your prior shot, how well you
set up the point.
You could have your opponent sitting off in the
bench and the side of the court with your last shot, but if you
don’t perform what I call spacing, really trying to get the right
space, the right distance away from the path of your opponent’s
incoming shot, it doesn’t matter how open a court you have, it
doesn’t matter how much of an advantage you’ve got, if you don’t
have the right spacing, your shot execution can not happen.
What I’ve done is I’ve put together a five tip
series for you.
It’s a video tip series and it’s what I call
sort of the seven crucial elements, the seven crucial fundamentals,
what we need to be able to perform each and every shot whether it’s
a serve, whether it’s a ground stroke, whether it’s an approach
shot, return serve, half volleys, first volleys, upper net volleys,
overheads, lobs, whatever shot in the game you have to perform,
there really are seven vital fundamentals that have to take place.
And so what I want you to do is I’m going to
send you, at the end of this video, to a subscription form.
It’s free. I just want you to sign up and then
you can start receiving these five tips.
I’m going to send out one tip about every
three days and I want you to sort of kind of think about each and
every tip for a few days, maybe even have a little practice time on
the court and off the court to be able to think about and kind of
practice each one of these tips.
All right. Any questions,
brent@webtennis.net. Thanks very much.
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