What are some basic tennis improving skills?

hitting to the wall is the first thing you should do. Worry about swinging through and technique.

When i started playing that was the first thing my coach had me do. He told me to be consistent with it.

From that, you can start hitting around w/ a coach/friend. From here you can work on shuffling right, and steping into your shots.

the thing with tennis is that you use your whole body in your shots- groundstrokes, serve, volleys, and overheads. It is not all arms.

Basically, you need to hit a lot of balls for it to become a habit.

Go to http://www.tennis.com/ , they have tutorials and articles by professional coaches. Everything on improving strokes and strategy- which should only concern experts.

I tried to find an indoor club using my browser's search engine. Didn't see anything specifying indoor tennis courts, but I don't know the area :-( Perhaps you could rent a racket-ball court and hit volleys against the wall, keeping the ball up in air for 40 or 50 hits without it touching the floor. Again, inside a racket-ball court: There's a drill you can practice overheads with by serving the ball down at the floor right next to the wall, then the ball comes up high off the wall, and next, you smash it down again, over and over, etc. Or, you could tape a regular piece of paper to the wall and see if you could hit the paper with your serve from 25 feet away, 18 times out of 20 attempts. Rope skipping is always good for legs and cardio. You could put up some cones and do agility drills, running through a triangle pattern in between the cones and perhaps have someone time you. Another one: Try to do imaginary footwork patterns that include a split step [or "check step" as our friends across the pond call it]. Make up your own drills here, be creative and try to make it as realistic as possible. Short sprints are what tennis is all about. Work on your quickness forward, backward, side-to-side, diagonally. You could join a fitness club and commit yourself to working out by paying a year's due ahead of time [saving money rather than paying the monthly fee]. Tennis players are supposed to get in shape to play tennis, not use tennis to get in shape without any other activity. Clubs have all sorts of "toys" you can use for balance, agility, etc.

my first B in college was in Tennis; i just had NO coordination; but with practice it did improve some. practice hand/eye coordination by hitting the ball on the racket up in the air or against a wall. Then, find a club and get involved.

better you search on internet or consult a professional coach only proffesional can guide you completely.

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