Quantum Tennis, Coaching and Your Game
Quantum from Latin for “how much.” How much effort do you use when driving the forehand or delivering your serve?. Not your technique just how much effort. Some do play effortlessly, they appear fluid, with minimum muscular force they make our difficult game look easy. Others players have trained all the technical elements, but often…
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – Contact in Front
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – from an excellent camera angle One of our best coaches once described simply 4 keys to hitting the ball Early preparation Quick light steps Contact in front Finish on balance And though this is an intentional oversimplification – use your eyes to capture how Tsonga seems to dance to the ball, make…
ETI 033 | Throwing vs. the Pendulum
Consider the elements in a strong and fluid overhand throw – and how the actions of the hand and elbow can be used or even copied in the modern forehand as well as certainly the serve.
Once when racquets were heavy and wooden, we could see (and still see now and then) a type of pendulum swing – back and forth with little whip or acceleration. Interestingly McEnroe still uses such a forehand to truly devastating effect.
ETI 013 | Circle of Play
This one is entirely visual.
Draw a full circle with your racquet, visualizing the face of a clock.
At 3 and 9 o’clock, your arm is horizontal, the racquet head is well away from your body.
Down at 5 and 7 o’clock your arm points down, the racquet head falls below your hand, and your reach is not as extended as it was at 9 and 3.
Use this feel to know that when balls are low (5 and 7), you actually want to play them “inside” but when balls are bouncing up (9 and 3) you actually want to play them “up and away.”
The circle of play is a natural way to feel how your arm moves at various heights, and how to position for the low and high shots.
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