Overview

Movement, particularly in singles, is as important to your success as a tennis player as your strokes. All great tennis players (with a few exceptions of those who have thunderous, unreturnable serves) are exceptional movers.

So what does tennis movement encompass:

1. Good footwork.
2. Physical ability to move quickly and sustain your movement over a match.
3. Anticipation – pa
4. Move with purpose – know where to move to in any given situation.

Path to Mastery

1. Execute the kinetic chain on all your shots with balls coming right to you.
2. Learning and executing all the core footwork and recovery patterns without the ball.
3. Execute the movement patterns in a practice situation.
4. Developing your physical abilities of: speed, agility, strength, flexibility, and fitness.
5. Develop the 5 A’s.
6. Apply the footwork and movement patterns to a match situation.
7. Move in all 6 directions and execute the right footwork in a match situation.

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