Tennis Swing

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The Tennis Swing How To Perform A Perfect
Stroke 

• The tennis swing is one of the most basic things
  to learn when playing tennis. The correct swing
  will give you two benefits one, youll be able
  to direct where you want the ball to land and
  two, youll be able to put the right amount of
  power in your stroke.
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Performing the Swing  These six steps are
fundamental in performing a basic tennis swing

• Step 1
• Stand Just Behind The Baseline. The first step
  in performing a tennis swing is to position
  yourself a few feet behind the baseline so that
  you can begin hitting forehands and backhands.
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Step 2 Get Your Stance Right. Position your
feet so that they are slightly wider than
shoulder width so that you have a solid base.
Make sure your heels are slightly off the ground
so that you can be ready to move in any
direction. Step 3 Set Your Grip. Start with
your basic grip which is a semi western grip for
the forehand., the grip that will make it easiest
to create topspin, control and effortless power.
You will use your non dominant hand to move this
grip for the backhand.
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Step 4 Make The 1st Move. After establishing
the correct semi western grip for the forehand,
initiate the swing by turning your shoulders
without turning your hips as much. This is very
important to create coil so that you can create
great power with ease. Pull your non dominant arm
across your body and pretend you are holding a
ball between your arms just before you separate
your hands.. Make sure the racquet tip is above
your head so that you can make a nice continuous
loop when you make the swing.
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Step 5 And Finally, The Swing! To provide a
powerful blow with your tennis swing,step into
the ball by getting onto your front foot. Swing
the racquet to the contact point and keep your
head at contact when you hit the ball. The
racquet face will be slightly closed so that you
can impart topspin on the ball. Make your tennis
swing as smooth as possible.
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Step 6 Concentrate On Keeping Your Head At
Contact. After you perform your tennis swing,
still keep your head at contact to ensure that
you get a clean hit on the ball. If you look up
too early you may risk mis hitting the ball and
losing control of your shot. 
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Timing

• Timing is an essential factor in mastering your
  tennis swing. It determines the rhythm of your
  shots, the smoothness of your strokes and
  gracefulness of your executed techniques. The
  power that you exert on the ball will be best
  manifested when you have mastered this timing
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• A simple exercise that you can do in order to
  perfect your timing is just a matter of counting
  1-2.
• Here is how the exercise goes
• 1. Let another person send the ball to your
  side of the net.
• 2. When the ball bounces on the court, count
  1!
• 3. When you initiate your swing and make contact
  with the ball (preferably at waist height), say
  2!
• When you count 1-2 in rhythm your timing will
  improve on your forehand and backhand.

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Author

• Jeff Salzenstein is a former ATP Top 100 player
  and USTA High Performance Coach and provides
  online tennis lessons Find out how you can
  learn great lt online tennis lessons from him at
  Jeff Salzenstein Tennis.

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