Not such a good day at the tennis court. I wasn't able to get first serve in as consistently as I would like. Also my forehand wasn't working as I wanted it to be
I think that the problem I'm chasing is two-fold. I need more consistency but I also want to attack more. The solution will be to adopt a sort of middle path between them. On certain points I will go full out and will not lose sleep over whether or not I was able to land the serve consistently in or not. On other points, I will play a consistent game where I will place the ball and look for opportunities before unleashing fury.
Here is what I need to develop such a game. Have a super consistent second serve. I'm hoping to have a second serve that lands 90% of time. Also I'll make sure that my first serve falls in at least 60% of time. Along with this I will need the support of consistent backhand and forehand. Currently my forehand is just functional but with the drills that I'm doing these days, it is looking like I'm getting really close to that top-spin forehand that I crave. I need to develop similar consistency for my backhand too. Having a couple of drills every morning before the 7 AM class will definitely help here. I want to turn both my forehand and backhand into weapons. I should be able to defend as well as attack on both sides using either my forehand and backhand.
The last thing that I need to work on is my net play. I do good volleys in practice but I need to be able to have good volleys in game too. The secret is to be more alive at the net. I want to be able to kill slow, bouncing balls at the net. Also need to be able to absorb fast returns on either backhand or forehand side. I should also work at running in after a good return.
I think that the problem I'm chasing is two-fold. I need more consistency but I also want to attack more. The solution will be to adopt a sort of middle path between them. On certain points I will go full out and will not lose sleep over whether or not I was able to land the serve consistently in or not. On other points, I will play a consistent game where I will place the ball and look for opportunities before unleashing fury.
Here is what I need to develop such a game. Have a super consistent second serve. I'm hoping to have a second serve that lands 90% of time. Also I'll make sure that my first serve falls in at least 60% of time. Along with this I will need the support of consistent backhand and forehand. Currently my forehand is just functional but with the drills that I'm doing these days, it is looking like I'm getting really close to that top-spin forehand that I crave. I need to develop similar consistency for my backhand too. Having a couple of drills every morning before the 7 AM class will definitely help here. I want to turn both my forehand and backhand into weapons. I should be able to defend as well as attack on both sides using either my forehand and backhand.
The last thing that I need to work on is my net play. I do good volleys in practice but I need to be able to have good volleys in game too. The secret is to be more alive at the net. I want to be able to kill slow, bouncing balls at the net. Also need to be able to absorb fast returns on either backhand or forehand side. I should also work at running in after a good return.
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