Tennis is not just for pros.
Tennis is for the Rest of Us.

• Eyes on the ball – you’ll have to take this one on faith
• Body 90-degrees to the net – in a “closed” stance
• My weight has shifted rearward, ready to transfer forward
• Hitting arm in the middle of my loop with butt towards target
• Wrist bent backward - locked throughout contact
• Non-hitting arm extended forward for balance
• Knees bent
• Feet sideways to the net in a compact shuffle step

• My swing will be from low to high to produce topspin
• I will swing from a point about one foot below contact point
• My racket will move upward in a straight acceleration path towards ball
• As I swing my body weight will shift forward with the racket
• At contact point my wrist will be bent back
• At contact my racket will be on edge – 90-degrees to the court surface
• The contact point will be near my waist level
• I will contact the ball just forward of my left foot
• As I swing my shoulders and hips will uncoil at the same time
• My racket head will follow through high
• My body weight will end up on my left foot
• And, if I did it right, the whole thing will look smooth as butter