Tennis Instruction: Balance - The Key to Great Ball Striking

Balance is the ability to keep the body under control while swinging and is fundamental to any swing. Loosing control of the body in the middle of your stroke will certainly lead to a less than optimal result. These simple exercises will help you develop the smooth and effective swing you have always wanted.
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[@jazz19101]

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[@speedypete4987]

Love the wisdom here. Great teaching. I like to practice paying guitar standing one leg. Also, try to play the piano sitting on one buttock. Putting in golf standing on one leg. Balance activates the cerebellum, a walnut-sized part of the brain above the brain stem (spine). It activates the whole brain.

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[@pingzhang334]

Very useful and efficient drills👍

[@dammitol25mg19]

Helpful. Well-explained. Thank you.

[@Mickey_McD]

Thanks for these great drills, Edgar.

[@GiffenigTennis]

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[@danieldrlja757]

Great instructions! So basic but so important for all strokes! Thank you for clear explenation, profesor:)

[@GiffenigTennis]

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[@paulkliu]

Helped me improve alot! Thanks!

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[@MrThoLuu]

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[@jeffting1648]

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[@pankajjdwived]

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[@GiffenigTennis]

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[@almacnamara2000]

Super, more please 🙏

[@GiffenigTennis]

Glad you find it useful. I do not post regularly but for more instruction you may be interested in my books Developing High Performance Tennis Players and Play Tennis with Passion. You could also take a look at www.tennisgate.com. Good luck with your game.

[@albertozabeo77]

Worth more thanx million lag,snap,wrist other minor details

[@GiffenigTennis]

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[@oicitwo3075]

Thanks

[@dalelight8340]

I agree about power of balance, as I teach completely focused on finding and maintaining balance in all aspects of play. However while I focus on the head at some point in this scenario of balance, much greater emphasis should be placed on feet first. The head comes into play as a result of positioning and posture. Posture is a great problem and as a result few students can keep head still!

[@GiffenigTennis]

Agree! It is hard to stay still if you are not in position. Trying to keep your head still is a very practical way to test for ideal distance to the ball

[@albertozabeo77]

Great. nobody speaks about balance.

[@ken-mb5cp]

I do constantly. People think it’s obvious but it’s not to average players.

[@talesara74]

Its all about watching the ball

[@GiffenigTennis]

If you can't track it, you can't hit it!

[@nico74321]

Are there any drill to work on predicting opponent's next shot? some players are able read their next move but how?

[@GiffenigTennis]

Hi, unfortunately anticipation is mostly acquired by playing a lot. The more you play the better you start to understand the probable responses to different situations. However, having a teacher watch you play and explain what to expect in different situations could shorten the learning process.

[@jupiterlegaspi7528]

your partner has nice form

[@andrewbailey6925]

Super

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[@pjakobsen]

"Let's have a look at this while I feed her some incredibly easy shots where she barely has to move"

[@FairwayJack]

like

[@AlexanderGr8]

She doesn’t hold the finish for long so it’s hard to check out her balance.

[@surajranabhat834]

I feel so sorry for her with the torture with the cap.

[@jackquinn9535]

If you try to improve balance in swinging you should swing for real, striking the ball from the legs up with proper rotation. The girl is just hitting with her arm trying to make sure not to risk her ”balance”! She doesn’t even turn her head to the contact as she doesn’t turn her upper body away from the court on those forehands. What a farce.

[@EP-yc2gu]

Yeah. I don’t get it. Seems like it would be much more helpful to swing normally and try to be balanced all the way thru the finish

[@AlexanderGr8]

Yeah I agree with you. She’s frightened to rotate in case it falls off.

[@deanma7399]

Your partner is sort of cold.