5 Tips For Playing Tennis On Grass (& Other Fast Surfaces)

[@McGradey]

Great. I play mostly on synthetic grass (Aus) and it's nice to have some tips tailored to faster surfaces ... much of the coaching content on YT is geared towards the US and the hard court market, or otherwise clay.

[@randeepbahia3216]

This was great! Also would love to see similar for slower surfaces :-)

[@TheTennisMentor]

Noted! Thanks for watching!

[@bernardmckey9396]

As well as Grass courts which is my favourite service I played Hard courts for 20 years Most important thing in sport but particularly tennis is Footwork 1 split Steps 2 unit Turn 3 loading When your volleying you lead with your contact Foot your weight comes from the back foot Learn how to hit a topspin and A flat shot too total different shots all together Footwork totally different How to play on slow service 1 Do your split steps you can use bigger split steps than a grass court 2 when your at the back of the court Move int I the CV out to hit the first ball then move your feet back into the static position so you won't hit the next ball late 3 use semi western Grip for the Heavy topspin and it works all the time use continental for the Flat ball it also works . The key is learning how to play the point as you get alot of Rallies If a topspin or kick serve doesn't kick up your not doing it right When you hitvacflat ball hit down the line move forward into the net 5 Also hold the racket loose Relax relax relax In slow surface tennis you come across pluggers How to beat the pluggers 1 Hit the first ball deep heavy top spin 2 Repeat 3 hit the ball Flat down the line 4 move forward to the net 5 Do your split steps hold the racket loose put the volley away Option 2 1 Hit the first ball with heavy topspin If you bend low with unit turn you get a heavy top spin it jump up at your opponent it take him 6 seconds to hit that 2 As soon as you hit that top spin Move into the net 3 Put the volley away Other options Use inside forehand move into the net Tennis is like playing Chess I call this the 1/2 punch Hit the first ball cross court Next ball down the line Use Slice serve and side spin serve on all surfaces

[@HelmutEvrard]

Great tips, in Australia we play on grass often, good video.

[@MJCE]

Great video, your content has been so good recently 👏 your channel deserves an award❤

[@brunobastos9651]

Amazing content! Thanks!

[@TheTennisMentor]

Thanks for watching!

[@dilipgautam6253]

Great video Ash❤

[@nathanmiller6051]

Thanks Coach Ashley! amazing! master class my friend 🙏 as Ian suggested I WILL make these changes and practice! 😉

[@AsadKhan-lm6yr]

Great tips Ash!

[@TheTennisMentor]

Thanks buddy!

[@bernardmckey9396]

Excellent video Other good suggestions of videos Side spin serve Ball toss Getting your drive in your legs

[@TheTennisMentor]

Thanks! I’ll add slice serves to the list… I’ve done the other two 😊

[@Javi_C]

Thanks Ashley

[@TheTennisMentor]

You’re welcome Javi!

[@bernardmckey9396]

I was brought up on grass As well as the 5 tips which our spot on Tip 6 you use small steps 7 use the drop shot 8 Use inside forehand movex in to the net

[@emmanueltimibra2078]

Can this tip help on a synthetic court?

[@TheTennisMentor]

Absolutely! Synthetic courts or fast hard courts too!

[@Frosty_editz1515]

Can you do a bag check it will really help me to see what I need to pack thanks

[@misashi69]

What sole type are best for the artificial grass (with sand) in the UK? Clay court shoes? I heard some people play in astro football shoes?

[@TheTennisMentor]

Depends how much sand they have on them. I recommend clay, not football boots

[@bernardmckey9396]

I have another super tactic for all surfaces but particularly grass even a coach asked me how do I do that 1 when the ball comes to me Hold the racket with an open face then hit down on the ball it will go to the opponents feet You get into the net it's lethal I used to practice on a grass court and hard court for 5 hours a day when I was a Junior 1 Serve and Volley for an hour every day 2 How to approach the net he 3 fjat forehand 4Drop shots it' another if my land mark shots learnt it in a grass 4 alot more Tennis is a progression not a sprint

[@elchanclascocina]

Great video Ashley! too bad that according to Ian from Essential Tennis is not going to help me improve 😭😂✌️

[@TheTennisMentor]

Haha… I saw that one 😅