Question to Eastern Forehand Players Re: Hitting problems at warm p

[rosewall4ever]

17yrs and a 3.0 Player using eastern forehand. When warming up i tend miss hit my forehands alot... it takes a good 5 -10 min to get my stroke under control, by that time its ok. Before then the balls go all over the place, mostly because the racquet is open as i hit it... My forearm feels real stiff and i can't seem to pronate properly.


Any problems to fix this? :confused:My uncle says i need to take more of a warmup before i go to court...like a jog or something. i do play in the morning though.Does any one have the same problem?

[raiden031]

I used to have this problem even with a semi-western, where the first few minutes I had a horrible time keeping the racquet face from opening up too much or then too little when trying to compensate. Literally I would hit a soft forehand and it would hit the fence because of the lack of pronation. I think more than anything it has to do with your strokes not being grooved yet so it takes a while for your body to remember the proper motion when you start warming up. I don't have this problem anymore, but it was outright embarrassing when I did. If you don't get alot of opportunity to work on groundstrokes, I would suggest if you spend some time hitting against a wall, you will get out of this phase fairly quickly as I did.

[deluxe]

Play mini tennis for your warmup

[Bagumbawalla]

Even professional players warm up/practice before going out to play their match where they get a short "warm-up period".

So, if you have a chance find some place where you can get the feel of your shots before goin out 'cold" into a match situation.

When there is a tournament going on, often there are no free courts for practice, or if you have a limited time slot to play, you don't often want to waste that time in warming up.

So, if possible, find a wall or warm up at another location (like a schoolyard down the street) if at all possible.

[NLBwell]

I never had this problem specifically, but in general I do not play well (usually terrible) in the early morning. Waking up early and, yes, taking a run or doing some exercises helps. Hitting tennis balls would certainly help, though beware of getting all warmed up and then sitting, cooling off, and getting stiff.

[rosewall4ever]

Great...so i just have to 'sweat' it out a little and get my strokes grooved before i go to court can fix this...thanks guys!:)

[Ferrari1190]

yeah a lite jog will help loosen ur muscles up and help u hit better, sooner

[RoddickAce]

I take like 10-20 mins to warm-up, but unfortunately at the last two tournaments I played at, I got 5 minutes of warm-up time. So...it was too late...:(

(Worst of all, it's kinda hard to warm up in a match situation, so after the 5 minutes and like 10 minutes of play, I still never really warmed up)

[rosewall4ever]

Just went out to the courts today..but before i did i joged like 5 min...it worked!!! That and fixing up my form on my forehand..It feels great not being embarrased at the start!:)

[BravoRed691]

Just went out to the courts today..but before i did i joged like 5 min...it worked!!! That and fixing up my form on my forehand..It feels great not being embarrased at the start!:)

"not embarrassed at the start!" I wish i know that feeling too...can you describe it too me? LOL

Br