DX_Psycho
04-04-2005, 06:50 PM
i'm on the high school tennis team. i had a perfect partner. good combination, communication, and roughly equal skill level. then i got switched down to a partner that i hated because he took the game too seriously. so i asked to be switched over to my friend. problem is, he's below my skill level.
so we've played a few games and i've notcied mistakes that he did.
1) he doesn't step into his hits, but away from them.
2) he runs to the balls before the opponent hits it, resulting in much back pedalling and stopping
3) he doesn't know how to hit the sweetspot
4) he dosen't catch his racquet
5) his backhand has no movement of his body whatsoever. he just turns his racquet and tries to slice it.
6) he runs in a big arc to get to balls.
7) his serve does not extend his arm. it's like a forehand that finishes towards the middle of his body.
anyways, i told him these things and he tells me he knows. i told him he can practice stepping into his hits and catching his racquet by practicing in front of a mirror but he won't do it because he thinks it won't help.
sweetspot... well.. guess there's no way to practice for that.
backhand... he just keeps on using it because he thinks he's doing it right even after i advise him not to.
i told him to wait for the person to hit the ball before moving but he can't do it.
running in an arc, he says he can't control either.
catching the racquet, he says that it doesn't provide any use so he doesn't feel like learning it. i told him that by catching the racquet he can get into ready position quicker but i'm not sure if that's correct. i just do it because everyone does it.
and he won't change his serve because he thinks it's fine and he can make it better with practice but it looks like he's going to end up hurting his arm.
is my advice good and should i just wait for him to take it some day or am i giving bad him wrong advice?
so we've played a few games and i've notcied mistakes that he did.
1) he doesn't step into his hits, but away from them.
2) he runs to the balls before the opponent hits it, resulting in much back pedalling and stopping
3) he doesn't know how to hit the sweetspot
4) he dosen't catch his racquet
5) his backhand has no movement of his body whatsoever. he just turns his racquet and tries to slice it.
6) he runs in a big arc to get to balls.
7) his serve does not extend his arm. it's like a forehand that finishes towards the middle of his body.
anyways, i told him these things and he tells me he knows. i told him he can practice stepping into his hits and catching his racquet by practicing in front of a mirror but he won't do it because he thinks it won't help.
sweetspot... well.. guess there's no way to practice for that.
backhand... he just keeps on using it because he thinks he's doing it right even after i advise him not to.
i told him to wait for the person to hit the ball before moving but he can't do it.
running in an arc, he says he can't control either.
catching the racquet, he says that it doesn't provide any use so he doesn't feel like learning it. i told him that by catching the racquet he can get into ready position quicker but i'm not sure if that's correct. i just do it because everyone does it.
and he won't change his serve because he thinks it's fine and he can make it better with practice but it looks like he's going to end up hurting his arm.
is my advice good and should i just wait for him to take it some day or am i giving bad him wrong advice?