If I was ambidextruous I would use the SW forehand off both sides for ground strokes and serve right handed on the duce side and serve left handed on the ad side to get the returner off the court. Of course I would mix it up. I think you could drive people crazy with that.
Ed
Tennis Geometrics
well if you are determined you can become ammidextrious
but you have the wrong idea if you were ammidextrious and do not have a BH your game would be awful and for ammidextrious people you can't switch hands all that easy
before each time you switch it takes awhile to warm up and get used to your strokes being on oppiste sides
and people that are ammidextrious that avoid BHs they become awful tennis players
i am ammidextroius and when i switch hands and try to serve it takes about ten minutes to get used to that side
the correct way to look at it is to stcik with one hand and hit forhands and BHs but if you cant reach a ball with your back hand no matter how much you reach that is when you usually take hold of the racquet with the other hand and hit it back over and then immediately switch back to your playing hand
the better i get the less i use my other hand
and another time you would switch just for one shot is
if you have a shot high and wide to your BH side and if you would hit it that it would end up as a moon ball then instead you can take the shot with the other hand to hit a flat ball with decent pace low(like normal shots) back into play
i am a left handed tennis player and the average anount of times i take right handed shots is about 3 if not less duing a match and 99.9% of the time i am strtching for the shot
but if you wish to become ammidextrious i can give you a brief summuray how
first the way to stay ammidextrious after you become ammidextrious is to understand you will be switching over
because you will never forget how to write with your dominent hand but if you learn with your nondominent and don't stcik with it it you can for get how
ok i am naturally right handed but i had alot of spare time and was determined to switch over
the process starts with coordinate your hand and wrist and evenually your shoulder
first try to hold a pen with both hands and try to mirror it with your nondominent hand and use your dominent hand for reference try to draw big loops with your nondominent hand,straight lines,write your name or basically just doodle
this is just like learning to write for the first time so find something on the internet about teaching preschoolers to write
when your first try to write write really big it is easier than trying to write small and the more your hand gets coordinated write a bit smaller
always do some exercises with that hand like ....with your hand only move it in circles and feel thsoe bones pop a bit
this is natural because you havent used that hand
the more you exercise it the less your bones will pop
oh yeah start eating with that hand as well and do everything but sports with that hand like pouring your drink,opening cheese,cooking.....or if you are picking up alot of something your nondominent hand does most of the work while you dominent hand just does the holding
like picking up trash pick the trash up with you nondominent hand hand and hold the bag with your dominent hand
after you can write fast enough try to always use your other hand
and after about 6 months its time to coordinate your shoulder try to roll your shoulder and you will fell it pop more that the other one because you havent used it that much
then try to play tennis and other sports with that hand and in soccor try to use your other foot try to lift more wiehts with that hand and make it stronger
another coordination exercise is to take a tennis ball and toss it in the air with side spin and catch it again jsut like you would a football
you notice to do this with a tennis ball you spin it with your thumb and middle fingers
and try to throw a football and tennis ball with that hand get your body rotation right
and just invent little exercises to do
if there is something you can't do with your nondominate hand learn how to practice ,have patience
and remember use your dominate hand to teach your nondominate hand
you arent going to learn right off hand and it takes persistence
and when you learn tennis it is also like you are starting over
the reason i switched to my left hand is that i played tennis for about4 years and i was never serious i always goofed of and never paid attension and i aquired to many bad habits to continue so i switched and started over and after about a year i tried to get some groundstrokes in with my right hand and now am a strong 2.5 with either hand i play with
and when you do switch if you try to switch back to try to be able to play with either hand dont do it for long or that will mess you up badly
it has been about 15 months now since i hae switched and still i i switch back and forht to much or to quickly it will mess my tennis game up completely so when you switch you make your nondominent hand dominent in tennis and stick with it
and here is a few advantages of switching:1better 2 handed backhand...2you develop spin more naturally and easier(for me it is a slice serve) and beware of #3 it can hurt you if your not careful....3 if you hurt one hand play with the other but becareful not to forget how with your nondominent hand
disadvantages are:if you abuse that ability and avoid taking back hands it will destroy your tennis game
it is ok to eventually be able to play with both hands but never avoid the bh except by taking an inside out forehand
if you are like me and switched to your left hand stick with it unless your hand is hurt,for every 1 groundstroke with your right hand take atleast 10 with your left
ok and goodluck and take care
