Can't hit mini tennis forehand

[EddieBrock]

Hi Eddie, I’ve found your post cause I was searching for help about the same problem, and to be honest I was very happy, cause it’s really hard to explained that, and to look for help.
I’ve been playing tennis since i was kid, in my teenage time I used to compete etc, now I’m 40, and I still practice and play sometimes for fun, but from 3 years I’ve been having the exactly same problem in the mini tennis, it seems that i forgot how to hit a forehand in the mini tennis, I struggle a lot to find the pace, my movement is too tight, and consequently affects a lit my confidence, specially if I’m playing with somebody that I don’t know, it seems like I’m a begginer, it’s very frustrating and traumatizing, sometimes that happens too in the baseline, but it’s easy to fix the movement with more speed and power, but in the mini tennis I’m still struggling,
Id like to know if you manage to find a way to improve that, I really appreciate
Cause as i told you, that never happened before, and it’s been like 3 years that this starts and it’s really something I want to manage to fix
Thank you
Be safe!

One thing that has helped me is to make sure to focus on the contact point and in finishing my swing. I think I'm so afraid of overhitting that I don't have a proper finish and kind of push the ball and don't follow through like I do from the baseline. I also try to have a short backswing, good footwork and hit not be afraid of missing long with my regular finish and it works better now.

 

[10sbeast888]

this is a very common problem among amateurs.

the reason you can't control the racket face in mini tennis is that you are trying to hit the ball with a open racket face. or attacking the ball with the racket face.

very counterintuitive. yes.

the right way, is attacking the ball with the leading edge, which ensures a closed face, which ensures a wiping action up and across. this way you should have a zone of about 3ft big, in which anywhere the strings touch the ball it will have the same angle.

this big zone gives a sense of safety and control to your brain, and let you hit soft or hard with control.

 

[Curious]

It would be interesting to see mini tennis between McEnroe and someone like Thiem. How would McEnroe deal with it?

 

[nyta2]

It would be interesting to see mini tennis between McEnroe and someone like Thiem. How would McEnroe deal with it?

I imagine mcenroe would hit everything on the rise and flatten it out.

 

[tennishabit]

this is a very common problem among amateurs.

the reason you can't control the racket face in mini tennis is that you are trying to hit the ball with a open racket face. or attacking the ball with the racket face.

very counterintuitive. yes.

the right way, is attacking the ball with the leading edge, which ensures a closed face, which ensures a wiping action up and across. this way you should have a zone of about 3ft big, in which anywhere the strings touch the ball it will have the same angle.

this big zone gives a sense of safety and control to your brain, and let you hit soft or hard with control.

yep..........top spining as much as u can...........

btw it's not a profefia/amamamia problem as most ppl hit full court w/ limited court time + limited wrist/elbow tolerance as so much focused on rkt/wrist/arm etc veryvery top end of the whole process ignoring the fundamental feet/legs/torso etc lololololol............