Create good habits in your time on court. Practice creates permanent habits that are not always truly perfect. The drills suggested below are a guide for perfect practice of your ground strokes using a hitting partner or ball machine feed.

Any of your ground stokes can be practised systematically by following the suggested directions in the order of consistency, control, spin and speed.

Tennis is a game of error management, winners simply make less errors than losers. Treat your errors as critical feed back rather than condemnation and your systematic practice with these drills will reduce them dramatically.

Have your machine, or practice partner feed from the baseline corner of the court, as though a cross court rally is in progress. Make sure the speed of their feed is like you experience during match play at your level.

1.Consistency – Goal is a count of 20 consecutive stokes over the net in court.

There are several things that you need to be well aware of when you chose to play tennis. Our bodies are susceptible to so many different potential injuries that may happen during the course of playing tennis, that it is very important to be careful about how you play so that you can avoid as many injuries as possible. Yet even the most careful player will likely have an injury at some point in time. Learning to avoid most injuries and also learning which are the most common ones will give you the advantage in a fast treatment, which will ultimately lead to a quicker healing process.

The number one most common type of injury that occur to a tennis player is Tennis Elbow. This is an injury that occurs to the upper arm on the inside close to the elbow itself. This tends to create problems with the way that you use your arm overall and it can be painful and if you are not careful you can badly injure your arm even further. The best way to prevent this in my opinion is some rest as well as ensure that you are stretching thoroughly both before and after any game that you play. Even if you are only playing for a short period of time, you should always stretch in order to avoid such injury.

Hitting a backhand is similar to hitting a forehand. Most beginners emphasize their forehand stroke which leads to a reliance on the forehand stroke in the future. It is important to practice both strokes at the same time to ensure that your are well rounded when playing tennis.

The two-handed backhand stroke is used for players who want more control and accuracy. Learning the backhand is more difficult than the forehand as the feel of the stroke is less natural than hitting a forehand. There are four basic elements when hitting a backhand; court movement, shoulder turn, strike and follow-through.

Knowing and being where the ball is before the ball hits your side of the court is important as being in the right spot at the right time will increase your chance of hitting an explosive backhand. Make sure that your feet are planted and a shoulder-width apart before the ball lands on your side of the net. Being passive and letting the ball come to you will result in a less powerful stroke.

Learning how to play tennis is all about fundamentals. The backhand is the second most common shot in tennis and should be learned in tandem with the forehand. The process of hitting a backhand is the similar to the forehand stroke. This article will show how to hit a two hand backhand.

The two-handed backhand stroke is used for players who want more control and accuracy. Learning the backhand is more difficult than the forehand as the feel of the stroke is less natural than hitting a forehand. There are four basic elements when hitting a backhand; court movement, shoulder turn, strike and follow-through.

Knowing and being where the ball is before the ball hits your side of the court is important as being in the right spot at the right time will increase your chance of hitting an explosive backhand. Make sure that your feet are planted and a shoulder-width apart before the ball lands on your side of the net. Being passive and letting the ball come to you will result in a less powerful stroke.

The forehand is the shot that most beginners learn first in tennis. The forehand is many tennis players strongest shot. However, I still see a lot of beginning tennis players using the improper form when hitting with their forehand. Improper technique can lead to a plateau in your tennis game. Improper form can also lead to a higher risk of injury (tennis elbow). Using the proper form, grip and stance will increase your performance as well as decrease your chance of injuring yourself.

Using the proper grip is the first step is hitting a forehand. What type of player are you? Do you prefer to put a lot of top spin on the ball? Do you like coming to the net and volleying? There are three mainly used grips in tennis; the eastern, half-western and western. Each grip has its advantages and disadvantages but I prefer to use the eastern. The eastern grip is popular because it’s easy to switch from a forehand grip to a backhand grip as well as a volley grip.