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5. As you find yourself regaining your potential conditions and game form, you will probably want to start serious, focused practice with a hitting partner who shares your desire to improve.
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4e. You need to ease back into hitting. If you haven’t hit for a while, your hands will not be calloused. The last thing you want is to develop blisters as you are trying to get back into competitive form. That’s why we recommend that for the first two weeks, you hit every other day. By the end of the two weeks, your hands should have develop most of the necessary calluses.
4d. Don’t neglect you serve! This is the single most important stroke in tennis and for some players it’s the stroke that is least practiced. Spend lots of time hitting serves…especially second serves. If you never lost your serve in a match, you wouldn’t lose the match. If you nerve double faulted, your chances of winning the game go up significantly. So, second servers are really of utmost importance.
4c. Strongly believe in the benefits of hitting against the wall or a backboard as part of your recapturing/change process. First, you don’t need a partner. Second, you can hit lots of ball in a short period of time. Third, you can work on one stroke at a time until you feel comfortable with your progress. Most of us learned to play tennis using the backboard. As a means of getting back you strokes and
timing. 4b. Try video taping yourself as you make changes. Seeing yourself on tape can be a bit frightening, but does afford you a way to analyzing what need to be done to change weak or faulty strokes.
a. Tennis is a game that requires quite a bit of time and effort to make a relatively small change. You can only effectively change one thing at a time.
Take an inventory of your strokes, and make a priority list for those things that you want to change. If you are really dedicated, you can probably only change a maximum of three strokes in a given 5 – month tennis session. Most players can only change and improve one stroke. 4. Recapturing and improving your strokes is the next on your planning list. If you are a fairly well skilled player, it will take at least two weeks of hitting (assuming you hit at least five days per week) to get back your old form. The question is: “Do I want to regain my old form or do I want a new one?”
3e. Finally, you probably want to take a look at your diet. If you are not eating properly, you are not going to perform at your maximum potential. Again, your physician is the best person to consult when it comes to the diet that will work best for you.
3d. Stretching before and after each workout can go a long way in helping you to avoid injuries.
3c. It is important to start slow and to increase at reasonable rate. One doesn’t want to sustain an injury before tennis season begins. If you are strength training or working out a t a gym, you might want to consult with a personal trainer. See or he may be able to devise a plan that meets your needs with the least amount of risk.
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