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Hi, Brent Abel
here WebTennis.net and this week I want to talk about the oldest
clichés in terms of teaching tennis, and that is "Watch the Ball".
Please don't
click off the video yet, because I know that the saying, "Watch the
Ball" is as old as it could possibly be.
It's as boring as
it could possibly be, but I want you to think about the relationship
between watching a moving tennis ball as you are moving yourself, on
the tennis court, and your current fitness program, your current
fitness level, whatever that is.
I guess, the
point I'm trying to make here is that there is a major, major
relationship between the type of fitness program that you have right
now and how that relates to your ability to watch a moving tennis
ball as you move.
I've made this
mistake before in the past. I'd go out and I'd do a bunch of long
distance running and I got good and strong, but the problem was,
when I moved on the tennis court, I had sort of broken down those
muscles that allowed me to move smoothly to be able to visually lock
on a moving tennis ball.
If you see the
ball better, I guarantee that you'll be able to hit the shot that
you want to hit to your intended target with the type of spin that
you want and all those good things.
So, what I want
you do to this week is I want you to evaluate the fitness program
that you have right now, and if you don't have a fitness program,
that's fine, because I want you to get on one where you start
thinking about the exercises; the drills, on the court and off the
court, that you ought to be going through that will help improve
your ability to watch and to track a moving tennis ball; not only
when you're stationary but also when you're moving on the court.
Next week, we can
kind of kick this around a little bit more in terms of where are
going to be a couple of ideas for you of some things to do and some
things not to do that will help you improve your fitness, but will
also help you improve your ability to track a moving ball.
I hope this has
helped. Any questions –
Brent@webtennis.net. Thanks very much. |
