Practice Power
Tennis often seems to be all about power these days despite the fact that the number one players, Roger Federer and Justine Henin, possess all court games. In fact, the WTA Tour recently unveiled a “power index” to track the speed of shots during matches. At times, my old tennis coach used to have me hit the ball as hard as I could when he fed balls to me. The rationale was that any weaknesses in form or tennis stroke production
appear when one tries to hit the ball very hard or sometimes very softly. For example, many pro tennis players start their practice warm-up hitting softly to each other from the service line. Try it the next time you play. It is not so easy to hit a complete swing on a soft topspin forehand or backhand at the service line unless the stroke is very solid. In the end, sound technique provides a player with the ability to hit tennis balls with spin or slice or sometimes very softly while also slamming them as well at times. To win matches consistently, a tennis player needs both power and control.
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