Practice Makes Perfect in Tennis? Try This Instead

Practice Makes Perfect in Tennis? Try This Instead ✅ The saying goes that practice makes perfect. However, how true is this? Why do some players spend so much time on the tennis court, and see little or no improvement in their game? In this video, I’ll share with you the optimum way to practice, so that you can maximise your court time and speed up your tennis development. But before we get into that, think about the players in your club. There are plenty of characters in most tennis centres, and in my experience, around 80% of them will see very few improvements after years and years of training. These are typically the players that stroll on the tennis court, do nothing to warm up their bodies properly and get straight into mindless hitting. They spend hours and hours just hitting with no purpose, usually right down the middle of the court, or you have the players who when asked to rally, will turn it into a points session, with one player trying to keep the rally going to get their reps in, whilst their partner tees off on every second shot. If this sounds familiar, you’ll want to watch the rest of this video, as doing just a few simple things in practice, will help you avoid being this type of player. So, how exactly should you practice, if you want to see steady improvements? What we definitely don’t want to be doing is to start our training sessions when we’re not ready to engage fully, And this isn’t just physically, but also mentally. The vast majority of people who played tennis today would have shown up and had no idea what they wanted to work on, what the focus of the session would be, with no clear goals in mind. So step number one is to prepare your plan. This means that the night before, or even the day of, you write down a few things that you want to focus on in the session. It doesn’t have to be a 20-page dossier. It could be something as simple as focusing on preparing early on your backhand. Or making sure you hit at least 20 serves in practice that day. Even something as simple as, focusing on exhaling as you make contact. Having a small plan is better than showing up unprepared. The next thing you’ll want to do is make sure you’re physically ready for practice. If we look at the pros, they all have a different routine they like to follow. Some players will warm up by jogging for 10 minutes. Others will focus more on dynamic stretches. You’ll see plenty using resistance bands to warm up their muscles. Whatever it is you do, the goal remains the same, to reduce the risk of injury and to ensure you’re ready to capitalise on that one or two hours you have to yourself on the court. The next thing that will help you massively is the drills you use. The internet has been a great tool for many players, we can now learn so many of the skills required in tennis by viewing free lessons on YouTube. However, there is also a downside to some of the videos that we see online. The practise sessions of the pros. 90-95% of these videos are filmed during a tournament and many before a match. We typically see the players rallying down the middle, hitting a few volleys, a few serves and playing a few games. This gives the impression that this is how the pros train, all year round. Which couldn’t be further from the truth. If you see a pro player during a training week, you’ll see them spend many hours doing drills. Djokovic has a particular movement drill that he does on a daily basis. Nadal likes to baskets of balls, focusing on being aggressive with his forehand from all around the court. Federer is known for spending an hour or so with his fitness trainer working on his footwork and specific patterns prior to his tennis sessions. They use focused drills that target specific areas of their games. If they need to improve their slice backhand, the coach will use a drill that is specific to that stroke. If the player wants to get more topspin on their forehand, their coach will use drills that help them create that extra spin. This is exactly why we created our tennis drills revolution course, to give players access to the same drills the pros use to speed up their improvements. The next thing that will help you is to focus on quality, rather than quantity. Hitting 30 serves where you’re focusing on either your technique, your consistency or aiming for targets, is much more beneficial than hitting 100 serves with no focus. Practice does not make perfect. Practice makes permanent. Perfect practice makes perfect. If you focus on these few key things, you’ll speed up advancements in tennis and enjoy the process much more. If you’ve enjoyed this video, please subscribe to the channel so you don’t miss out on any future lessons. Video Timeline: 00:00 - Introduction 00:59 - How Should You Practice? 01:49 - Start Off Strong 02:20 - Using The Right Drills 03:56 - Quality over Quantity #Tennis #TennisLesson #TopTennisTraining