The Overhead
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For some players putting the overhead away is a walk in the park. |
Picture this: you hit a solid, deep approach shot off your opponent’s short ball and you close on the net expecting to put away an easy volley. Instead, your opponent lobs.
You feel instant uneasiness as you attempt to maneuver into position. One thing’s for sure though; you’re going to blast this shot like there’s no tomorrow.
The next thing you know you’ve: 1) hit it into the bottom of the net 2) drilled it off the back fence 3) miss hit it to God knows where 4) whiffed it completely. In any case, you’re devastated because you’ve just blown a great opportunity to end the point with one of the most satisfying and devastating shots in the game, the overhead.
Sound familiar? Well don’t feel alone. This scenario is played out over and over again on tennis courts around the world. Even Martina Navratilova once whiffed an overhead on Center Court at Wimbledon .
On the other hand, there are those players who routinely put away their overheads as if taking a walk in the park. (Certainly that was the case the vast majority of Martina’s overheads.)
Why is that? It’s been said that the overhead is the least practiced shot in the game. I’m inclined to agree. Therein lies the biggest difference between those who hit the overhead well and those that don’t.
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