Building an Athletic Foundation -

Everyone who plays tennis is well aware of the need to build strong movement techniques; that is, a way to get to the ball in an efficient, powerful way so that the player arrives in place to make the best possible swing.

One way to make this happen is to devote time to building a well-constructed, fortified and stable athletic foundation. What do I mean by that? A sound athletic foundation has three major attributes:

wide base
low center of gravity
reinforced back posture

The payoff of a sound athletic foundation is this simple: the ability to hit the ball as smoothly and possibly as you can, given your technical aptitude.

Power and Posture: The Base and the Back

So how does one build a rock-solid athletic foundation? As you might expect, this process happens from the ground up.

Stand in front of a mirror and take an athletic position, similar to how you’d be on the tennis court. You want a wide footwork base, with your feet 1.5 to 3 shoulder widths apart. You also want to have a slight tilt forward, so that your weight is centered on…