Correcting Common Stroke Errors

Click Photo to listen to Dr. Jack talk about the significance of errors. In my first article for Tennisplayer, I'm going to show you the most common tennis stroke errors I've seen as a working biomechanist and coach for the last 20 years. And we're going to talk about how you can correct them, by simplifying your strokes. If you can simplify your strokes and start making fewer errors, you're going to enjoy yourself even more on the court. Before we get to the stroke errors, let's understand some general principles about winning matches and how they relates your strokes. First, tennis matches are won on errors, not on winners. Players usually think that to win a match, they've got to hit one great shot after another. But that's not the case. The fact is, 90% of all tennis matches are won because the person who lost made more mistakes. And that's true whether you're a beginning player or a touring pro. Even at the Grand Slam level, it's the errors not the winners that decide matches. Here's just one example from a classic match in women's tennis history: the 1987 French Open in which Steffi Graff defeated Martina Navratilova....