Court Movement; The Forehand

The Initial Move : a push with the Inside Foot and a step with the Outside Foot toward the ball.

Tennis is a game of movement, and great tennis moves great movement.

The ability to move effectively and efficiently on the court is as essential to playing your best tennis as are stroke mechanics.

To hit the ball as well as you are capable, you must be in position, and this means developing the movement skills to reach balls anywhere on the tennis court.

Without good movement, you may as well leave all those beautiful strokes on the practice court. Effective movement means the ability to move relatively quickly and arrive in position to hit the ball.

Focus on the smooth, effortless movement of the world’s great players when you watch matches on television. By learning the same movement patterns yourself, you will take a big step toward reaching your real potential–beyond just working on your strokes.

The Outside Foot is the right foot, closer to the ball, and the Inside Foot is the left.

The Initial Move

Superior movement patterns for every shot in tennis begin with the first step or what I call the Initial Move.

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