David Bailey: Return of Serve Contact Moves Introduction

In this series we’ll see the Contact Moves for world class returns.

In this new series of articles for Tennisplayer, I will be outlining my system for developing world class footwork on the return of serve.

In this first article, we will go over the basics of court positioning on the return. We will also outline the routines that players should follow before the return, and how they should start the return movement patterns.

I will also explain the concept of the Contact Move itself, including the return types and components. Then, in the following three articles, I will detail the Contact Moves options for all the returns: forehands, one-handed backhands, and two-handers.

If you wish, you can see them all for yourself and study them in advance by clicking on the examples below I’ve filmed with two of my students who reached the top 100 in the world.

As I have explained in previous articles, I developed the concept of the Contact Move to help explain the bewildering and complex variations that top tennis players use in moving around the court, setting up, executing strokes, and recovering for the next ball. (Click Here.) A Contact Move is an conceptual…