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Lleyton Hewitt demonstrates the fundamentals of the split step, the unit turn, ball tracking, preparation, and stroke pattern.
In Part 2 of this series excerpted from Maximum Tennis: 10 Keys to Unleashing Your On-Court Potential, Nick Saviano analyzes the true fundamentals of world class groundstrokes. (Click here for Part 1) For more information on ordering Nick’s new book see below.
You can have the prettiest-looking strokes in the world, but if you don’t have sound fundamentals in moving to the ball and preparing to hit it, the rest of your stroke is a crapshoot.
Good preparation will not only allow you to maximize control and power, it is also critical in enabling you to cope with the increased power in the game today.
The fundamental techniques in preparing to hit a shot are the split step; the unit turn; movement to the ball (or tracking); racquet preparation, and stroke patterns. If you improve any or all of these areas, your level of play will improve considerably.
The split step is a vitally important technique a player uses to get her body in position to move to the ball in any direction as quickly as possible and it is one…
