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title: Serious Tennis
author: Williams, Scott.; Petersen, Randy.
publisher: Human Kinetics
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Serious Tennis
Scott Williams with Randy Petersen
Page ii
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Williams, Scott, 1963- 99-049310
Serious tennis / Scott Williams, Randy Petersen. CIP
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references p. ( ) and index.
ISBN 0-88011-913-6
1. Tennis. I. Petersen, Randy. II. Title.
GV995.W68 2000
ISBN 0-88011-913-6
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Page iii
In memory of Edward Finn
A role model for complete players now through eternity
Page iv
Contents
Introduction vii
Acknowledgments ix
1 1
Playing with Tennis SMARTS
Sharpen your strokes through seeing, movement,
adjusting, rotation, transfer, and swing. Coach Bobby
Banck: Increasing swing speeds.
2 29
Dominating Serves and Returns
Train to see, process, and anticipate your opponent's
movements for better serves and returns. Coach Bob Brett:
Improving your racquet speed and power.
3 45
Developing Consistent Swinging Shots
Adjust your groundstrokes, passing shots, smashes, lobs,
and swinging volleys based on the type of ball you
receive. Victor Tantalo: Developing your rhythm and
timing.
4 69
Adding Accuracy to Punching and Transition Shots
Transfer your weight on volleys and transition shots for a
better approach. Coach Karsten Schultz: Reaction drills.
5 79
Improving Shot Selection
Choose your shots based on court positioning and shot
sequences. Brett Hobden: System 5 Court Awareness.
6 105
Upgrading Your Equipment
Select the right racquet, strings, and footwear for your
game. Uli Kuehnel and Coach Phil Irish: Customizing
your racquet's performance triangle. Podiatrist Dr. Simon
Small: Deciding if orthotics are right for you.
7 123
Maximizing Your Fitness Level
Gain strength, speed, and endurance training with specific
exercises, drills and workouts. Coach Pat Etcheberry and
sports physiotherapist Hans Jurgen Montag: Total tennis
conditioning and training for rehabilitation.
Page v
8 149
Using Stress to Your Advantage
Take control of your stress on the court by preparing for it
and knowing how to deal with it. Dr. James Loehr:
Welcoming and using stress to your advantage.
9 167
Performing under Pressure
Merge your routine strokes with your improvised strokes
and find a pattern of play that works under pressure.
Coach Bobby Banck and Mark Philippoussis: Playing into
your strengths.
10 183
Analyzing Your Opposition
Develop counter tactics whether you are playing a
defensive or attacking baseliner, attacker, or all-court
player. Drills include the Petr Korda game, the Martina
Navratilova drill, and the Michael Chang drill.
11 199
Limiting Unforced Errors
Identify and prevent the six most common unforced
errors. Dr. James Loehr: Channeling your emotions into
positive play.
12 211
Adjusting to Tough Conditions
Play your best no matter what the weather, temperature, or
altitude. Andrew Finn: Adjusting to outdoor play after
indoor season.
13 229
Winning Match Strategies
Get primed for each opponent with prematch, on-court
warm-up, and awareness exercises. Dr. James Loehr:
Psyching up for your match.
14 245
Becoming a Complete Player
Maximize your game by overcoming your fears and
making the commitment. Discover how to achieve balance
between tennis and the rest of your life.
Bibliography 256
Index 257
About the Authors 261
Page vii
Introduction
Congratulations. You've already taken a first step toward becoming a
better tennis player. Just by picking up this book, you show that you
have a desire to become a complete tennis player. And that's where
your success startswith your desire.
Chances are you have amazing potential that you haven't developed
yet. Most players do. What holds them back? Often they lack an
understanding of the game. I'm not talking about the rules or generally
accepted strategies of the game, but the game's inner fiber. There's a
rhythm to tennis, like a dance. It's something you can learn mentally
with work, and eventually it gets inside you allowing you to know that
you have to get to the net and put this point away. Somehow you
begin to know that it is time to go for the winning shot. This may
sound crazy, but for the complete player, it is all part of the dance.
The game of tennis has changed a great deal in the last 15 years.
Keeping up with these changes hasn't been easy. While there has been
a wealth of new information circulating around the game via
television, magazines, and tennis instructors, it's been more difficult to
find this information organized into easy-to-understand progressions
of how to learn and apply these newer skills.
All of my career, I have questioned tennis specialists, coaches,
players, doctors, managers, and therapists, asking them about the
services they provide and how they enhance the skills of the players
they are working with. Their responses, most of which are represented
in this book, have not only been fascinating, but could be categorized
into four main skill groups:
1. Stroking skills, including groundstrokes, volleys, overheads, and
approach shots (see chapters 1 through 5)
2. Preparatory skills, including equipment selection, physical
conditioning, sleep, etc. (see chapters 6 and 7)
3. Mental strengthening skills, such as learning to deal with pressure
effectively and handle stress (see chapters 8 and 9)
4. Playing strategies and tactics, such as analyzing your opposition,
adjusting to your environmental and match conditions, preparing for
matches, etc. (see chapters 10 through 13)
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A second thing that holds some people back from their best tennis is
wasted effort. They may say they don't have the time to train properly
for tennis, but the fact is they are wasting the time they're already
putting into the game by working on stages of skills that are not
applicable to their stage of tennis development for that skill.
You don't become a star player overnight. It takes time to develop
your skills and the other elements of expert play. For some drills and
techniques, I've divided the complete player's development into three
stages: the core, the mileage, and the fine tuning. No matter what your
present level is, you can make crucial improvements in your game.
But it's important to know your level for that skill, so you can work on
the right stuff. It doesn't make sense to try to fine-tune skills that you
don't really have yet. Nor should you keep drilling your core skills
when you're ready to fine tune them. I have worked with professional
players before whose stroking and playing skills were in the fine-
tuning stage, but they hadn't been introduced to core mental skills.
Even professional players need to return to the core stage every so
often, reviewing the basics of adjusting, rotation, swing, and so forth.
When you have honed your core skills in a certain skill area, you're
ready to expand your abilities in the mileage stage. Mileage-stage
drills lock the core skills into your muscle memory through efficient
practice methods so that proper execution becomes a habit. While the
core stage centers on the practice court, the mileage stage revolves
around actual matches. Consistency, placement, and court positiong
are still emphasized, but you'll also learn to polish your unique
strengths into court weapons that can win for you.
The fine tuning stage is for those who are ready to go the distance. At
this point, it's not just about using tennis skills, but being confident in
them. It's not about winning this point or that match, but rather
making the strong commitment necessary to be a consistent winner.
Players at this stage are willing to pay the price, mentally, physically,
and emotionally. This requires determination and discipline, on the
court and off.
At the fine tuning stage, your mental skills take on greater importance.
We assume that your core skills are learned and habitual by now, but
that's true of your opponents now, too. What makes the difference?
What puts you over the top? Your awareness of what is happening on
and around the court, your selection and execution of tactics, and the
effective deployment of your unique winning weapons. You must
develop focus, concentration, and commitment to win at the fine
tuning stage.
Do you know what else holds people back? Unbalanced lives.
Another aspect of fine-tuning your game involves sharpening your
ability to maintain balance among the skill groups and keep tennis in
perspective with the big picture (see chapter 14). Whether you're a pro
or a player who plays a match every other weekend, or a high school
tennis player you are more than just a tennis player; you have a life.
You're a friend, citizen, a son or daughter, perhaps and spouse or
parent. Perhaps a student or employee. If tennis becomes your whole
life, it will ruin other parts of your life and ironically that will distract
you from achieving success in tennis. The complete player strives to
be the best tennis player he or she can be as part of being the best
person he or she can be. Have fun, but be serious about it. Keep your
life in balance and your mind in focus. This book will help you get
startedthe rest is up to you.
Page ix
Acknowledgments
Special thanks to my family: Stan Williams, Tessa Williams, and my
sister, Tanya Williams. And to all my tennis families: the Daniels
family, (Charlie, Markeata, Gordon, and Elliot); the Hill family,
(Gregg, Sr., Marsha, Gregg, Lauren, Brittany, Gray, and Drew); the
Haas family, (Peter, Bridgit, Sabine, Tommy, and Karin); the Venison
family, (Peter, Diana, and Jon); David Harris; the Finn family, (Ute,
Andrew, and Eric); the Vargas family, (Franz, Helga, and Susi);
Wolfgang Kosheks; Martina Unrein; Jim Thomas; and the Meyer
Woldon family, (Sandy and Agi).
Special thanks also to Martin Barnard, Julie Rhoda, Randy Petersen,
Thomas Excler, the late Ed Finn, the late Hans Jurgen Montag, Connie
Bernhard, Dr. Simon Small, Karsten Schultz, Dr. James Loehr, Bob
Brett, Joe Brandi, Tom Seifert, Pat Etcheberry, Bobby Banck, Peter
Haas, Rafael Font De Mora, Mitch Adler, Galen Treble, Alexander
Raschke, Charlie and Marabel Morgan, Renee Gonez, Tom Parry, Ed
Wilson, Mike Meringoff, Phil Irish, Gunter Bresnick, and Uli
Kuehnel.
Page x
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1
Playing with Tennis SMARTS
Stance. Grip. Backswing. Point of contact. Follow-through. If you've
taken tennis lessons, this is what you've learned. Eighty percent of
tennis instruction focuses on these elements. And it's all good stuff;
you can't play tennis well without mastering these skills.
But take another look at that list. Four-fifths of itgrip, backswing,
point of contact, and follow-throughis all about your swing. Yet the
swing is only part of the complete game of tennis. It's a crucial partno
question about itbut there's so much more. Every weekend, tennis
courts around the world are crammed with people who may have great
swings but nothing else. They're partial players, not complete players.
The SMARTS system, detailed here and throughout this book, is
designed to round out the process of tennis instruction, to emphasize
the swing within the total context of the game. If you master the six
fundamental skills of the SMARTS systemSeeing, Movement,
Adjusting, Rotation, Transfer, and Swingyou'll be playing tennis at
your highest level and will understand your game in a whole new way.
Seeing. You need to know what to look for in your game and to see
what's going on around the court, where your opponent is, what he or
she is doing with the ball, where you are in the court in relation to
your opponent, and the type of shot you are receiving and sending.
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Movement. Movement skills include the first step, accelerating steps
(pivot sprint, crossover shuffle, and carioca step), movements around
the ball, and recovery movements. Many tennis instructors let students
figure these moves out for themselves, but proper movement is a
prerequisite to hitting a successful shot. Whether you're moving to hit
a shot or recovering to hit another shot, the quicker you move into
position to hit the ball, the more time you'll have to vary your shot.
Great tennis players are like dancers; they have to learn the steps to
dance on the tennis court.
Adjusting. Adjusting comes naturally to the best players, but anyone
can learn this skill. As the ball approaches, you need to make a
number of minor movements with your head, eyes, feet, legs, arms,
and hands to position yourself to hit the best shot possible.
Rotation. Now it is time to start dealing with the swing itself. The first
element of a tennis swing is rotation. To get maximum power in your
swing, you need to rotate your body in such a way that you store
power in your large muscle groups that you can then unleash into the
ball. Certain shots require more rotation than others, and you also can
use rotation to disguise your intention from your opponent.
Transfer. Transfer means putting your body weight behind your
swing. Along with the rotation of your body, this adds power to your
shot. You want a clean transfer, without wasted effort.
Swing. Swing-stance, grip, backswing, point of contact, and follow-
through are presented here with an emphasis on strike zone preference
and points of contact for varying phases of play. The differing
strengths and weaknesses of varying grips, swing speeds, rhythm, and
timing are discussed as well.
By breaking your game down and drilling each aspect of the
SMARTS system within your game, you will become the best player
you can be.
Seeing
Some players seem to know exactly where the ball is going to be.
Others constantly guess in the wrong direction. What separates the
anticipators from the chasers? Quite simply, it is knowing what to
look for and how to look for it. The complete playerwhom all of us
serious tennis players strive to behas that skill.
We see the same thing in other sports, too. In basketball, for instance,
the players have to be aware of their positions on the court, where
their opponents are, their opponents' tendencies, where their
teammates are, and where the ball is in relation to the hoop. In soccer,
hockey, and even football, players need to develop similar awareness
skills. It's matter of using soft focus, that is, using your peripheral
vision to take in information along with focusing on the ballobserving
the whole playing area. By surveying the whole game with this soft
focus, players are able to create opportunities to break their opponent's
serve, hold their own serve, and ultimately win more games.
Developing Your Soft Focus
Soft focus allows you to read your opponent's intent on each shot,
correctly identify the playing cues, and approach the ball
characteristics that your opponent is sending
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to you in order to give you a sense of where you are on the court.
Using your peripheral vision with soft focus requires you to train your
eyes and brain to take in and process as much information as possible
and make sense of it. Here are a few exercises you can practice to
develop this skill:
Juggle. Begin with three small beanbags of the same size and
eventually progress to three old tennis balls. Taking two of the
beanbags, alternate tossing both bags in the air using the same hand.
Now with three bags, imagine a box directly in front of you with the
numbers 1 and 2 at the upper corners of the box and 3 and 4 at the
lower corners. Toss the bag in your left hand (point 3) to point 2 and
the bag in your right hand (point 4) to point 1. Start trying to keep all
three bags going at once. Juggling is a great way to develop soft
focus.
Short-court rally. Start a rally in the short court (service boxes). Rally
one ball and then add another. Slowly back up to the baseline. A more
advanced version involves performing the same exercise with volleys.
Colors. Practice with different-colored balls. Assign a certain kind of
shot with a certain color of ball (e.g., hit all orange balls with a
forehand, yellow balls with a backhand, etc.). Have a friend or coach
feed you easy balls that bounce around the service-line area.
Depending on the color of the ball, vary your shot selection according
to what shot you assigned to that color of ball.
Numbers. Mark four numbers on four tennis balls and have a friend
randomly throw you different balls. You must then call out the number
that is on the approaching ball as you catch it.
These exercises require you to respond quickly to what you see, but
they keep your attention broad, so you don't lock in and focus hard on
one element. Rather, you are aware of what's happening around you,
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swinging volleys 65-66
transition shots 77
swinging shots. See also specific swinging shots
defined 29
follow-through 98
swinging volleys:
SMARTS applied to 64-66
troubleshooting 66-67
swing path:
described 22
drop shots 63
serves 22, 32, 34-35
slices 61
smash 55
transition shots 77
swing speed 24-26
swing weight, of racquet 109
T
tactical responses 88-93
tactics. See also strategies
errors in 201-202
evaluating 103, 240-241
game 83-88
match 101-103
Tantalo, Victor 50
temperaments, player 192-194
tension meters 113
tiebreakers 239
time management, workouts for 136-141
timing 18
Tirango, Jeff 141
topspin 22-23, 65, 85
toss (racquet spin) 233-234
toss (service) 31, 32, 34, 36
Total Tennis Training (Kriese) 253
training. See conditioning; drills; strokes
transfer, in SMARTS system:
angles and passing shots 53
backhand smash 58
defined 2
drop shots 63
drop volleys 74
elements of 18-19, 19
first volleys 70, 71
ground strokes 49
half volleys 72
indoors 224
lobs 59
outdoors 225
playing conditions 213-215, 217-218, 220-222
punching shots 69
returns 41, 41
serves 33
slices 61
smash 55
swinging volleys 65
transition shots 76
transition shots:
adjusting steps 15
defined 29
follow-through 98
SMARTS applied to 76-77
troubleshooting 77
varying 172-173
trophy pose 31-32, 31, 34
troubleshooting:
backhand smash 58
drop shots 64
drop volleys 75
ground strokes 51-52
half volleys 73
lobs 60
lob volleys 76
returns 42-43
serves 36-37
slices 61-62
smash 56-57
swinging volleys 66-67
transition shots 77
U
uncoiling 17-18
underspin 85
unit turn:
basic 7, 11
returns 37, 41
in step combinations 7, 12, 46, 47
swinging volleys 65
USA Tennis Course (Tantalo) 50
V
video cameras, for training 39
visibility 222
vision 3-4
visual acuity 5
visual cues 4
volleys:
angled 73
drop 73-75, 74
first 70, 71
half 70-73
lob 75-76
swinging 64-67
W
warm-ups 230, 232-233
Washington, Malavai 78
weakness, of opponents 102-103, 238, 239
weather:
cold 219-220
hot 217-219
sun 215-217, 234
wind 212-215
weighting, of racquet 110, 110
Williams, Serena 122, 191, 223
Williams, Venus 191, 210, 223
wind 212-215
winning 219
Winning Ugly (Gilbert, Jamison) 236
wood courts 227
workouts. See conditioning
wrists, "educated" 18
Z
zones, court 80-81, 80, 81