forgetting how to hit forehand groundstrokes and feeling so very lost. I remember ducking from screaming balls coming straight at me when I was at the net. I remember being blown off the court by vicious baseline groundstroke winners. I remember being mad at my partner for making ME look b...
But while hitting with the Intermediate players on Saturday it started bothering me. On Saturday afternoon I was about to play in the MDTTC Elite League (which I now run), but just before my first match, as I did some shadow-practice and the foot was worse, and I had to drop out. ...
From doing so many rote drills, the strokes may be good, but too often players, after hitting a forehand, get into a forehand position for the next shot, and vice versa after hitting a backhand shot. A side benefit of all this is I got to teach the kids the words “neuromuscular adap...