Best Tennis Tips On Overhead Technique

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Here I will provide with the best tennis tips on one of the most spectacular and exciting shots in the game. It looks quite simple when an expert smashes the ball but that's not really the case.

1. Hitting every overhead as a direct shot.

2. Hitting the overhead too hard.

3. Attempting a direct shot on high bouncing balls.

4. Hitting an "overhead groundstroke".

5. Attempting an offensive overhead in a defensive situation.

6. Hitting an overhead with topspin.

7. The hitting arm is not fully extended at impact.

8. Dropping the elbow of the hitting arm on the follow-through.

9. Inadequate sideways rotation at impact.

1. Decide which type of overhead is appropriate.

2. Watch the ball all the way to the strings.

3. Keep the ball well in front of your body (toward the net) at impact.

4. Hit UP (not down) on all overheads.

5. React quickly; get you racket back and wait.

6. Hit the ball flat and without spin.

7. Maintain a firm wrist at impact.

8. Use full strokes; follow-through completely with elbow up.

9. Rotate TM2 to the proper o'clock position.

10. Hit all offensive overheads from a balanced position with both feet on the ground at impact.

11. Recover quickly back to the ready position.

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1. Offensive overheads... 2,3,4,8,10

2. Defensive overheads... 2,4,8

1. The "Bouncing-Overhead" exercise. In this exercise one player purposely hits short, high-bouncing lobs. The other player returns the lob with a defensive overhead after the ball has bounced. This exercise helps to develop solid overhead skills by first learning to hit high bouncing balls. A high bouncing ball will be moving very slowly at impact thus making it easier for the student to obtain solid hits.

2. The "Lob-Overhead" exercise. As a more advanced overhead exercise, one player hits lobs exclusively while the other player hits overheads exclusively. Both offensive and defensive overheads can be practiced with this exercise. As both players gain experience with this exercise, overheads should be directed alternately to the right and left backcourt target points providing a challenge (and a work-out) for both players.

3. Overhead development using the practice wall; The "Second-Shot Overhead" exercise. Set up to hit an overhead by hitting a lob as the first shot in the sequence. The lob should be aimed about 6 to 10 feet above the line on the wall so that the ball will rebound off the wall in an upward direction. An overhead can now be hit as the second shot. Be sure to hit your overheads so they will adequately clear the imaginary net. The third and final shot of the sequence is an easy groundstroke setting up another lob opportunity (first stroke of the sequence).

When we see a ball flying to the overhead and it's not too difficult, we usually get ahead of the present moment and fall into the trap of emotionally whacking the ball. This is our chance to really stomp our opponent down. Hitting the ball feels almost as hitting him/her down in the ground.

Don't do that. Really, grow up. This is not about destroying your opponents, it's about exploring your limits and being the best player you can be. Approach the overhead with the mentality of a cold supercomputer who just wants to win the point.

Stay away from emotional overhead smashes. Ok, only one per match, maybe…

Beside the difficulty of hitting an overhead you also need to know where you'll hit it. You need to decide whether you want to hit left or right. You also need to know your target – are you aiming for the line (I hope not) or 6 feet from both side and baseline.

If you don't decide quickly and know your target, you'll probably play your overhead straight at your opponent and give him another chance. What usually happens is that you'll get an even tougher lob to deal with.

So – decide quickly – it usually doesn't matter where, because your opponent is guessing where you’ll play anyway. So don't try to guess what he'll guess.  It's too complicated.

I can't let this section pass by without the favourite phrase in tennis: watch the ball. If you are not watching the ball, it means that your mind has raced into the future and left your body in the present. Your body is not such a super computer to calculate all the hundreds of a second without the mind’s cooperation. So it makes mistakes.

Stay in the present – stay with your mind in the moment of impact until the ball disappears. Then move on. Actually, if you do this well, you won't have to move on because you'll win the point with an outright winner. Try and catch Roger Federer in the moment of hitting and overhead. You'll see what I mean.

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If your opponent happens to guess where you'll hit and replies with a weak shot, you'll be very disappointed if you stay somewhere in the no man's land. You'll probably have to play a half volley and miss your chance.

So move in and close the net as soon as you hit our overhead (stay there in the shot with your mind first – I repeat!) just in case your opponent plays a weak return. And if he plays a good shot, it's even more important to close the net so that you'll have a better angle.

I see this mistake so often and yet so many players don't think about it. When you're facing a tough lob and you are moving backwards while you're hitting an overhead, most of your smashes end up in the net. Do you agree? Have you noticed this pattern before?

It's a situation where our brain usually makes a mistake in judging our movement and distances. You play your ordinary shot but at the same time you are moving backwards. This causes you to hit the ball a little more in front (since you moved back) than usual. And when you hit the ball more in front your racquet face is a little more closed. You hit into the net.

What you need to do is to install a correction software in your brain. Whenever you face a lob and you're moving backwards – aim over the service boxes. Depending on your skill level: if you are a good player, aim into the last 3 feet of the court; if not (yet), then go and aim just over the service line. I guarantee that your shot will end up shorter.

Experiment with this tennis overhead tip and see what happens and where your shots land and then store this program in your memory. This way when this situation happens, you'll know what to do.