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How Nadal and Federer Use the 5 Fundamentals of Tennis Technique to Rule Tennis
Mention the names Roger Federer & Rafa Nadal in any tennis circles and you will normally set people off to wax lyrical about how great they both are.
And rightly so – they are two of the greatest tennis players of all time!
These guys gave us two of the greatest ever matches with the Wimbledon final of last year and the Australian Open of this year (2009)!
Now whilst we all get plenty of opportunity to marvel and chat about their shotmaking, their insane levels of super-human mental toughness and all the other qualities that go to make up a tennis champion most people get it wrong when asked to name the number 1 thing these guys do every single point!
The reason why you and nobody else seems to get it straight away is because it is so ……easy!!!
Apart from being ridiculously easy, it is also No1 on the list of what we call technical fundementals that govern good tennis playing and note I am not saying that every player must play a particular way or the same way, BUT every good player can/must have these fundementals in their shot production.
The good news is that SO CAN YOU!!
You can start working on it (and them) RIGHT AWAY and improve these 5 fundamentals and improve your stroke play and your tennis game dramatically.
Who knows, you may start winning more tennis matches as a result 
You only need to work on them 1 at a time before moving on to the next and you will really see a difference.
So what is this ultra simple, all important first fundamental of good tennis technique that underpins the rest and is vital for great tennis?
The first of the 5 is………….wait for it……………WATCH THE TENNIS BALL!!
There, I told you it was easy.
Watching the tennis ball (not just looking at it – there IS a difference) allows you to most importantly judge the flight of the oncoming tennis ball.
It should go without too much further explaination that without doing this you will struggle to know where the ball is going to be, never mind trying to make a good contact.
It’s part of what we call your reception skills and Without this in place, the other 4 just won’t happen.
So, how do you do it?
How do you make a start?
Well the main things to work on are -
1. Keeping your head forward (and therefore your bodyweight)
2. Keeping your eyes level (not tilting your head to the side)
3. Keeping your shoulders level (not tilting your shoulders)
4. Starting with and keeping a balanced body position (try to incorporate balance type exercises into your training schedule to help you with this).
Basically if you can keep your head still and your shoulders level, it becomes much much easier to anticipate all of the oncoming shots as well as judge the balls flight.
Doing this on every shot you play and not just the first shot of the rally really needs to become a habit you get into.
Again, depending on your playing level and experience as well as how quickly you feel at ease with each element, you can decide to look at one element at a time or maybe tackle several of them.
The choice is yours (and you are free to change).
so, just like I said at the beginning of this piece – if you want to have a big impact on your strokes and indeed your tennis game as a whole, it is very very simple – start watching that ball.
START WATCHING THE TENNIS BALL TODAY!
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