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Step 1: Find your best practice position For experienced players, the best position is

usually within a zone one metre behind the baseline to half a metre in front, and towards the right of the court.

Beginners will find it easier to start somewhere near the middle of the court. You can move your practice position backwards as your game improves.

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Step 2: Adopt your position When serving, you start each game behind the

baseline, to the right of the centre mark.

Have your front foot at an angle but have your back foot running approximately parallel to the baseline.

This will, quite naturally, place you sideways on to the court.

Your aim is to put the tennis ball into the service box diagonally opposite.

If you're new to the game just aim for the middle of the box. BACK

Step 3: Prepare your grip

The correct grip for the serve is the chopper grip, named this way because it's how you'd hold an axe for chopping.

Just hold your tennis racket as if it were an axe. The V of your thumb and forefinger should be just to the left of the top of the grip.

Step 4: Your swing

Release the racket from your non-hitting hand and smoothly swing it towards the ball. At the same time bring your weight onto your front foot.

Keep side-on to the ball as you make contact in front of your body.

Step 5: Follow through Follow through with your tennis racket, keeping your elbow straight

with your racket facing skywards. 

Remain balanced for a second or two after the ball has gone and then allow your momentum to take you into the ready position.

And that's all there is to it! A single-handed backhand that's not only a useful defensive tool, but a powerful weapon for attack.BACK

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Two handed backhandOne example of tennis backhand technique is the two handed backhand tennis stroke. This tennis stroke is popularly used by many players from beginners to professionals. It is one of the tennis strokes that are used by many tennis players as their winning weapon in tennis matches they play.

Grip Players use different types of tennis grips when

they execute the tennis backhand technique. If you are a right handed player, the most common grip to use in the two handed backhand are the Eastern forehand grip for your left hand (if you are right handed), while the continental grip is used for the right hand. BACK

BackswingIn two handed backhand technique, professional players use either the compact backswing or a loop backswing. From the initial split step position, you have to bring the racket back, and then turn sideways and be prepared to step forward with your left foot.

Down SwingAfter the height of the backswing, it’s critical to bring the racket down at about 1 foot below the ball. This movement causes the racket face to brush off the ball producing topspin. You body weight at this stage should be transferring to your front leg.

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1. How reliable is my first serve?

A big first serve that rarely goes in is not much of a weapon. To make your first serve more accurate divide the service square into three equal sized areas from the service line to the net. Now serve wide to the forehand side, then the middle, then serve down the center line. 

Serve successfully into each area before going on to the next. Initially give yourself two serves per area and then only one serve. Once you can complete a series of two consecutive successes to each area, you have reached your goal.

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2. How much pace do I generate?

If your serve lands in the service court, but the ball does not carry to the back fence, you need to increase your racket head speed. One trick is to bounce the ball hard into the ground with your racket and see how high it ricochets into the air. Pronate your forearm as fast as you can, and if the ball stays in the air for three seconds before it hits the ground, your racket head speed is acceptable. 

3. How effective is my kick serve?

Test to see whether your kick serve can hit close to the singles side line on the ad side and then rebound outside of the doubles side line. If the ball does not carry that far, have your racket brush upwards and sideways past the right upper quarter of the ball. This will give it more of a wide kick. BACK

4. How effective is my slice serve?If your serve does not carry wide of the doubles side line on the deuce side after hitting the singles side line, you are not getting enough side spin. Hit the ball at the 3 o'clock mark and then pronate your forearm sharply through the hit. Now you should be able to move your opponent way off the court.

5. How effective is the depth consistency of my serve?If your serve varies greatly in depth, it is most likely that your toss is not reliable enough for consistency. Try to lift the ball up into the air with almost no rotation. You may also want to experiment with the abbreviated backswing technique, made popular by Patrick Rafter. 

This abbreviated backswing technique simplifies the racket preparation and ball toss because the hands stay close together at the beginning of the serve and then lift simultaneously. The only drawback of the serve is when you don't rotate your right shoulder at the end of the racket preparation; you put stress on your rotator cuff. BACK

6. How effective am I at hiding the direction of my serve?If your opponents seem to read your serve like a book, you are likely giving away your intended direction by your toss. A good way to solve this problem is to use a semicircular toss. Now your opponent has almost no clue whether you are going to hit a flat, slice or topspin serve.

7. How does my serve hold up under pressure situations?

Many players serve well until the score becomes critical and then they fall apart. They get so jittery that their usual reliable serve loses all directional control. To overcome this from happening to you, clear you mind. Stop thinking of the point, but focus all the attention only on centering the desired serve. 

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