Here are my goals for this year. I intend to work on,
- Fitness
- Technique
- Timing
- Consistency
- Relaxation
Specifically with respect to #2 – Technique, these are my goals. Will share a year end update on what I accomplish. Check back in a year on this thread 🙂
- Make adjustments to technique to prevent re-occurrence of tennis elbow
- Make my forehand a weapon and build my game around it – specifically,
- ability to hit a heavy forehand
- take opponent wide out of the court and play end to end
- execute sharp angles.
- finish points with forehand
- Get more power and spin in double handed backhand
- ability to keep the return deep past the service line and not turnover upper hand to opponent
- ability to hit down the line winners
- feel as comfortable with backhand as I am with my forehand
- Get Consistency in First and Second Serve
- learn to avoid injuries due to serve especially wrist, elbow and shoulder. Use the arm rather than wrist.
- build my second serve first with spin, depth and consistency
- build first serve next to win free points with tough opponents
- get the pronation technique down to be able to serve like the pros
- Improve Return of Serve in following areas,
- split step
- how to tackle fast serves, wide serves, body serves and kick serves on both sides
- how to anticipate of opponent’s serve
- block return technique and ability to keep the return deep.
- Learn correct technique and get the foundations down for
- volley
- backhand slice
- drop shot
- lobs
- forehand slice