The shot cycle is important to understand …
READY POSITION
A player must be metanlly ready and foucsed on their game . They also need to be in athletic stance to help
PREPARATION (move to the ball and take the racket back)
- Track/read the ball charecteristics and work out where their oppoent is on the court which will affect the players decision (perception)
- Then a player must react by making a decision
- The key then is to move to the ball and prepare a backswing
- All shots actually use the kinetic chain starting from the ground up i.e. dip the legs and preload with a coil of the upper torso
EXECUTION
- After the backswing of course comes the forward swing which accelerates to the ball (decelarte from a drop shot)
- the impact point needs to be the correct disatnce from body to ball
- The contact should be infront, correct height, disatnce away from the body
- Tha angle of the racket essential
- For power the racket is at full spped on contact point
FOLLOW THROUGH
- The line of the swing directs the ball either high / low, left/right and can affect the spin of the ball
- The length will affect the power and speed i.e. long swing for length
- Acceleration of the racket through the contact point is required for fast racket head speed
- Decelearation occurs at the end of the swing
RECOVERY
- After the shot a player needs to be balanced to move back to the middle
- Eyes on the ball and the opponent ready to anticiapte their next shot
- Reduce the options of attack and reducing their space to hit the ball
