Tennis professionals will argue the path to designing and developing a great player till the world looks level. This pro for one thinks there are many ways to develop a top notch tennis player. I feel that it is more important to focus on what the player does with his/her practice time more than what mechanic works better than another. Players from around the world all have different styles of tennis, but they all have one thing in common. They practice with a focused goal in mind everytime they are on the court.
For example, when we go to school or to our jobs we have specific things that need to get done everyday and we only have a certain amount of time to complete these goals. For the tournament bound player, practice should be taken exactly the same way. A player should enter a practice session, lesson, drill or match with specific goals in mind and spend the time that he/she has on the court with a purpose. If your goal is to practice a certain aspect of your forehand, then you should be attempting to run arround backhands and hit as many forehands as possible. If accuracy is your goal, then you should take hitting winners out of your shot selection and practice strickly hitting to the target. I am sure you catch my drift. The problem with most players is that they lose sight of what they are trying to improve on and only focus on hitting the ball over the net and in the court. That is what this pro calls "Caveman Tennis".
Next time you are on the practice court, have a specific goal for the period of time that you are one the court. Players with discipline and focus on their goals are the first to advance to next level. Those that waste their time with "Caveman Tennis" slowly become extinct.
Good luck out there on the court! May your wins be many and your double faults be few!
Be sure to check out what is going on with tennis in Fredericksburg at Barons Creek Club.
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