Hey everyone, Simon here with Top Tennis Training and in this video, I want to show you
five different methods that you can use to improve your tennis at home. Now the
date is March 20th, 2020 and currently we have Spain, Italy, France and now
California in lockdown residents have been told not to leave their homes
except for emergencies and for the essential items like food and medicine
etc now gyms are closed tennis clubs are closed and people are being taught to
self isolate hopefully this will stop the spread of the virus but for the
tennis players out there how do we stay in shape and even improve our game at
home so this video is all about those five methods that you can maintain your
game and even improve it so the first one is improving your physical shape now
it doesn't require you go into the gym you don't have to go outside to go for
long runs you don't even need any equipment you can do entire workouts in
the comfort of your own home with just your body weight so in the last couple
of days we've been filming these bodyweight workouts that you can do with
no equipment no bounds and no footwork ladders nothing all you need is your
body and your will to work hard so I'll leave the link to those workouts below
this video all you have to do is click on those links and you'll see the entire
workout series we have 20 currently we're going to add a few more now mixed
in with the bodyweight exercises simple things such as different
variations of press ups etc we added footwork drills that you can do on the
spot so 10 is specific forward drills that require very little space you're
doing them on the spot but it will make you faster it'll make you lighter and
hopefully it will help you when you get back out on the tennis court method
number two is shallow swings this requires a little bit more space you
don't want to be smashing your house to pieces while swinging your tennis racket
now if the ceilings are a bit too low you can even do these on your knees it
doesn't require a massive amount of space you can modify it now the first
one is simply swinging your tennis racket like you would for your normal
forehand backhand slices even served you're doing it outdoors if you've got a
garden or if you've got a pot where you're allowed to go now the first
method you can do it with simply one tennis racket this will be the easiest
method and it might be the best way to begin all you're doing is shadowing
those four hands of those back ends and when you're doing this try to do it with
real quality don't just do it like I'm going through the motion but imagine
you're in a rainy situation imagine you're in a match situation the exact
technique that you want to have and in fact this is a great way for you to
improve your technique while you're not hitting those balls you can really focus
in on each segment of the stroke and reading master that so when you do go
back out on the court hopefully your technique will be a lot cleaner and
you'll get rid of those little glitches in your motions now if you have access
to a mirror that you can do this in front of that would be even better
because it's instant feedback you've seen yourself in front of that mirror
straight away you're seeing exactly what's happening with each stroke so to
begin we're going to go for 2420 backhands twenty slice backhands and
twenty-four hand and twenty backhand volley so we're going to go for twenty
on each stroke and now we'll be one set we're going to go for two sets of that
just to begin method number two can now be done with two racquets now this is a
little bit harder you'll have to modify the way you're holding the rackets in
order for you to actually be able to hold them and swing with some speed so
once again we're going for ten for hands ten backhands pen slice backhand and
forehand bodies and ten background bodies all the time you're doing a small
split step you're imagining you're in that rally position and you're really
intense with that swing early preparation and still creating that
racket hips be an effing number three for these shadow swings is doing it off
one leg now this will help you to improve your balance and this will make
you more aware of what's going on your body when you're actually preparing for
your forehand and your background so we're going to go for 10 for hand off
the right leg 400 of the left leg and do that for
every single stroke and Method number 3 is improving your
tennis knowledge now many of us because we're constantly playing we don't
actually study the game we don't take the time to just simply watch a match
and analyze what's happening point by point or we don't study a stroke we
don't look at feather as forehand and break it down in massive detail now when
I was growing up I didn't have the money to pay for a coach so a lot of my
learning was done by watching the pros watching furtherer watching Sampras
watching Agassi even Issa vich all of these players that I grew up watching
I'd studied their emotions in slow motion had find the match flips where
they show the slow motion of my best slow motion back end of Agassi and I'd
watched that clip over and over again and then go out and work on it the next
day and see the feedback that I get this is a great way for you to improve your
tennis knowledge and understanding of the game now you can do this by watching
matches of the pros you can do this watching matches of yourself if you've
recorded yourself playing matches in the past now you can watch our videos online
that's also a great way for you to increase your tennis knowledge good if
you're working on your forehand currently go and watch our forehand
playlist and you'll see that the most popular lessons from the forehand if
you're working on your tactics trying to get more better understanding of
strategy and the game plans go and watch our tactics playlist now you can also
increase your knowledge by reading tennis books what if my personal
favorites was Brad Gilbert's winning ugly when I was growing up so there's
many ways for you to increase your tennis knowledge even without being out
in the tennis court and practicing the fourth way that you can improve your
tennis is using basic coordination drills now this could be as simple as
simply tapping up the ball on your racket I'll show you three drills that
you can do on your own that require very little space so the first rule is you
have a ball in each hand and you simply bouncing the ball on the spot trying to
catch both balls at roughly the same time you can change the height that
you're starting at a little bit higher so you're starting
around waist level and then do a few just from knee level and they will help
you to really feel that coordination between your right hand your left hand
and not tracking the ball not tracking one specific ball you're trying to keep
your eyes in between the middle of both balls and now we'll help you to be able
to catch both at the same time the second drill is now you have a tennis
racket in one hand so let's start with your right hand if you're a right-handed
player you're bouncing the ball up in here with your right hand and you're
dribbling the ball with your left hand on the spot so your left hand is
bouncing the ball and your right hand is hitting the ball off the strings go for
20 of those in a row so 20 all taps and 20 catch you with the left hand and then
swap over and do your non-dominant hand as well the third rule is now you're
standing in front of a wall and you're gonna try to catch both balls at the
same time so the Frank releasing both balls at the same time and I'm trying to
catch them you can start off with a bounce and then progress to no bounce
and method number 5 for improving your tennis at home is using visualization
now this is very much like meditation but instead of focusing on your
breathing for instance you're thinking about playing a match or hitting a
particular stroke so the best way is to close your eyes and imagine you're in
that match situation imagine how you're starting the match imagine how you're
building points so really feel exactly what it feels like when you're out on
the tennis court playing a match let those same emotions come into you so
you've got that fear you've got that nervousness you've got that tightness
but you've also got that excitement and you're imagining how you're building
those points so to begin all you're going to do is imagine the first two
games of a match and this could be against a particular opponent Eve played
in the past or someone that you're likely to face in the near future and
the last two games so you're winning four games the first
two games and the last two games point by point you're imagining how you
setting up the point let's say you're hitting your server wide they've
returned it into the middle of the court and you're hitting a forehand into the
weakness and approaching the net to finish off with the body so play each
shot as if you're really in that match so all you're doing is imagining those
first two games point by point let yourself imagine even picking up the
balls how you're feeling before the point when you're walking towards your
towel to wipe off your sweat all of these emotions let them come into you
and then the last two games as well and allow yourself to have those same
emotions as if you're winning a real match when you want a real match
especially a close one or a big final whatever it is you're feeling that
excitement that happiness that joy that satisfaction that you've conquered the
opponent is one determine etc so a quick recap we have number one which is home
workouts that will improve your tennis that will improve your fitness and
you'll need no equipment for these number two shadow swings number three
increasing your tennis knowledge number four more the nation drills and number
five using visualization improving your mind if you have the ability to get a
ball machine or a tennis wall this is also a great way to improve your game
you can go out on the court practice serves do your footwork drills on the
tennis court if you still have access to a tennis court you can also practice
against the wall if you have enough space and a ball machine would be the
perfect practice partner in times like this now if you want more tips on how to
workout on a practice wall or if you want drills you can do on the ball
machine I'll leave a link to two of our other videos below this one you can go
check out the wall video and the ball machines video now if you've enjoyed
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leave a link for the home workouts below this video so signing off Simon from TTT
all the best and see you soon stay safe guys