The eighth chapter of "Absolute Tennis" is about "backhand", and the author Smith uses 5 subsections to introduce the characteristics of single and double reverses, the position of the backhand, the five steps of the double reaction, the five steps of the single backhand, and the backhand cutting. Today's reading notes will move on to the sixth section of Chapter 8, which introduces three practice methods for improving backhand ability, which is also the last section of this chapter.
Careful readers will find that Smith's writing style is basically the same in each chapter, and after introducing each technique, he will provide several special practice methods at the end, which are very characteristic and highly targeted.
For how to improve the ability to backhand, Smith provides the following three practice methods, which I will introduce as follows.
First, the forehand backslash line is straight against the backhand
You feed your opponent a backhand ball at the bottom line, let him play sideways in the forehand backslash, and you have to go back to a backhand straight. The subsequent batting lines are not limited, and the first 11 points win.
After a round, you swap roles with each other.
Second, multi-turn practice
You feed your opponent a ball from the bottom line, the two sides start playing, and you start counting the number of nets, and when that point is over, the player who wins that point gets the total number of nets. For example, in this point process, the tennis ball has passed the net 20 times, that is, the two sides have played a total of 20 beats, and the player who wins this point will receive 20 points.
In order to encourage both sides to use backhand shots more, if you make a mistake after the backhand returns the ball, you will score 5 more points. For example, if you play a total of 20 beats, and you hit the last shot with your backhand, and the other person makes a mistake in returning the ball, then you will get 25 points.
Depending on the skill level of both sides, you can set a target score for each round, such as 50, 75 or 100 points, and the person who gets the target score first wins.
The purpose of this exercise is to improve the stability of the shot, because the more rounds there are, the greater the stakes, so the more the two sides will avoid mistakes at the end. In addition, the rules add extra weight to backhand shots, encouraging both sides to use backhand shots more.
3. Stipulate the landing point area
You only use half the field, you first feed a straight ball from the bottom line of the occupying area to the opponent's flat division, the opponent can only use the backhand to return the ball to the side of the occupying area on your side, and then you can only use the backhand to return the ball to the opponent's flat side.
If the opponent returns the ball to the other half of the field, you can choose to terminate the fight for this point and directly score 1 point; you can also continue the game without terminating the fight for this point, if you finally win the ball, you will get 2 points, if you lose the goal, neither side will score.
The one who scored a full 15 points first won the round.
This is all about Chapter 8 of Absolute Tennis. Starting with the next reading note, we'll move on to Chapter 9, which introduces putting small balls and picking high balls.
Stay tuned. (Source: Tennis House Author: Yun Cirrus Yunshu)