Firstly, congratulations for putting together first-rate tennis instruction and advise. I coach and have been doing this for over 20 years working with beginners and advanced juniors alike, even hitting with touring pros. My concern is that there is so much misinformation about technique out there that it is frightening.

One of the fundamental problems I see and read about is the problem we mortal players all have is controlling muscles and joints and learning how to harness elastic energy (stretch-shortening cycle) to transfer into our shots. Any teaching suggestions would be appreciated as this is the only way to develop to higher levels of play and enjoy the game more and avoid injury. Complicating this is the understanding of grips and how they interact with technique and thus tactics. Perhaps some suggestions of the semi-western FH could be a good place to start.

Feel free to email me at this address directly and we can compare ideas.

regards,

poida

The reason why tennis player bounce balls before the serve is to concentrate. It’s up to the player (as you noticed) how many times he / she wants to bounce.

Some players need more time, some less.

There are no rules. Experiment for yourself with 3 bounces and see whether you actually need them, is that ok or do you need more.

This article about the ritual might also be interesting to your question:

http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/06/01/why-tennis-players-take-3-balls-from-ball-boys-when-they-serve/

The reason I ask is because Djokovic bounced differently times . Bertoli bounced no time and most others the same time before they serve.

Is there any good standard at all?

Thank you for your kind attention.

Chieko