I have a question regarding feel in tennis. I have played various sports and have spent most of my junior years playing golf.
I know its probably difficult to compare the two sports but I was wondering at contact should the feel be the same.
I know when a golf ball is hit properly the feel is always light almost as if you are hitting air and it always feels like you can hit the ball further because it felt so effortless.
Should hitting a tennis ball feel the same way in that at contact the ball should feel light on the racquet?
Right now my contact does not feel right in that it is not the same feel as with the hitting a golf ball.
I am thinking that maybe the contact does not feel the same because its easier to create leverage using the golf club where in tennis the racquet is shorter and you are trying to hold and let the ball sink into the strings and use the rebound effect to create power.
Plus I know my mechanics in tennis are not that good. But since I am starting out in the sport I was just wondering what type of feel I should be striving for.
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