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If you go to a tennis club everyone there is usually looking out to find the newest great tennis tips. Usually it takes a lot of work to improve a tennis game but there are a few highly effective tennis tips that have been around for a long time and will stay around for much longer.

My Favourite Tennis Tips

1. Lift The Ball On Your Groundstrokes

Almost all recreational players hit way too many balls into the net. Players look down on their target because they can see through the net. Tennis would be much easier if the net was black and you could not see through! What happens for the majority of recreational players is that they do not get the racket down low enough and therefore cannot lift the ball up. For topspin groundstrokes you need to lift the ball up with a motion that goes from low to high. I see way too many players that move their racket on a straight swing plane towards the contact point and are surprised that most of their shots land in the net!

2. Hit The Ball Deep And Stay Away From The Sidelines

When it comes to tactices the best tennis tip I know is to try and hit the ball deep and stay away from the sidelines. If you can hit the ball deep and don’t miss much (which staying away from the sidelines will help you with) then you will beat a lot of players. I once did a clinic with Brad Gilbert for recreational players and he me that he believes that even at the professional level the majority of matches are won by the player that makes less unforced errors!

So a great approach is to focus on getting enough height over the net, which will result in good depth, and leaving yourself enough room from the sidelines. If you don’t believe me just turn on the TV and check out what professional tenins players are doing. You might be surprised and you will certainly be surprised when you start winning a lot more matches!

3. Hit And Move

Now this tennis tip seems very simple but it is also very effective. Many tennis players hit the ball and then stand still while watching what happens with their ball. This is another one of those very common mistakes. Therefore my advice is to remind yourself to: Hit And Move! This can be like a mantra in your head that you repeat over and over. I do that with my students quite often where I keep saying hit and move, hit and move until it becomes automatic. You will find that you are much better prepared for the coming shots!

4. Say Bounce-Hit

Certainly one of the all-time best tennis tips is to say bounce every time the ball bounces and hit every time you hit the ball. The result is usually that you get a great focus on the tennis court and get rid of some of the thoughts that might have been holding you back from perfoming well.

So those are my favourite tennis tips. If you are serious about improving your game then click on the following link to check out my tennis instruction website!

Florian Meier is a USPTA certified professional tennis coach who runs a tennis academy in Hamburg, Germany. To reach more people he also started the instructional website http://www.onlinetennisinstruction.com