Will Hamilton: Once you completed your first step movement and your body is now sideways, you need to move to the tennis ball. If the ball is fall away from you, the way you move is relatively simple, you just run to the tennis ball, it's not really anymore complicated in that. If the ball is hit pretty much to you, you don't really need to move and if that's case then you're going to skip this first part. What you need to do having taken your first step and gotten your body sideways is get yourself in the general lisenidy of the tennis ball. You want to do it as fast as possible; again the way that happens is by simply running to the tennis ball. Let's take a closer look at how I adjust my feet; I take those adjusting steps as I get in the various stances.
First, we've got the open stance and as I move out, I take those adjusting steps now I'm in the open stance. With the neutral stance, it's a same thing, I move out, take those small steps, and now I'm in the neutral stance. Finally, on the backhand side, we'll use a close stance in this case, I move out, take those adjusting steps, and now I've got a close stance. So, again those adjusting steps will me that consistent point of contact regardless of what stance I'm using.
Finally, let's take one more look at how moving to the tennis relates to the first step. First, we're going to look at a shot of my forehand and I don't have to move a little bit, so I've taken my first step. From here, I immediately go into my adjusting steps because the ball has come right to me, I don't have to run to the tennis ball. Again, I just get my body in position to have the right contact. Now let's go to a ball where I do have to run, having hit the first step movement, I run to the tennis ball or when I get close again I take those adjusting steps, so I can precise.
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