Beginner’s Guide To Tennis

Beginner’s Guide To Tennis by Maxx Swan: Page Index 1 of 16

Introduction

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Tennis is at once an art and a science. Yet like all true art, it has its basis in scientific methods that must be learned and learned thoroughly for a foundation before the artistic structure of a great tennis game can be constructed.

Every player who hopes to attain a high degree of efficiency should have a clearly defined method of development and adhere to it. They should be certain that it is based on sound principles and, once assured of that, follow it, even though their progress seems slow and discouraging.

I began tennis wrong. My strokes were wrong and my viewpoint clouded. I had no early training. No one told me the importance of the fundamentals of the game, such as keeping the eye on the ball or correct body position and footwork. I was given a racquet and allowed to hit the ball.

Naturally, like all beginners, I acquired many very serious faults. I worried along with moderate success until I graduated from school, beating some fairly good players, but losing some matches to opponents below my class. The year following my graduation the new Captain of my Alma Mater's team asked me if I would aid him in developing the squad for next year. Well, "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread," so I said Yes.

At that point my tennis education began.