Novice

Expert

(Posterior View)

(Anterior/Lateral View)

Phase 1

• Making sure your center of gravity is equal have your knees bent and your left leg slightly in front of your right leg.
• Hold the racket in your dominate hand to where you feel most comfortable(hold it like your shaking someone's hand)
• Make sure your Phalanges are holding the racket at the bottom of the handle
• Have your knees bent
• Standing on the balls on your feet
• The racket away from the body in the Posterior view

Phase 2

• When tennis ball is at waist height (Pelvic Girdle)
• With your knees still bent
• Having your forearm in the pronation rotation
• Standing on the balls of your feet
• Have the racket close to the ground in a diagonal motion, in the diagonal plane

(Posterior View)

(Anterior View)

Phase 3

• As a Free body Diagram, when hitting the tennis ball in a diagonal motion,
• Your on the balls of your feet
• Your left knee twisting in a lateral rotation
• Your right knee twisting in a medial rotation
• Keep your arms locked in a bent position (L position)
•  While twisting your back in transverse plane
• Your arm (the one holding the racket) with stay bent in the L position, but your arm will be tight in that position and will also stay in the same motion which will consist of your shoulder in a horizontal adduction when your back is twisting in the transverse plane. (it's all one motion)
• While twisting, is the same time you will hit the tennis ball with force.

(Posterior View)

(Anterior View)

Phase 4

• In the Longitudinal Axis
• Finish with a follow thru in the transverse plane that causes your arm to finish high. across the chest
• While knees still bent
• On the balls of you feet ( like defensive stance in basketball) or (squats)
• Be prepared for the ball to be returned.