These are the pages a player looks things up in. They are written so a 12-year-old can read them alone, and they hold whether or not you ever buy anything.
What each serve is trying to do to youFlat, slice and kick — what each serve is actually for, and what it does to the returner.What a tennis return is actually forThree jobs on every return, in order. Most juniors have never been told what they are.What a rally is actually forThe five balls in a rally and what each one is doing. Not every ball is trying to win the point.How to hit a defensive ball in tennisHigh, deep and down the middle — why the answer keeps being the same when you are in trouble.Where to recover to after you hitHit, stop, recover. Where to move back to, and why it is not always the middle.How to hit a tennis ball under pressureWhat changes about the stroke itself when you are stretched, late or moving backwards.The split step, and when to do itEvery return starts before the serve does. When to move, when to land, and why timing beats speed.You are playing a person, not a ballThe other side of the net is a person who gets tired, frustrated and predictable. Read them.Which points actually decide a tennis matchNot every point is worth the same. Take your risks on the spare ones, not the critical ones.
And then the part that isn’t free.
Knowing what a slice serve does is the easy half. The hard half is recognising, mid-match, that it is happening to you — and deciding what to do about it.
That is what the 538 cards are for. Ten of them are free, with the full answer key on every one.
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