Troubleshooting Tennis Shots: Ball Goes too High or Low

Series Summary

Since ancient times, people have been playing tennis as recreation and sport. The term “lawn tennis” was coined in 1874 by Major Walter Clopton Wingfield and the game was devised from royal tennis which was played in 12th century France. The game has many rules and has been played different ways over the centuries. Tennis games consist of one to five sets, the winner has to meet a certain requirement (ex. one set or three out of five). Most matches consist of three sets, the winner being the player who wins two out of three sets. To win a set, the player has to win the majority of games within the set, ending with six. Each game is made up of points. The winner of the game has to win at least four points and has to have at least two points difference between their score and the other player’s score. Learn the basics of tennis from our expert in these instructional videos. Find out how to hit the ball using different strokes such as forehand, backhand, and volley. Our expert also demonstrate how to hit slices and topspins on both the forehand and backhand sides. Are your shots going long or going straight into the net. Elisabet will also help you to troubleshoot your problem shots.

Video Transcript

"Now we're going to be talking about some problems that we can face while we're playing tennis, and how to correct them. A very common problem is that the ball goes way out. It might go to the fence. It might go outside the lines, and basically this happens, because we're really starting down, and we're aiming the ball. The racquet is looking up, and then the ball is going really high over the net, all the way to the fence. To correct that, something that really helps, is to try to keep your racquet when you contact the ball, looking forward. Make sure that you don't tilt your racket too much up. Your body is going to go up. Same thing, if you tilt your racket down, the ball is going to go down to the net. A reference is to keep your wrists really strong when you contact the ball, and keep the frame of the racket kind of straight, looking forward, and just swing as your shot is going forward, and this is one of the problems you might have, and how to correct it."