Do you dread the net?
Here’s how to move like a natural and be an asset to your double partner (instead of a hindrance)!
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Great clear explanation of a simple concept in mamageable pieces. Now to thecourt to try it out.
Thanks all. Keep up the great work putting the game we love into fundamental pieces and habit-aids.
…. just SUPER!!!!!
Thank you, Paul. Means alot.
that was great…timing,movement….stop the wandering…!
May I know what is the reason for moving backward? Giving more angle to our partner?
Ira, you explained that so well! I've been working to become a more aggressive net player but find myself out of position frequently. I think this will help! Thanks again! Lynn
Ian, I see you are hitting with a Wilson Classic 6.1 95. How do you like it and what made you pick up that racquet? I have had one for around 20 years.
This vid to me is half way there. What about when during this x-court rally to poach in and put the ball away?
Great video Ira. Reinforces what we covered in Costa Rica as far as the movement following the ball but adding the bounce / hit and rhythm is helpful.
Great instructional video, the demonstration of the bounce-hit concept was very helpful in understanding the importance of timing when playing the net at doubles.
Very interesting. I never thought about connecting to the rhythm of the point using verbal cues that way. I play a lot of dubs and one of my (many) weaknesses is timing the pinching of the net and I think this will help me a lot. Thanks, Ira!
Great instruction! This is the first time I have seen anything demonstrating how to effectively move back and forth with the ball and how to fit the split step into that process.
Glad you enjoyed it, Terry.
I think this is going to be really helpful, Ira. I sometimes have trouble with my split step timing, in spite of Ian’s excellent split step series, and I’m sometimes guilty of zoning out during doubles rallies. Integrating the old bounce-hit timing drill may help with both of those problems. The timing could be more complicated than you demonstrate, depending upon pace and shot selection, but being engaged in an athletic position sure beats ‘not thinking’ and being static, even if the split occurs early.
Thanks for the lesson folks.
The key is making it an unconscious habit, Brent!
Thanks! Great video. Question: why do you move backwards? Might that cause you to get caught hitting the volley without forward momentum?
Not if you move forward again as Ira demonstrated. "Follow the ball"!
Excellent concept to help develop a subconscious rhythm! thanks.
Many thanks for sharing your experience!
An excellent lesson. I am reading a fascinating book, "Deep Survival" about why people survive life or death situations. What it comes down to is that the default human state is not thinking, we rely on habit rather than thinking in almost every situation. This is especially true in life and death situations which is how we tend to treat tennis. I have just started the book, but I think you could think of rhythm as a method of changing your habit to insure that when the pressure is on we do not freeze but instead carry on as per usual. At any rate, I am going to follow the ball with my feet. In a way, at the baseline we follow the future ball with our feet.
Fascinating tie-in, Don. Thanks for sharing!
Very good lesson I have always use the Bounce hit method myself
Glad you enjoyed it, Richard.