These fundamental tennis movement tips are especially important for adult recreational tennis players since they simplify the complex footwork into just a few easy to follow tips. www.feeltennis.net/movement-t...
The first movement tip is about your posture and height as you move around the court. The rule of the thumb is that you should be around 10 cm / 4 inches lower than your usual upright height.
Players are too often moving around the court being too upright which makes it difficult to accelerate and control your balance.
The second footwork tip is looking to move into the ball in an "L" shape of movement.
That means that you first want to get really well behind the ball so that you can now transfer weight forward into the ball.
If you don't visualise moving in L shape then you will end up many times in closed stance and not being able to rotate your hips into the ball.
The third movement tips is called "moving down the slope". Tennis players tend to move around the court in a horizontal line and as they get to the ball they don't have time to load the legs.
But if you move from the beginning with the idea of moving "down the slope", then when you arrive to the ball you will already have legs loaded and you can rise into the ball.
0:00 Lower Yourself By 4 Inches
2:31 Move In The L Shape
6:14 Moving Down The Slope
11:01 Always Keep Moving