I like it

‘Ground control’ good, too.

I agree.

I’d have to see what you’re doing. To be honest your explanation doesn’t sound right. I don’t know how you’d hold pronation during the forward swing. Sign up for my analysis and I’ll sort you out.

Didn’t have you in mind but glad it resonated with you Timmy

Very well put. I think the barrier is we intuitively want to make small adjustments because we want to build on what we've got, and we know that making a large/exaggerated adjustment will quite possibly throw out your whole forehand/backhand/serve whatever it is you are doing, because tennis seems to me to be about timing, rhythm and co-ordination and each moving part does not happen in isolation but affects and is affected by the rest. I don't play matches so they are not an issue for me, but I know that my whole stroke could go out of the window for months or more if I start to make significant changes, and honestly as you get older you start thinking that you will simply run out of time.

I don’t think in this way. I focus on getting my players to make incremental adjustments. Lots of little adjustments can make a big change, without interfering with their ability to play their best tennis. I agree that if I encourage a drastic change the player has to be 100% behind it and must understand the potential consequences. But I rarely do this. Alternatively I treat technical changes as quick experiments where we may discover something.

@@TomAllsopp Yes, work with what they already have and use that as a platform. That's why I told students it's evolution not revolution. You can't make drastic changes overnight. You need to identify your current level and visualize what you want to achieve. And we have to be realistic regarding effort vs results. Even for simple things like footwork, we don't have to teach complicated tennis footwork. To me, as long as you are walking and moving during feed and live will do. There's no need to run for the ball. I've always instructed them, do not move from a scale of 0 [stationary] to 10 [run for the ball]. Start slow and comfy, tennis requires much less effort than you think it is.

Nah. Overrated.

@@TomAllsopp You cannot be serious Tom!😀

I’m serious. My leg strength is terrible. But I can execute technically sound strokes.

@@TomAllsopp Damn, Tom! Misunderstanding because I didn’t make it clear I suppose. I didn’t mean the importance of legs in the stroke. My point was purely about how important it is to move well to be in the right spot at the right time to hit the ball well.

@karadale5219 but my legs are weak and slow…