Tennis

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Players should commit more time to practicing serve and return, especially returns which is the most important part of tennis. Doing more match play and drills that focus on serving and returning will help players become great at their serve and return games.
 
Transcript: "Considering that serve and return are probably the two most important aspects of tennis at the highest level. I would say that they're way, way way under practiced, and that players should commit more time to using those within their practice. I mean, if you go back to one of the questions I had previously was about how much time should players commit to drilling or match play. If you're doing a Of match play. Then you're obviously getting a lot of serving and returning. So that's a good thing to consider is increasing and adding the amount of match play that you're doing overall within your training and that will increase, basic serving and returning, but just purely focused serving and returning players. Don't spend enough time on this and especially it's an obvious answer the return which to me is actually the most important aspect. Of the entire game of tennis. Most people like to say that serving is but at this point most players serve extremely well. And in my opinion, the thing that sets players apart at every level is the quality and the consistency of their return. So if you can commit more time to returning with, in your practices, I would say. That's a very important thing to do. Try and become a great returner. So Again, try and commit a little bit more time to it, especially to the, to the serve, but a lot more time if you can to returning try and become a great return."

I'm a big fan of live ball hitting because it is the best way to simulate match play and improve skills. It allows you to make adjustments on the fly and get a feel for the different types of shots you will face in a match. Drilling has its place, but live ball hitting should be the main focus for improvement.
 
Transcript: "Hey thanks for the question. I am a much bigger fan of live ball hitting. I'm a big believer in the fact that you improve your skills. The most and you become a better player through live ball. Hitting it really simulates. What you're going to do with in match play and that's not to say that there isn't a time and place for feeding because there certainly is especially when you're working on specific technique, if you're changing your mechanics, if you're working on footwork, if you're working on a grip change, And even maybe a tactical skill, some patterns of play, it's important to to use Drilling in relationship to developing those things. But then you take those skills and you apply them during your live ball hitting, and I think the live ball hitting is where you really, really really see how you can apply those things and what you need to do and the adjustments that you have to make tennis is such an interesting sport because the Ball is always in a different place and although it is a repetition Sport and you're trying to develop Rhythm and reproduce your stroke mechanics on a regular basis. Every ball is slightly different and you only get that feeling during live ball hitting, so for me live ball hitting is the way to go. I would say probably 75% to 25% again unless you're in a phase where you're really really developing a specific skill. Alright, hope that works for you. Good luck."

The forehand volley requires a compact swing, an eastern forehand grip, an open racket face, backspin on the ball, shoulders to take the racket back, and a punch with the racket head ending on the same side of the body it started on. Look for videos of prominent players such as Stefan Edberg, Pete Sampras, and Boris Becker for guidance.
 
Transcript: "Hey, I think there's a number of key elements to the forehand volley or volleys and general a couple things. First of all, it's a very compact swing. So when you taking the racket back the backswing should not go past your hip pocket on either side. Another very important factor that I think is overlooked, especially nowadays is the grip. Most people think they're holding and Continental grip when in reality They're much closer to an Eastern forehand grip and that leads to a much more closed racket face especially on the lower volleys. That Continental grip allows you to have the open racket face when you make your turn and you want the racket face to be open. So that the bottom edge of the racket is leading through the swing, the Vale on both sides but we're talking about the forehand volley is a slightly high to low. Low swing rather than a low to high swing and you should be imparting a little bit of backspin on the ball, so you can look for those keys. Make sure you're trying to get a little bit of backspin on the ball. You're generally trying to absorb Pace when you're hitting a volley and that's one of the reasons that you want to have that racket face. Open a little bit, make a compact turn. Use your shoulders to take the racket back, a little bit more without really using your hand or your arm to do such. And then a very Compact punch with the racket head finishing on the same side of your body that it started on not across your body. Hopefully, those things help. You can also try and find some video of, some of the best volunteers. I would go back farther in time. And look for guys, like Stefan, edberg, Pete, Sampras Boris Becker and use those guys as a guide for how you want to create your volley in your game. Good luck."

I recommend The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff, Thinking Body Dancing Mind, and In the Pursuit of Excellence by Dr. Jim Loehr, A Handful of Summers by Gordon Forbes, and A Terrible Splendor by John Fisher as great books to read to gain insight into tennis.
 
Transcript: "Great question, and an easy one for me to answer, actually, the first two books. I always recommend to guys are a book called The Dow of poo, which is spelled ta 0, but pronounced Dow is written by Benjamin Hoff. It's actually not a book about tenants about the philosophy of taoism, but if you read it with a tennis players mind, you can see how it applies perfectly to what you do in tennis. I've recommended it to many many guys in tennis. Including back in the day, Pat rafter, who to this day, still talks about what a great book. It was secondly, and it leads in perfectly to a book called thinking body dancing mind, which is also a sports psychology book written about and from the basis of taoism. So that's another one that I love. There's another called in the pursuit of Excellence. Great book written by a guy named Terry orlick. I also recommend just about anything. Written by dr. Jim Lehrer kind of the the first guy to really get involved in sports psychology in tennis and then if you want to go the other direction and some books that aren't necessarily about the psychology of tennis or how to perform better two of my favorite books. Just on tennis are a book called a handful of Summer's by Gordon Forbes. Gordon was a South African guy who played on the tour back in the 50s and 60s and Basically wrote about all those experiences traveling all over the world when he was 18, 19, 20 years old. And it's an amazing book. And then the book that I came across recently in red and really loved is a book, called a terrible Splendor by John Fisher, which is about one of the greatest matches. In the history of tenants that was played in 1937 Davis Cup. Tie between Don budge and Gottfried Von kramm of Germany. Read all those out. Keep you busy for a while. You can come back and ask me again later after that. All right. Enjoy."

Carbohydrates are the body's preferred source of energy because they get into the bloodstream quickly and are easy to digest, making them ideal for providing quick energy before exercise.
 
Transcript: "Why are carbohydrates the body's preferred source of energy? Well, it's because it gets into the bloodstream most quickly. So when you eat carbohydrates, complex carbohydrates or even simple carbohydrates, which we consider to be more like the sugars, they are broken down into your system. They get into your bloodstream and then that gets into your cells, your tissues, your organs, all the places where it needs to go. So especially right before exercise, you want quick energy. So we're talking two minutes, 30 minutes, an hour before exercise, you want to try to give your body a little bit of energy, especially if it's first thing in the morning and you haven't had breakfast yet. You want to have a little bit of energy coming in before that workout. And carbohydrates are also easy to digest so that they're not going to really give you a lot of GI upset like a high fat food might or even protein. It takes a little bit longer to digest, slower digesting. So carbohydrates are going to be really the best way to get energy most quickly."