How can I make sure my tennis game stays intact while on vacation?
Saturday, August 14th, 2010 at
8:05 pm
I’ll be going on vacation soon, and I know for a fact that while on vacation I most certainly will not be having time to find a court and play some tennis. I genuinely care about keeping my tennis game intact though – from past experiences, vacation can do horrible things to my tennis game… What can I do this time during vacation, without a court or racket, to ensure that my tennis game will stay, for the most part, untouched from a weeklong off-the-courts vacation?
Tagged with: experiences • having time • tennis game • weeklong
Filed under: Tennis
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Visualization. Spend a couple minutes each day playing out points in your head. Really focus on the feeling of hitting the ball via your mind. Also do some exercise. Keep your reflexes sharp.
if you have been playing tennis for a long time then it should just be natural and routine. when you get back practice some. i know what you mean cause i have this same problem.
I feel your pain lol. i have been playing for nine years and when i take a week vaca my strokes start to fall apart. But if you keep doing your tennis exercises at the gym (like ladders and running, and if you do strength training i would do that to), you should at least keep your speed and your foot work, but more than likely your timing won’t be right when you come back to the court, but as soon as you can play tennis once you get back from your vaca, do it. Then you are going to have to play just about every day for a week (if possible, if not play at least 4 or 5), then your game will get back to normal, and you can improve from there
I used to have the problem of using the right form when i was on vacation. To overcome the loss of best tennis game is you need to be very confident, worry free and focus when you play especially on the ball contacting the rackets. Hit the ball naturally.