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Power in Tennis For Not So Very Young People

Yes you read correctly. We can still have power to compete with young tennis players for not so very young people.


Yesterday, I played a very nice powerful doubles tennis game I am also somewhat shocked with. I was able to compete power versus power against a younger opponent and winning by a great margin, 14:3. (Our team won 14 games versus opponents 3 games) In our doubles matches, we usually play a continuous set until 8 games or more. 


So what did I adjusted in my game? 


One of my dilemma in tennis is that I have many kinds of stroke specially in forehand. I have tried around 5 ways of how to do the forehand. I was trying different strokes because my wrist is prone to injury and I am finding ways how can I find a perfect forehand that I can use in a tournament trying to balance power without experiencing wrist injury or pain. Our tennis tournaments we have here are usually short tournaments lasting around one week maximum and the games are held after work. We sometimes have 3 matches in a day (A match is a race to 8 games.) During my last tennis practice of hitting tennis ball in a wall, I remembered the last forehand stroke I tried that gave me great feel of the ball. I used it yesterday and it was powerful and somewhat consistent throughout the match.


I remembered the forehand method taught by the tennis instructor during my younger years when my father brought me to my first tennis clinic. It is all about the forehand tennis grip, more specifically, the bended-wrist position.



My tennis idol, Roger Federer, is using this to perfection. In addition to this is the ready position for the hand. 



In the ready position, the wrist is already bended at an angle holding the tennis racket up supported by the other hand. By this ready position, you are now ready to hit a forehand with a bended wrist.




Using this bended wrist, I was able to create power and control. 


That's it. Try it. I am not a tennis expert, just sharing aspects of the game based on my experience.


Feel free to comment. Thanks.




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