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Pedro explained that’s why Roger Federer looks like he’s floating round the court - his legs move quickly but his upper body and head stay very still. The upper body needs to be still when moving. Early to bed.ħ.30am: Session with Pedro, working on balance on backhands.
#Laura robson virtua tennis 4 ratings full
Josh explained Maria Sharapova’s between-points routine, how she takes the full 20 seconds and has done the same routine of collecting the balls, adjusting her hair between every point since she was 14.Įnd of day: Tired, legs aching, but pleased. “You need to take more time, think of every point as a separate entity and make sure you turn your back to the court after one point has finished and another starts.” I was apparently always in too much of a hurry to get on with the game. My “mind coach”, Josh, focused on my behaviour between points. Repetition aids muscle memory.Ĥpm: Mental conditioning, based around a set of singles I played in the morning. The return of serve technique was explained and we repeated the drills for most of the afternoon. We were first shown videos of Agassi, Sharapova, Federer, Roddick and Serena Williams - then shown our own video as a comparison! The coach focused on getting the racquet back early, and good balance during the shot.ġ.30pm: Lunch, then full afternoon with the focus on hitting the open stance forehand and backhand and keeping the open stance during the return of serve. We were individually filmed hitting forehands, backhands, serves and watched the video analysis individually on court. This is a diary of my week.ĩam: Assigned to a group of four for the morning, with two coaches, one feeding balls, one correcting technique.
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And the pre-course registration suggested to bring two racquets, whereas I only own one! Prior to the trip I played lots of tennis, spent lunchtimes running round the Birmingham canals in training, and read tennis books including Brad Gilbert's ‘Winning Ugly’. Still, I was also nervous about the level of fitness required to last all day every day for five days on court playing tennis. I could have chosen a lower-level course, and there is a wide range available.
#Laura robson virtua tennis 4 ratings pro
On this scale, 10 is basic and one is world level, or professional.īeing 4/5 means somewhere between high intermediate and top club level, and the course I chose at Bollettieri’s was the Pro Max, designed for pro players, so I was slightly worried about the standard of tennis required. For the last five years I’ve been playing club-standard tennis, and I have an ITN rating - on the International Tennis Federation scale - of 4 to 5.
I’m 31, and have been playing, recreationally, since the age of 14. My predictions, therefore, were based less on insider information and more on my love of tennis. I research the reasons for low participation in sport amongst the adult population, and help to find ways to ensure effective investment decisions and greater adult participation in community sport. But in fact my work is at the other end of the sporting spectrum from the Grand Slam circuit. I’m a performance analyst with Sport England, based in the West Midlands.
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