My friend Lindsey and I are members of the early Alzheimer’s group. Today I went to the tennis courts to practice and I left my tennis racket at home. I drove home to get my tennis racket then left the garage door open exposing two very nice unlocked bicycles.<\/p>\n
When I finally did get on the courts, I noticed that I had trouble hitting my backhand deep. This happens a lot in matches. When people are under pressure, they tend to hit short or into the net. Zen Golf<\/a> has a very good exercise for this problem that I will transpose to the tennis court. Stand at one baseline and look at the opposite baseline. Now close your eyes and walk to the opposite baseline. It\u2019s probably a good idea walk off to the side of the court to avoid walking into the net and you might want to position someone to prevent you from walking into the fence. You might not need it, though, because most people stop short of the baseline let alone the fence. Now go back to your baseline but this time look at the opposite baseline, beyond the baseline and the fence behind it. Try again, walk to the opposite baseline with your eyes closed. This time you should get closer. If you extend your vision of the court, you will extend the range of your shots. If you just look at the opposite baseline, you get shortsighted.<\/p>\n Here is another way to extend your vision and lengthen your shot. Hit ground balls with a hitting partner and hit every ball beyond the baseline. It\u2019s not so easy. I felt like I was hitting the ball as hard as I could and it was still landing in the court. Once you get the hang of it, you might hit more balls out long but it\u2019s better to hit a few balls long than consistently hit the ball short.<\/p>\n