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Footwork
Section Overview
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John YandellEditor
Few topics in playing and coaching are as complex, confusing--and generally overlooked--as footwork and court movement.
In this section of Tennisplayer, we are beginning to redress that problem by looking closely at every aspect of how player's move--and should move--in all dimensions of play.
Bob Hansen was far ahead of his time when he and I first worked together over 10 years ago presenting his "controversial" theories of how to position to the ball. It's similar to what happened to Jim Loehr's theories of mental toughness. The things Bob understood a long time ago are no longer considered controversial. They've been widely adopted and used by the world's top coaches.
Michael Friedman is another is a long list of talented North California teaching pros who have made important contributions to teaching theory, and to this site. His series on footwork sheds new light on the critical function of the ready position, explains how the first two steps can dramatically increase your quickness, and analyzes a variety of more complex movements used by the pros to deal with the wide variety of balls faced in actual play.
This is an area where we hope Tennisplayer will make a significant contribution to the game. They'll be a lot more to come, not only from Bob and Michael, but from Australian Coach David Bailey and others, stay tuned!
David Bailey
Advanced Moves
Inside Forehands - NEW
David Bailey
The 12 Golden Moves
An Overview
Golden Move 12: The Power Move
Golden Move 11: The Mogul Move
Golden Move 10: Closed Backhand Pivot
Golden Move 9: One Foot Pivot
Golden Move 8: Two Foot Pivot
Golden Move 7: Reverse Spin
Golden Move 6: Low Spin
Golden Move 5: The Loaded Transfer
Golden Move 4: The Back Foot Hop
Golden Move 3: The Lateral Hop
Golden Move 2: The Front Foot Hop
Golden Move 1: The Step Down
Introduction to the 12 Golden Moves
David Bailey
World Class Movement
The Contact Moves Revisited: Counter Attacking
The Contact Moves Revisited: Building Points
Attacking Contact Moves
Overview
David Bailey
Contact Moves: Return of Serve
Rally Returns: Low Spin
Rally Returns
Defensive Returns
Aggressive Returns
The Contact Moves
David Bailey
Contact Moves: Ground Strokes
The Step Down
The Transfer
The Front Foot Hop
The Spin Moves
The Pivot Moves
The Power Move
The Mogul Move
Pat Dougherty
Hitting on the Run
The Athletic Foundation
Advanced Reaction Steps
Lateral and Forward Movement
Bob Hansen
Court Movement: The Volley
Court Movement: The "Float" Move
Court Movement: The Forehand
Court Movement: The Backhand
Michael Friedman
Forward Flow
Step, Step, Rip!
More Step, Step, Rip!
The Ready Position
The Key to Quickness
The Hitting Stances
Source: tennisplayer.net archive — Footwork TOC.docx (John Yandell teaching library, 2002-2022). Extracted and rendered as HTML for Tennis Future Lab.