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Hot Photos from the Championships
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Watch Carissa Lee move into position for a bounce overhead. The ball is high in the air; she is looking up at it as her racket begins its lift. After the ball bounces, Carissa will move a second time in order to fine tune her position for the strike. Many players forget this second move, and they never develop an effective bounce overhead from deep in the court. Indeed this valuable shot is missing completely from lots of players' games, even those playing on college teams. Instead of hurting the opponent with an overhead, they just let the ball come down low enough to roll back a forehand. |
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over photo at left to see Carissa Lee move into position for a well
trained bounce overhead. Ideally, the bounce overhead is a shot that is hit for a winner. It presents itself somewhat infrequently, however, which means that a player cannot simply rely on match play to keep it tuned up. For this reason, the bounce overhead needs to be part of a player's daily practice routine. |
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Although these two photos of Martin Ilic are similar, notice the differences. At the left he is near the net, ready to hit an overhead down into the court. He will be on the ground throughout the shot. At the right Martin is serving from the baseline where he must hit the ball more upward – contact with the ball will be further back, enabling Martin to launch more vertically into the hit. Notice his knee bend. Roll your mouse over the picture at the RIGHT |
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The ball has just left
Ignacio's racket, and in spite of his electric sprint, he still manages
to retain his balance and his position in the court. |
When he gets to the ball, Ignacio is sprinting and unwinding at the same time. He whips at the ball from down low with a very wristy forehand. |
Ignacio Lucero is in the air,
poised. He sizes up the situation instantly and sprints to his
forehand side at left. |
