009 – Your Questions Answered By Chris Michalowski, USPTA Elite Tennis Professional Part 1

In today’s episode: Question and Answer Part 1, I answer each and every question from the survey results.  If you have subscribed to the Realtennis Network, you were given the opportunity to take a short survey so i could get to know you a bit better and find out the exact content that you are looking for.  This is what I will focus on when creating new content for the Realtennis Network Podcast, Video Instruction or Quick Tips.

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First of all, I am very excited by the number of you who initially submitted a question and I thought that I would get this all accomplished in one episode (which usually last about an hour), but after getting though about 60%, I was already at the 1:45 mark. So the rest will be in Part 2 next week.

Below, you will find the questions that have been asked and the marked time that the question occurs.  This way you can go straight  to the questions that you would like to hear and skip the ones you prefer not to listen to.

For each question I added a one or two word answer, but give much more detail in the podcast.

For some of the questions I have added links to videos and even made some video of my own to go along with the questions.  I have also emailed a few of you with more detailed answers and accompanying video or other resources to try to make thing s clearer for you so that you can give some of these a try.

So let’s get the questions going and please let me know how things work out for you by commenting at the bottom of the post.

Question 1 – 
David from Douglasville
How short can you make a back swing on a one handed backhand?
As short as you want, but will need to recover lost advantages in doing so
Go to: 10:40

Question 2- 
Laura From Glen Arbor, Michigan
How important is speed for first serves in doubles?
Important if it works, but if not, try some of the suggestions I give you.
Go to: 15:44

Question 3- 
Andrew From Petoskey, Michigan
1 – I’ve started hitting a modern forehand, with a partially open stance. This works pretty well, and its coming along. However, my 2 handed backhand is still “closed” stance… are there similar fundamentals for the backhand?
Yes, but you need to learn three basic stances
Go to: 18:14

Serena (both): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMcx_2aqbWM

Venus Semi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4csCHhuZ-8

Ivanovich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJkPsNxTd6k

Nadal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkxWY2-xW6I

2 – Whats the best way to make my ground strokes and baseline rally more consistent?
Balance, Footwork and Hitting Zones
Go to : 23:10

Hitting Zones: CLICK HERE

Andy Fitzell Interview: CLICK HERE

Please don’t judge me by this videos   Old and done a long time ago, but should get the point across

Definition of balance using Analogies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5ZncmTS0kI

Pros: https://www.y