tennis giant

Chapter 20 Change
At 7:[-] in the morning, Xia Yutong arrived at the community golf course on time.

"Sister Tong, I want to practice the placement of my serve."

As soon as he saw her, An Sheng made his request straightforwardly.

Xia Yutong was a little surprised, but she immediately came to her senses and understood An Sheng's intentions, with a smile on her lips unconsciously.

"An Sheng, do you regard me as your opponent now? Do you want to control the landing point of the serve and increase the variation of the serve so as to deal with my forward return?"

"Yes, sister Tong, I really think so."

An Sheng did not deny it, but admitted it openly.

After yesterday's game, An Sheng returned home immediately and searched for information about "Hitting the Ball". He also found it.

What is certain is that "heading the ball" is an unconventional tennis technique. Its main feature and advantage is to highlight the word "fast", which means fast rhythm, fast change and fast speed.

The specific method is, as Xia Yutong did before, the position needs to be closer to the landing point of the ball, and after the ball bounces off the ground, the hitting action should be made faster.

In this way, your rhythm of returning the ball will naturally be faster, and the reaction time given to the opponent will be shorter, thus gaining an advantage on the scene.

But it is also the same, when you choose to hit the ball forward, your reaction time and the time of hitting the ball will become more rapid, which requires that the player must accurately and quickly judge the ball The specific situation, including its landing point, ball speed, spin, etc.

This is both the difficulty and the weakness of "head hitting".

And An Sheng believes that the key reason why Xia Yutong catches his previous serve every time is the lack of change in his serve.

Because of this, he took the initiative to propose to practice the control of the landing point of the serve.

"Yes, I will teach you how to practice the placement of the serve, but the premise is that you must first complete the training content in our plan."

"no problem."

This time, An Sheng was not too anxious, because he was very clear now that the strength gap between him and Xia Yutong was not just a "serve point", but was crushed by her as a whole.

Therefore, in order to defeat her, besides targeting her technical characteristics, the most important thing is to improve his overall strength.

In this case, of course he cannot be anxious, and it is useless to be anxious. He must take it one step at a time and do it in a down-to-earth manner.

But turning around, the training content announced by Xia Yutong made An Sheng a little excited.

"An Sheng, before this, you have always used the 'Continental' grip. I think you should have felt by now that this grip is actually not suitable for normal hitting."

"Yes! Sister Tong, I have already felt it, because the face of the racket is too straight and upright. When I return the ball, I always feel as if I am catching the ball, and I can't hit it with strength."

An Sheng expressed his feelings without complaining. Obviously, he was not satisfied with the "Continental grip" and wanted to replace it.

"Hehe, you are probably right, because with the continental grip, the surface of the racket is basically perpendicular to the ground. When you swing the racket to draw and hit the ball, your hitting point will naturally be placed very low. It feels like you're scooping the ball up from the bottom up."

"And this way of hitting the ball is indeed not suitable for exerting force, but this is not the key."

"An Sheng, you should know that all tennis skills can be attributed to two aspects, one is speed, and the other is change."

"There is no need to say more about the speed. Stronger power and faster ball speed are of course one of the keys to victory."

"As for change, it is nothing more than a change in time and space. For example, the most common left-right transfer is a change in space. Another example is 'going forward', which obviously speeds up the batting rhythm. a change in time."

"However, in tennis, the most commonly used variation is 'spin'!"

"Side spin, top spin, back spin, and all kinds of combined spins, together with changes in the speed and angle of the spin, constitute the myriad changes in tennis techniques."

"And therefore, we can know that rotation is crucial to the sport of tennis."

"The biggest problem with the 'Continental Grip' is that it is very difficult to generate spin when doing normal hitting actions, which greatly reduces the quality of the ball returned, and it is also recognized as not suitable for use. The key reason for hitting the ball."

"So, I think it is very necessary for you to change your racket grip posture when hitting the ball. This is also a very important part of the training plan we made before."

An Sheng nodded and agreed with her opinion very much, but problems also followed.

"Sister Tong, which grip method do you think would be better for me to use now? Is it the Eastern style or the Western style?"

"I do not know."

Unexpectedly, Xia Yutong actually answered like this. Fortunately, she explained later.

"An Sheng, I'm not a prophet. I can't know which grip is suitable for you, because you can only make a judgment after you try it yourself."

"In addition, based on my experience, I can warn you in advance that at this stage, you'd better not identify a certain grip method, even if you feel that it is very suitable for you, don't do it .”

"Because what really determines which grip you use is your body, technical conditions, and mature tactical play, rather than a vague feeling."

"I see, sister Tong."

An Sheng listened carefully, and felt that what she said was very reasonable, so he naturally had no objections.

According to Xia Yutong's arrangement, the grip that An Sheng needs to learn first is the "Oriental grip". The reason is that the Eastern grip is the closest to the Continental grip, which is easier for him to master quickly.

The fact is basically the same. In just one morning, An Sheng has mastered the Eastern style of grip, and successfully activated the attributes in the system.

It is worth mentioning that the "symptoms" brought about by this change are not as serious as the previous racket replacement. Although An Sheng was a little uncomfortable at the beginning, he can still basically grasp the batting action. No major problems.

After activating the Eastern grip, Ansheng's strength has been greatly improved again. The most obvious point is his return. Compared with before, his return is stronger and faster. Soon.

However, it is also obvious that the improvement in this point alone is not enough for him to defeat Xia Yutong, and the gap between them is still very large.

He has a long way to go, and he still needs to work hard!

(End of this chapter)