Lesson 01: Tennis with Gary Jordao - Prepare Early

After playing against Gary Jordao in Paul Moore Park, he identified several deficiencies in my tennis game.

We rallied and played for 30 minutes before transitioning to lessons. We had many long rallies, and I could tell he had excellent technique and control of the ball.

Top Observed Errors

• Preparing too late. 
• You need to start preparation as soon as you identify whether the ball is going to your forehand or backhand.
• Getting too close to the ball. 
• Need to stay farther away from the ball on both the forehand and backhand. You are getting jammed, and this could cause injury (using too much of the arm instead of the body)
• When serving, you are tossing the ball too low. 
• Try tossing just a few inches higher.
• When hitting the two-handed backhand, your arms are not swinging low to high.
• You must swing low to high to create topspin on the backhand. 
• You are also too close to the ball.
• The footwork is clumsy.