How do you hit an approach shot in tennis?
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1.  Shorten your back swing\n2.  Aim not as high above the net.\n3.  Aim for the deep corners of the court.\n4.  Avoid topsin, will cause the ball to sit up for easy pass or lob.  Flatter stroke or even slice.\n5.  Make sure you stop when you hit the shot, and stop when you prepare for the volley.\n6.  Remember this is an approach shot not a winner. Depth and precision are more important than pace. \n7. Practice a lot.
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1. Semi Western or Western grip.  Those are the two grips that allow you to hit top spin.  2. Bending your knees.  By doing this it allows you to explode up into the ball.  So your body is going up the same way your raquet is.
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Assuming you are a right handed golfer, stand with the ball slightly to left of midline so that it will be struck at the lowest pint of the swing arc. Keep left arm straight and slowly bring the club back and then follow thru. Keep your head down (this is the tough part) during the follow thru and rotate with your hips (it's actually a slide of the hips). This describes the "athletic" golf swing, conversely is the "reverse C" which can cause back problems. Watch Tiger, he's got it goin' on. Remember, don't try to kill it, let the club do the work.
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Depends what you like to do.  First of all, do not stand right on the baseline.  If you are a defensive player, stand a couple feet back from the baseline.  If you are aggresive and can take the ball off the rise, stand closer to the baseline.   There are times that you do take a step inside the baseline after you hit a shot, but you have to know when.  Watch the pro's.  They know where to stand.  Even if you are aggresive, you have to step back sometimes.  Even Federer is caught 8 feet behind the baseline sometimes.  Only extremely stubborn players never back up.  Stubborn players are not smart players and will lose a lot of matches to people they shouldn't have.
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When you slice, you need your racquet head in front of your body. If you bring your racquet face behind your body you'd slice the ball to high/long. Usually, your racquet face should be going toward the direction where you'd like to slice.\n\nOn average club level, a slice can be effective b/c most club players don't bent their knees correctly when they try to return a slice. On pro levers, a slice is mostly used on approching shots on a short ball or a defensive shot.\n\nThe key to hit a slice is to keep the ball away from your body instead of hitting the ball near your body. Also, your racquet face has to be in front of your body in order to return the hard groundstrokes from your opponent.
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the info is from Rick Martino is Director of Instruction for The PGA of America\n\nHitting a Draw\n\nTo draw the ball from right-to-left, you want your clubhead to enter the hitting area from inside the target line. The simplest approach is to close your address position. In other words, pull your trail side back from the target line.\n\nThis sets your feet, knees, hips and shoulders in position to make an inside-to-down-the-line-to-inside swing, which will put a counter-clockwise spin on the ball, causing it to curve to the left.\n\nYou need to aim the clubface where you want the ball to start. This swing shape will allow your arms and club to rotate faster than your body through the hitting area. Meanwhile, this swing thought will also help ensure that you swing along a proper inside-to-outside path to produce a draw.\n\nThe best club to practice a draw or a fade with is a 5-iron, since it has enough loft to easily get the ball airborne, while still putting enough sidespin on the ball. The more loft a club has, the more difficult it is to curve the ball.\n\nWhen playing a draw shot, the ball tends to have lower flight and run farther than it would if it were played with a standard shot, because you are actually taking "effective" loft off the club. In other words, a 5-iron will really have the loft of a 4-iron at impact. So, make sure that you select a club with enough loft to play this shot.\n\nIt is difficult to hit a hook with a long iron, because the shape of your swing causes the clubface to close down as it reduces the true and effective loft of the club.\n\nConversely, you need to address the ball with a slightly open stance when hitting a fade -- with your target or forward foot pulled back away from the target line. This promotes both taking the club away from and returning to the ball outside the target line. This swing path allows the clubface to cut across the ball at impact, producing a clockwise spin that curves the ball from left-to-right.\n\nBecause the swing you make with a fade places the body ahead of the club, a fade will cause the ball to fly higher than normal and often stop more quickly when it hits the ground. As a result, many people believe it is a safer, more easily controlled shot than a draw.\n\nHowever, keep in mind that the shape of a fade swing actually increases the effective loft of a club. While the ball will fly higher than a normal shot, it won't carry as far. So, in effect, when playing a fade shot with an 8-iron, you will actually produce a shot that has the trajectory and distance of an 8 1/2-iron.
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Where is the ball in your address position? It should be in the middle or slightly behind the middle of your stance. Make sure when you swing to not involvle your lower body too much or the result will be an opening of the clubface making your shot go to the right. However, if your ball is hitting the hosel of the club ( the part that connects the club head to the club's shaft) you are shanking the ball. Try to stand a little further from the ball. And make an aggressive swing. if you continue to have problems invest a few bucks and get a lesson from your local PGA Professional.
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like they said earlier, bend your knees a heck of a lot. but, you will need to hit the ball in front of your body because if you hit it close, you are going to mis-hit it or flail it long. try setting up two wooden poles along the sides of the net and then set a string about 2-3 feet above the net connected to the poles. get a ball machine or have somebody feed you a lot of balls and just practice hitting it through that "window" that it creates and adjust as necessary. if you are hitting the ball over the string every time, aim lower and don't go low to high on your swing as much. if you are hitting the ball in the net, check the angle of your racket face when you hit and bend your knees more to get below the ball. if you are hitting them long, come over the ball a bit more to get more topspin or just don't hit the ball so hard. all it takes is a hitting of a lot of tennis balls and after you finally find your comfort zone in hitting low, hard balls over the net, you will be one heck of a good tennis player.\n\np.s. hitting the ball low and hard over the net is not advised. it is a very high-risk shot. however it might have a great feel to it and you will have awesome winners, unless you are really good at it, it will probably not win you many matches with tough players that can get it back. but it is always fun to hit and is a great approach shot for coming in and taking volleys.
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i play varsity tennis at school; the main thing i do in the first set is to get the ball in, even if it means taking some power off your shots; like your problem, you don't want to get behind, so think accuracy, not power
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Two things lead to most topped shots.  One thing you can do is taking something the size of a dime and pretend that the golf ball.  The concentration and the swing speed you use to hit the small item is the same you should use when you hit the golf ball.  Remember to concentrate on the bottom part of the ball not the top.  \nreasons for topping\n1.When you start taking the club back lifting your body up.  This is done by straitening the knees.  Try to keep them bent the entire time.  The ball is 1.5 inches so it only takes a little movement to cause a top.  Here is how you try to prevent this – Take some practice swing hitting something the size of penny.  You have to concentrate on it to make sure you hit it.  That is the same thing you need to do with the golf ball.  You want that concentration to keep you from moving away from the ball.  \n\nYou have to keep that left arm straight.  You bend it ½ and inch and your in the middle of the ball.  This is where you use your hand eye coordination.  The right arm just keeps things going, don’t let it over power your left or you will get those deep bone jaring divots.  You do not want that.
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I try to keep the face as flat as possible through the stroke.  However if I am digging out a low ball I need to creat a slightly open face to gain net clearance.  I meet the ball just a little out in front of my body.  Most club players lose directional contol by taking the ball too early or too late.  They are either pulling the ball to one side too often or not hitting the ball as crisply as they could.  I had a friend who is a 5.5 / open class player work with me on the shot and we covered the finer mechanics involving shoulders, hips, and balance through the stroke.
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If you use a single handed grip then I guess you just slice it back crosscourt, and make your opponent come over the baseline to get it. (I'm not really the person to ask on that one)\n\nIf however, you are like me and play a double-handed backhand then make sure you are well prepared, and play a topspin shot down the line short, or crosscourt deep. Make sure you roll it over and do not hit the net or put the shot out. It is better to return a horribly short return than to put it out, as at least you have a chance.\n\nNOTE: If your opponent has a particularly good and fast  serve, then make sure you get it deep and crosscourt.\n\nAlso, if they are playing serve and volley, hit is down the line low and hard, making sure you don't pull the shot out.\n\nHope this helps, and hope your not a beginner, or this will seem like jargon.
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I've been playing tennis for 6 years, so i think i can help. Now with your aim, just watch the ball at all times and make sure you step into the ball. Keep your racket straight and hold on tight as you swing through over your shoulder. Lifting weights doesn't have any part in tennis. To swing hard, you need strength in your wrists, not so much in your arms. So just keep practicing. To make the ball go further, be positive you have your form right. Then one of the most important is to remember to swing all the way through. Yes, all the way to your opposite shoulder. This will make the ball go way further. Much of this you achieve with practice though. So good luck with it all! *Val*
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- Bend your wrist back as far as possible and then snap it as fast as you can at the top of your shot.\n\n- Keep your elbows tucked.\n\n- Release the ball with your fingertips.\n\n- Most importantly you have to feel comfortable doing it or it just won't fall in. \n\n- AND PRACTICE IT A LOT!
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If you're right handed:  Stand 45-90 Degree to the side with your left foot in front of the right.  Ball on the left hand and extend the hand in front of your body.  Throw the ball straight up so it is infront of you (if you throw the ball but don't hit the ball, it should land on your left hand again. So throw it in front of your body and then step forward with the right foot and your right arm moving forward.  You are making a stepping motion.  this gives you power because you're using your body forward motion to hit the ball.\n\nAs far as what part of the hand to use for the overhead serve, it depends on your ability.  The easiest but less precise way would be using the bottom of the palm (where there's bone).  If you want more precision and have some power, you have to use your cupped hands. Cupping is like trying to take a drink of water from your hand.  I hope this makes a little sense to you.  Good luck.
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At contact during a topspin groundstroke I am much closer to flat than I am closed.  My main focus is more about solid contact than worrying about my racket angle.  The sound the ball makes coming off the strings will tell me immediately if the shot was properly executed.  I meet the ball opposite my leading hip on the forehand and about 6 to 12 inches in front of my leading hip on the backhand side.
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In Yahoo Pool, here is how you shoot:\nWhen shooting the cue ball, use the left mouse button to move the cue stick \n     around the cue ball. When you have positioned the cue stick where you want,\n     click and hold the right mouse button. Pull back on the mouse until you have\n      the desired power (displayed on the right side of the table). Let go of the right \n     mouse button to take your shot. To move the cue ball when you have ball in hand,\n     simply left-click the cue ball and drag it to the desired spot and drop it. \n     For more precise aiming you may use the arrow keys to line up your shot as well. \nHope this helps, and good luck!