Today we bring you various exercises to develop reception skill in tennis. As we have said before, it is a sport of moment and open skill that challenges us to solve permanent problems in changing situations and with very short turnaround times. reaction-action to be able to give effective and efficient responses.
From this arises the development of the perception of the element that moves all the time and changes the scenarios, the ball. It is very important from the beginning of the practice to be able to develop the perceptual skills in the tennis player to first of all identify what type of ball comes from the other side to then be able to give an appropriate response by making good decisions and executions (projection skill).
This is the first point that, as the player develops, adds to the increase in experiences: the ability to anticipate.
We can affirm that the anticipation, identification, reception and perception They are from the same family, being the first moment of receiving stimuli to later make decisions and give appropriate responses.
That is why one of the variables is mastering the five elements for ball control.
- Address
- Height
- Depth
- Effect
- Speed
For these five variations that players have to perform with the ball, first of all it is good that we can reverse the approach and recognize with which of these variables we perceive the ball coming from the other side. The conjunction of the two skills (reception – projection) with the correct interpretation of the five elements will undoubtedly develop players with a high concept of tactical sense of tennis game.
It is important to know that every time a player hits a ball it goes through four very separate moments and that one feeds back to the next:
- Perception
- Decision
- Execution/action
- Feedback/feedback
Many times as coaches and technicians we focus on the hitting phase, that is, the projection skill, and perhaps the aspect to enhance is perception or decision making, moments that may be difficult to analyze and review in more depth. In this video we show you how to make the invisible visiblewhat the player perceives before executing so that his perception and decision making are optimal, thus helping him execute with maximum potential.
It should be noted that in the last moment (feedback) a big change in the teaching approach has been to include the player as the main protagonist. That is why coaches We should ask more and listen before saying what we saw. This will undoubtedly help the confidence and autonomy of the player, who is ultimately the one who enter the field to compete and make decisions. On other occasions we will focus on talking about the methodological evolution in tennis teaching.
Finally, it should be noted that the exercises are performed with throws with the hand and the racketthey can also be done from the rally (live ball) and thus create a more realistic environment in terms of the timing of the tennis game.
Remember now, whenever you practice tennis, that it is important to hit the ball well without hesitation, but even more so to recognize which ball comes from the other side in order to perceive, judge, identify and receive, and then you can return your best blow by putting a good tactical decision first.
I hope you can apply these contents in your next class or match and enjoy tennis with more tools.
