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Use basic
practices to groove and improve your shots. Make time for
this perhaps before you play. It can have a big impact on
your game in the longer term. Concentrate on doing a few
practices well. My basic practice is the boast and drive
routine. Starting at the front of the court I concentrate
first on striking the ball, turning my shoulders, staying
away from the ball and making sure I open the racket face
and hit the ball sweetly just in front of my front leg.
After
hitting, movement back to the T is crucial so that you can
practise your positioning for the next shot. Practise
getting in the right place for your shot and try to
eliminate casual shots.
Drives
should be hit flat and you should be always trying to beat
your opponent with the shot just as you would in a match.
When boasting, position is all important. To get the ball
up consistently under pressure, you have to be back with
the ball and far enough away from it to get a full swing
in. Make sure you get behind the ball. Under pressure I
tend to hit the safer three wall boast, but when I’m in
a more attacking position I move my opponent up the court
with a two wall shot.
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