The main lineup of the NCAA tennis team has a total of six singles seats and six doubles seats, as well as six substitute positions. It is also very common for singles players to take care of doubles competitions——
In the team competition, a total of three doubles and six singles matches are required.
It is precisely because of this that even freshmen can compete for the main position.
Previously, the fall season from September to November had just ended. As a traditional strong NCAA tennis team, the Bruins had a total of four players entering the national singles rankings. Naturally, these four players also entered the main lineup, including McDonald, who served as the fourth singles.
In addition, the four players, including Gao Wen, have their own advantages and disadvantages, and their records and strengths are similar. They will compete for the positions of No. 5 singles and No. 6 singles.
Therefore, the first small target after rebirth is No. 6 - no, it should be the No. 1 singles position.
"Mike, how about it, let's start training now."
Gawain was eager to jump, like a deer, bounding towards the court.
MacDonald was stunned, "Now? But the coach and the others will be waiting for a while..."
Winter training is when the entire tennis team trains together to prepare for the spring season.
However, according to the NCAA's express regulations, training time is not allowed to exceed twenty hours per week. This is to protect the players' career lifespan, avoid premature injuries, and also to ensure the completion of their studies.
During the offseason, the total training time per week is reduced to nine hours, because December is also the time for college final exams. Before the Christmas vacation, students still have heavy study and exam tasks to complete. For the NCAA, Say, this is the absolute bottom line that cannot be shaken.
It is precisely because of this that winter training is easier than usual training.
Now, the team's coaching staff and other teammates have not yet arrived at the training ground. Gao Wen can't wait to go out for training. MacDonald's head is full of question marks:
Although Gawain usually trains very hard, it is rare to see him in such a hurry. What happened today?
In a daze, Macdonald also rushed out, and then you could see that Gawain had started to practice serving.
In a tennis match, the serving link is the most special, because it is the only link that is not interfered by the opponent and is completely in one's own hands.
Once the serve is completed, the next round is a contest between players, confrontation, calculation, pressure, and counterattack. Both sides need to complete one decision after another that may change the direction of the game in a thousandth of a second. They are all restraining each other.
It can truly be said to be ever-changing!
This also highlights the importance of serving. If you can establish an advantage through serving, you can seize the opportunity in the next round.
In fact, after understanding the connection between tennis and table tennis, you can better understand the sport of tennis——
In the 19th century, tennis was very popular throughout Europe, but due to venue and weather restrictions, it could not be played regularly. So British college students came up with ways to bring tennis indoors, using the dining table as a "table" and bringing the same rules but Made some adjustments and started "Table Tennis".
This is table tennis now - the International Table Tennis Federation is called "International-Table-Tennis-Federation". Although the literal translation of "Ping-Pong" has gradually become more widely known, "table tennis" is still the official name of table tennis. .
Once you understand table tennis, you can begin to understand tennis.
These two sports are both about the art of rotation, and they also require the strong support of strength and explosion. They also require the continuous calculation of the brain, and they also attach great importance to the advantage of establishing the right to serve - the attack layout in the first three shots can often be achieved. widen the gap.
The importance of serving is self-evident.
However, when it comes to specific serving techniques, there are obvious differences between table tennis and tennis.
The serve in tennis is a whole-body action:
Bend your knees, push off the ground, straighten your knees, twist your waist, and straighten your back; then put all your power into the racket, complete the friction and pressure, and throw it out with all your strength like a whip.
This is a continuous action. The power starts from the soles of the feet. After a series of actions, it is poured into the palms. If there is a problem in any link, the serving effect may not be satisfactory.
In the second half of a fiercely competitive game, my physical strength is severely reduced, my thighs cannot push off the ground, and my leg strength cannot be transmitted upwards. I can only rely on the strength of my arms and shoulders to complete the serving action. Then my speed and accuracy will be compromised. Rapid decline, even continuous mistakes.
Top superstar Andy Roddick, known as one of the best servers in history, just look at his serving action:
The knees are like springs, and the whole movement of pushing off the ground and exerting force is very full. The body is like a full bow, and all the strength is poured into the racket. The moment the serve is released, you can even see the tennis ball being flattened directly, creating the feeling of a cannon serve. Effect.
Therefore, tennis serve training is also very complicated.
Without the ball, it is common practice to practice basic movements, breakdown of movements, complete movements, and start with 500 blows in the air.
When there is a ball, you need to repeat the above actions to continuously deepen the muscle memory and stabilize the serving action. It is normal to serve 200 times.
And all of these are just training serving movements, and have not yet entered actual practice.
Next, practice different types of serves, including flat shots that pursue extreme speed, spin shots that focus on placement, and cutting serves that make full use of skills. The main focus is on the contact between the racket and the tennis ball, and the way the wrist uses power—— This still has not entered actual combat practice.
Then, there is the placement practice, which is the so-called actual serving.
The first stage of practice is to divide the serving area into a nine-square grid, and each time the serving point is required to enter the designated target area.
In the second stage, the nine-square grid will be developed into the "nine-nine and eighty-one square grids", with a total of eighty-one small grids. The goal is to be able to enter the designated area every time the serve is launched——
It can be called a perversion.
Therefore, those top serving masters often start with 500 in their daily serving practice.
In front of him, considering that the tennis court is not divided into nine grids, Gawain is practicing a simplified version of the drop shot against the wall, and the bang-bang-bang sound is particularly pleasant to the ear.
