Lesson 5

Last night I had my fifth session with Dan (he was away last week). I did not hit as well as two weeks ago, when I had just switched to a smaller grip (from 4 3/8 to 4 1/4). Volleys were OK, although I still need to concentrate on hitting through the ball, rather than hacking on it. I still tend to hit a lot of balls off the trailing part of the frame: instead, I need to pretend I'm hitting with the leading edge of the frame. Overheads were better than usual: I still mishit a few, but when I lined up and was in a good position, I made solid contact. Backhand misfired most of the time. Last time, I focused on keeping my head down and having my right foot in the field of vision--that helped a lot.