Sandy Farquharson explains why you miss easy finishing shots in tennis. It's rarely a technical problem. She breaks down four key mental, positional, and situational fixes that let you actually convert those balls instead of hitting the net.
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We've all been there, and it is incredibly frustrating when you get into a position and you miss an easy ball that you know you shouldn't. And very often it's not your technique. In this video, we're going to give you 4 areas to focus on to avoid you missing the easy ball. I'm sure you can all picture this where you set the point up brilliantly, you hit a fantastic shot in the corner, you get an easy ball, it just comes over the net, you're going in for the finisher, and you end up hitting in the net or in the glass. And it is so frustrating. Your partner is holding their head in their hands and your opponents are laughing thinking they've got away with it. And so much of this shot is not down to your actual technique. Yes, okay, maybe there are some technical things that you could do to work on the shot, but there's actually other areas that you could really simply apply and avoid making that mistake.