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Today's tennis tip comes from Coach Ben Hesley of Bull Shark Sports.

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Hi, this is Ben Hesley from Bull Shark Sports.

Today's tip is about overheads.

A lot of times when I see players moving about the court trying to hit an overhead, they

had these huge backswinks.

As coaches, we tell you that the overhead is similar to a service motion, but it's

not the same.

When you're moving around the court trying to track this ball that's over your head, you

want to get the racket up in a hitting position as quickly and efficiently as possible.

I always sell players answer the phone.

Now, in today's time, due to the invention of Bluetooth, we don't normally have our phones

up to our ears anymore.

But if you think about my take my racket, as soon as the ball goes up in the air, I'm

going to put my racket right at my ear.

Now we'll put you close to a good position to hit an effective overhead.

Next time you're out there and the ball gets up in the air and you've got to hit an overhead,

just think, answer the phone.

Instead of having a huge backswing like a service motion, you'll take that racket right

into a hitting position.

Hope that helped and have fun out there on the court.

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