Tennis Oxygen

One of the myths of the ready position, is to hold the racquet straight forward in front of your body. This should only occur, when you are in the ready position holding your racquet with your eastern forehand grip or if you have a two handed backhand .

If you choose to hold the racquet with a backhand grip, either anticipating a backhand or just because it feels right, then your racquet should lay parallel to your body.

One of the biggest mistakes made, is to force your racket to point forward, causing your wrist to bend in a weak position which will inevitably affect your stroke, when choosing to return with a backhand grip.

The ready position with the forehand grip.