tennis giant

Chapter 6 Basic Exercises
At 6 o'clock in the morning, An Sheng got up on time. What surprised him was that he didn't feel any tiredness after getting up so early, and the muscle soreness he expected didn't appear. Instead, he felt full of energy , was not affected by yesterday's training in the slightest.

This is indeed a bit strange, because according to common sense, a person who has not exercised for a long time may not feel uncomfortable at the time after a sudden amount of exercise, but after that, the body will definitely respond. Such as muscle soreness and swelling.

"Perhaps this is an invisible benefit brought by the system!" An Sheng thought excitedly.

Obviously, if this matter can be confirmed, it will be of great benefit to An Sheng. In the future, he will not need to worry about his training volume and fatigue. Anyway, he can fully recover as soon as he wakes up.

In fact, An Sheng's idea was only half right. It was indeed because of the system that he did not experience symptoms of discomfort after a lot of training.

But the real reason is that he currently has a "physical recovery" attribute value of up to 28 points, but his "physical reserve" is only 13 points.

In this way, just like charging a battery car, after a night's rest, his "physical recovery" is enough to help him completely fill up his "physical reserve", so he will naturally not feel tired or uncomfortable.

After washing up hastily, An Sheng was about to go out, but before he left, he suddenly laughed badly, and turned to his sister's bedroom door.

"Bang bang bang!" A series of knocks on the door.

"Sister! Get up soon!"

Of course An Sheng knew that her sister would not wake up so early, but this did not prevent him from saying "hello" to her early, and he knew that according to his sister's habit, once woken up, she couldn't fall asleep up.

After doing this, An Sheng didn't dare to stay at home any longer, so he hurried out to avoid his sister's anger first.

When he came to the tennis court, An Sheng became serious. First, he did some stretching exercises honestly, and then jogged around the court for a few laps to warm up his body completely.

But after that, An Sheng held the racket and stared blankly. This was certainly not because he was being stupid, but because he was studying the way to "hold the racket."

Through the video study last night, he already knew that there are roughly four ways to "hold" a tennis racket, namely Continental, Eastern, Semi-Western, and Western.

According to his understanding, among current professional tennis players, the most popular one should be the Western-style grip.

However, no matter what kind of racket grip, you can find the corresponding tennis player and achieve very good results.

That is to say, although these gripping methods are different, we cannot say which one is the best, nor can we say which one is not good. It can only be said that they each have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Therefore, Ansheng feels that only the grip method that suits him best is the best.

If he wants to find the grip that suits him best, he must first master all these grips. Otherwise, how can he know if it is suitable without even trying it?

Of course, this is just Ansheng's future plan. Today, he only plans to learn the "Continental Grip", which is also the most suitable for novices and the easiest to master among the four grips.

In fact, before studying last night, An Sheng didn't even know what the so-called "Continental grip" was, but the grip he used before was exactly the Continental grip.

The reason for this is purely An Sheng's instinct, and it's not just him. In fact, many people instinctively use the Continental grip when they first grasp a tennis racket.

The grip method, to put it simply and rudely, is equivalent to the grip you use when holding a kitchen knife.

The specific presentation is that when you naturally pick up the racket, the "tiger's mouth" of your palm, which is the position between your thumb and index finger, should be placed directly above the handle of the racket. At this time, the racket's grip The surface should be perpendicular to the ground.

According to the teaching video, the continental grip is also the most suitable grip for serving. Almost all professional tennis players will use this grip when serving.

An Sheng didn't quite understand this, so he planned to try it himself first.

But what he didn't expect was that it was very difficult for him to complete just the "throwing" action. In other words, he still had no way to throw the ball straight up and down, always crooked.

This also resulted in that when he swung the bat, he always couldn't hit the right position. Naturally, he couldn't exert his strength, let alone control the ball accurately and hit it where he wanted. The desired direction and landing point.

However, An Sheng is not discouraged because he knows that there is a system and as long as he practices more, he will definitely be able to master the serving technique.

After a few experiments, An Sheng finally had some experience with the Continental grip.

It is exactly as said in the teaching video that with this grip, when serving the ball, as long as the racket is swung normally, the contact point between the racket surface and the ball can be very positive, so as to exert maximum strength and Convert it all into kinetic energy, increasing the speed of the ball.

At the same time, if you are strong enough and have mastered enough skills, then by using your wrist and changing the hitting point, you can make other types of serves, such as side spin and top spin.

"Forget it, my main goal today is to learn how to hit the forehand, so let's not practice serving."

Tried back and forth many times, An Sheng was still unable to serve well, so he put it down for the time being, and began to think about hitting the forehand.

Compared with serving, Ansheng remembers the technical points of forehand hitting more clearly. This is the technique he wants to master most now, so he will naturally pay more attention to it.

Similarly, hitting the forehand is not as simple as he imagined before. There are many steps, and the whole body needs to be coordinated to complete it.

From the preparation posture, racket lead, hitting the ball, to the follow-up movement with the swing, An Sheng is very rigid, practicing non-stop according to his own memory, just like posing.

Among them, one thing particularly caught his attention, and that was the position of his footsteps.

He is currently using a stance with his left foot in front and his right foot behind. When hitting the ball, as his waist twists, his right foot also needs to follow the swing and move forward. Reach basically level with the left foot.

And he also recalled that the preparation posture used by his sister An Ran when hitting the ball was exactly this "closed" footwork stance.

But after he tried many times, he always felt that this way made him a little awkward.

However, the facts have proved that using the correct hitting method is indeed very helpful to him. Even when he used a serving method similar to Enron's to practice forehand hitting, he was holding it with one hand. Even when shooting, he can already hit the ball steadily into the opposite field.

In addition, he also found that in the case of full body strength, it really can greatly improve his hitting power and reduce his lack of arm strength.

Therefore, although An Sheng felt that the movements were a little awkward, he also knew that this kind of closed stance hitting the ball might not be suitable for him, but he did not make any changes. Instead, he continued to practice harder.

(End of this chapter)