Welcome to the Atlanta Tennis Podcast, powered by Go Tennis! Looking to improve your confidence and control when hitting overhead shots?  In this episode of the Atlanta Tennis Podcast, Coach Ben Hesley of Bull Shark Sports shares a quick tip. Coach Ben demonstrates a quick and effective way to get your racket in place, avoiding the huge backswing in favor of a technique. On the Atlanta Tennis Podcast, you can hear this excellent advice and other great tennis information. Today's Guest: Ben Hesley - from Bull Shark Sports, is a professional tennis coach. He shared a valuable tennis tip that improves your overhead short.

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In this episode, Coach Ben Hesley gives a helpful tip for improving your overhead shots. He explains that many players have long backswings when hitting overheads, which can be ineffective. Instead, he recommends that players consider the overhead to be similar to but not identical to a service move. The goal is to get the racket into the hitting position as soon and efficiently as feasible. Coach Ben provides a simple analogy to help players understand the proper technique: "Answer the phone." He says players should visualize putting their racket exactly at their ear, like they would when answering a phone, as soon as the ball is in the air. This positions the racket well for an excellent overhead shot. This tip is intended to assist players shorten their backswing and get into a hitting stance faster, resulting in more successful overhead shots. Coach Ben recommends that players use this strategy the next time they're on the court. In this episode, you'll learn:

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Hey, hey, this is Shaun with the Atlanta Tennis Podcast powered by GoTennis.

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

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Have a listen and let us know what you think.

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Hi, this is Ben Hesley from Bull Shark Sports.

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Today's tip is about overheads.

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

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had these huge backswinks.

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

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not the same.

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

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

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I always sell players answer the phone.

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

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up to our ears anymore.

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

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going to put my racket right at my ear.

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

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

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just think, answer the phone.

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

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into a hitting position.

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

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