Closed Disappearance

I read an article about tennis stances that was written by a tennis couch in Japan. He strongly stated that the player who used proper tennis stance could control the game. For example, Rafael Nadal and Lleyton Hewitt are pro tennis players who are especially good at using footwork in a game. They use appropriate stances when they return the ball, so they seem to run very fast and can cover wide range of the court. In the article, he introduced four kinds of stances and when should we use. The first one was closed stance. This stance is mainly for backhand shots. It used to be common for forehand; however, it is not proper for forehand anymore because the closed stance requires one extra step to go back to the ready position, and the just one step is very fatal for the recent fast tennis strategy. On the other hand, closed stance is suitable for returning a lower ball because the player use the waist very efficiently to shift the whole body weight to the front and the more power goes to ball, and the ball goes farther. The second one was square stance. It is very similar to the closed stance. Stand at right angles to the baseline, and after hitting …show more content…
This is the most popular and easiest to use in the game, and pro tennis players tend to use this style very often. Open the foot very widely, so the player can reach to the ball quicker and return faster. As a result, open stance can cover wider ranging of the tennis court. Also, the author advised that the player who uses two hands for backhand should acquire open stance. It is very understandable to me and I agree to that because open stance can reach faster to the ball than closed stance, but power of hitting the ball is much less than closed stance, so that the two hands supports the power. I am not good at returning with backhand, and I’m using closed stance for that. Therefore, I should try open stance for two hands backhand. Then I can have some more time to react to the