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Attacking Defense
Footwork
Experience is going to teach you which footwork will
get you to the ball quickly and in control, ready to execute your best
possible stroke.
From good covering positions, you should be able to
move 7 to 8 feet in any direction and reach the majority of your
opponent’s left up shots with no more than a stride (or a cross over
step) and a stretch.
But to reach those well angled passes that are tight
against a sidewall, you serve return technique is essential: the quick
cross over step, a long stretch, and then a full extension with your
hitting arm and racquet.
It is important to analyze your own court
movement on videotapes or with the help of a friend and look for
unnecessary movements that may be slowing you down and wasting excess
energy.
For example, some players have a bad habit of
unconsciously jumping up slightly as their opponent hits, instead of
getting into a solid position and staying low and turn to the front
wall.
This may sound like a trivial problem, but I’ve found through
frame by frame video analysis that when a player hops up like this (or
stands upright instead of getting into a lowered position), his
opponent’s low zone shot is practically to the front wall by the time
his feet are firmly set to move.
The ball is moving so fast that these
lost split seconds can make the difference between reaching for the ball
and reaching it in time to rip away!
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