Day 1. Hitting the Tennis ball.

Developing eye coordination and arm synchronization is the first step.

Swinging the Racquet: First step is to learn the proper way of swinging your Tennis racquet. One of the major misconceptions is that Tennis swings are like squash/racquet ball or badminton.

In tennis wrist needs to stay steady. Most of the force needs to come from the elbow (biceps/triceps) and shoulder muscle. The momentum of the racquet needs to be built from big swings.

See the video below on correct forehand swing technique and swing the racquet through the air (without ball) 10 times using continental grip. See the video below.

Make some adjustment and repeat 10 more times.

Repeat swinging until a good composure and correct forehand swing is in place.

Stand at the base line and take a case / basket of real Tennis balls (75 balls) and place it next to yourself. Pick up one ball at a time from shoulder height. Let the ball bounce off the ground and then try to hit it with the racquet. Initially there will be a lot of miss swing, ball flying low and high.

Once all the balls are used up refill the basket and try again. Repeat this for few days. The aim is to get 80% of the ball to land on the other side of the net and into the court.