I want to start doing tennis, advice?

[nanobaby]

So, I am a sophomore in high school and I want to join my tennis team in the in the spring. I have never played a sport due to being uncoordinated and fear of ridicule of my classmates.I do not want that to stop me. I don't want not having money for lessons to stop me..

My mom said she would help me learn..but that was three months ago at the beginning of summer.

SO I am taking things into my own hands.I want to teach tennis to myself, I want to work my butt off to do this. I always thought tennis was cool since I was little..Any advice..good websites..exercises?:)

[Anonymous]

I would go on youtube.. seriously... and look up how to play tennis for beginners. As long as you have a tennis racket you will be able to imitating their moves.. I played tennis my senior year only. First days of tryouts was the first time I ever picked up a racket. They have the double fence, so its really high for balls. I would hit them over during try-outs. I got put on JV, By the end of the season I was already better than half of the varsity players. But because I didn't have matches on varsity it was pointless to move me up because playoffs are determined by whoever played the most at one position. For example. if I had 23 matches at number 2 dubs. and a few other people had 25 at 2 dubs. (just an example it wouldn't get this extreme) then they people who had 25 matches would play in the playoffs. or post season, whichever you want to call it. Now granted I was able to become really good at tennis, despite never picking up a racket because I am a baseball player. Which means I have really good hand eye coordination. So all I had to do was learn how to hit the ball the correct way. Mainly by putting top spin on the ball. I thought you hit level, but you actually hit the ball while the racket is on its follow through. (way up from right side to left over shoulder - if you are right handed)

I would do suicides for exercises. Run a few miles daily. Fine a line, and jump back and forth. like you are skiing, but staying in one place. so from left side of like to right side of line for a minute and do that several times.

[badboy666]

You are 24 and a sophomore in high school?

First thing, make sure you are in good shape. Long hard bike rides (20 miles or so at more than 10 mph). Or do some running.

But what you really need to do is play.

meetup. com usually has tennis meetups. Or local community colleges or tennis clubs often have beginner tennis classes.

[cuteLiLbunny]

its best to have someone teach you the ropes, try asking a friend for help or something. most tennis teams are walk on, unless there are a ton of girls that do it at your school. and if they put you as an altunate which most will do with inexperienced girls the coach and team mates will help teach you.

[LoveBambi]

You need great hand-eye coordination for tennis. It also takes some getting used to, but with practice you should be fine

[Habakkuk]

since you'll be hopping around on your feet a lot, I recommend jogging, and try to get your friends to play with you

[TheWhiteFreshPrince]

Advice, Practice as much as you can. Tennis is an awsome sport, goodluck.

[Wu1995]

Have a tennis player bf. Seriously, or U may hurt yourself

[lumberman]

do guys instead!

[nanobaby]

No thank you, I am not a High school whore ;)