Jim Bill and Coach Eldon Wilson conclude Interview #1 with part 4. More player development and strategy is discussed in the context of a recent 4.0 level tournament match.

Jim Bill and Coach Eldon Wilson continue discussing tennis strategy, tactics and player development in a recent 4.0 level tournament match.

17th Match with Marty
7/21/09 Monday 5P.M.
Chico Racquet Club
Score: 5-7, 2-6
I went into this match with something of a game plan. I was going to hit down the middle for four games to get myself into rhythm and to see if my opponent could handle shots hit at him.
I won the racquet [...]

Jim Bill and Eldon continue discussing strategy and tactics in a recent match.

Jim Bill and Eldon begin discussing the strategy and tactics of a recent match. This analysis is the beginning of a four part series in a recent interview.

16th Match with Marty
7/16/09 Thursday 7P.M.
Chico Racquet Club
Score: 2-6, 2-6
I hadn’t played a match for about ten days when I came up against Marty in the last match of the men’s singles-league session for June and July. Actually, I hadn’t played much tennis since I had been gone on a vacation up to [...]

Lesson #21 with Eldon
7/13/09  Monday  9:30A.M.
Chico Racquet Club
 
In today’s lesson Eldon and I went over my backhand, forehand and my return of serve.
 
Backhand
 
1.  It’s important for me to maintain some kind of loop in my take away.
2.  The racquet head should be lower than my hands at impact.
3.  On shots wide from the corner I [...]