Contact point is the key

by Michael Lee
(Hong Kong)

Dear Tomaz,

My original intention for purchasing your How to play tennis for beginners was to teach my 7 year old son to start playing tennis, which I had been trying to do for the past 2 years without any significant breakthrough. However, when I start teaching him your way, the progress is incredible.

Perhaps the mistake I had made in the past was that I had been asking him to focus too much on techniques and forms, like the semi-western grip, top-spin swing, pronation, weight transfer...etc. My son had got frustrated and lost interest.

The most valuable advise I got from you is that to focus on only one thing, that is the "contact point", and then, just do it. To my surprise, all the techniques and form just come naturally within a very shot time!

This also helps me in my game in a bad day when nothing seems to work. "Focusing on the contact point" actually helps me to move myself to the best hitting position and keep my unforced error to minimal.

It is always true that in a tennis match, whoever makes the least error wins the match. And it is more true that I would feel good when I make no error in a match, even if I lose.

I am wondering if you would make a video for advance players, too. I would certainly be interested.

Truly yours,

Michael