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I used to focus on technique straight away and we ended up with lots of kids with good looking swings, that couldn't play and the retention wasn't very good, now we focus on early success and when they move up to orange ball we get stuck into technique, retention is vastly improved and we are producing the most super 10 kids in SA

Little Diana in this video, just made the Australian 14u team

Thats true Dave, but when i learned ( a long time ago), most the kids started playing around 9rs old and where very coordinated from playing outside all the time, instead off playing inside on a computer, today the kids are starting at 5-6 yrs old with bad co-ordination, believe me, the coloured balls really help getting the kids to succeed quicker, so enjoying it more, so keep playing,.

@@ClarkstennisAus yes, this is true

just get a 19 inch, aluminium, from either Babolat, Wilson, Head. Yonex, Dunlop, they don't need graphite racquets until they start playing with normal, yellow balls, should cost around $35-40 Australian dollars

So did you recognise the young Diana

Karl at 4.5 its all about fun, if she has fun, she will want to keep playing, the more she wants to play the better she gets, just add little tips into the fun activities and she will learn without knowing it.

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+Jack - Jack all players will vary their take back height depending on the height of the ball, if contact is around your knees, then you elbow would only be around waist height, a general rule would be that the elbow should be a bit higher than contact, this allows you to gain momentum in the racquet drop, which also keeps the swing fluid, which will increase the power in the shot. So a low elbow on a high ball is wrong and visversa, so for a ball like the one in the video, the shoulder high elbow is what I would recommend. Hope this helps

The elbow take back height, depends on the height of contact, higher for high balls, lower for low balls

jaz fang its hard to say without seeing you hitting the ball, but if you are using a continental grip and hitting in this position you will definitely feel pain in your wrist, Novak uses a western style grip which needs to made contact with the ball well out in front, a continental grip needs to have contact closer to the body, if you can somehow get me a video of you hitting the ball, I could let you know if the reason for your pain is in your technique. Hope this helps Try to down load a video and give me the link Peter Clark

do you have e-mail?so that i can send u

jaz fang clarkstennis@gmail.com

Good analysis and suggestions mate!

@@ClarkstennisAus Dear Peter, is the wrist as well relaxed at contact? Without a ball in front of a mirror I can simulate the technique, but with the ball my wrist and arm is very stiff, sucks. How can I control the ball with a rekaxed wrist? Thank you, Mike