Lesson 1 of 4 · Play the point · 6 min
Miss less on purpose.
Make them hit the great shot.
Cross is safe, the line is the payoff. Know which one the situation is asking for.
01
Who really ends the point, with the arithmetic checked
02
The margins that cost you nothing: net window, depth band, the bigger half
03
A 100-point simulator you can lose by being brave
04
An error ledger you keep with a partner, and a number to beat
Watch it traced
The stroke, eight instants at a time.
Traced frame by frame from real footage, then lit like the rest of the Academy. Flip through it: the shape of the swing is the lesson before a word of it is written.
FIG. 43 · NADAL'S FOREHAND
Contact
Opens Thu 12 Nov with Play the point
This lesson opens with its track.
It arrives in film, 3D and games, with a court card and a number to beat. Get an email when it opens.
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