Ambidextrous Tennis, by Chris Lewit

[joeldrucker]

When it comes to students of the game in all of its dimensions, Chris Lewit is doctorate-level. Here, he brilliantly looks back and what’s to come in, “Ambidextrous Tennis: The Future of the Game or a Competitive Curiosity?” Enjoy Chris’ nuanced view of this topic and let us know what you think.

https://www.tennisplayer.net/article...-groundstrokes

[stotty]

It's an interesting concept and one that's been around for a while.

A good player at my club was ambidextrous and tried playing with two forehands for quite a while. He couldn't make the switching the racket from hand to hand work fast enough, so in the end gave it up. He was by this time 20 years old so it was probably too late to learn (or should I say unlearn) the skill, despite being fully ambidextrous.

Another matter preventing the learning of this skill probably lies with coaches. A coach would probably only try it with his own child because the potential repercussions of trying it with a regular student would perhaps be prohibitive.

Actually, I would have thought ambidextrous serving would be more doable, given it's a static stroke played in one's own time and under no physical pressure.