Fix Your Tennis - Randy Lynn Rutledge
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  • BASIC TENNIS ERRORS
    • Fix Netted Tennis Errors
    • Fix Long Tennis Errors
    • Fix Wide Tennis Errors
  • BASIC TENNIS ERROR FIXES
    • Fix Tennis Errors on the Ball
    • Four Racquet Parts for Fixing Tennis Errors
    • Basic Tennis Error Over-Correction
    • Corrective Tennis Methodology
  • MENTAL TOUGHNESS FIXES
    • Fix Tennis Confidence
    • Fix Your Tennis Belief System
    • Your Tennis Zone Fix
    • The Tennis Zone Described
    • Tennis Dancing
    • Tennis Player Skills Fixed
    • Fix Your Tennis Flow
    • Fix Visual Input to Your Tennis Mind
    • Fix Your Mental and Physical Tennis
    • Fix Listening Skills to Enhance Tennis Learning
    • When a Tennis Champion Loses the Number One Spot
    • Fix Your Tennis on a Bad Tennis Day
    • Conscious and Subconscious Tennis Roles
  • STROKE PROGRESSION FIXES
    • Tennis Stroke Progression Fixes
    • Functional Tennis Variation
    • Functional Variations of Tennis Teaching Styles
    • String-to-Ball Timing Fixes
    • Non-dominant Hand and Arm Fixes
    • Net Clearance Fix
    • Tennis Muscle Memory Fixes
    • Parts of a Tennis Stroke
    • Tennis Ball Spin Fixes
    • Hints for Tennis Fixes
  • TENNIS READINESS
    • Breathe, See the Ball Better, Take Everything Early
    • Watch Your Tennis Opponent Prepare and Execute
    • Fix Your Tennis Cross-training
    • Each Day Tennis is Different
    • Grip Locator for a Right Handed Forehand
    • Grip Locator for a Left Handed Forehand
  • TENNIS STROKES
    • One Hand, Sliced, Backhand Groundstroke
    • Fix Your Tennis Serve
    • Tennis Serve Sequence Photos
    • Ball Toss Fix for the Serve
    • Functional Tennis Ball Toss Variations
    • Serving Wrist Flexion or Snap
    • Fix Your Service Return
    • Fix Your Tennis Volley
  • ATP AND WTA TENNIS MATCH PLAYLISTS
  • PROFESSIONAL TENNIS NEWS LINKS
  • TENNIS DRILLS
    • Tennis Drill: Back Court Rally
    • Tennis Drill: Hit the Light Pole
    • ​Tennis Drill: Improve Tennis Action Flow
    • Tennis Drill: Over-correction for Inadequate Footwork
    • ​Tennis Drill: Visual Focus
  • TENNIS GLOSSARY OF TERMS
  • TENNIS REFERENCE

​Non-dominant Hand and Arm Fixes

 (Tennis article by Randy Lynn Rutledge - a former USPTA tennis teaching professional) ​
​This article discusses ways to use the non-dominant hand to enhance body balance and regulate stroke execution.

​  ​The non-dominant hand and arm of a highly skilled tennis player seamlessly performs a variety of duties and functional variations of movements by working together as one unit with the shoulders of the human body during execution of each progressive part of every stroke or hit. 
​If the tennis ball is in play, then there is never a moment when the non-dominant hand and arm does not have a specific job to do. 
​Think of both arms (upper and lower), both hands (dominant and non-dominant), and both shoulders (left and right) working together as one unit capable of performing unlimited functional variation of movement. 
​The non-dominant hand and arm of a tennis player can function to initiate shoulder turn, accelerate shoulder turn, suppress shoulder turn, accommodate shoulder positioning (tilt and rotation), and aid in balance. Everything the entire shoulder unit does is for the purpose of presenting the tennis racquet to the tennis ball at a certain height and distance away from the body, according to needs of the present moment and to accommodate the requirements of each intended type of stroke or hit. 
​Functional movement variation by the shoulder unit is necessary for accurate guidance of the tennis ball toward an intended angular ball flight. 
​NOTE:
The accurate placement and working of the shoulder unit depends on solid footwork habits.
​If the feet are not working properly, then the shoulders cannot be positioned as desired. 

Article Category:  STROKE PROGRESSION FIXES     
     Parts of a Tennis Stroke    
     String-to-Ball Timing Fixes    
     Tennis Stroke Progression Fixes     
     Functional Tennis Variation     
     ​Functional Variations of Tennis Teaching Styles     
     Non-dominant Hand and Arm Fixes     
     Net Clearance Fix     
     ​Tennis Muscle Memory Fixes     
     Tennis Ball Spin Fixes     
     ​Hints for Tennis Fixes     ​


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  • FIX YOUR TENNIS - RANDY LYNN RUTLEDGE
  • ABOUT
  • SEND A MESSAGE
  • FAITH
  • USEFUL WEBSITE LINKS
    • Education
    • Entertainment
    • People
    • Reference
    • Travel
  • BASIC TENNIS ERRORS
    • Fix Netted Tennis Errors
    • Fix Long Tennis Errors
    • Fix Wide Tennis Errors
  • BASIC TENNIS ERROR FIXES
    • Fix Tennis Errors on the Ball
    • Four Racquet Parts for Fixing Tennis Errors
    • Basic Tennis Error Over-Correction
    • Corrective Tennis Methodology
  • MENTAL TOUGHNESS FIXES
    • Fix Tennis Confidence
    • Fix Your Tennis Belief System
    • Your Tennis Zone Fix
    • The Tennis Zone Described
    • Tennis Dancing
    • Tennis Player Skills Fixed
    • Fix Your Tennis Flow
    • Fix Visual Input to Your Tennis Mind
    • Fix Your Mental and Physical Tennis
    • Fix Listening Skills to Enhance Tennis Learning
    • When a Tennis Champion Loses the Number One Spot
    • Fix Your Tennis on a Bad Tennis Day
    • Conscious and Subconscious Tennis Roles
  • STROKE PROGRESSION FIXES
    • Tennis Stroke Progression Fixes
    • Functional Tennis Variation
    • Functional Variations of Tennis Teaching Styles
    • String-to-Ball Timing Fixes
    • Non-dominant Hand and Arm Fixes
    • Net Clearance Fix
    • Tennis Muscle Memory Fixes
    • Parts of a Tennis Stroke
    • Tennis Ball Spin Fixes
    • Hints for Tennis Fixes
  • TENNIS READINESS
    • Breathe, See the Ball Better, Take Everything Early
    • Watch Your Tennis Opponent Prepare and Execute
    • Fix Your Tennis Cross-training
    • Each Day Tennis is Different
    • Grip Locator for a Right Handed Forehand
    • Grip Locator for a Left Handed Forehand
  • TENNIS STROKES
    • One Hand, Sliced, Backhand Groundstroke
    • Fix Your Tennis Serve
    • Tennis Serve Sequence Photos
    • Ball Toss Fix for the Serve
    • Functional Tennis Ball Toss Variations
    • Serving Wrist Flexion or Snap
    • Fix Your Service Return
    • Fix Your Tennis Volley
  • ATP AND WTA TENNIS MATCH PLAYLISTS
  • PROFESSIONAL TENNIS NEWS LINKS
  • TENNIS DRILLS
    • Tennis Drill: Back Court Rally
    • Tennis Drill: Hit the Light Pole
    • ​Tennis Drill: Improve Tennis Action Flow
    • Tennis Drill: Over-correction for Inadequate Footwork
    • ​Tennis Drill: Visual Focus
  • TENNIS GLOSSARY OF TERMS
  • TENNIS REFERENCE
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