The mental game: hand-eye coordination
For the game of tennis, hand-eye coordination, which is your body’s ability to react and complete a task precisely, is key to improving as a player. The skill of anticipating the next shot actually comes down to your brain’s ability to process information, relay it to your body and then react in a split second to the ball coming over the net. In this program, neuro-cognitive expert and high performance coach, Bram Swinnen provides two lessons with drills to improve hand-eye coordination, which can be easily added to any training routine.Quick link
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Hand-Eye Coordination | Episode 1: How To Improve It -
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Hand-Eye Coordination | Episode 2: Additional Exercises
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Hand-Eye Coordination | Episode 1: How To Improve It
This is a drill any coach can implement in a warm-up to increase focus and attention. it is also a drill that will help to improve hand-eye coordination and visual tracking. To start the first progression of this tennis drill you only need tennis balls, three buckets or baskets. In this episode you will see a progression of drills, designed to add elements to increase difficulty. For example, using the element of mulii-tasking, which seems very simple, increases the level of strain on a tennis players processing time, mimicking the experience they have on-court where they need to process information and actions quickly to be successful.
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Hand-Eye Coordination | Episode 2: Additional Exercises
In this episode, Bram introduces more drills to engage the brain, focusing on multilateral drills, or those that engage both sides of the brain.
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