So you just bought your new shoes and tennis racquet and you want to give it a swing. How does one really get into tennis? Do you just get your friend down to the local tennis court and start swinging it around? Or maybe you pick up a book and read up on techniques and form. By all accounts, these are really good methods of learning something you're new to, however there is one thing you should always seek out: advice from a professional tennis player. 

Usually, that costs a lot of money, as the tennis player Marius Copil says, and it's very difficult to find someone that you actually can understand or that is willing to give you freebie tips, but in this article I will give away a few of the tips and tricks that I believe are most important to beginners.

Tips and tricks to be a better tennis player.

Firstly, don't be discouraged by practice and repetition. Science teaches us that the most effective way to learn something is effective practice. When you see 200 balls that you have to hit in the basket on the court, I know it can be pretty discouraging as a beginner. Mistakes will be made and frustration will start to set in. But don't stop. 

Marius Copil talks about the fact that your muscle memory, your neural pathways, need time to take in your new passion. And the more you hit the balls, the more you will get accustomed with angles, balancing, stopping or hitting the balls. In time, this will become your second nature, and you will be able to assess trajectories both coming and going, and you will intuitively hit the ball so that it has the most effect. 

Second, don't get discouraged by constructive feedback from your tennis coach. He is there to prepare you for your career, so whenever he tells you off for hitting the tennis ball too hard, you probably are and you have to adjust your strength. Since training is focused on repetition for beginners, you will have a very hard time if you don't listen to him. Effective practice is key to progress, so you will have to concentrate on the task at hand and follow his direction, as interrupting the moves you practice over and over again because you've stepped out of line or hit the tennis ball to hard is not a viable way to get ahead. 

Finally, some advice that we managed to get from Marius Copil, is to always remember that growing skills takes time, especially if you're new to sports altogether. If you are, then you will have to put in a lot more work than someone who is used to sports discipline. If not, you will still struggle with ball trajectory, which likely is the most difficult thing to establish for tennis beginners. 

Don't worry, by the time you have assimilated your technique and the certain forms and moves required to play effectively, you would have hit enough tennis balls to get at least a general idea of the aerodynamics and trajectories involved in this process. You will find yourself anticipating trajectories and not knowing how it happened. Just stay calm, be focused on your training and you will get there, eventually. It is an extremely rewarding process.