Such an overlooked aspect of any tennis player’s development and even coaches can forget this as well in their quest to develop perfect technique et al.

For me, the hardest part in getting the penny to drop in my juniors’ minds is when explaining to them that, for all the euphoria, the unbelievable winner they’ve just hit, still only counts for one point, no extra points for style!

I only wished I learned this lesson earlier when I was a junior myself!