OPEN STANCE: Lower body movement

Open-stanced footwork will help you get to balls and recover much faster than stepping in. Wind your shoulders back as you step into the shot with your outside leg, explode into the shot and recover to the middle. It will take some repetition to get the timing down pat, but the stance will become one fluid movement.

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