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Okay, in this segment we're going to stay away from the wall. But I want you to think
about a concept called the box within the box. So if you could imagine a line, another
box about four feet from all of the walls, you really never want to put your feet or
any of your part of your feet inside that. So for example, if I'm going to hit a ball
on the backhand side, I don't need to be any closer than I am right here. If I'm this close,
I can't take a very good swing anyway, and now I've increased the amount of distance
to get back to the tee. If I go into the front court, I don't, the ball since it has to hit
above the tee, it can't, it's got to come out at least this far. So there's no reason
ever to get any closer to the tee than you have to to get your shot. The same goes for
the back court. So there's really no reason, if I'm too close I can't swing. So there's
no reason to be this close to the wall. So no matter what the shot I hit, I want to at
least stay away from the wall a bit. What this has the extra side benefit of, the further
away you stay from the wall, the smaller the court is. So if I'm only, if I move an extra
foot than I have to, not only is my shot going to be less of a less quality, I've got to
move back that much further to the tee. So I want you to think about the box within the
box when you do all your movement drills. Have that in mind. So don't move any more
than you have to and that means you'll be much more efficient, you'll be faster and
you won't be as tired as your opponent.