Static balance is when a player is naturally balanced while hitting. And at the beginning levels of the game, this is your goal! Getting to the ball & using adjustment steps as your final positioning steps – just before contact.

For instance hitting in neutral stance, stepping in and swinging through a shot bringing your right foot from back to front? Great idea! It’s basically saving you a lot of work using a ‘recovery step’.

Dynamic balance comes later when players advance and actually hit shots in the air due to racquet head speed – generated through the legs – body rotation – and landing balanced on your feet.

Work Cited: Rhonda. “4 Simple Tricks to Improve Balance on Court.” Tennis Camps & Holidays - Costa Del Tennis, Rhonda, 11 May 2017, www.costa-del-tennis.com/balance/.