Nick The Poet is a lifetime tennis lover. In this video he shares a tennis tip and how it relates to managing his life in recovery.
Nick introduces himself, mentions driving back from Chicago, and points out the small tennis court with a wall where he'll practice.
He explains the plan to pick one thing to work on and notes he's hitting left-handed because his right arm is sore, setting the practice constraints.
Nick walks through technical cues: a compact backswing, contact slightly out front, and a smooth follow-through, using images like 'kissing the bicep' and a 'gummy bear' to illustrate arm position.
He demonstrates hitting forehands ('bada bing, bada boom') against the wall and comments on trying not to hit his phone and staying in frame.
Nick wraps up by noting that both tennis and life involve juggling many things, encouraging doing the best you can, and closes with a cheerful 'bingo.'
Hi folks, how you doing? Nick the poet here and was just driving back from Chicago and happened upon this great little tennis court, which happens to have a wall. So I thought I'd hit a few and sometimes it's good to just go out and pick on one thing to work on. I've been hitting with my left hand because my right arm is a little bit sore from years of tennis. So I'm just going to work on a nice contact point slightly out front and following through. We don't want a huge backswing. Cause too much can go wrong up here, but we want a kind of a little loop and then a nice follow through.
You can think of coming up and almost kissing that bicep, bring it right up there. Or you can imagine a gummy bear right here and you're eating the gummy bear as it comes up. A gummy bear in your, what is this called? The other side of the elbow. So here we go. Working that forehand, bada bing, bada boom, out front, follow through. Trying not to hit the phone, trying to stay in frame. Always a lot of things to manage both in tennis and in life, but we just do the best we can, right? Bingo.
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