{"id":1862,"date":"2016-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/tennis-tips-how-to-split-step\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:56:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:56:37","slug":"how-to-split-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/how-to-split-step","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Tips: How To Split Step"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former college tennis player and CoachUp coach, Paul Hammond, shows how to split step to prepare you for retrieving balls from your opponent. To split step, do a quick little hop when your opponent is about to hit the ball.<\/p>\n<p><span contenteditable=\"false\" data-mce-object=\"iframe\" class=\"mce-preview-object mce-object-iframe\" data-mce-p-allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-p-frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-p-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xU-nMgWGb8s\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xU-nMgWGb8s\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><span class=\"mce-shim\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hi, my name&#8217;s Paul Hammond, former Division 1 tennis player &amp; CoachUp coach. And this is the split step pivot. Preparation is critical in tennis, fifty percent of the time you&#8217;re retrieving the ball. 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