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[usna93]

Picture of son at recent tennis tournament.

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[Nikonite]

Nice form! That grip should give him a serve with some serious spin!

[usna93]

Minimizing the double faults is a big focus.  Makes winning a game hard if you're giving away free points.  At least he's starting to get height which helps for a little guy.

[Russ]

Nice jump, would be nce to see the ball in the shot though.

[TBonz]

There are many reasons for different shots including those without the ball in them...I've specifically shot some over the years to show my son what I was seeing in his play and coaches have told me that they've found things in some of my images (with or without ball) that helped them see what was happening and give them info to work with a kid to fix an issue.  But yes, typically for action images of ball sports, you want the ball in the image with rare exceptions (like shots of football linemen or certain situations in other sports).  More than that using baseball as the example, the goal would be for the ball to be at the critical point of contact as it meets the bat or leaves the pitchers fingers.  Face is more critical than ball but both are better and neither is trash !

[usna93]

I agree 100% on ideally getting a ball in the pic!    When I was looking at professional tennis photos (Google "Federer serve", for example), I had it in my head to get motion and form in the shot since many shots I saw (that I liked) capture feet to top of swing.  I try to mix it up if I can be in the right position though and get some of both, esp. if the shot can show focus and/or intensity.

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