James Blake - Signature Shot: Forehand

[Slazenger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXgPZdEjd9Q

"swing hard, hope it goes in; that's pretty much my technique"

LOL

[shindemac]

Good Piece (tm)! Really, lots of good stuff in there. And his forehand is not flat like we think; It's just relative.

But we had discussions about how to hit xcourt before. And we mentioned for a neutral/closed stance, u would point your feet and whole body to face the target. In this vid, we see how the pros do it for an open stance and why they have such great disguise on it. If u r too lazy to watch it, I'll say it's timing. I thought this before, but it's good to see a pro reaffirm this.

[Messarger]

What girp is Blake using? Semi western i suppose? If it is then i could really examine this vid.

[habib]

Good Piece (tm)! Really, lots of good stuff in there. And his forehand is not flat like we think; It's just relative.

But we had discussions about how to hit xcourt before. And we mentioned for a neutral/closed stance, u would point your feet and whole body to face the target. In this vid, we see how the pros do it for an open stance and why they have such great disguise on it. If u r too lazy to watch it, I'll say it's timing. I thought this before, but it's good to see a pro reaffirm this.

Yup, it's basically the contact point that determines where the ball is going, and depending on your timing, in an open stance you can move the contact point around for cross-court, dtl, inside-out, etc... And yeah, his forehand is flat....for a pro. I'm sure it has more spin on it than 99% of this board could hope to generate.

[Bungalo Bill]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXgPZdEjd9Q

"swing hard, hope it goes in; that's pretty much my technique"

LOL

This was the stupidest film I have ever seen. It was so primative compared to what I learned in another post. Not only is this primative, it is offensive in nature to see someone hit a ball so incomplete.

Please let me introduce you to a new way of hitting the ball. If mastered, you are well on your way to creating a revolution that has yet begun. Rodger Federer uses our technique and has learned a great deal from me about a more revolutionary way to hit a tennis ball.

It is called JUMPULSE. I am on the knowledge team and although I have no clue what I am talking about, for some reason my teachers actually think I do!

So when James Blake can master the double hit as Rodger has done (thanks to me and my teachers), he will have passed through different dimensions of time and into the realm of cosmic paralysis. CYL :)

[dacrymn]

Wait Bungalo Bill.....are you advertising something? I've never quite got that. All of your posts are advertising......something. Like some technique, equipment ( I think that was the AB belt or something)... Is that something significant?

Oh, and did you just say a pro's shot was INCOMPLETE? Yeah, I'm sorry to say this but it doesn't sound very good when people advertising stuff knock something perfectly good in the interest of pursuing ad purposes. You just said Federer was better than Blake. Okay, that's fine, but it's definitely not because of you.

[habib]

This was the stupidest film I have ever seen. It was so primative compared to what I learned in another post. Not only is this primative, it is offensive in nature to see someone hit a ball so incomplete.

Please let me introduce you to a new way of hitting the ball. If mastered, you are well on your way to creating a revolution that has yet begun. Rodger Federer uses our technique and has learned a great deal from me about a more revolutionary way to hit a tennis ball.

It is called JUMPULSE. I am on the knowledge team and although I have no clue what I am talking about, for some reason my teachers actually think I do!

So when James Blake can master the double hit as Rodger has done (thanks to me and my teachers), he will have passed through different dimensions of time and into the realm of cosmic paralysis. CYL :)
HAHAHAHAHAHA. Well played.

"Cosmic paralysis" - I may need to use that in our next corporate meeting.

[Vision84]

dacrymn, I think Bungallo Bill is being sarcastic. I found his post pretty funny actually.

[Slazenger]

This was the stupidest film I have ever seen. It was so primative compared to what I learned in another post. Not only is this primative, it is offensive in nature to see someone hit a ball so incomplete.

Please let me introduce you to a new way of hitting the ball. If mastered, you are well on your way to creating a revolution that has yet begun. Rodger Federer uses our technique and has learned a great deal from me about a more revolutionary way to hit a tennis ball.

It is called JUMPULSE. I am on the knowledge team and although I have no clue what I am talking about, for some reason my teachers actually think I do!

So when James Blake can master the double hit as Rodger has done (thanks to me and my teachers), he will have passed through different dimensions of time and into the realm of cosmic paralysis. CYL :)


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[boojay]

Awesome vid!! I'm favoriting cuz Blake's a cool guy.

[Alex132]

i agree with Blakes quote, i do the same :P.

He is really cool guy :)

[Bungalo Bill]

Wait Bungalo Bill.....are you advertising something?

Welcome dacrymn, the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom will not leave you empty handed. I welcome your energy into my energy. I am hoping during this dialog that we can recognize we are one in Jumpulse.

It is not advertising or selling once you acknowledge the natural energy forces around you. Integer theory is quite correct in that if a tennis player were to absorb the cosmic ratios of mathematics into their hemisphere of negative energy, the forces that could be applied to the tennis ball could indeed cause a player to hit the ball twice while flying through the air.

This is the information Rodger Federer so desperately needed when he was a young cosmo and was in need of knowledge to help him harness the energy within. I taught him how to do this through my Jumpulse information. I was offended to see how people would put James blake on a stand with such a primative forehand. He only hits the ball once (not twice) and is in need of my cosmic powers which he has yet to acknowledge.


I've never quite got that. All of your posts are advertising......something.

May I politely say that you don't get it because you are not one. I have nothing to sell but only offer my advice in a cosmic freedom which only a few understand. My time here has gone through many levels of cosmic transition - I offer my knowledge freely for those that can hear my voice in the cosmic dimensions of the integer universe.

sorry to say this but it doesn't sound very good when people advertising stuff knock something perfectly good in the interest of pursuing ad purposes. You just said Federer was better than Blake. Okay, that's fine, but it's definitely not because of you.

Thank you for acknowledging your frustration. This is the first step in becoming one with me and I with you in Jumpulse. Our planet is in need of intelligent people as yourself to come down from the clouds and enlighten us with the cosmic energy that only a few realize and feel. I call it Cosmic Paralysis. It is a state of being that only a few people in this universe have achieved. In fact, I only know of one cosmic carbon unit that has acheived this level on these boards. You may know him as Bottle.

Federer is better because I invented Jumpulse. A superior transformation method that allows a human being to reach a supernatural state to hit the ball twice with one swift motion. So far, only Rodger Federer has called for the information and the results speak for themselves.

I and the Knowledge Team are working diligently to solve the cosmic mystery of the clay court. We are feeling negative energy rising from the clay which is conflicting with Jumpulse and Rodger's positive energy. Soon, we will discover the negative energy source and just chant it away.

Thank you for your beautiful message of interest. CYL :grin:

[Slazenger]

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

[tricky]

Federer is better because I invented Jumpulse. A superior transformation method that allows a human being to reach a supernatural state to hit the ball twice with one swift motion.

If I learn Jumpulse, can I master double pronation? I want enough topspin so that my FH goes back in time!

[Bungalo Bill]

If I learn Jumpulse, can I master double pronation? I want enough topspin so that my FH goes back in time!

when you master the deep relationship of the integer and its relationship to the tennis ball, you will transform yourself into the energy source you need to propel your racquet at such high speeds that the ball coming off your strings will be slowing down allowing you to place the racquet strings on the ball multiple times as I taught Rodger. We all love Rodger and I love him. CYL:)

[tricky]

you need to propel your racquet at such high speeds that the ball coming off your strings will be slowing down allowing you to place the racquet strings on the ball multiple times as I taught Rodger.

This is deep knowledge. But does this work with a Babolat or does my racquet have to be made of bamboo?

[psp2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXgPZdEjd9Q

"swing hard, hope it goes in; that's pretty much my technique"

LOL

"Even if I'm down 0-5 in the fifth set (after blowing a 2 sets to love lead), I "swing hard, hope it goes in; that's pretty much my technique"

[SFrazeur]

That's my Youtube account by the way. Also, be sure to check out my internet famous Federer "S-bomb" video.

-SF

[VaBeachTennis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXgPZdEjd9Q

"swing hard, hope it goes in; that's pretty much my technique"

LOL

Nice clip of Blake. Thank you.

[i love t3nn1s]

in this clip blake says that if he hits the ball more out in front of him the ball will go cross court,,,and if he hits the ball a little behind it will go down the line,,,is this true because i have always been told to take the ball early no matter what...also when he says "sit and lift" meaning bending knees and lifting up through the stroke does it mean you should be jumping after every forehand?>?

[shindemac]

in this clip blake says that if he hits the ball more out in front of him the ball will go cross court,,,and if he hits the ball a little behind it will go down the line,,,is this true because i have always been told to take the ball early no matter what...also when he says "sit and lift" meaning bending knees and lifting up through the stroke does it mean you should be jumping after every forehand?>?

No, this isn't true. It's an advanced technique.

No, you don't jump after the shot. Bending the knees help with generating power and topspin. You have to do it right and use the kinetic chain. Lift means lifting the body up from its lowered position. Sometimes u get air, sometimes u don't. Lift doesn't mean jump in the air. If u mistimed it and jumped in the air, u could be on your way down when u hit it. That means u could be taking away some topspin. Not to mention all the power from your legs were wasted. Legs add a lot of power to groundstrokes.

[paulfreda]

in this clip blake says that if he hits the ball more out in front of him the ball will go cross court,,,and if he hits the ball a little behind it will go down the line,,,is this true because i have always been told to take the ball early no matter what...also when he says "sit and lift" meaning bending knees and lifting up through the stroke does it mean you should be jumping after every forehand?>?

Yes this is true IMO.
Hitting out front will result in hitting more on the side of the ball and thus yield a crosscourt shot. Waiting for it and hitting later, more around your body will make it easier to hit down the line.

Your coach teaching you to always hit early is a perfect example of a teaching disease called "do this and you will always hit it well". Experienced players have many techniques that vary basic ideas. Another one is "keep your wrist laid back all thru the shot". Bullocks. Some shots are hit well this way. But not all.

[The Gorilla]

yes of course this is true, this is how you aim the shot, whether you know it or not.And hitting it early actually means hitting it before it starts falling , not hitting it in front of you

[Slazenger]

in this clip blake says that if he hits the ball more out in front of him the ball will go cross court,,,and if he hits the ball a little behind it will go down the line,,,is this true because i have always been told to take the ball early no matter what...also when he says "sit and lift" meaning bending knees and lifting up through the stroke does it mean you should be jumping after every forehand?>?

The 'sit and lift' he refers to is basically raising your center of gravity through the forehand stroke.

As has been said, your teacher telling you to take the ball earlier is probably telling you to get the ball at a favourable height in your strike zone.

What James is saying is if he takes the ball ever-so-slightly earlier the direction the racquet head is facing when it meets the ball makes it optimal for hitting crosscourt.
And if he delays this by tiniest bit and takes the ball a bit later, the direction the racquet head is facing now when it hits the ball makes it optimal to hit down the line.

All of this is still down while hitting the ball early.

[paulfreda]

Another aspect of sit and lift has to do with grip.
If you hit with a Western or close to it, you benefit from getting under the ball; due to the very closed nature of the racquetface with such grips most misses are in to the net.
Sitting helps you get under the ball to get it up and over the net.