Corrections

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http://www.egelpics.com/pics/dfges_id1uo.gif

(You must copy and paste the link in a new brower window because I block referrers to prevent hotlinking)

Anyone have any corrections to make? I'm new to the game, probably a 2.0, so any help is greatly appreciated.

[Psyballa]

I can't tell you much... but a video would help a lot better than a .gif.

It looks like you're letting your arm lead you into the ball a tad too much, and you're taking the ball too early for that kind of shot.

[Double Fault]

Yeah, I know it isn't much. I don't have the footage, so I made a gif with burst pictures :P Sorry.

[10s talk]

what is the problem with the serves ?

[Double Fault]

Aside from the fact that it is awful to watch? =P

I took some burst pictures of the serve and it is embarrasing. :oops:

I have two flagrant errors:


I don't bend my knees enough
I don't lean my body back at all


My toss is also problematic since I tend to throw the ball quite low because I feel that if I throw it too high, I might loose precision on the ball placement. I'm currently working on it and every time I remember to throw the ball up high, I can serve a powerful, but flat, ball into the service court. Sometimes it is even good enough for an ace. I guess the fact that I'm sort of tall helps.

My first serve is flat and fast. The second one needs to be worked on, but so far I have a so-so top spin serve. If I hit it just right, it will be weak enough for it to drop right after the net and force the opponent to rush to the net and lose his balance.

I do have problems with double faults sometimes. If I lose my confidence, I'm in serious serve trouble.

Either way, I've been reading a lot lately and I feel a lot more confident with my forehand and two-handed backhand. My coach told me today that he saw me a lot better than last week. I started to play a match with this 15 year old kid who's been hitting for the past 7 years and is very good and in excellent shape and I was up 2-0, including two aces, when we had to stop because the class time was over.

I guess I just needed to see myself playing to realize a lot of the mistakes I was making.