Looking to improve serve/learn 2hbh...Hitechtennis or tennisplayer.net?

[BillyIdol]

I'm a 42 year old 4.0-4.5 counter puncher/aggressive baseliner using a Flexpoint Prestige Mid with Alupower in it. The Alupower has taken my game from 4.0 to 4.5, admittedly a weak 4.5. I have a good 1 handed backhand. I am ripping shots off both wings, but a little less on the backhand side. I have to throw in a few slices. I am totally committed to improving as a player. You know, serve practice everyday, off court training, weekly coaching, etc. I'll never go pro, but I want to be the best me I can be. I have to admit that the 2 handed backhand seems more solid and more reliable. I'm convinced that I can get even better with a 2 handed backhand. I also need work on my serve. My serve is pretty weak, but it is consistent.

I am sold on the "video revolution" of tennis. I DO think that a picture/video is worth a thousands words. On the Hitechtennis site, Jeff will analyze all your strokes for $220. This is an appealing option. I also heard that tennisplayer.net is good too. Not real sure of the video applications though.

Now...to the nitty gritty. How will I SPECIFICALLY learn from any of these sites (HiTechtennis, tennisplayer.net, tennisone.com)?

1)Watch the pro videos and imitate it at home or tennis court?
2)Show the pro videos to a local pro and have him help me?
3)Get feedback from Jeff at Hitech Tennis, and then take that to a local pro and have him help me?
4)Sidenote: I have only heard of a handful of tennis teaching pros using video. In SoCal, the only guy I've heard of is John Letts. Are there others?
5)I do want to try all 4 of the 2 handed bh combinations that John Yandell speaks of.
6)With 2 hbh, do you run with 2 hands on racket to get a wide ball to bh, or do you run and then when you get there, put 2 hands on the racket?


Thanks!
John

[BillyIdol]

One more,

Which site do you recommend and why? Obviously, all 3, but if you had to pick one? I'm leaning towards Hitechtennis, but what do you think?

John

[CoachingMastery]

John,

I'm, of course, going to recommend TennisOne. However, I will be honest to say that TennisPlayer is exceptional too. I also really like High-techtennis.com and FYB as Will Hamilton has done some very innovative things and is very accurate. TennisOne and TennisPlayer certainly have far more articles with tons of video clips to augment the author's text. Both sites have exceptional authors.

The one thing that TennisOne has is the Digital Stroke Comparison tool...where you can download any video of yourself (or your students), and then play them back side by side with any of the pro video clips hitting the same shot from the same angle and then compare them frame by frame to see what each is doing. (You can also compare any two pros hitting the same shot side by side too.)

Bottom line, there is a world of information that any student of the game can study and compare themselves too. Perhaps most important, you can see if the pro who you are taking lessons from is teaching you within the same framework of an Advanced Foundation, (the cornerstone of my two books), so that you don't have to change your strokes later...something that is very hard to do and is what keeps millions of tennis players from reaching their potential.

[BullDogTennis]

fuzzy yellow balls!

[Tennis Dunce]

^^ Couldn't agree more.

Will Hamilton is spot-on with his instruction. He does fine work indeed and I learned a thing or two from FYB. Plus, apparently, he's pretty darned tech-savvy.

[gzhpcu]

I like Will's site. Great video instruction, very clear explanations.
Go here: http://www.fuzzyyellowballs.com/

And guess what? It is free...:)

[Tennis Dunce]

^^ yeah...that's important. Will's one of the cat's out there doing the right thing...keep tennis free!