Video of hitting the tennis wall(down the line). Welcome advices. Thanks guys

[MTL]

Learned tennis at 35 years old and was addicted with it in the recent 2 years. This was the first video of hitting with the tennis wall. It was a windy day(camera was shaking, sorry for that) and only played DTL.

Welcome all the advices. Thanks guys!

 

[LeeD]

No backhands?
Nice you keep a wide stance for all forehands, good balance. Lots of effort. I"m lazy, and hit on TWO bounces against a wall.

 

[Deleted member 23235]

That's pretty good for just 2years.
What kind of ball is that? for as hard as you're swinging, I'd have expected the ball to go flying.
Only suggestion is to try moving closer and closer to the wall (work on smaller/faster prep & hitting on the rise)

 

[MTL]

Thanks LeeD for quick reply.
I can keep slicing the ball against the wall for over 3 mins, but play forehand like the video for 1 min, I was tired.
No backhand video this time and I would try to do that in next 2 days.

Thanks again.

 

[MTL]

Thanks nytennisaddict!
I already played tennis 7 years from learning it at age 35, only in the recent 2 years played a lot(4 or 5 times a week, I wanna play every day but my body does not agree).
I did not find the hitting partners yesterday so I took the video of hitting the wall. The ball I used is the one I played the whole week(4 or 5 hard hitting sessions with my partner, was opened from new can 7 days ago). It was a little bit soft than the brand new one.

Thanks for your suggestion and would try it next time.

 

[sureshs]

That is great form for a recreational player

 

[Shroud]

Learned tennis at 35 years old and was addicted with it in the recent 2 years. This was the first video of hitting with the tennis wall. It was a windy day(camera was shaking, sorry for that) and only played DTL.

Welcome all the advices. Thanks guys!

Looks good to me. I like how you load up for the shot.

It might be good to see that from behind. Its hard to tell but the hand may be going behind the body which is a TT no no!

 

[zalive]

Looking nice. Perhaps on some lower balls you can bend your knees a bit more, seems you do it barely enough so you sometimes hit the ball with the lower spot on your racquet.

From some personal point of view and taking your rec position (which I'm also in), seems that you tend to brush the ball literally by hitting the top of the ball (tho on some balls you did hit directly!), as a result you get some dispersion when it comes to hitting the sweet spot because of small timing errors, resulting in launch angle dispersion. There's another way to hit balls with topspin, going more straight towards the ball but with enough closed a racquet's head to create brushing. Less critical for timing because you're going through the ball, not searching for it's top. Also, take into account that there is less problem with timing against slower balls that come back from the wall, however the opponents hit faster balls than this so it's harder to time brushing (the way you do it) as well...

However nothing wrong with how you do it, just seems from my personal position that going directly through the ball may be a bit easier and may produce less errors in a real match situation.

 

[Friedman Whip]

Very interesting post. I think it answers a question that I have had in my mind for some time. I've always felt that a coachable athletic guy, with some proper instruction, could become a very good player in just a year or two. Looks to me like you have done that.

Got one question for you. Is the wall you are using nice and flat so that you get a nice straight bounce from it? The two walls that I have to hit on at so worn out that I might get a decent bounce off them maybe one hit in three. I like to get way back off the wall and hit strokes on one bounce too but find myself having to chase the ball due to the odd rebounds from the wall (and from my errant shots).

 

[MTL]

Looking nice. Perhaps on some lower balls you can bend your knees a bit more, seems you do it barely enough so you sometimes hit the ball with the lower spot on your racquet.

From some personal point of view and taking your rec position (which I'm also in), seems that you tend to brush the ball literally by hitting the top of the ball (tho on some balls you did hit directly!), as a result you get some dispersion when it comes to hitting the sweet spot because of small timing errors, resulting in launch angle dispersion. There's another way to hit balls with topspin, going more straight towards the ball but with enough closed a racquet's head to create brushing. Less critical for timing because you're going through the ball, not searching for it's top. Also, take into account that there is less problem with timing against slower balls that come back from the wall, however the opponents hit faster balls than this so it's harder to time brushing (the way you do it) as well...

However nothing wrong with how you do it, just seems from my personal position that going directly through the ball may be a bit easier and may produce less errors in a real match situation.

Great tips. I did miss the sweet spot a lot when I speed up the racquet. I use the semi-western forehand grip and it seems that driving through the ball needs early set up and preparation. Try to hit the ball more flat than before( high arc topspin) and consistent deep. In practice seems well, but everything slows down in the game, and I got the feeling of back to the pushing games again. Maybe I have to forget the results of winning or losing, focus more on the attacking and using the new skills.

Thanks zalive

 

[MTL]

Very interesting post. I think it answers a question that I have had in my mind for some time. I've always felt that a coachable athletic guy, with some proper instruction, could become a very good player in just a year or two. Looks to me like you have done that.

Got one question for you. Is the wall you are using nice and flat so that you get a nice straight bounce from it? The two walls that I have to hit on at so worn out that I might get a decent bounce off them maybe one hit in three. I like to get way back off the wall and hit strokes on one bounce too but find myself having to chase the ball due to the odd rebounds from the wall (and from my errant shots).

The wall is ok, Concrete and flat. But the ground is uneven and rough. Thanks