Wall practice, please critique - Page 3

tennisfan2k · 11-20-2012, 06:03 AM

Good advice, thanks.

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Originally Posted by TennisCJC

Overall, good technique. I have 2 suggestions.

1. On both your FH and BH, you have a pause in your loop. You pivot to the side with shoulders/hands, then you start your loop to contact. But, you pause at the back of the loop. It is more prevalent on the BH. It looked like you almost stop on your BH loop. Try making the pivot/prep to side with your shoulders. Then when you start the swing make it continuous to contact. Backswing can be very small, actual loop with hands can be very small; but you can still hit it hard if your hands are relaxed and you let it flow from legs and shoulders.

2. Try lifting more with legs. You are rotating forward but if you get more lift into the rotation, you'll get more topspin and can hit aggressively with margin.

tennisfan2k · 11-20-2012, 06:04 AM

Definitely.

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Originally Posted by TomT

Cool. Send me an email if you want to come to Fort Lauderdale and hit sometime. I'm sure you'd beat me easily in a competitive match, but just hitting, doing drills, whatever, would be fun.

nyc · 11-20-2012, 06:29 AM

a couple of pointers:

I know it's fun and exhilarating crushing the ball - and there's a time and place for that, but if the purpose is to groove your technique, I suggest you slow down and focus on the whole kinetic chain. Start slow and focus on a smooth movement, involving your whole body.

One thing you don't do consistently is loading up properly on a low foundation and engage your non-hitting arm properly.

I would start with that, focus on getting low and practice a smooth, balanced movement. Don't worry about power, or if the ball supposedly goes long or short at that point. It's all about finding a smooth, balanced and relaxed movement and get that into muscle memory.

This video is a good example on a proper load up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiyoprgixTs

look at 1:57 - and don't worry about getting air, but rather focus on the low load up he's demonstrating there.

That's all I would start with - good luck and post some progress!

11-20-2012, 06:29 AM	#43
nyc Professional Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,496	a couple of pointers: I know it's fun and exhilarating crushing the ball - and there's a time and place for that, but if the purpose is to groove your technique, I suggest you slow down and focus on the whole kinetic chain. Start slow and focus on a smooth movement, involving your whole body. One thing you don't do consistently is loading up properly on a low foundation and engage your non-hitting arm properly. I would start with that, focus on getting low and practice a smooth, balanced movement. Don't worry about power, or if the ball supposedly goes long or short at that point. It's all about finding a smooth, balanced and relaxed movement and get that into muscle memory. This video is a good example on a proper load up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiyoprgixTs look at 1:57 - and don't worry about getting air, but rather focus on the low load up he's demonstrating there. That's all I would start with - good luck and post some progress! __________________ Head IG Prestige Pro

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