Connors Sky Hook

[slowfox]

Anyone still hit an overhead this way?

[LeeD]

Still valid if you can't get back far enough to hit a normal overhead, as the back shoulder is your farthest back pivot point to hit the ball.
Assuming you turn shoulders first, then crab walk/hop back to cover deep overheads.
But why? You practice your serves constantly during a match, and never hit a ball with Connor's Bolo Sky hook.

[ollinger]

Connors, for the most part, didn't even hit an overhead that way. Given the time and reach, he usually hit very conventional overheads.

[BTURNER]

If memory serves, he gradually moved toward the conventional overhead as the 80's moved on. That sky hook
was more prevalent earlier on.

[jrepac]

Originally Posted by BTURNER

If memory serves, he gradually moved toward the conventional overhead as the 80's moved on. That sky hook
was more prevalent earlier on.

this is true, from what I recall. However, I've seen Fed hit a few that were much like the ole Jimbo "sky hook"

[goober]

Originally Posted by slowfox

Anyone still hit an overhead this way?

pros- no.

I have seen some rec players do it routinely.

[BeHappy]

You mean the Bucharest backfire?

It's for when you're chasing a lob. It's largely been replaced by the tweener.

[slowfox]

Originally Posted by BeHappy

It's for when you're chasing a lob. It's largely been replaced by the tweener.

Interesting. Didn't really think about it this way.

[BrooklynNY]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwcCTl50iDk

Yaroslava Shvedova channeled her inner Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors during her golden set over Errani