Number1Coach
Banned
Slightly hard to describe, but the way he gets his non dominant arm out of the way seems to hinder his rotation, instead of it being smooth it's almost as if it gets in the way at times because of how rigid it is. You can see the difference between his non dominant arm and Krajinovic in the video of them hitting against each other. He actually momentarily blocks his own line of sight as it sweeps across before he follows through. I'd be curious how that forehand holds up on the run against major competition and heavy balls. I'd imagine the sometimes rigid rotation would either cause short balls, or balls left weak to the middle, or just weak in general. I'm sure it's fine when he has time, but when he doesn't have as much time that would be my guess. He definitely needs to smooth that out, but it's been an issue for years going back to when videos first started popping up of the kid.
He gets good non dominant arm extension, but the way it moves out of the way is a hindrance. Of course the kid is doing an amazing job, but at this level you have to be extremely picky to make sure there are no technical flaws getting in the way.
I do agree on the movement, but at 15 and 6-4 he should continue to grow into his body, and the serve of course should be huge if especially if he continues to grow. It's great he's able to hit with these guys on a trip to Nick B's, definitely positioning themselves well for the future. Best of luck as always to the kid. If he starts popping big serves and eliminates any technical liabilities he'll just have to start grinding it out in futures qualies and we'll see if the results come.
Just to give you and idea they traded on the baseline games forehand drill 11/9 FK 11/8 DB backhand drill DB won both 7/4 and 7/5
He played another player top 300 in the world beat him in a set, although it did go to a tie break 7/3 DB
So my thought always need to improve but right on target . Heck I heard Nadal talking about still trying to improve.
My thought on his tightness/rigid rotation is he is spending to much time in the ring training and this is causing a riff in the family the parents disagree on what sports he does but thats another subject.
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