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The best tennis shoes that I've had so far were a pair of Nike Zoom Vapor X Roger Federer RF 2018 French Open. They were flexible and felt like a pair of socks. Yet, they stabilized my feet like no other. The newer Nike Zoom Vapor 9s that I have are more rigid and actually make my feet hurt...

Maybe you're right, but I feel like even my OH from the baseline is harder. Perhaps it's flatter like people mentioned here.

I think my overheads have more pop than serves on average. Anyone else feel the same way? What is that anyways?

I see a slight crack at the 12 o’clock in the frame - or just crack in the paint job. I can’t tell. Should I avoid using this racquet for a health reason?

I think my myopia has progressed a little and requires prescription glasses at this point. What's the best way of getting prescription protective eyewear?

Is the kinetic chain in 1-handed backhand contributing less than in forehand or serve? I don't see much video or discussion. Personally, it's hard feel the lagging of the racket in my backhand that I feel in forehand or serve.

I don’t know. Neither do you. Taylor Dent demonstrated that it doesn’t affect his pace that much. I will believe him.

I respectfully beg to differ. That point was debated ad nauseam in the thread that I linked to. Based on the opinion of many in this forum, as well as Taylor Dent’s statement, my front leg staying on the ground won’t compromise pace at my level. If it helps stabilizing my serve motion, to the...

I love the wealth of information that the TT forum represents. I just found the following thread. http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/the-case-against-leg-drive-on-the-serve.525318/ It includes a video instruction by Taylor Dent. He states that jumping off of the front leg is not...

For me, I seem to have better pace and spin when my front foot stays on the ground rather than it jumps off the ground. I know that jumping off of the front leg should not be done intentionally. But whenever I incorporate an element into my service motion that will result in my front leg...

Whenever I try to go big on my ground stroke, it more often sails long than not. That makes me wonder if there is such thing as too much racket head speed. Or is it because there wasn’t enough top spin or racket head was a bit open that my ball sailed long.

There is plenty of discussion on racket lag in forehand drive and backhand drive. What about backhand slice? I can't seem to find much discussion or video on this. Is racket lag not as crucial for backhand slice?

Shoulder-over-shoulder motion (aka cartwheel motion) results in the tilting of the upper body towards your non-hitting arm. you have to hit the ball towards the 2 o'clock on the ball for slice serve, whereas towards the 12 o'clock or 1 o'clock for kick serve. How do you achieve this? You can...

Thanks to many helpful instructional videos on the YouTube, I think I now have a good handle on kick serve. The key for me was to remain sideways as long as possible. The problem, though, is that my kick serve has so little pace, while it really has a high net clearance and high bounce. How do...

From videos, I see a lot of pros leaning forward when they have enough time to set up forehand and really hit a big forehand. By "leaning forward", I mean the weight of your body is placed towards the toes of your feet rather than the arches of your feet, as if you could fall on your face if...