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Aye, familiar challenge. I usually like to stay behind the baseline and move in on return. But such slower slice or some backspin serves dip too soon. What was insightful for me, these serves still peak hip height. If they have no faster option to catch you off-guard, you can pretty much camp...

Well, that’s possible to think like this, let’s see. In my experience, I always tried to complete the takeback by ball bounce, of course I have height anticipation by that moment, but if it’s a topspin shot — it will vary in height and arc of the bounce. So I usually need a tool to fine tune my...

That happens if the ball is in perfect strokezone. 2 is not to get the drop for sake of drop, it’s to find the proper swing level/shape versus the actual live ball. That’s the difference between shadow-swinging and trying to apply into rally and points. Shadow-swings are only valuable if you...

Yeah that’s an effect noticeable on clay courts unless your slice is pure/underspin. It bothered me sometimes when the ball curved nicely short of box corner on the deuce court, and then noticeably bounced back towards returner…

Best instruction guys who have experience with actual high level players and also have much content created are Tom Allsopp of TPA tennis, Karue Sell (who is more of a player/formerly sparring, but still gives gems of high-level coaching).

Goran does it as if he’s swinging a badminton racquet, so easy… cannot copy :cry:

Yeah, absolutely, if you are explosive as hell. Or if you as rec player are ok with <90mph flat serves. And no kicks. The biggest deciding point is does it suit your natural rhythm. Some say hitting at peak is more consistent, but it’s not ultimately so, not for anyone. When you have just a bit...

Here’s what I mean: by the time he releases the ball he has his knees already bent, torso rotated away, elbow set. It works, kind of you begin your motion with squatting, then toss and step up without straightening, then immediately launch straight into ball… but it’s not comfortable for...

You can have consistent toss with moderate height, dropping some. Just train your one arm and mind to work consistently. Or you may have to fully rebuild the rhythm to use your whole body with low toss. Or lose your legs from the motion, lose RHS, and as result — lose serve quality. Low toss...

Not legs, but core. Many try to incorporate legs and either have not enough strength in their core to sustain the load, or don’t focus enough. The whole motion breaks down, and they don’t get why they serve worse than without legs.

Yes, I agree. Yet one needs to hit that point from which he can deliver via the thumb. We can look at rally ball. If a player can rally with desired and varied shape, no need to focus on slot or anything. If not — need to resolve it. The point is, you want to have a swing across the ball...

It may not work straight, as it doesn’t for C and some other players who have that “wrap” forward swing on BH — bending the elbow as they uncoil. For RH drop to happen naturally one needs to put the hand into proper slot, so that he accelerates up and out, not down to the ball, neither straight...

This smells like hurtful loss suffered, doesn’t it?

Interesting, it looks like ball goes more steeply down than Federer’s flat serve here (the very first one): Also are you aware you hit that with slightly open racquet face?

We discussed side view video, didn’t we?

Yeah, when the junk doesn’t sit up, it becomes annoying and rightfully so… That’s the thing with grass as well, particularly with “old” grass tournaments as they were: good for big servers — absolutely; for big hitters — not so much, much more for those who could block and slice and chip any...

Personally — yes, will be able. But fastest, hardest smash will be when I swing into the ball and manage to time racquet pivot well. Much closer to “wrist snap” actually :-D

Film yourself from the side actually making serves on-court, 240 fps, and lets direct it. I bet feel vs real. Nothing wrong with feel that works. But what you describe is very questionable as an instruction. How long do you think it takes to swing THROUGH the ball? It’s fraction of a second...

Good serves with beautiful upward swing (y) You are really talanted with this element, and practice pays out.

There’s no strict rule. But if you are intercept the ball early, stepping diagonally into the court, you obviously try to hit it down into the court. So you prepare high and swing more horizontally with closed racquet face. Then you go look at Rafa, and he hits everything with quite steep...

I feel the slow court much better. It’s still usually fast enough, it has predictable bounces, etc. I can actually play well on faster lower bounce courts, not so much on faster high bouncing courts. But I kind of lose control of what’s going on, I just have to stick with reactive game more...

He plays more tiebreaks than “+2 games” sets, even including lost sets. So it seems to me it’s not about picking onto BH in his matches. I played some matches I won convincingly, I hit like 1 BH on every 4-5 forehands. If they cannot make me hit BHs, who cares how weak it is? Now when I have...

He hasn’t replied to anyone yet :laughing:

The “normal topspin” will still have some tiny bit of sidespin. The issue if you don’t intend to do it one way or another, is may creep in uncontrollable, and voila — your DTL shot drifts wide. I personally see it this way, if I get behind the ball, and it’s high enough — I will use fade drive...

Well I trust people, which is big part of what I’ve had as success in life, and my tennis progressed a lot when I leaned to trust more and figure out what people say me, rather than be full of my own beliefs :) not that I’m perfect here, but way better balanced than before. And — back to OP —...

Oh, I have another light bulb insight! Maybe, for the part he has already got, he is just good enough in listening and comprehending what is actually at table for anyone? :unsure:

They may look terrible. As they may look better than OP. I’ve seen them different. Depends on lots of things. So even if the OP looks way above average for you, that doesn’t make him unbelievable. Maybe people on here have seen some talented starters? ;) That happens if you don’t limit yourself...

Why? It’s actually looking exactly like a beginner trying to learn “proper technique”, likely without a coach or maybe in some clinic. You try to do split step, which is good, but you initiate it when opponent makes contact. You need to be mid-air when he makes contact, so initiate it earlier...

@user92626 our conversation actually started here, where you implied we were trying to figure out “how’s” of basic stroke. I asked what you meant, and since you said “fh bh serve volley”, I responded how it’s totally ok to figure out how’s of these strokes through years of progressing.

Look, you think based on what? I see my own progress as well as some other people around. I'm 100% focused on having very utility approach to technique and advice I share. I don't claim I'm brilliantly efficient instructing, or always right, but what you may see as "like you guys doing..." - for...