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YESSSS!!! Well put... him in his place, that is. When people "poo-poo" a conversation/thread/etc. as being stupid, silly, etc., it is a thinly veiled declaration of their self-proclaimed superiority. Your comment was spot on, factually correct and a nice dig. Thank you, sir!

To anyone still reading this thread: There is an excellent paper on this very website which describes exactly what the ball (and racket, and person) is doing, during the kick at least. And guess what, it ain't topspin (dinner guests gasp in horror)! Well, not 100%, not even 50%. A kick serve...

Loved your comment, even 10 yrs later. Me, I can miss a ball when someone just tosses one to me, much less a speeding, spinning & twisting (snapping, snarling & drooling) MONSTER! Top pro players are inhuman freaks of nature and really shouldn't be shown to the tennis playing public for the...

Geezus, whatta MAROON! It's spelled STOOPIDER. Didn't you go to skool? ;)

Oh, you're good alright. Good at making us laugh. You made Bahamas Goombay Punch come out my nose - and I wasn't even DRINKING Bahamas Goombay Punch! [Note: It went down Grape Fanta and came out Bahamas Goombay Punch. Does this mean I have a bleeding ulcer?] Thanks for the giggles, keep up...

Yes, adding weight at 6:00 is practically same as adding it to the throat. In both cases, you're adding weight to the approximate center of mass, which is at/around the "lowest" part of the hoop (closest to the grip). By doing this, you are adding weight to the racket, but not changing its...

My Two Cents: I did notice that Agassi hits the ball consistently very low (towards the throat) on the stringbed - looks like somewhere in between the center of percussion (COP) and what they call "best bounce" - whereas most modern forehands are hit near the center of the throat-to-tip axis...

IT'S ALL IN THE GRIP!! When I switched my forehand grip from Eastern to Semi-Western (I closed my BH grip, too), I instantly got more topspin and hence more shape to my groundstrokes. I also closed (clockwise if looking at buttcap) my service grip, i.e. from Continental to Eastern BH, I got a...

OK, now I *am* getting nitpicky, but the wall drill looks good with one exception: you're practising smashing INTO THE GROUND. Shouldn't we - at least sometimes - practice smashing FORWARD and into the court? I'd modify the drill to alternate between one into the ground to send the ball up...

Don't mean to be a $#i+head, but how about just practising it a lot. I mean A LOT, like several HOURS in a week? At least for a while, until you get a grip on the smash. So far, to me anyway, tennis seems to be a sport you can't theorize about, you've got to get out there and GET THE REPS...

LOL. Yeah sorry, that's my fault. I was giving my lofty advice on topspin and mentioned that I was a wheelchair player, then people got curious. It is nice to see there is that much interest in our little corner of the game. [But if this thread were about WC tennis, I'd say: The two-handed...

Please don't apologize for your English - it's very good - and certainly better than my...hey, what language to you speak anyway? But if there's ever something I write that you don't understand fully, please either reply here, private message me on this site, or send me an email at...

It's the court movement that's the big difference, that's why we get two bounces. The hitting is surprisingly hard, I've never seen the WC pros live, but I imagine they can hit about as hard as a WTA tour player, maybe not top 10. Serving, well, we serve about as well as any other 4 foot 5...

Right you are! (and I've always wondered why...) Sorry, I got a little carried away and neglected to fully answer the question. Aside from grip size, as I mentioned above before launching into my Academy Award acceptance speech, I guess you're looking for something not too heavy because you...

Hello Beltsman, rackets are pretty much the same for WC players (mostly midsize ~100 in²) the only real difference is grip size. You need a smaller grip because you're holding on to the racket as you push the chair, gripping the handrims or often the tires themselves. When you close on the...

Okay so, "rolling the ball" is as if the ball were held against your strings and you were "rolling the ball" along the string bed, with constant pressure. It's different from "brushing the ball" where you have this exaggerated skimming up the back of the ball and not putting any "drive" on the...

I'm really very happy to offer some help, just glad to be of service. First: you're doing a couple of things right. You're getting in a lot of "reps" (repetitions, strokes). That's paramount, the single most important thing. Second, you're seeking out instruction. These two things alone...

My pleasure! Here's the article on bowling the ball: http://www.feeltennis.net/how-to-hit-topspin-in-tennis/ and here's a great comparisonof the old style forehand compared with the new, "modern forhand" which discusses the kinetic chain in straight vs curved paths...

I think that's a good analysis, Chad. The curve on his down-the-line shots is perhaps due to the fact that he's swinging in a circle. (Possibly just less visible on his crosscourt shots?) See the Feel Tennis lesson on "discus vs bowling" referenced earlier for in depth discussion of this...

I dunno, I'm hard to miss. I play the wheelchair game at Stade Uniprix in Montreal (the very same place Raonic and Bouchard train, BTW...). Your avatar byline is "A green and pleasant land". That AIN'T Montreal! Perhaps we've talked on the phone? Shared a jail cell? I've been searching for...

I'm a wheelchair tennis player and we just don't have the time for that much backswing. It turns out that it's not essential for a reasonably powerful stroke anyway, at least not at the rec level. Sure the pros do it, but they're looking to squeeze that last few mph out of their *otherwise...

Amazing coincidence. I wear an eyepatch for the first 45 minutes of every practice. It helps, but not as much as the rest of the pirate costume. Especially the hook hand and a parrot that squawks, "Watch the ball! BAWK! Watch the ball!"

Thank you, movdqa. That is GREAT advice. Only...what's a ball-basher? Sorry, slow on the take. Canadian. Wait, this isn't something you buy in those fetish shops, is it? (Probably already got one then.) KIDDING! Butt seriously... I imagine it's some way of hitting a ball incredibly hard...

I have resumed playing tennis after a long illness (10yrs) which ended up putting me in a wheelchair. As far as my age is concerned, IT'S NON well if 50 it The New Thirty, then I am The New Thirty. I now wear progressive eyeglasses. I am having a TERRIBLE time finding the ball out there. If...

I haven't been so lucky. Or skilled. May I ask, were you using any particular technique when you saw the ball/blur hit the strings? Are you able to recreate the experience with any success at all, i.e. 1/10, 1/100, or even while waiting for your number to be called at the driver's license...

Sorry I was so unclear, let me try again. You said: Watching the ball only makes a significant difference when playing better players or facing differently-hit balls. I said: Watching the ball (and keeping your head) down makes your tennis more enjoyable, period. I'm not trying to be...

(With all due respect, Sir) I would say, tracking the ball well makes your tennis that much more enjoyable. I know that sounds froofie, but I mean it in a perfectly macho way. You know when you POUND the ball and you feel great? And sometimes you just step into the ball and it TAKES OFF, as...

My own two cents (eight years after the last post) is: I used to play this "game" I invented as a kid where I would try to "freeze" trees or telephone poles in my field of vision as we were speeding past them in the car or train. I would dart (saccade) my eyes back and forth laterally, i.e...