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Because they do not have a backhand as beautiful as Henin's Because they do not volley as stylishly as Navratilova Because they scream on the top of their lungs, even when hitting a drop-volley Because they do not serve and volley like Mauresmo Because they do not have the variety of Hingis...

First of all, velocity is a vector which we break down into one parallel to the surface of the court and one perpendicular to it. Your particular example deals with velocity in the vertical direction. In that sense, the ball always accelerates towards the earth, regardless of its initial...

With regard to the original question: there are 2 ways to get to a 100 mph serve: - crap technique, but brute force - considerably less force, but a good technique I myself am 1.95 meters, weigh about 75 kg, which is not quite your typical linebackers build, and I serve consistently around...

I had the same problem. What the posters before me said works. My pro (he was actually a pro late 80's early 90's) put it as follows (assuming you are right handed and want to hit a forehand). When you approach the sitter: - take back early (personally, I don't need to shorten my backswing)...

Jelena Dokic is my guess.

Been playing drums for 18 years and tennis for 21. Although I'm considerably better at drums than tennis (3.5-4.0 if i translate my Dutch rating to NRTP via the ITF list). Current set-up is a Gretsch Renown Maple (in red): 10/12/14 toms 22 kick 14 snare The toms and snare have coated Remo...

He/she had a sex change?

In reply to mtommer and Moz: In general I agree with Moz here, althoug the reaction time argument by mtommer is an interesting point. Mtommer, you argue that pace is important because it cuts down on reaction time. True, but placement and spin also cut down on the returners reaction time. If...

Looking good, but as some have said in the previous post, your footwork is a bit lazy leaving you off balance especially on your forehands. This results in either hitting of your back foot, or having to reach a bit for the ball. I think Drak also had a valid point. Try to use your legs to move...

162 km/h or 100 m/h with a Tour 10 Gen II with 4 grams of lead in the tip strung with Isospeed control at 27 kg or 60 lbs. In that session of about 10-15 serves I was consistently serving everything over 145 km/h or 90 m/h.

I checked out the rating of the first guy. The signs behind him are Dutch and there's the name of a town on the screen behind him, so I checked his region and there's only one guy with his name on the KNLTB (Dutch tennis association) list. If I convert his Dutch rating to NRTP according to the...

Well, I take lessons from a guy who was a pro and ranked in the 300-400 on the ATP rankings in the late 80's. He is a s&v'er. Here are a few of the remarks he made on S&V. First of all, he keeps stressing that a volley does not have to be a winner! Keep the ball low and angle it away from...

As an answer let me share my (limited) experience with you. I had a Volkl Tour 10 Gen II with about 4 grams of lead in the top as my main frame for 3 years. I only had one and lately I've been wanting an extra one in my bag. I couldn't find any Gen II's and after some testing, I bought a...

And apparently slapped on a serious amount of lead.

Ok, rate this guy then. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMb5IGcWkf0 ............. Are his strokes pretty? I'm pretty sure he would cream any poster on this board. The esthetic quality of a tennis stroke has nothing to do with it's effectiveness. Match results are the only true indication of...

Voila, a real engineer posting! I have an M.Sc. in chemical engineering and im currently writing my Phd thesis after having done the research for it full time for the past 4 years. In a few months I am going to work in a large multinational as a research scientist. Btw I'm from the...

I've been wearing Barricade IV's during the past 2 summer seasons (99% on clay) and again this season. I play 6-10 hours a week. The shoes fit my narrow feet perfectly and the support is excellent. I slide quite a bit and they really do support the ankles on those stretched slides. Durability...

Outdoor hardcourts are least common in the Netherlands. Outdoor courts are mostly clay and synthetic grass is probably second. Then there are some alternatives to clay like "smash court" and "french court". Indoors (believe me, we need em here with all the rain) you find mostly: carpet and...

Amen brother..........amen

When I just quickly visit the boards to see what's new, I don't bother to log in. I only log in when writing replies or when I want to use the search option. So not all "guests" are really "guests" but members like me who are too damn lazy to log on :) Regards, Maurice

Forehand looks relaxed and smooth, backhand is a bit funky :) Can't really comment on the backhand, I hit with a one hander myself. It appears to me as if you are mostly using your arm power to get the ball going. I think you could get some more power if you'd "wind your body" up a bit more...

Well, back in the days I only had cash to buy one Tour 10 Gen II (I put 4 grams of lead in the top bumping the swingweight by about 15 points). I had no back-up frame with similar specs and, although I'm not a stringbreaker, I had 2 strings pop on me early first set in the middle of a tourney...

SteveI, heycal, the point is, the ball isn't officially out untill it bounces outside the lines of the court. Although there are cases when it is "obvious" to both players that a ball is going to land outside the lines, it is still a subjective thing. What if a player starts pushing it and...

That is kind of my experience as well. Actually, it's why I went back to heavy frames after dancing with a tweener for a while. With a lighter frame I tend to overhit in order to get any zip on the ball and I become erratic. With a heavy, 330+ swingweighted bat, I just prepare early and take a...

Well, I just came back of a training session where we mostly hit from the baseline and ended with some S&V. I find it a bit harder to time my forehand with the BB11 std when I go all out, but adjusting from my leaded Gen II is no biggy. I have no problem adjusting on the one handed backhand...

Heiah folks, I've been reading the discussion on the BB11 std vs the Gen II MP. I have been hitting with a (I think black labeled) Gen II for the past 3 years, although I have added 4 grams of lead in the tip. The swingweight of the standard version is listed at 315 and according to...

Just for my reference as a European, what would you guys say his NRTP lvl is? If I translate my rating via the ITF list to NRTP, I should be 3.5 in the singles and 4.0 in the doubles (us dutchies have 2 ratings), but I dare to say I would smoke this guy. (Not the guy in the white shirt...

Karsten Braasch beat them both (he played a set against each of the sisters). He was ranked around 200 at that time. Here's an article about it: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,6903,543962,00.html Regards, Mies

Ah, but you fix the relation between the 2 variables as soon as you introduce the second independent equation :D . The rest is just rewriting stuff as I'm sure you know. Oh well, I'm used to people going in stand bye mode when you start including mathematics. In previous post, some people (a...

The poster I quoted is correct. Imagine you break a racket apart in n small pieces and you weigh every piece and you keep track of where it was located in the frame (n is the number of pieces and should be small enough so you may consider each piece as a "mass point"). Let's now assume all...