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3.0- level, I've been told the individual I am playing has a really good kick serve, beyond the 3.0- level. Generally speaking, how do you attack a kick serve?

He didn't, the guy double faulted the majority of the entire set away.

Thanks to everyone for all of the suggestions, there are definitely some ideas in here that I will try. A few of you asked for some more background info before wanting to make a suggestion and/or recommendation... - This is in a 3.0- tennis league. - This is the first season this...

I am in a singles league in the midst of the playoff's and was hoping to solicit some advice as to how I should play my next opponent. I spoke with the my friend who lost to my next opponent and he said that he couldn't beat him because the guy did not let up on his second serve. Apparently he...

Great info Bill, thanks for the insight.

Rocket, Could you possible elaborate on it a little bit. I just tried to draw a picture of a table with four mugs on it, but I think I confused mysef further as i'm not to adept at drawing. One of the things I am really trying to work on is my top spin forehand, because right now it is...

Yeah, I was thinking about that also. The only problem is that I wouldn't know how determine who is more knowledgeable.

Interesting, what does that do?

Looking for some feedback from the TT community about a coaching decision. I am looking to take a few lessons so that I can develop a consistent top spin forehand and I'm trying to decide on who to take lessons from. The first option is a local guy who is an All American at the SEC...

I did, but he asked me to keep it on the DL, because he was worried that you would get jealous. He didn't want to hurt your feelings or anything like that you know?

Don't you lose power doing that? I've tried it a few times and it is really awkward for me.

lol, now that was funny. :) :)

What's really interesting here is that after reading all of this, I switched my grip to the Eastern Forehand tonight during practice/drills and it had a profound impact. My Forehand consistency instantly doubled and I was hitting my balls with a lot more velocity, impact was a lot cleaner, not...

A few days back, "Doc Hollidae" posted this thread which has a lot of really good tips in it. With that being said, I wanted to get some input on one of his tips, specifically the one referenced below... I really like this idea and that is how I prefer to try and play (aggressive)...

Thank you.

When you say "straight arm" are you referring to the arm that you hold the racket with or the arm that you bring across your body?

What about post #21? That question (and not knowing the answer to it) is the crux of my problem.

I see what you are saying, but I don't think I am asking/explaining my question properly. Without confusing myself more, i think this is my basic question: When i use the different grips, should the position of my racket ever change or is it simply the position of the grip in and of itself...

Can you shoot me an Email really quick, I've got a question for you: speedtoburn@gmail.com Thanks, -S

Wait a second here, this is great info and it now has me wondering if I am approaching this incorrectly all together, because in the grip pictures that I was just looking at, the position of the hand changes, but not the racket. In my grips I am changing the position of the racket, that may...

Would this training aid be worthwhile? I'm having problems maintaining consistent (forehand) stroke play. I suspect that there are a few different reasons for it; however, I found this training aid on the 'Net and wanted to get your guys thoughts on whether you thought it would be a worthwhile...

Thank you all for the info/links, it's much appreciated. :)

I have a one handed backhand, but I have a lot of trouble trying to hit slice shots with the backhand grip that I currently use, a big percentage go into the net. I've also had a couple people tell me that I should not be using my thumb the way that I do in the backhand grip, I'm not sure why...

But Bio-mechanically speaking, is there a reason that he is holding the racket like that? Is there any application ot is it just "style"?

Tricky, In the first picture of Sampras that you posted, he is holding the racket kind of oddly, almost as if he is scooping something. I drew a red circle around that part that I am talking about, here's the picture: Sampras Why does he do that?

Here is another picture of my forehand grip: Forehand 2 I'm not sure If i am taking these pictures at the right angle(s) to properly illustrate my grip, it's kind of difficult.

Does anyone know of a website that is a good resource for all of the different grip types? I'd really like to learn them and possible try each of them out; however, most of the websites I have seen, the explanations of the grip types are confusing to me. They try to explain placing the v of your...

Thanks for the feedback. I am in fact working with a coach, when we first started working together, he asked me what felt more comfortable (which was the shbh for me) and so he taught me the mechanics of that stroke vs. the dhbh. From the thread it just sounds like the dhbh seems to be...

Also, I'm the only one on my team that uses it, but now you guys have me a little concerned. Should I dump it and learn the dhbh instead?

This is very interesting to me, because I'm fairly new to the sport and the single handed backhand came much more naturally to me so that is what I learned, but everyone I play with thinks it is very odd that I learned the shbh vs. the dhbh.