@navigator I would suggest you play with @Slowtwitcher first at Balboa Park and then at your clay court south of the border and experience some real topspin without having to travel around the world for it.
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Slowtwitcher
Hall of Fame
Suresh, how can you say it was real topspin if I play with synthetic gut?! It's IMPOSSIBLE to create spin with synthetic gut
travlerajm
G.O.A.T.
You must be Jim Courier.Suresh, how can you say it was real topspin if I play with synthetic gut?! It's IMPOSSIBLE to create spin with synthetic gut
Slowtwitcher
Hall of Fame
Not even close
I used Solinco with the triangular cross section which bites the ball. I have been using that since I got couple of free samples from a rep. I still could not handle your spin forget about putting more spin on it.Suresh, how can you say it was real topspin if I play with synthetic gut?! It's IMPOSSIBLE to create spin with synthetic gut
But couple of weeks ago I purchased the cheapest Genesis poly from TW and that will be my next string due to the tanking economy. I have realized that string cross section is not really my limiting factor.
Problem is guys like @Slowtwitcher appear once in a few years in my life and then I never see any decent topspin again, only flat shots from old doubles players. Before Covid, I would sometimes hang out at the club and juniors' parents would ask me to hit with them so I used to get a glimpse of huge topspin. Now that is not allowed.
Turbo-87
Legend
Isn't Balboa the kingdom of LeeD?
No he is in the SF Bay Area
Slowtwitcher
Hall of Fame
Good. I think I hit "ignore" on him the first week of posting here.
Shaolin
G.O.A.T.
Gulbis??
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
Tennis technology has not caught up with you.
megamind
Legend
What is your limiting factor?
Slowtwitcher
Hall of Fame
@Suresh needs hybrid strings obvs
megamind
Legend
1) Where is the video footage that we have all been seeking?
2) Is his drop volley really that legendary?
3) How badly did you lose?
travlerajm
G.O.A.T.
Suresh usually backs off on his serve as a courtesy for visitors, so it’s unlikely that Slowtwitcher witnessed the full arsenal.
Slowtwitcher
Hall of Fame
1) Just ordered a tripod on Amazon, will have video next time
2) Suresh was just banging from the baseline
3) I lost many points, but mainly because of my strings (of course)
megamind
Legend
thank you!!!!!!!
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
Should I ask Christopher Nolan to come with his crew for filming this? Or do you prefer Peter Jackson.
Sentinel
Bionic Poster
Food would be the obvious one.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
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travlerajm
G.O.A.T.
I recall reading an article a few years ago pointing out a curious trend. If you plot the Rotten Tomato review score of M. Night Shyamalan’s movies versus time, you get a perfectly linear negative slope.
Edit: Looks like he made a mini comeback in last few years after bottoming out.
Something tells me you have a sixth sense about these matters
On Saturday, we played doubles. I fared much better against him this time because the remaining 3 of us managed to drag him down to our level and restrict his topspin groundies. I am afraid that if this continues, he will start hitting short flat stokes and lobs and lose that European topspin component of Nadal.
Playing with old farts has limited my game
Fxanimator1
Hall of Fame
And that's saying something.
Slowtwitcher
Hall of Fame
You're too kind, Suresh. The last time I played doubles was in the early 90's and (because of poly) I just couldn't volley or hit an overhead to save my life!
Slowtwitcher
Hall of Fame
Being an old fart is limiting my game.
Overheads were difficult as we played from 12 to 2 with the sun right above us.
travlerajm
G.O.A.T.
I think this is one of those tips that can be counterproductive. At least for me, my mind tries to consciously keep track of where the head of the racquet is. If I were to try to also keep track of which direction the butt of my racquet is pointed, it would confuse my brain because the head is pointed the opposite direction from the butt.
Slowtwitcher
Hall of Fame
I think of it when starting to move my hand forward. It helps me quite a lot.
Why not track where the sweetspot is?
onehandbh
Legend
This tip helped my serve. Trying to point my butt towards the ball after the toss helped me to get more shoulder/torso turn.
If I accidentally toss too high, I even have time to do a quick twerk to distract my opponent.
Wait... did you mean the racquet handle butt?
travlerajm
G.O.A.T.
If I could do that, I would be a much better player.
megamind
Legend
We all strive to be as good as the sureshs, it is not easy
No I mean instead of tip awareness, why not focus on awareness a little closer to the body where the sweetspot is? I have heard a lot about "racket tip awareness" but you don't hit with tip (at least consciously), so why?
Yesterday I was playing with slowtwitcher and found that his tip (pun intended) of pointing butt towards ball wasn't working and then I remembered your post but found better results focusing on sweetspot awareness.
Over the weekend I had good results on focusing on what some poster here said about tossing arm and serving arm being in the same plane (shoulder over shoulder) but forgot all about it when I played with slowtwitcher yesterday.
Each time I get some insights which give me good results but I forget them by the next time I play.
travlerajm
G.O.A.T.
Who said anything about ‘tip awareness’?
You said head of the racquet .
I assumed it was the tip since the head is a pretty large area.
travlerajm
G.O.A.T.
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Slowtwitcher
Hall of Fame
Cue cards.