spacediver
Hall of Fame
This is what my serves looked like last August:
http://www.vimeo.com/14259063
Good pace and all, but there were a few things I thought needed fixing:
1) I was initiating my knee bend way after the toss, as opposed to during.
2) I wasn't leading with my hips.
I've worked on improving these things (in addition to some other stuff, including a better racquet takeback), but have noticed a new problem that I need to debug. See the new video:
http://www.vimeo.com/20700531
As you can see, I'm leading with my hips, and bringing my weight forward, and timing the knee bend with the toss. However, as a result, my weight is largely on my inside foot (left), and I end up not being able to use my right knee to drive, and my knees come together which looks strange.
However, I feel awfully off balance if I try to keep my weight on both feet while shifting weight forwards. I could seriously use some experienced guidance here. I sense this problem is costing me some serious power generation.
Compare the trophies before and after:
Before:
After:
Here are some more snaps from the current motion:
(For now, ignore the fact that my racquet take back in the new motion is a bit delayed. I understand that it should be brought up earlier)
http://www.vimeo.com/14259063
Good pace and all, but there were a few things I thought needed fixing:
1) I was initiating my knee bend way after the toss, as opposed to during.
2) I wasn't leading with my hips.
I've worked on improving these things (in addition to some other stuff, including a better racquet takeback), but have noticed a new problem that I need to debug. See the new video:
http://www.vimeo.com/20700531
As you can see, I'm leading with my hips, and bringing my weight forward, and timing the knee bend with the toss. However, as a result, my weight is largely on my inside foot (left), and I end up not being able to use my right knee to drive, and my knees come together which looks strange.
However, I feel awfully off balance if I try to keep my weight on both feet while shifting weight forwards. I could seriously use some experienced guidance here. I sense this problem is costing me some serious power generation.
Compare the trophies before and after:
Before:
After:
Here are some more snaps from the current motion:
(For now, ignore the fact that my racquet take back in the new motion is a bit delayed. I understand that it should be brought up earlier)