Critic my strokes

Jonny S&V

Hall of Fame
Yeah.... It's definitely really hard to get a read on your strokes, but it LOOKS like you know what you're doing... Might wanna wait and get a slightly better video... :(

PS: Did you get Black Widow with your package? How do you like it?
 

Jonny S&V

Hall of Fame
Yeah sorry about that :( But I Love it! I got the 17g on my 300 tour and it hits very well!

That's good. I'm going to playtest the Bio 200, 4D 200 Tour, Donnay Dark-Red 94 and the Black 94 and decide from there. I'll probably have to wait until March to get them though, but if I decide on either Dunlops, I'm definitely going for Black Widow... (Money is a pain to make...) :neutral:
 

LeeD

Bionic Poster
Well, you probably won't get your dream job of teaching beginner tennis to little old ladies...:shock::confused:
However, you DO try to hit everything to your little bros forehand, so kudos there.
Would be nice to see you hit with some of your peers, so you get pressured, run, and get some consistent timing to work with.
 

Ajtat411

Semi-Pro
^I agree, get a better video up with more strokes. It's a little annoying just watching you pick up balls every 2 seconds. haha

But from just the small clip, you got a good relaxed service motion and forehand. Good topspin of your shots. Backhand looks good. Maybe a little off balance on the running/stop backhands.

Your approach/transition shots looks like you can work on. Netted one and spacing on the other was a little off, lunged at it. Comes down to footwork prep for attacking the ball.
 

dozu

Banned
tell your brother to clear the body on those forehands.... most of them his arm collides with the chest and the hand flips over to dump the ball into the net.

your fh appears to be in good shape... bh I am not sure (seems a bit of racket flipping going on there).

hard to read when those rallies die after 2 balls.
 

TheBoom

Hall of Fame
I will be sure to get better video by the end of the week again sorry about the lack of rallys. My forehand is my better shot i run around my backhand quite a lot actually :)
 

TheBoom

Hall of Fame
That's good. I'm going to playtest the Bio 200, 4D 200 Tour, Donnay Dark-Red 94 and the Black 94 and decide from there. I'll probably have to wait until March to get them though, but if I decide on either Dunlops, I'm definitely going for Black Widow... (Money is a pain to make...) :neutral:

It is! Try reffing a sport i ref soccer and it pays pretty well :)
 

PeterFig

Professional
Nice fist pump! :) I had a good chuckle about it. (1:20 of the video)

That aside it looks like you have some good fundamentals but really hard to tell from angle and total lack of rallies.
 

Kam2010

Rookie
Next time you start to rally with your brother or whoever, start at the service box and hit it over not bash it but so it bounces once on the other side and then start slowly going back rally a couple of times before you go to the service line.
What your doing now is a waste of time, you or your brother just try to hit winners I like to call it one hit wonders but as you can see yourself it does not work out that way.
Try firstly to get the basics right watch FYB i've not seen a better video on the basics of tennis on how to hit FH etc..

As others have mentioned camera angle is rather poor, quality is decent just raise it up, get a chair and put it on top of a bag or something it would be a better view than what you currently got at the moment.
 

Dominik

Rookie
footwork footwork footwork!
If you're serious about your game you need to pick up with the footwork. Do a LOT of off-court footwork training and incorporate it into your game. It'll give your strokes and even serve better balance and more fluidity.
 

USERNAME

Professional
I agree, footwork needs work! Other then that get a player that can hold a rally THEN post a vid of it.
 

cork_screw

Hall of Fame
No offense, you're a nice guy, and I don't mean this in a terrible way, but you don't really have any style or individual game. It looks like you try to hit the ball as hard as you can and have that overshadow any mechanics you can improve on. For example, your racquet face seems to be facing the same way the whole time you're playing. No matter if it's a high ball or low ball it seems like you just want to hit an extreme western grip and drive the ball. I can't imagine how that would pan out if you're stretched out wide or made to run. Also, it doesn't look like you're going to get better, more like whatever level you're at is the peak of your playing performance. I would try to not worry about the power game so much and teach yourself some mechanics and fundamentals and hit a little looser, more natural. You seem very tight and high strung and compensating it with trying to hit everything big, trying to drive everything too much as opposed to working on some variety. That's why a lot of those shots are going into the net.

If you're hitting a different shot, feel free to change your grip before the ball comes and experiment with different things and experiment with how you stroke the ball and the different types of spins that are available to you.
 
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TheBoom

Hall of Fame
No offense, you're a nice guy, and I don't mean this in a terrible way, but you don't really have any style or individual game. It looks like you try to hit the ball as hard as you can and have that overshadow any mechanics you can improve on. For example, your racquet face seems to be facing the same way the whole time you're playing. No matter if it's a high ball or low ball it seems like you just want to hit an extreme western grip and drive the ball. I can't imagine how that would pan out if you're stretched out wide or made to run. Also, it doesn't look like you're going to get better, more like whatever level you're at is the peak of your playing performance. I would try to not worry about the power game so much and teach yourself some mechanics and fundamentals and hit a little looser, more natural. You seem very tight and high strung and compensating it with trying to hit everything big, trying to drive everything too much as opposed to working on some variety. That's why a lot of those shots are going into the net.

If you're hitting a different shot, feel free to change your grip before the ball comes and experiment with different things and experiment with how you stroke the ball and the different types of spins that are available to you.

Thanks for your input however my bro and i were just screwing around we weren't trying to do a whole lot. I will update video when I have more probably shouldn't have put a video of me ball bashing on here. I actually was playing today and moved the ball around very well and won my match 6-1 6-4. I might be playing a 4.0ish adult tomorrow and i will post video if i do play. I do feel tight and how do you think i could be looser?
 
Thanks for your input however my bro and i were just screwing around we weren't trying to do a whole lot. I will update video when I have more probably shouldn't have put a video of me ball bashing on here. I actually was playing today and moved the ball around very well and won my match 6-1 6-4. I might be playing a 4.0ish adult tomorrow and i will post video if i do play. I do feel tight and how do you think i could be looser?

Well, the simplest answer is just gripping the racquet less tightly.
 
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