Curious’ match/practice videos

zill said:
more accurate feedback.
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I don't think anyone will have difficulty giving feedback because they don't know the score, not even you. How I play is in the video and I need feedback for that. You just want to know the score, admit it.
 
Not that you really need to be told this but weak at the net there @1:10. If you're going to commit to that play hit whatever back with authority don't meekly tap it. Looked like you got in that situation and just didn't believe you had the shot but since the point is lost with what you did anyways you might as well go for it.
 
If you are making a thread to all your matches make sure to film it like how you would want to see a match. At least elevate the angle so we can see what is happening on the other side of the court.

OP clearly has better fundamentals on his groundstrokes than his opponent, but you can't take the maximum advantage of that because you are still moving to your opponents pace.

To work on that it is better to change the mindset than work on something specifically. The brain needs to process information faster.

You need to get out of your comfort zone, accelerate your senses and reflexes like he is a 5.5 player ready to blast you off the court. If you can speed up your anticipation like that you will be clean early in all shots, ready to hit the perfect stroke. Do that even if there is some redundancy to your footwork, eventually you will adapt to that reaction speed flow.
 
Jonesy said:
If you are making a thread to all your matches make sure to film it like how you would want to see a match. At least elevate the angle so we can see what is happening on the other side of the court.
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The wide angle recording is a nice feature as it shows the whole area behind the near baseline but I hate that the other end of the court looks so small because of that. Don’t know how to fix it. If you don’t use the wide angle then you don’t see a lot of the action in the near court.
 
Jonesy said:
On HC topspin is great, but on normal red clay it is literally a cheat code.
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Topspin is only for safety for me. I’ll probably never get the swing speed to make it a weapon as in jumping off the court to force the opponent.
 
Curious said:
Zill can being a pusher himself. I can’t.
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tbh, you can't because your gs shots are fundamentally flawed. I thought you worked with a coach before, but still FH is not technically sound yet.
On the positive side, you swing fast. But other key ingredients are missing. Not setting up right, no weight transfer (mostly falling back) and swing path is extremely flat (it should be low to high on an inside out direction)
The FH is an all arm and flat slap than a proper swing. sorry to say that.
 
AnyPUG said:
tbh, you can't because your gs shots are fundamentally flawed. I thought you worked with a coach before, but still FH is not technically sound yet.
On the positive side, you swing fast. But other key ingredients are missing. Not setting up right, no weight transfer (mostly falling back) and swing path is extremely flat (it should be low to high on an inside out direction)
The FH is an all arm and flat slap than a proper swing. sorry to say that.
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Was it better here or pretty much the same? Wondering how significantly my Fh changes from practice to match play.


 
zill said:
I always thought the way to deal with a pusher is to patiently hit through them. Or consistently hit through them. Easier said then done but if you slow down your strokes to play their game that is a no no.
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Or junkball them. It depends on the flavor of pusher. Some really need their opponent trying to play that conventional TS groundstroke heavy game to shine.
 
Curious said:
I will post my match videos here from now on. Thanks for your tips and feedback.

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Biggest thing that stands out is your ready position. You're inside or on the baseline waiting for your opponents next ground stroke. You want to be 1 meter behind the baseline, using wardlaw's directionals

Curious said:
Was it better here or pretty much the same? Wondering how significantly my Fh changes from practice to match play.


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Only watched the first 30 seconds, but both the slice and the forehand look better to me.
 
Curious said:
A glimmer of hope with Edberg/Lendl bh again. Maybe?


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I can see the habits of the frilly modern stroke surfacing when you feel rushed swiping at something where your footwork let you down or get too amped up but on the hits you stay in control it looks good and repeatable. I would recommend at some point learning to dart the balls flatter with less topspin and weighted pace because that would have rescued you on several of your mishits but that can wait until you've got this installed more strongly.
 
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Curious said:
A glimmer of hope with Edberg/Lendl bh again. Maybe?


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Maybe a glimmer. You need to be hitting this cross-court to where your opponents backhand will be though. Your ball machine use has gotten a lot better with moving to the ball and recovering!

I think if you want to improve your level, analyse what has gotten you to your level so far. Is your forehand better, serve, volleys? all rounder? movement? etc.

Your forehand is better than the backhand, generally speaking. So when you're hitting a forehand to the opponent, they're dealing with that shot. If you start hitting them a topspin backhand, it better have a good quality to it or they'll just be getting a worse forehand and eat it alive. Or you hit the topspin backhand only to a place they can't eat alive, i.e. if their backhand is the worser side. Or you need to slice it just to throw them off and give them something new to look at.

As a righty, hitting the backhand top cross court is the safest shot because a) you clear the low part of the net and b) it goes to most peoples weaker side

That should be your bread and butter topspin backhand direction. Or, just slice. Nothing wrong with slicing
 
StringSnapper said:
Maybe a glimmer. You need to be hitting this cross-court to where your opponents backhand will be though. Your ball machine use has gotten a lot better with moving to the ball and recovering!

I think if you want to improve your level, analyse what has gotten you to your level so far. Is your forehand better, serve, volleys? all rounder? movement? etc.

Your forehand is better than the backhand, generally speaking. So when you're hitting a forehand to the opponent, they're dealing with that shot. If you start hitting them a topspin backhand, it better have a good quality to it or they'll just be getting a worse forehand and eat it alive. Or you hit the topspin backhand only to a place they can't eat alive, i.e. if their backhand is the worser side. Or you need to slice it just to throw them off and give them something new to look at.

As a righty, hitting the backhand top cross court is the safest shot because a) you clear the low part of the net and b) it goes to most peoples weaker side

That should be your bread and butter topspin backhand direction. Or, just slice. Nothing wrong with slicing
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What is wrong with hitting DTL if they just hit a CC BH to him?
 
StringSnapper said:
then you hit a backhand down the line (higher risk) to the opponents forehand, and they punish you unless you its a very good shot or they were out of position
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A lot of players try to go inside out to their opponents backhand, there a BH DTL is a really good weapon to have in your arsenal.
 
Curious said:
Was it better here or pretty much the same? Wondering how significantly my Fh changes from practice to match play.


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Better here!

"Wondering how significantly my Fh changes from practice to match play" - imo, the swing itself does not change a lot. Even in practice, your swing path is flattish, so under match pressure and time crunch, the swing path becomes a bit more flat perhaps and affects the results. The flattish path needs ideal conditions in terms pace, spin and trajectory of the incoming ball and you may not find that in your matches.
The flattish swing path will make you over hit or find the net when the ball is mid court and low. You got to get high top spin or reverse finish FH to handle low and short balls.

Another significant difference - in your ball machine practice, you are always hitting ideal neutral stance forehand. How often do you get to setup neutral stance under match situations? You got to be able to generate pace and spin in open stance and semi-open stance to have better results because you will be forced to play them in matches. You are able to hit good shots in neutral but not in other stances. why? I think it's because you are not creating enough shoulder separation during unit turn.
 
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