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Hmgraphite1
Hall of Fame
Is red shirt D1 or the other guy?
ChaelAZ
G.O.A.T.
Marc is doing Futures tournaments. Don't think he played college tennis.
ChaelAZ
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StringSnapper
Hall of Fame
Some truly atrocious tennis here, as well a some really good tennis. Lol, I think these guys should have had some more warm up serves or something. The guy in blue has a big serve! It seemed like they'd be better off hitting all old man style @Curious low slices cross court going for the angle.
Guy in white either needs to practice his topspin 1hander A LOT or never hit it again in his life. Certainly not in match play any time soon. The point of a topspin shot is that its usually faster through the air and "heavy", his is slower than a damn floaty slice. Certainly no heaviness. Better off hitting a slice lob lol, probably more reliable.
Some pretty dodgy line calls in here too lol
@Curious if you can serve like this guy in blue consistently (which i think you can on a good day) and from there hit some nasty low slices cross court and come in when they're gonna struggle... and return all the serves with a slice... I think you could build a really good game out of that.
Now its grass court season at my club, I literally can slice 100% of balls when i'm returning and its a better stratergy than hitting a topspin. I've developed my slice return of serve since on the grass against higher level servers i can't change grips fast enough (aka Wawrinka), but my slice in regular rally play is now really good too. Its easy to aim and has a large contact zone.
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Curious
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Noted.
Missed playing so much, it’s been 5 weeks. Thinking of making a smart comeback, nice and easy. Will focus 100% on fitness and injury avoidance.
Curious
G.O.A.T.
Back home on the weekend.
FiReFTW
Legend
And you didn't even come visit, biach
J011yroger
Talk Tennis Guru
According to UTR, I like my chances.
I just play Men's Open here because 35s are a joke.
Excited to play national 35s.
J
Curious
G.O.A.T.
Sorry, had a tight schedule.
ChaelAZ
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All of the above. I won't knock the guys cuz they obviously can play, and this just isn't a good showing of it methinks. But I was thinking @J011yroger needed a confidence boost to jump in. From what I have seen this is right in your wheel house. That said, national here in AZ is more like you would expect open tennis to be, with some very high level play all around. Still casual and such, but you'll need to be on your toes. Hope to see you here though. I'll buy ya a few beers...I mean, after you are done.
J011yroger
Talk Tennis Guru
No, it's a time and money thing, all the nationals are at very bad times for me.
I could easily be #1 in Eastern 35s but why would I want to pay entry fees and drive all over to play 4.0/4.5 guys?
J
ChaelAZ
G.O.A.T.
Yeah, that is a big issue with open tournaments. Nationals has more consistent higher level players.
FiReFTW
Legend
NuBas
Legend
You guys are both from Slovakia or Australia?
Curious
G.O.A.T.
I thought about posting this video yesterday!Rec players should take note on the begining of these kidns of videos, just how easy they generate pace from simple position and contact point. Very relaxed and comfortable. And LOVE 4k video
J011yroger
Talk Tennis Guru
FiReFTW
Legend
Im neither haha.
NuBas
Legend
Where are you guys meeting each other??
FiReFTW
Legend
He was in europe for 6 weeks, but didnt have time.
StringSnapper
Hall of Fame
LOL Rafa, 110% even in training. Man how hard is he hitting those forehands. Stan has bazookas on both wings too, but looks like he's not tryingThere was a bunch, but one I really love is this
Imagine facing Rafas forehand then Rafas slice. The spin differential between those two shots is just insane... so grooved... so purposeful. *_*
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FiReFTW
Legend
And shots look much slower on video than real life.
I really wonder how it would be like to play against those shots, if i could even hit back 1 out of 5.
StringSnapper
Hall of Fame
BTW you the echo off of Stans racquet when he starts blasting balls? LOL imagine how hard you need to pound into the ball to produce such a sweet sound
NuBas
Legend
That channel has quality content. I think I posted it a few times here.
Curious
G.O.A.T.
Even looser than inertial tennis technique!
J011yroger
Talk Tennis Guru
FiReFTW
Legend
Hmgraphite1
Hall of Fame
Ttw pulitzer, 10 for production value
FiReFTW
Legend
Wow someone cloned Roger, incredible!
His clone looks even more effortless and elegant than the original, amazing!
oserver
Professional
Interesting footages starting at 2:13 - the rotational serves, even impractical as in the current form (stance, grip and techniques). To make it practical in a match situation, especially in double plays, one just need to open the stance. Thiem was starting at the right direction to use more rotation in the serve (just like what evolved in the open stance forehand vs. traditional closed stance forehand), but keeping the closed stance (grip too) will be hard for him to maintain the balance and to quickly get his feet back to ready position.
Will be interesting to see how things develop from this. Thiem must tasted the thrill of the added rotational momentum generation. A brave adventure and a noticeable departure from everyone else in the elite level.
ChaelAZ
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Yoan back on court with Simon from TTT. Worth a follow if you don't already.
Interesting for me, since I started playing tennis almost 10 years ago I have had all kinds of coaches and players telling that dropping the racquet on edge is bad and is from and incorrect rotation/flip. Really, over time I found that to be not exactly correct and Yoan is a good example for that having a racquet face down, back, clsoed, wutever is not a requirement, but more that the racquet does drop and the rotation happens to get the lag (see Delpo too).
Interesting for me, since I started playing tennis almost 10 years ago I have had all kinds of coaches and players telling that dropping the racquet on edge is bad and is from and incorrect rotation/flip. Really, over time I found that to be not exactly correct and Yoan is a good example for that having a racquet face down, back, clsoed, wutever is not a requirement, but more that the racquet does drop and the rotation happens to get the lag (see Delpo too).
user92626
G.O.A.T.
Wow the blue guy got great serves but his movement and FH after that don't match the serve level. Kinda like that guy that wants 6.0 serve and nothing else!
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
WOW,, this guy is good
Hmgraphite1
Hall of Fame
Can take a video such as this into your editor and take a short section and play back in slo mo and save as new file? Just wondering. It kind of looks like a higher and bigger loop but same as Simon to me, but too fast to be sure
ChaelAZ
G.O.A.T.
For sure, and I have done that with all kinds of players. Much of it isn't shot in high frame rates so the slomo is a bit jerky, but decent for review and finding tips for technique.
