zill
Legend
I disagree. He will be slightly but clearly better off. Like still be the grand slam all time leader atm.
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I disagree. He will be slightly but clearly better off. Like still be the grand slam all time leader atm.
optic yellow
Legend
Oh no Alcaraz stumbled upon the black art of the topspin dropper
prayers for the ATP Tour when that insight sinks in later
user92626
G.O.A.T.
That's amazing. Really clear instruction with the dog image.
davced1
Hall of Fame
If Federer had a 2-hander for real it would not surprisingly be the most stylish 2-hander ever. He just can’t make an ugly tennis stroke.
Curious
G.O.A.T.
Wouldn’t his bh look prettier if he had a better/deeper racket drop? Wouldn’t his serve look prettier if he didn’t open his racket face from the trophy down and his ESR was more?
Curious
G.O.A.T.
Great video. Nice and simple but very important useful drills.
It’s well over due but you’re finally focusing on movement, after putting on 20kg! Weird!
zill
Legend
Nah just after losing an intense match to the junior but NOT due to technique realised the importance of footwork (as he moved me side to side) and also wishing I had the footwork of Venus yesterday while watching this. I know the first step to attaining this footwork is to lose weight. So more motivation to lose weight.
optic yellow
Legend
Yeah my opponent today told me "you move pretty well for a big guy" which (while true) was quite a wakeup call about needing to get serious there. Looking back on it now there was at least one point per game where I really suffered with a bad hit or just plain missing because I didn't quite get to things like I should have. Maybe I have to revise my prediction of faring well against MEP to provisional.
zill
Legend
How tall are you?
optic yellow
Legend
zill
Legend
optic yellow
Legend
Oh sorry I see what you were thinking now. Yeah he was saying it to be polite, like a gentle euphemism about how I looked. I dispensed with the need to dance around it by responding "yeah I was fast when I wasn't fat" lol. I haven't weighed recently tbh but it was ~100 kilos the last time I checked. I do have a fair bit of muscle so healthy weight is probably 12-15 less.
slipgrip93
Professional
Henin with her marvelous one-handed backhand (and fh), close up view, at a practice session observed by her coach
during one of her last years on tour.
during one of her last years on tour.
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J011yroger
Talk Tennis Guru
Curious
G.O.A.T.
Well, yes in a way. Racket face perpendicular to the ground at contact + low to high racket head swing path through contact. That’s all you need to do.
zill
Legend
There are better ways to do things (look at Djokovic) but given your struggles, simplifying it is the way to go.
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Curious
G.O.A.T.
True. Having no great movement, balance, hand eye coordination, the simplest, most repeatable the better.
That's why tennis is beautiful. And also why the days your coordination is off you end up just beating yourself and demoralized.
Curious
G.O.A.T.
How is it beautiful not to be able to do things the way you want to?
The beauty is in the challenge to achieve it. I thought you were the one that would best understand that
zill
Legend
Beautiful and rewarding but took 6 years for me.The beauty is in the challenge to achieve it. I thought you were the one that would best understand that
Curious
G.O.A.T.
Still more frustrating than beautiful I have to say.The beauty is in the challenge to achieve it. I thought you were the one that would best understand that
zill
Legend
If it was so frustrating don’t think it would be as beautiful.
Curious
G.O.A.T.
It’s an exciting process regardless. The reason why we keep coming back to play over and over again.
zill
Legend
Anyway I like to play a match against you: Me using McEnroe style only with pendulum swings and eastern grips on both sides (will be going back the the 1hb for this match) VS You whatever style suits.
Maybe in the coming weeks.
zill
Legend
Tennis is not just about accuracy. It’s also about physicality, mainly about physicality actually given the size of the court.
Curious
G.O.A.T.
Agree. It was about the overrated skill of pros’ placement accuracy. Of course they’re great at hitting bigger targets.
