Help me to improve my technique

[ciocc]

Hello everyone,

I started playing tennis in February 2010 and haven't been able to play as often as I wanted to because of feet pain.

Now my health condition is getting better and I have time to play at least twice a week.

Please critique my technique:

Forehand:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIwN1nHEhg4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Backhand: very ugly :-(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c9FtfWN17k&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Serve: trying to add more kick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxltH-uQ2Es&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Start at about 2:00 from each video as the strokes look better so they won't hurt your eyes.

Thank you.

 

[5263]

I think you are off to a pretty good start.
Keep it up!

 

[Nellie]

Thanks for posting. I think if stayed up on your toes more, you could get more consistency on the backhand and forehand because you are often falling backwards, leading to a varying contact angle.

On that kick serve, some of them look really good. On some, you are turning sideways too fast and end up hitting through and not brushing up the back of the ball (you can hear a pop sound in the video). Also, you sometimes are hitting the ball at the peak of your stroke and not hitting up and through the ball. You should be striving for a lot of arch (lob-like) so the ball is peaking before the net and diving into the service box

 

[vic59]

you should move feet and make split step.

 

[ciocc]

Am I turning side way too much to hit the BH and not into the court enough?
Also, do you think the BH contact point is too far away from my body?

For FH, am I taking the right "magic pill" as described by Dozu?

Thank for your advises.

 

[tennis9874]

Would say your toss should be a bit more to the left and you have to brush the ball more upwards and away from you.

 

[ciocc]

Noted. Thanks.