Humbling.

doggieboy

New User
Today I was going to try to post a video of my serve hoping to get input from Drakulie and others for some recommendations on improvement. This spring I taped myself and it confirmed what I pretty much knew about my low toss...poor weight transfer and other issues. I have been working on my serve (joined Hi-Tech Tennis) and made (I thought) marked improvement. So I had my wife tape me today, Once I saw the video display but didn't bother transferring the image to my computer. My toss might be a bit higher, however I was horrified how low it still was. (not to mention -no knee bend - no bow -etc) I don't need to waste anyone's time here with something so obvious a 10 year old can see it. So it's back to the drawing board for me.

Anyway...my point is for people on this forum that have not seen their strokes on video. If you really want to improve your game, you owe it to yourself to have yourself taped. I believe it is as valuable as private lessons and coupled with them, can make a huge difference. Regards.
 

zapvor

G.O.A.T.
hey man thats great. the knee bend is not crucial. thats later. but yea you gotta get the toss up. i have that problem too. a solution is once you release the ball,keep the tossing arm up pointing at the ball, and that way you can tell immediately if it's too low.

i need to get tape of myself. was supposed to happen today. sigh
 

burosky

Professional
Taking a video of your strokes is certainly a great teaching aid. There's no substitute for actually seeing yourself. However, if you don't know what you are looking for, it will be pretty much just like watching yourself play.
 

drakulie

Talk Tennis Guru
You bring up a lot of great points. Video taping yourelf is definitely an eye opener, and a great teaching aid.

Additionally, how slow the ball seems to be traveling as opposed to "real life".

You should keep your video-taped serves archived so you could go back and see your progress.

Good luck!
 

diredesire

Adjunct Moderator
You bring up a lot of great points. Video taping yourelf is definitely an eye opener, and a great teaching aid.

Additionally, how slow the ball seems to be traveling as opposed to "real life".

You should keep your video-taped serves archived so you could go back and see your progress.

Good luck!

Big bingo. Lots of people bash on others without having seen themselves on tape. It's never as glamorous as you think ;)
 
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