YouTube some stretches and exercises for your body. Also rest and give your body ample time to heal before hitting the courts again. Try to iron out any kinks in your technique since bad technique can cause injury when using heavy racquets. For the knees, buy some softer shoes and if that doesn't work, play on clay courts. That's my 2 cents.
No, if they do that, I'll never get a Pro Staff 90 reissue!If Wilson is making racquets that are 10% different in spec from each other, they should just leave the business.
Not wanting to derail thread but why the change? Eastern is easier for block returns of serve as the racquet face and palm are more aligned and naturally vertical - so useful in fast court doubles - and is also somewhat inherently easier when it comes to getting under/around low wide balls, but it's harder to hit the ball out in front and or hit a naturally 'heavy' ball.
I use semi western, I can put a lot of top spin and I can flatten when I need, is harder to pick balls up from below knee high but I just go low and flicker the wrist, not a problem anymore, I think it's the most versatile grip for a forehand.
It is the most versatile for sure. Today I tried eastern and extreme eastern. I have never ever had that amount of power that I had today. I loved it ! In the beginning it's hard to not get the ball under the net level but I will get used to it. Crushing high balls is so much easier with the eastern and extreme eastern grip! Forehands on the straights are a joy with it
its a nice change. Oh and on the stretch it helps a lot to have the easy power. What semi western lacks though is the accuracy on flat shots and there is less easy power.By naturally heavy ball did you mean that it doesn't come natural to the body using eastern for heavy balls ?
It means that eastern is more natural for driving the ball meanwhile semi western is more natural for getting top spin, all because of the path and angle of the racquet's face on contact.
Yeah, but... when i return a ball produced by heavy topspin versus when i return a ball from a flat shot produced by my oponent i definitely feel the flatter shot heavier on my racket.
Well, you know that in tennis the terms we use not always means something everybody agrees on, in this case your take on "heavy" is the power of the shot, when some people talk about a "heavy" top spin ball they're talking about the spin and how it brings down the ball to the ground, not necessarily the power behind the shot.
I understand what you meant now
! Thanks for the calrification! By the way are you a RF97 user ?
Starting with it, I'm just making sure I can play with it for long periods of time, on Wednesday I'll have an extensive serve practice if I don't feel any discomfort the same day or the day after I think I'll switch.I understand what you meant now
The weird thing is i got some serve discomfort with my initial string setup but with the poly i don`t
. This is weird. Otherwise on normal hits my initial setup was so much better than the poly, especially on slices. Probably its because when i had it i tried serving with continental grip which doesnt come natural to me at all and can`t generate power. The serving grip i use is my knuckle on bevel 3or 3.5. I get plenty of power and decent spin. Let me know how things are going with you and your racket . PM me if you want. Good luck !
Will do, thank you.The weird thing is i got some serve discomfort with my initial string setup but with the poly i don`t
wow brand new?
Yes, brand new. Quite a find.
I bought a single rf97 autograph Black and dont regret it. It is exactly 340grams and exactly 357 strung. Head Light balance is also exactly as it says in the site. Imagine
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How's your swing? Low to high?
I'm in the same boat. All I can say is swing low to high and swing faster. A challenging thing to do with the RF97.
Easiest is to just buy more topspin: use natural gut in your mains and slick round poly crosses.
My swing is low to high and is super fast.
I find swinging low to high and fast is the main reason why it is not working. That's my natural swing. Exactly the way you said is my swing and it rarely works..
Exactly having too much topspin is what I have now and i hit the ball with the frame often. When it works it works but when it doesn't it's an out of undernet.
I'm confused. You're having too much topspin? Or you can't get topspin?
Instead of just swinging faster, you might want to step into the ball when you make the strike. With Eastern Forehand, I find that hitting cleanly is more important than hitting low to high real fast. Step into the ball, make clean strikes with good follow through, and you should see some good results. I had a coach who wanted me to hit Eastern because I was over spinning the ball with Western & semi-western grips. He had me step into the ball every time because I had a habit of hitting balls with an open stance, The end result was that though I hit with less wrists spin, the balls had more oomphs and better overall control. The topspin was more like a foreword bouncing drive than high bouncing topspin, but it was effective and am glad the coach forced me to hit meatier balls using the Eastern grip. Just my .02 cents.
I'm confused. Earlier you said you wanted easier topspin, but now you're saying you have too much topspin?
Sorry, i meant to say my swing from low to high is so fast that i frame the ball.
This is a nice tip, thank you. But cross court wise ? I don`t think it can help for that.
I bet the transitioning process to the eastern forehand would be super hard for you. I`ve played less years than that and i find it extremely difficult but for crushing high balls with flat forehands it`s extremely comfortable, indeed. What you probably won`t like though is how the shots feel like they are a lot faster and the margin for error is a lot smaller. I hope we both get used to the Eastern grip.
The key is hip rotation not grip
Are you talking like extreme crosscourt angles? Like you're approaching and hit at like a 45 degree angle? If you're at the baseline I've never had issues hitting cross court. If anything stepping in makes it easier.
Yes, about extreme crosscourt angles like Nadal`s. This stance but with my legs wider apart would be my only option for now(speaking about cases where you are closer to the net). It`s clearly harder than Nadal`s crosscourt forehand and there is far bigger possibility of hitting the net like this. I`m posting two photos of me.
So like an inside-out forehand? I feel like Roger Federer is the person to watch for that. his inside-out forehands always blow my mind.
Nice point you pointed out right there about the weight transfer forward. Later on when we played already for 3 hours i was doing it cause i was moving more with the feet, had a wider stance and everything + the weight transfer forward. Thanks for your help
! Yes the key in his inside-out forehands is the loose wrist and topspin amount. Its really beautiful. I`m fully trying to play Federer`s style but i have so much from Grigor Dimitrov`s style that im finding it very fun to transition. I used to love running after balls like Grigor but now i like the concept of being the dictator like Federer and have that fluid motion. I love this sh*t . I Also like the sloppy forehands done in practice that i even took a video of one. I know a lot of things aren`t good about the forehand i`m about to show here but i enjoy it: Tennis forehand , I know that in it i don`t do the full movement starting from high to low and then to high and thats why it lacks power. I`m fully self taught by the way and just got back into tennis in 2019 playing on this free public court whenever i have free time. I love this sport so much that i can`t even describe it! My previous experience has been only summer 2014 and 2015 again on another free public court before they ruined it to build a Tennis club (right beside home literally 20 meters away). Then this year i just heard about this court and i`m happy to be back into tennis !
If I can say something...you seem too far from the ball, not well balanced, your right foot is not in the ground too
Didn't spend much time looking at the video, but it doesn't look like you're using your body very much. A lot of arm in it. Turn your torso to help generate power. You don't have to do a loop (WTA style I believe). That is how I was taught as well, but I am trying to transition to a more ATP style with a shorter backswing.Nice point you pointed out right there about the weight transfer forward. Later on when we played already for 3 hours i was doing it cause i was moving more with the feet, had a wider stance and everything + the weight transfer forward. Thanks for your help
