dannyjjang said:alright alright u serve 200mph you proved your point
why you braggin meng
i hit 80 so what git beef?
Drakulie's serve may or may not be 200mph, but you sure-as need to grab a dictionary the next time you try to prove a point :/
dannyjjang said:alright alright u serve 200mph you proved your point
why you braggin meng
i hit 80 so what git beef?
Mike Cottrill said:lol,
I knew even if you show a picture and you did one better and they still do not believe? lollllll..
BTW, S.'s serve has a little more sting. The last radar gun I used was POS. Half the time it would not take a reading and would never read a flat serve. Any problems with it not taking a reading?
boojay said:thanks for the vid. so is it measuring the speed of your serve as it crosses the net? if that's the case, then your serve would be faster since pro serves are measure right after contact, if i'm not mistaken. Or is it reading your serve as the ball is coming toward the radar? In any case, your true service speed would be faster than those readings.
drakulie said:It takes the reading as it crosses a certain plain/bubble in front of the radar gun. So, it has to come into a ceratin area for the serve to be clocked. I guess the answer to your question is it does not measure it immediately after contact, rather as it approaches a "that area" in front of the gun.
Dictionary?OrangeOne said:Drakulie's serve may or may not be 200mph, but you sure-as need to grab a dictionary the next time you try to prove a point :/
no skillz said:Pretty sweet serves, buddy.
I hope this weekend your leg will be better and my ankle healed, so I could get a go at the radar. I am expecting probably 60-70mph serves, but interested to see what i can do.
The video does the "sound" of the serve no justice. Because being on the receiving end of the serve you hear a "buzzing/whirling" sound as the ball makes contact with the service box and flyes towards you.
tennisfanatic said:BTW i will be visiting some of friends in my miami (maybe two weeks from now). It would be nice if we could have a friendly match.![]()
no skillz said:I played with some people at school the other day and it feels like their serves were floating through the air at a leasure pace towards me, compared to the bullet pace of your serve.
I found that after I was able to return a fraction of your serves, I was able to return 9 out of 10 serves from other people. Even the serves that I used to have trouble with.
drakulie said:Yeah I noticed the last time we played as you got more comfortable and use to the pace you were getting better timing and returning much better. I may have to make some adjustments.
How are you liking those new strings?
drakulie said:Yeah, it has been pretty funny to say the least. Like I said earlier in this thread these boards are harsh (I can definitley be one of them)!
I actually took it the other day to the league where I play. After all the matches, I pulled it out to see who could break the 100 barrier. In the 3.5-4.0 league nobody broke 100. If I remember correctly one guy hit low 90's. Everyone else in the 80's and lower. Mind you, all these guys are always talking about how they serve 100, yada yada yada, and thought they could easily hit 100. After they took their turns they were surpsised and shocked to see how hard it is even to hit 90.
4.5-5.0 League, a few of the guys broke the 100 barrier, including a few of the 5.0 players hit the 110 mark. Some of the 4.5's also thought they had 100+ mph serves, and were shocked to see they could not reach it.
skuludo said:If that radar gun was moved closer to the server, will you get an accurate reading?
maverick1 said:Drakulie,
Nice of you(not to mention courageous) to share the videos with us.
This low end Radar device would understate the speeds.
One reason has already been mentioned, that the reading is taken at some distance after contact, by which time the air resistance has slowed it down.
The other reason is that these Radar guns can only measure the component of velocity directly TOWARDS or AWAY from them.
According to my calculation the angle you have understates speed by 1.5% to 2%, or about 2 mph.
drakulie said:Here are some serves from a different view. They are all to the deuce side. I placed the camera facing away from me directly on the opposite side of the net a few feet off the floor. The radar gun is also on the opposite side of the net, and half way up the T.
FitzRoy said:I think this angle gives a better idea of the pace of the serve, and the kind of action the ball bounces with. Definitely better sound from here too. It's easy to see that these are very well-struck serves, for those who had a hard time believing the first vids you posted.
drakulie said:The serve has that "crack" sound like a gun shot everyone is talking about. In addition, I put a lot of spin on all my serves so when you are on the receiving end you hear that "buzzing/bzzzzzzzzz sound" as the ball aproaches you, and explodes off the ground.
no skillz said:The video does the "sound" of the serve no justice. Because being on the receiving end of the serve you hear a "buzzing/whirling" sound as the ball makes contact with the service box and flyes towards you.
no 7.0 i think you lieddrakulie said:Yeah, I land about a 1-2 feet inside the baseline. Unfortunately, because of my foot I was unable to explode up into the ball and take off. Pushing off and landing was hurting too much.
I just wanted to post the vids because some people were getting ancy.
Here is a pic of my feet leaving the ground:
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drakulie said:Orangeone, here is a post (post #63) from someone who has played against me. Everyone I have played says the same thing. They could hear the buzzing as the ball approaches them. All my serves have a lot of spin.
They could hear the buzzing as the ball approaches them.
drakulie said:I'm not tall, I'm 5'9". If i hit completely flat serves with very little spin, I wouldn't be able to get the ball in the box very often. I would have to hit serves that barely skim the net. Just a fact of life. (sucks to be short).
Second thing is that although the serves I posted today are slower on the radar, you need to keep in mind the radar is much further away than the ones I posted yesterday.
On the other hand, I have hit with guys who hit in the 90's with ridiculous spin and I could clearly hear the buzzing.
Just something to think about. Peace, and again thanks for your input.
str33t said:just wondering where you can get a radar ?
the thread "what nrtp rating are you". You and 2 other idiots said 7.0drakulie said:7.0 ???????
You lost me.
Duzza said:the thread "what nrtp rating are you". You and 2 other idiots said 7.0![]()
drakulie said:4.5.
On bad days: .00000000000005
Duzza said:On another note though..at work we have one the same as yours. Whenever i pull it out it just continuously shows random figures..is there something wrong with it?
drakulie said:You have to put it in "pro mode" or it will pick up every movement. A hand, someone walking, etc.
Turn the machine on. Push the mph and recall button at the same time and it will only show movements going over 35 mph. In my videos, you will notice when the mph light blinks, there is also another light blinking underneath where the numbers are displayed. This means it is in pro mode.
no skillz said:Can you also measure the speed of groundstrokes with that little machine?
I would be interested to know how fast some of my forehands and backhands are.
no skillz said:Can you also measure the speed of groundstrokes with that little machine?
I would be interested to know how fast some of my forehands and backhands are.