new practice match vid

[tonygao]

hi guys,

it's been a while since my last practice match vid. the other day I was lucky to play a very good player from another city. we had two sets and he beat me easily with 6:0 and 6:3.

after the match I reviewed the vids and learned many things. anyway, please take a look at this, the 2nd set vid where I am on the far end of the court.Again, any comments are welcome and appreciated.


just finished uploading more vids to youtube. so now I think you guys can better evaluate me and my opponent, who I believe is 0.5 to 1.0 higher than me.

1st set 0:6
I am the one close to the camera:
http://youtu.be/J1I5OkWCwQI

2nd set 3:6
I am the one on the far side:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9s2OdwdL8E

here is the vid where I played someone at the same level as myself to give you guys a better view on my level.my strokes look a lot worse in the first 2 vids is because that player gave me tons of pressure with him heavy spin.
anyway, please take a look. I am in the purple shirt.
http://youtu.be/4gPT-o_lqFE

 

[ibjj]

man.. it looks like he is calling alot of your serves out that look in to me..

 

[tonygao]

man.. it looks like he is calling alot of your serves out that look in to me..

hi,

video can be tricky and I trust his judgement.

 

[SerenaSlam01]

You gotta have more bawls and go for down the line shots. You hit cross court way too much.

 

[Mike2228]

hi,

video can be tricky and I trust his judgement.

No. I agree with the guy above. He's ever blind or a cheater. Some of those calls were awful.

 

[luvforty]

i guess line call is not the point here... besides that camera angle and that lighting was not optimal for sure line calls.

tony your serve... you need a better trophy position with right shoulder lower and that right elbow in line with the shoulder line, then you need to rotate shoulder OVER shoulder, not shoulder around shoulder.

when you go around, there is nothing to propel the hitting arm upward, so it has to swing up by itself, no power, no control... you end up with dinky serves.

you need to make that bh solid, either the topspin, or the slice.... you have to have something solid that will last you 3 balls without missing... definitely work on that.

strategy wise... you can do better just by pounding his backhand, with some high balls.... his backhand will break down.

 

[UCSF2012]

In this case you were just outplayed. Not much to comment on. He had several weaknesses to exploit, but you had many more and you were unlikely to win regardless.

1) You have to rework the backhand. You really don't have one. You can't slice with 5 ft net clearance. That's not a slice.

2) Stop hitting the ball to him. That gives him so much time to set, point, and shoot.

3) Players using the 90 all have the same weaknesses and strengths. Can you figure what that is?

 

[Fusker]

Thanks for posting. I can't help but wonder how many stories up you are at these courts? I've played on a rooftop once, and it was a bit bizarre to me.

Regarding your game, I think the biggest area for improvement I see is your footwork and movement. Yeah, 99% of us need to improve that, but that was the biggest thing I saw holding back your results. You seem to get caught flat footed a fair amount, and the result was usually some of your poorer shots. It also seems like you don't really get down for low balls. You'll have poor consistency if you don't get those knees bent.

There are a ton of drills out there for both. Personally, I would focus on those areas more than some of the strategy, as I think you'll get your consistency much higher. That will open a lot of doors for different game plans.

The second thing is the backhand. UCSF has it nailed. You need to focus on that a lot. It's going to be a target for every player you go up against.

Your opponent looked pretty decent. He didn't seem to be able to stay in a rally all that long though, and your consistency meant he didn't have to.

 

[comeback]

A question for all, What level would you say Tony is?
My opinion for Tony is a 3.8
his opponent is a 4.1

 

[Deleted member 232704]

NTRP? A scale of 1.0 -> 1.5 -> 2.0 -> 2.5 -> 3.0 -> 3.5 -> 4.0 etc? 3.8?!? 4.1?!?!

 

[Fusker]

3) Players using the 90 all have the same weaknesses and strengths. Can you figure what that is?

Survey says?

 

[comeback]

NTRP? A scale of 1.0 -> 1.5 -> 2.0 -> 2.5 -> 3.0 -> 3.5 -> 4.0 etc? 3.8?!? 4.1?!?!

Yes that is the standard guideline but there are players in between, here are some articles that mention "tweener" NTRP ratings
http://www.coloradotennis.com/cta/website.asp?Dept=NTRP&Sec=NTRP Rating&Page=NTRP FAQs


http://www.tennismatrix.net/tennis-matrix-rating.aspx


http://www.essentialtennis.com/podc...w-will-it-ever-be-possible-to-beat-a-5-0/258/


http://www.teachingtennis.com/site/level2.htm


http://omnidoc.org/tennisnut/ntrp.htm

 

[tonygao]

more vids uploaded

 

[UCSF2012]

Technical problem with your backhand slice. Too much forward movement. Racket face too open. It's causing a fly ball to the outfield. Put your racket HIGH and thrust downwards. Lots of people like to start the racket at waist level for a slice. That's not a slice. That's a block back semi flat.

When you're forced to hit a shot while incredibly out of position (ultra high backhand on the run, for example), don't try to slice it. Just block it back flat, and try to deflect it back away from your opponent.

 

[tonygao]

so few comments this time? a bit disappointing....