OK, here's my tip for your groundies even though you don't want it.
Think smooooth...
That's the goal for this summer: the KISS approach, except it's simple and smooth instead of simple, stupid.
Great vids. Thanks for sharing.
No problem!
How tall are you Pvaudio ?
Looks like 6' 4-5" at least to me.
Nice video - you're brave to post it
LOL I'm 5'10.5, 5'11 with shoes on. Nowhere near that tall!
Looks like you guys were having fun.
Almost as many "oooooohs!" as an ATP match with Bud Collins doing commentary.
You know there's that saying "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all" but I just have to say ... I think you could improve tremendously if you did less showboating and more concentrating on the court.
I assume from your postings that you're serious about tennis, but for a 3.5 player who I assume wants to improve you sure talk a lot of crap during points when you should be concentrating. No offense ... just trying to help.
Dude, relax. I'm out there with a good friend of mine, just hitting around. During matches, i say absolutely nothing whatsoever. And I mean, nothing. I'm completely silent even if I get breadsticked in both sets. Why? Because I know going into the match that the players I'm up against is better than me, so instead of getting mad at missing shots, I just focus on learning from him. When I'm with a hitting partner who happens to be quite good himself, I don't care. As onehandbh said, I'm there to have fun and just get things engrained. That's just my personality, and I can't help it. I don't take the sport overtly serious because there's no reason to. I don't have a scholarship, I'm not playing on the team, I won't be a pro, and I sure as heck won't be making money from my hobby. It's just fun, and no, actually, I didn't talk any crap whatsoever. The winner I did hit that I commented on in the first video, you'll note that I said: "Sorry, that was a waste of your feed."
Thanks for posting PV. What kind of camera did u use?
Also, you can't post a video and then say "no tips"!!!
That's not very fair
What's your rating? If I would guess, I would say a solid 4.0.
Your backhand is much smoother than your forehand. You kind
of "jerk" and "whip" your forhand on the upstroke. Try and smooth
it out some and you'll be more consistent. You also appear to hit the
ball to close to your body and look "jammed" sometimes due to this.
Also, your footwork gets a little lazy sometimes (like us all) and you
stop split stepping at times.
No problem! Camera is a Panasonic HDC-SD60. And yep, 4.0 rating, aspiring to 4.5. Got some stroke flaws to work out this summer to make them more consistent (fluidity and simplicity is key, and we're not there yet!!), but it's not that serious to me. I'm out there to get better, and enjoy myself. That's it! And yeah, I tend to rush the FH, not start low enough on the BH, and get off the ground far too much. Footwork is usually my best attribute (used to be a boxer), but just like everyone else, I get sluggish from time to time.
When serving you look like a collage player.
Ground game looks like 3.5
If you can get the serve, with some work the ground game will follow.
That's the plan, thanks!
I just saw the serve, and it looks great. more fluidity would make it even more efficient. I say, try tossing lower so you have no time to stop at the trophy position.
just my opinion
As I said a few posts ago, I'm done fooling with my serve. I tore my rotator cuff 5 years ago, and now I have a frozen shoulder. Lots of the flaws are actually related to me knowing that if I "improve" in that area, I end up moving through a ROM that I no longer have. So yeah, I know it's not perfect in the slightest, but it's always been my best stroke and continues to be. I just practice now so that I get more consistent and accurate and keep the joint nice and loose.
I just realised I might have made a fool of myself on another forum. A guy posted his video and said feel free to comment. He didn't say no tips wanted. After about a page, it was all "nice", "looks like Federer", "you've improved" when the guy obviously needs to fix some areas. Since no one wanted to "help", the busybody in me couldn't resist giving some tips but the way he replied gave me the feeling he was like "thanks but I know what I need to fix". This thread made me realise some people actually just want to share some videos and not looking for tips.
No worries, my friend, no worries.
Funny thing about this video is the music selection annoyed me a bit. I hate how everyone who posts videos tries to make it seem all epic. It's like some dude feeding their cat and we get the song for Darth Vader..
I'm sorry I disappointed you with the background music. Thought it would lighten up some of the monotony. If not, then to each his own.
