What do you guys think?

Looks good, you can play college tennis, I don't know what you're gonna get out of this thread though.:lol:
 
Drop Shot 11 said:
Thanks, what does the rest of TT think? What level would I be looking at?
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Probably DII. Only glanced at the video though. You can tell most DI players at a glance though. You should work on your serve though. It might be the angle, but it looked like you missed a lot of them by quite a bit. Also, work on your service placement. The only spot you seemed to tag consistently would be the body.
 
Unfortunately I'm going to have to agree to Division II (aka Intercollegiate I think?).

Your two-handed backhander is really good, but your forehand is kind of weird, but it seems to work for you.

Your slice looked like a slice lob instead (can't tell from the angle) but it looks to be fine.

I know this was practice, but try to get some matches in so we can see how you do on strategy and such, that's also important, otherwise your strokes are good.

P.S. Don't slice down so hard on your slices that you give it too much underspin. This can lead to Tennis Elbow quickly.
 
Not bad.
No legs into the shot, little trunk, good strong fast arms.
Very late prep on those slow incomers.
Too many clear misses.
Please try to turn shoulders earlier.
Don't move backwards on 80% of your forehands.
Take smaller steps to position yourself on close balls.
Will look again later.
 
Oh...
Volleys are really bad. Too long swing, much too much jumping backwards with the feet. Can't handle pace directly at you, don't move forwards on high slow balls.
Serves. Pretty good IMHO. Maybe not the strongest, but some placement and good mechanics.
You gotta watch all those vids of Federer, Youzny, and Murray practicing and warming up. They don't move their feet at all, but have EARLY shoulder turn, solid trunk positioning, and early recognition of the incoming balls direction. AND THEY DON'T jump around moving backwards. A reall NO NO.
 
Your forehand looks solid, but very awkward. Do you feel you're okay with your forehand?

I mean, do you feel it's easy for your arm to do that shot, or does it take a lot of energy?
 
Drop Shot 11 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKasmmUCnTk&feature=sub

Here's me, but the video is made by my dad, so ignore the formatting.
What do you guys think about my game, looking to get a nice scholarship next year.

In my finished video I'll also have match play in at the end.
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Do you play on a team? Do you win your matches? Tournaments? There are some technical idiosyncrasies with your forehand and volleys, but if they work for you and you win, then you may be able to play college ball. A scholarship is tough to get. Keep than in mind.
 
I suspect a scholarship is possible to attain if you're currently a top 2 singles in high school, compete well in interschool touneys, and play junior tourneys in your area as well, and win several rounds every time.
Anything less, it's walk-on territory.
The bigger the tennis community, the bigger the chances of scholarship.
#2 AAA SanFrancisco high schooler did not accept a scholarship, as she WON the CanadianOpen the following year. 1978.
#1 that year got a partial from CanadaCollege, played as #2 there for 2 years, and slowly dropped off the tennis map.
 
I just looked you up on tennisrecruting.net and I think you have enough results to figure out where you stand. GVSU and WSU would probably be a good fit. Forget about Duke, Florida, UCLA.
 
I'm not qualified to tell you anything about college tennis or scholarships but I can tell you to invest few bucks in a tripod to steady the camera and tell your Dad to go easy on the camera side-to-side movement and zooming in and out. Its distracting and does not show your strokes any better. If you have any A/V students or enthusiasts in your H.S. or local community college ask them to help you out for a small fee...the results will amaze you with the improvement. You are trying to market yourself right?

OK, I lied...a couple of comments. Agree you 2HBH looks very smooth and you really need to try to get some shoulder turn in your prep for your FH volley. Finally, as you already mentioned, definitely include some match play or at least point play. Good luck.
 
xFullCourtTenniSx said:
Probably DII. Only glanced at the video though. You can tell most DI players at a glance though. You should work on your serve though. It might be the angle, but it looked like you missed a lot of them by quite a bit. Also, work on your service placement. The only spot you seemed to tag consistently would be the body.
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Yeah thanks, the serves were just on short notice, those were warm ups.
 
Almost EVERY coach would tell you to stop jumping backwards during a forward stroke, robbing you of ball speed, power, and topspin.
Waste of energy for no gain. If you planted your feet, your power would be the same as now, since you use tons of leg energy, but jump BACKWARDS.
If you jumped, but just straight up or slightly forwards, you would GAIN power, spin, depth, and ballspeed.
 
Your stokes look good, especially your two-handed backhand. It looks very technically solid and looks like you really hit through the ball nicely. Id like to teach my friend to hit a two-hander just like yours ultimately.

Your forehand looks strange to me, its very compact. It looked particularly odd when you tried reversing your finishes. If it really works for you that's great I wouldnt change it if that's the case.

The volley is where I saw the biggest issues, your backhand volley looks very good, but the forehand volley, particularly the waist/chest high ones were way too wristy. That racquet head needs to stay pretty still at contact and you seemed to flail the wrist when you made contact, causing the racquet head to move alot, this will hurt your control and your consistency with the forehand volley, simplify this by keeping the wrist firm at contact and your volley will improve. I must add I thought the forehand volley looked good when it was shoulder high.

Overall good looking game!
 
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You'd be a good DII player... DI? Not big conference DI. Maybe for a really small conference its possible, but SEC? ACC? Pac-10? Not at all.

I've looked up your results on tennisrecruiting.net and it seems that DII is where your game is at... at this point at least.

But on the positive side your game certainly looks good!
 
I think the main reason why your forehand looks weird is because your elbow is too close to your body. It'll limit reach and swing speed potential, but you seemed to have practiced it well enough where you can hit it comfortably and with some pace.
 
Drop Shot 11 said:
Thanks, what does the rest of TT think? What level would I be looking at? And what about scholarships?
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I think you look way better on the open stance shots and will also recover for the next shot better using open. Closed stance seems to really tie you up and take you out of balance, which IMO is quite common.

Looking pretty good from an overview.
What will really decide your level is what you do with those balls and how consistently you can make the right shots. Some do well even with far less than what is considered perfect form.
Your form is not such that it should be a major limitation and I liked alot about your open stance shots.
 
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It looks like your arms are not as extended as the should be when hitting your strokes. But, if it's working for you...
Try not to hit the ball so close to your body so you can get a full arm extension, probably get more power out of the shot.
 
I've hit against a couple college players, people going to college, and people who've finished college (1 player played at Florida, 1 who got a scholarship to some college in hawaii). I've also watch UTA vs Virginia Tech and some other DI schools play against each other too.

You seem good enough to play in DI schools, but i doubt you'll get a scholarship there. I'd say you could get a scholarship to a DII school. It just depends on how you play in matches, which should be pretty good according to your results.

Technically, your backhand seems more solid. Seems like it's the more consistent shot. Your forehand looks awkward at times (around 0:16 when you hit the jumping forehand), but when you're able to set up and hit properly it seems like a good heavy shot.

Some match play video could help us either bump your level up or lower it.
 
Strokes look good although there is certainly room for improvement in a few areas but I think you already know that.

On the forehand, its a little too tight and your not getting much, if any, extension which is cramping the overall stroke. Rotation is great and very important but just swing out a little more - I'm talking a couple of inches here so don't over do it. I think it will be almost self-correcting if you extend a little more.

Backhand looks solid to me and the mechanics are sound. Like any coach, I'd like to see you keep your head down a spec more and keep your forward elbow in a spec but its a good stroke.

Serve could use a few little things like getting the front hip pointing and the ball a little higher on the toss would be my first two things. Serve is ok but it could be better.

Overall, I think the strokes and footwork are good and solid. Getting some college coaching will help. Div 1 is looking for 5 - 5.5 players (some higher level players are there also) which I really think you could reach with a little help. Motivation, drive and work ethic will often offset/help with some of this. There are many excellent Div II & Div III schools however, Div III cannot give athletic scholarships.
 
you're better than 95% of all the posters on here. looks like you are a good Div 2 talent. Div 1 would be a stretch as a dubs specialist but you're only going to get better playing college ball so you haven't maxed out by any stretch. Div 2 scholarship and transfer after a year or two?

your backhand is a thing of beauty. forehand looks awkward but i have no doubt it's solid. oh and better camera angle pls and your footwork is great but you look like you're moving at half speed. if you wanna impress recruiters -- at least move and play like you can. if you're test driving a new car - you don't wanna just loaf around. you wanna see how fast it goes. you are the new car drop shot.
 
You seem to hit the ball very nicely, but i dunno how to explain it other than you look very still, as in your feet between shots? And you seem to start your backswing very late
 
Yeah, I've actually tried to work on my footwork alot more recently, and it's improved my game actually. Also getting down low more seems to help.
 
seem like your dad have a lot of work to do with your FH: beside all poster said about not much shoulder, too closed to your body, there is something that you should consider and make a decision:
1. Beginner: FH hit with your arm independent with your body: arm move first, shoulder, body follow.
2. Pull: Shoulder move first arm follow and snap up.
3. Push: Arm and body move as one unit.
Right now, at time you at 2. most of the time you are at 1. the way you hold your racket you are at 3.
you have good footwork, just have to have someone show you either hit the 2 or the 3 and make your decision.
 
Your backhand is quite fluid...until the follow through. It looks a bit wristy to me and you finish quite low. Other than that, it looks great! :)

I'd try to experiment with a longer backswing on the forehand. The one that you have currently makes me think that it would be great for returns and taking balls early, but there's a bit more energy potential with a longer backswing. But hey, if it works, why change it?

Since my computer's being stupid, I didn't get to watch much, but your strokes looked solid. Keep up the good work!
 
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