What do you value more as a tennis fan? Shotmaking or elite movement?

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Would you rather watch an elite mover sprint across the court and then missing the shot or an elite shotmaker unable to get to the ball to hit his elite shot?.
 
Doesn't majority watch their swings than feet? That's why wise one says learn by watching their feet than their swings?
 
As a fan of the sport, elite shock making is by far the most fun thing and attractive thing. The sport has to offer. Now, in today’s game if you wanna win, you have to have elite movement, but that doesn’t mean that’s a very attractive game to watch even though you can appreciate it
yep. elite movement commands respect, but shotmaking captures the imagination. to me that's the novak/fed thing in a nutshell. i respect to no end what novak's achieved...he built himself into the ultimate results machine, and there is a particular genius to that you have to admire. but if i'm browsing youtube for tennis highlights, it's federer all day long.
 
yep. elite movement commands respect, but shotmaking captures the imagination. to me that's the novak/fed thing in a nutshell. i respect to no end what novak's achieved...he built himself into the ultimate results machine, and there is a particular genius to that you have to admire. but if i'm browsing youtube for tennis highlights, it's federer all day long.

Except Federer is considered maybe the most elite mover of all time.
 
I started to play tennis because I watched a 50-shot rally of Kerber running at the baseline from left to right and right to left 25 times retrieving impossible balls. Shotmaking is for fat old men ;-).
 
You need both to get to a certain point (or at least be a GOAT in one and decent in the other) but I suppose shotmaking wins.
 
yep. elite movement commands respect, but shotmaking captures the imagination. to me that's the novak/fed thing in a nutshell. i respect to no end what novak's achieved...he built himself into the ultimate results machine, and there is a particular genius to that you have to admire. but if i'm browsing youtube for tennis highlights, it's federer all day long.

And yet the irony is Nole cemented his place in history with two brilliant shots at 40-15...against Fed. Never have I heard a Fed shot described in such terms as those two forehands, although his career is generally described thus.
 
For those who think that you cannot have great shotmaking without elite movement, watch this. Alcaraz is playing this match on one leg, and he is hitting winners left and right in this final set, despite losing it.



Of course the two are very very closely linked, but you can have one without the other also.
 
As many have said...as close to a consensus as you'll see here on anything...movement and shotmaking are closely intertwined.
Perhaps, the question is a choice between preferring offense or defense, but is elite shotmaking only about hitting winners?
As an all-around tennis fan, I enjoy both, but if they can be separated, I suppose I'd favor shotmaking.
 
I think the better question would be between elite movement and elite ballstriking as shotmaking and movement are pretty intertwined.
 
I hated how useless he was against Federer.
most pure big hitters were. 'play another ball' was always the best way to beat fed: nadal, novak, young murray had a streak at one point...canas even, there, briefly. between his hands and anticipation, hard guy to beat w pace. i think berdych got a win or two at his peak, maybe tsonga at W but i think fed wasn't moving so great in that match...delpo here and there (although i'd chalk that uso partly up to tactical blunder on fed's part...he took his foot off the pedal, and...go to forehand?!)

then again i suppose that's the surest way to beat anyone.
 
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