EPTI know there are some tennis players here. Could be useful. ^^
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WhatisProtoss
Korea (South)2325 Posts
I know there are some tennis players here. Could be useful. ^^ | ||
AyeH
United States534 Posts
your serve could use a bit more fluidity. do you play in high school/college? | ||
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YejinYejin
United States1053 Posts
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zere
Germany1287 Posts
I have no sound at the moment I was watching this video, so unfortunately I don't know what you addressed in the video's audio stream. But I think the reason for the phenomenon that DTK-m2 describes is that you pull your right foot too far to the right. Maybe it's just me, or the camera angle, but I could see your right foot stepping onto the right side multiple times. I think the distance between your right foot and the vertical throwing point of the ball makes your jump lose power (sorry, don't know exactly how to describe it in English, but you get what I mean). Will watch again with sound when I get home  | ||
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WhatisProtoss
Korea (South)2325 Posts
On April 12 2011 16:16 AyeH wrote: What ntrp rating are you? your serve could use a bit more fluidity. do you play in high school/college? I used to be officially rated at 4.5. I played as a junior on USTA champs tournaments about 8 years ago. | ||
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WhatisProtoss
Korea (South)2325 Posts
On April 12 2011 17:35 DTK-m2 wrote: I think you could try pushing off with your feet a bit more. Notice that you get a good bend in your knees, but you end up not jumping very high, and your left foot actually lands and remains behind the line, or at best on the base line. Basically all of the power comes from your feet. For my first serve, I get about a foot of air, and land up to a foot in front of the baseline. If you watch Roddick, he often lands at least two feet in front of the base line. Wait. that's not a good thing.... Jumping high is great (because that's what Fed does), but jumping forward is a big mistake. If you land far in front of the baseline, you have to backpedal to return the next ball. The return in pro tennis is way too fast for you to waste time running back because you're caught in "no-man's-land" after hitting your serve. And, I'm not sure if Roddick actually does this. I just looked up videos of his serve, and he lands almost on the baseline, or right inside the baseline. Pretty sure he knows it's a bad tactical error to land deep inside the court.... I thought my jump was higher than normal, since my toes come up several centimeters off the court. When we're taught, we're not taught to jump off the ground, but just to extend straight up. So, that's why a tall jump is rare to see, like Roger Federer's jump. But yes, I am always looking to improve my jump, since it's more difficult to serve over 160-180 kph at my height. | ||
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