Good points. Such a fast action seems awfully tempting, doesn't it? When you watch Dogopolov serving in slow motion you can almost feel the weight gathering on the feet and the total focus of his action.
I'll bet there are servers who could benefit from going slower and others by going a bit faster without going as fast as Dolgopolov.
I'll bet there are servers caught up too much in every little detail of a protracted serve and quick servers who will never pay enough attention to any detail.
Then there is the Matthew Syed thinking about ten-year "chunking" of an action through repetition so it can get faster and more unified in a very natural way deeply affecting one's nerves and physiology. One would hope that a server going in that direction got the details right at the outset-- but to me that seems doubtful. No one ever gets the details entirely right at the outset or even halfway through their tennis career-- just part of life.
It was interesting to hear Dogopolov after he won Washington (how Querrey and Haas must have hated it) say that he's a total risk-taker and that's how he lives his life and plays his tennis.
Wow, an Evil Knievel! What a high when it works though.
Someone willing to forego neutral shots and consistency? A teaching pro's (his father's?) worst nightmare? Or did the old man contribute to the madness and the two became distant from one another for other reasons?
I'll bet there are servers who could benefit from going slower and others by going a bit faster without going as fast as Dolgopolov.
I'll bet there are servers caught up too much in every little detail of a protracted serve and quick servers who will never pay enough attention to any detail.
Then there is the Matthew Syed thinking about ten-year "chunking" of an action through repetition so it can get faster and more unified in a very natural way deeply affecting one's nerves and physiology. One would hope that a server going in that direction got the details right at the outset-- but to me that seems doubtful. No one ever gets the details entirely right at the outset or even halfway through their tennis career-- just part of life.
It was interesting to hear Dogopolov after he won Washington (how Querrey and Haas must have hated it) say that he's a total risk-taker and that's how he lives his life and plays his tennis.
Wow, an Evil Knievel! What a high when it works though.
Someone willing to forego neutral shots and consistency? A teaching pro's (his father's?) worst nightmare? Or did the old man contribute to the madness and the two became distant from one another for other reasons?
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