Have a Question for Me?

[johnyandell]

Absolutely! And those guides are just rough. You find the place with your hand size, grip size, grip shape, and type of stroke. One question is how far you have to shift one point or another to really make a difference. The slight shifts ( quarter of a bevel or whatever) may not be as important as how the racket feels in your hand.

[brett701]

Live chat possibility?

Do you think that live chat could be an option on the site?

[johnyandell]

Based on the size of the traffic in the Forum, not yet.

[oliensis]

April Issue

Sorry if I missed an earlier note. Any ETA on the April issue?

Thanks,

Oliensis

[tennisfan04]

One handed backhand versus two handed

John,

Have you done any studies that measure the speed and topspin of typical one handed backhands of the Federers/Gasquets and compared them to the typical speed and topspins of the best two handers?

If not, do you recall seeing any article or discussion on that topic? How big is the speed drop off in one handers and do they generate more spin?

Thanks for a terrific site.

Best

[johnyandell]

Good question but I have only a partial answer. We did develop a limited amount of spin data on Roger's backhand and found that he averaged about 2200rpm, with a rnag oe about 1400rpm to 3200rpm.

Interesting that's similar to Sampras.

I'd be careful about lumping Gasquet's backhand with Roger's. There is a significant difference in the grip and swing style and also probably most important, where they try to play in the court. Roger is up very tight on his backhand slide in many instances--Gasquet likes it way back there.

We hope to do a new analysis of ball speed. The forehand we know now are ranging 90mph and higher-backhands somewhat less. But not sure you can more speed with one or two-that's probably more a player by player deal.

In general all the shots are going to lose 50% plus of their speed between the rackets no matter how fast initially.

[hairrell]

Almagro

Hello, just wondering if you would or have considered Almagro for the stroke archive. He is solid on both wings and someone I would really like to emulate, but I can't seem to find vids anywhere.
Thanks,
love the site

[johnyandell]

Definitely. We did get a chance to film part of one match this year and hope to do more in the future. When we have him covered we'll put him up.

[hairrell]

Now that is what I call service! You have quite the operation here. Its really awesome. Keep it up!

[jmhtennis]

looking forward

Hi John,
I love your site and I look froward to it every month. I look and look and look, and then about the middle of the month it hits. Instead of having a monthly emag that does not get posted until the middle of each month, what about every 2 months with a large issue that gets to us on time? Just a suggestion.
Jeff

[johnyandell]

Glad you're looking! I usually post the pub date and we do send out an email. The May issue is up now!

[bobduplicki]

email

Hello John,

I'm trying to respond to you regarding my subscription. Whether I email you directly or use admin@tennisplayer.net, they're getting returned as undelivered. What is a working email address I can use?

Thanks,
Bob

[johnyandell]

videotennis@metricmail.com

I'll look into the problem!

[kvh2000]

great issue

great new issue john,

i especially like the kick serve article... and i always get something out of your stroke analysis of the subscribers. this time was no different as you focused in on the footwork.....great stuff.

i've always thought that vince spadea had very smooth ground strokes. pete fisher (sampras old coach) also coached spadea for a spell, and kinda molded his serve after sampras....i think spadea's serve is pretty nice looking as well..

any chance you might do a stroke archive page for spadea any time?

tx,

Kurt

[johnyandell]

Annthing's possible. We haven't filmed him in the past though and I've never even seen him play a match live. But I'll take a look next time I get a chance.