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Edberg strokes

there should definitely be Stefan Edberg in the stroke archive. His backhand is easily top 5 of all time.

bobbyswift,

I have spoken to John about getting Stefan Edberg into the stroke archives. I'm a big Edberg fan. I know John is as well. Logistically it's tough because he lives in London. He may come to the states to play senior events, but it is quite rare. I keep hoping, and that's all I can do. I would love to start a fund to finance a trip for John Yandell and the tennisplayer.net crew to london. That would be awesome. Edberg would be worth it.

Kyle LaCroix USPTA

[johnyandell]

Thanks for the great comments about the patterns! And yes. We've filmed over a dozen players.

Agree there is a ton there to learn--we probably don't even know how much yet...

Nadal is next, early next year. We have Murray, Djokovic, and also older players such as Agassi. Going to be a big new component in our evolution...

[johnyandell]

Re: Edberg

Ok let the fundraising begin...but seriously most of the players we film we film up to 6 or more matches. Particularly with attacking players, good complete sequences are relatively rare. Need to figure out how to get several matches...

[uspta2712824457]

Re: Edberg

6 matches would be tough to film with Edberg. I feel your pain John. No worries. With Edberg or without him, your site is still the best. Thanks again for all you do.

[chuck62]

Doubles

John,
Have you considered starting a doubles section ? You could call it the doubles alley and have famous doubles specialists like the Bryans, McEnroe and Navratilova commenting on strategy and shot making specific to doubles. In Atlanta we have a year round doubles only league called ALTA with about 80 thousand members but I have noticed that there is verly little on the web that focuses on doubles skills.

[johnyandell]

Yeah it's a great suggestion. We have a couple of things in the work's doubles wise. There are several excellent articles in the strategy section. but we would like to supplement that with actual doubles patterns and shots.

Not sure when, honestly, that'll get to the top of the list, but eventually.

[florian80]

forehand grip in womens pro tennis

Hi John,

I posted this as a separate thread but then realized you have a thread where you answer questions.

what are your thoughts on acceptable forehand grips in womens pro tennis ? i am supposed to do a video analysis and possibly work with a very promising 15 year old girl that has already had some pro success. i have only seen a few clips on the iphone and it looks like her forehand grip is quite severe. looks like it is significantly underneath the handle. she is quite tall as well and her dad told me to no surprise of course that she loves high balls on her forehand and hates low fast balls. i told him that if she ever plays venus, serena or maria or whoever there wont be any high balls to the forehand but many low fast ones.

now i tried to think of top pro female players with extreme forehand grips...mauresmo came to mind but her forehand is a liability in my opinion. safina i thought about for a bit but looks like a semi-western 4/3.5 to me.
anyways...i know it is hard to put a number on these things but how far do you think is too far ?

thanks in advance

[johnyandell]

Very hard to say anything of course without looking at the player and even watching matches. The other more extreme woman is Petrova. Seems that very few women are 4/4 or more extreme. Most have a 3.5 in there somewhere.

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definition of western backhand grip

John,
Robert Lansdorp using the phrase "western backhand grip"
( see a new issue).
What is a definition of terms of bevels?
Thank you

[johnyandell]

He isn't really specifying but safe to say the knuckle is at least over the edge of one back toward eight.

[mntlblok]

Jeffs - Greenwald and Tarango

Hey, John,

Did you attend the National 40's Hard Courts?

Kevin

[shiuey]

Re: Juan Martin Del Potro Forehand

Dear John,

Great posts of Juan Martin Del Potros forehand. Would you classify his forehand as a straight arm forehand?

I also had an idea for you regarding teaching the service return. I have heard it said by several instructors that you can tell the type of spin on a serve by the sound the ball makes when it is struck. Do you think that this is true? If so could you put up the sounds on your site associated with the different types of serves?

EJ

[ochi]

King Van Nostrand

How about asking King Van Nostrand to write a column? Here's a man who's been winning scores of national and international titles for decades. A really nice, modest person. I met him and his daughter, Molly, once, at a Team Tennis event. "I hear you're a heck of a player," I said. "Used to be," he replied in an aw-shucks manner. Well, he still was and still is. I'd like to know how he adapted his game through the decades. He's now 71, I believe.

I hope he'll write a book -- or has he by now?

[johnyandell]

OK back from Baja where, blissfully, I was completely unconnected for a week--something I should do far more of...but to answer the questions:

Did not attend 40s nationals--but jeff will be reporting on that.

JMP forehand hitting arm structure--very good question! His arms are ultra long, which makes any bend seem less. Also we have not filmed him yet at 250 frames which will give much more definitive look. Check out my article on his forehand in Tour Strokes. My opinion at this point is that he is like Federer--some straight, some double bend, some inbetween.

And as for Mr. KVN, don't know him, who knows maybe we will meet.

[uspta4201423750]

unleashing the power within

Hey John,
My son is playing well, and his stroke technique is much more solid now than ever, but he seems afraid to really hit the ball with all of his energy. He looks like he's hitting the ball about 50% as hard as he could. It's annoying because I've always been a very safe player too, and I'm dying to find a way to get him to just go for it and stop worrying about getting it in. How can I get him to unleash the beast within?

Harry Kingsley