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[johnyandell]

Suggestions noted, and thanks for the good words, but I think the success of the site has more to do with the contributions of so many other knowledeable people. One voice gets tiresome and repetitive.

Not sure what you mean by ipod functionality since you can't surf the web on a ipod. To me pod casts are almost universally a waste of time, but to each his own..

I think now it's really a stretch to think of Tennisplayer on mobile devices, but the time may come in the future. There are big problems with Flash, html 5, QT, etc that are all in flux with fights among the big boys. Since we would need to rebuild the site I am going to let the dust settle on all that before even thinking about it.

As for the design, I am not a believer in change for change sake. I think of the structure of Tennisplayer as like google. You don't come to the front page for design or (god forbid) flash intros. Same goes for the articles.

I think if you actually look at the Forum, you'll see a lot of the discussion you mention.

You can always post a question. Not all coaches are forum literate or interested in debate, but some are.

[gzhpcu]

John,
Ever think of doing a study of Sam Stosur's kick serve? Love watching her style of play...

[johnyandell]

Definitely, she just hasn't ever been on a court where we had the fast camera. Maybe IW next year!

[stroke]

Stosur really shows how important movement is in tennis. She seems to have the best serve, and best forehand in women's tennis. Why can she not make a real run at #1. Her movement is below par. If she had Graf's movement(or even the Williams movement, or someone like Kournikova), she would easily be #1, I think.

[johnyandell]

Yeah we've been wanting to film her but she just hasn't crossed the right court at the right time. Love the serve.

[jryle1]

Will you ever be updating the high speed archives with Federer, Nadal etc? And do you know if Brian Gordon will be starting a series on the forehand and if so what time roughly?

[johnyandell]

Yes and yes. Brian is very busy with Rick Macci perfecting his new capture system, so I don't really have an estimate on his new series. As I have said a few times in the newsletters, the new high speed archives will be starting by the end of the year.

[jryle1]

Oh ok. Any chance of there being an article on the Gasquet backhand in the near future?

[johnyandell]

A whole article devoted to it? No and not sure why that would be a good idea. In advanced tennis under one-handed backhands, the article on the extreme version includes him.

[jimj1961]

John,

One thing I've noticed in watching good players vs. not as good players is their rhythm. The pace of their serve and ground strokes seem to be smooth and not rushed. Is this something that can be or should be taught? I have found my serve to be better when I focus on this, but it is harder for me on ground strokes.

By the way, you can see this play out in golf as well. Just go to a driving range and you can tell the good players from the bad just from their rhythm.

[bigryoung]

In my experience, the rhythm should be slow until you start the forward swing, then it continues to be smooth but you accelerate. i wouldn't really want pete sampras's forehand but watching it I get a better idea of rhythm. same with his serve except I would want it, haha.

[bigryoung]

I don't know how difficult/possible it is to get footage of older players but some videos of stefan edberg would be cool.

[johnyandell]

Yes it would. If he would play a few senior events in the states I'd be there. The old footage really is non-existent as far as any real analytic value.

[uspta990770809]

my post on Gayathri

John,
hope you will check out my post of Gayathri's backhand and your article. I can't back it up with many of the prostrokes videos, but I do find a few and I feel I am on to something there. Wondered what you think?

don brosseau

[mcrok]

becker serve

Hi John, what do you think of the use of the back foot in Boris Becker's serve; his serve looks like some old footage (Stan Smit etc), we can see after the hittng point his right foot goes forward first and then the body follows the movement; what do you think? What is the difference with the modern use of the left foot, Federer etc.? Then the strange thing of Becker serving with a forehand eastern grip. Any relation between these two ideosyncratic aspects of the Becker serve?