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[johnyandell]

Look that the tip of your racket is way over your head at the top of the take back.

If you coil well, have the right stance, have a good forward swing, so called weight transfer usually just takes care of itself.

[eaglesburg]

On the forehand I hate the way you have started taking the racket back with the face so square and high. But yeah you are right about the shoulder turn. Extension is better. and that counts for a lot.

On the serve, the racket drop looks fine. You are footfaulting...maybe not most of the time I hope...but the biggest problem is that the contact is over your head not at the front edge of the face. That's mainly a toss thing but also a feel thing that you get used to...loss of pace for sure and can't be great for your shoulder.

Thanks John.

I'll work on it. But could you clarify what up mean when describing my racket face as too "square and high" in the forehand take back? I thought if anything the height of my take back has gotten lower.

Also is my weight transfer something I need to be working on or not really?

[johnyandell]

On the forehand I hate the way you have started taking the racket back with the face so square and high. But yeah you are right about the shoulder turn. Extension is better. and that counts for a lot.

On the serve, the racket drop looks fine. You are footfaulting...maybe not most of the time I hope...but the biggest problem is that the contact is over your head not at the front edge of the face. That's mainly a toss thing but also a feel thing that you get used to...loss of pace for sure and can't be great for your shoulder.

[eaglesburg]

Rowvid.com

[johnyandell]

What's the secret site for going frame by frame on you tube clips again??

[eaglesburg]

https://youtu.be/0Lk75JglZgM

I need to correct the racket drop on this serve correct? I think so but I just want to make sure before I do anything.

Also do you have any advice for my forehand? I would guess maybe stay on the ground more and try to get weight forward instead of backward. Perhaps a bit more shoulder rotation. Just to let you know my forehand has gotten so so so much better. I think extending thru the shot was key like you said.

https://youtu.be/Ir1FStEVtOI

Thanks!

[johnyandell]

Myself? A small high speed camera and quick time windows on a mac.

http://www.tennisplayer.net/members/teaching_systems/john_yandell/high_speed_video_analysis/

[alexbourne]

Alex, for an iPad there is an app called "Rotate & Flip" which allows you to do just that on videos...

Thank you! What do you use to analyse videos?

[johnyandell]

Thanks Phil. I don't flip but maybe I should. Anybody else on a simple solution here?

[klacr]

Hi John,
Do you know of any video editing software that allows to change right handed players to left handed.I would like to change some left handed players to right handed and vice versa. thank you

and then you can get results like this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVL2PSny6A4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxXlrzgXxRI

Kyle LaCroix USPTA
Boca Raton

[gzhpcu]

Alex, for an iPad there is an app called "Rotate & Flip" which allows you to do just that on videos...

[alexbourne]

Video editing Software

Hi John,
Do you know of any video editing software that allows to change right handed players to left handed.I would like to change some left handed players to right handed and vice versa. thank you

[johnyandell]

I can feel that!

[stotty]

Newcombe...

Phil's question was timely for me as I was watching Newcombe just recently and notice how beautifully he turns into his serve. I understand the serve isn't initiated at the very outset by a unit turn for the reasons you stated, but with a server like Newcombe you can be drawn into the idea that some sort of a unit turn is taking place after the preliminaries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q13_STOUBc

[johnyandell]

Phil,

I think you can use the shoulder turn as a key, but I wouldn't call it a unit turn. First you have got the rhythm rocking motion and also independent hand and arm motion happening before the body turn.

Remember that the body turn tends to happen naturally depending on the line of the stance. See Roger:

http://www.tennisplayer.net/members/high_speed_archive/phantom/Roger_Federer_HD_HS/index.html?dir=Serve/1st_Serve&stroke=RF_1stS_Ad_Rear1_250fps.mp4

But it's all about finding feelings. When I first added a more Fed like stance and started to turn off the ball I would visualize my shoulders turning onto the line of the stance. I still can imagine that feel!