Still very hard to see without frame by frame. But I would suggest visualizing your torso landing completely straight up and down and your front toes pointing still somewhat toward the sideline to your right--or at least toward the net--then combine that with the other image I gave you of the foot kicking back so you show the sole of your foot to the back fence.
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John,
Watching the masters match Roddick - Nadal, I noticed that Nadal was practically only using the reverse finish on his forehands. Never saw any other player use it so much. You mentioned this in your Advanced Tennis section article on Nadal's forehand. Do you feel he was doing it that much (more than usual for him, it seemed to me), to get more of a high bounce due to the surface, which is detrimental to his topspin?
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in the power serve by burce elliott pt 1 pg 1
in the section on leg drive
remember, you do not jumb off the ground under any circumstances
you drive yourself off the ground
what is the diffrence between jumping off the ground
and drive yourself off the ground
thanks
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Well there is no such thing as a "flat" serve literally, or shouldn't be. The differences are all slight variations in the way the racket head approaches the ball--not something I think you can control with the legs, torso etc.
A little more across (more slice)
A little more up (more topspin)
A little more straight thru (flatter)
You can see this in the Pete Sampras animations we posted a while back in the forum.
If you read the recent Federer serve article you know this is something I plan to revisit in the future with the new footage.
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Hey John, just wondering if there were anything out there as a definitive source of info about professional players' grips--specifically the left hand on the 2handed backhand: Nadal, Murray, Daveydenko, Nalbandian and the williams sisters are the ones I'm interested in. My son's pro wants to switch him from a semiwestern forehand grip with his left hand to an eastern forehand grip. I like the semiwest and so does everyone else on the forehand, why not the backhand? What do you think?
Thanks, Harry Kingsley
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Most players with two handers are more conservative on the backhand side for a reason. The shot is hit flatter with more spin and also at lower contact heights. Hingis was the exception, Venus may be that way somewhat as well. Everyone else is somewhere between a mild continental and at most an extreme eastern. I agree with the coach.
But some version of a backhand grip with the bottom hand is also critical.
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What about that bottom hand?
Originally posted by johnyandell View PostMost players with two handers are more conservative on the backhand side for a reason. The shot is hit flatter with more spin and also at lower contact heights. Hingis was the exception, Venus may be that way somewhat as well. Everyone else is somewhere between a mild continental and at most an extreme eastern. I agree with the coach.
But some version of a backhand grip with the bottom hand is also critical.
thanks,
don
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