How to stop losing.

[GeoffWilliams]

For those who love control racquets, 18 x 20 with lower ra, and for those who love power, higher ra, bigger sq in, and 16 x 19.

[GeoffWilliams]

The use of psych has two issues: to raise yourself up or to lower your opponent.

The gloat scream, the vampire psych, the come on yells, all employ both of those. Suck energy from them into yourself.

Then there is the cheating, the let calling of a good serve, the dirty psychs we all know and hate so well.

[lobndropshot]

The use of psych has two issues: to raise yourself up or to lower your opponent.

The gloat scream, the vampire psych, the come on yells, all employ both of those. Suck energy from them into yourself.

Then there is the cheating, the let calling of a good serve, the dirty psychs we all know and hate so well.

How about the humble yourself tactic? a.k.a. raise up your opponent

I think this is the dirtiest trick of all.

[GeoffWilliams]

that works as a psych if the guy is hating you, or plays with Mac type anger as a fuel. Just keep saying, "NIce shot!", and he will collapse inwards eventually when the pressure is buiding, nothing for him to grab onto, or blame you for, so it goes inwards onto himself. Did this to a top seed in SF tourney once, and was down love 4 third set until he went under to it.

The Guy began the match by refusing to believe I called the racquet flip toss right, and demanded we do it over again. Gloat screams, cheating, he tried it all. What a prick. Took it to him in the end, with all his buddies watching him lose that big lead. Some people are not worth playing period, for the grief they exude onto you.

[GeoffWilliams]

Techniques to stop making ue during matches.

First you have to notice you are making too many ue.

Decide to make your returns by clearing the net by 3'.
Decide to clear the net during rallies by 2-3' range.
Decide to go for less power and more spin.
If going long, hit the ball a little earlier.
If going into the net, hit the ball a little later.


Change your return position and don't just show one look to the server. Move way up to see if he can be intimidated or if that results in a quicker reaction to the serve or takes time away from the server's recovery. Move 2' off and show only forehand return. Move way back and see if that affects the server. Move up and then scuttle back when the server goes up to toss. Be a chameleon out there on returns. They say that no one is messing with you when you serve, just yourself. Not so with chameleon returners!

If missing too many first serves, just hit hard slice seconds as a first serve. Sampras slice was about 110-120! Or learn to hit top slice, on the top right side of the ball as you hit up after tossing to 11-12. A far left toss allows more shoulder over shoulder hit up.

Shorten the points by hitting some moon balls, and then use a good one to go into the net off high bh moon ball.

Decide to get sideways faster and unit turn faster off releasing coil.

Decide to move better. Start split stepping just as opponent hits his shot.

Use a wider return stance while waiting for serve.

Go to a no miss rally pace, such as a warm up pace.

Relax your upper body and tense the lower body during rallies.

[GeoffWilliams]

The best match play sunscreen

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Doesn't sting, or wear off easily. Or poison you! Water proof/sweat proof, and a little goes a long way!

[GeoffWilliams]

Serve coiling

Most don't: twist their cores and go sideways: go down into knee bend: delay trophy drop until leg drive begins upwards: toss far enough forwards: bend left hip out over base line and bow their coil like an archers bow: arch their backs curving inwards towards the net: snap the racquet back to create whip lash forwards:make contact 3' into the court for full shoulder kinetic transfer and power.

Most don't on second serves: see the above, but toss a little farther back, and hit top slice for a fast up kicking second serve: make contact on top slice area: toss far enough left or far enough back: speed up their motion so that it's the same speed as their first serve motion is.

[GeoffWilliams]

Ground stroke coiling

Most don't: twist their upper bodies enough so that the coil is large enough to do any damage: point their non dominant arm sideways instead of forwards: get their feet into position after split step so they can twist in time: release their coils into the shot with any speed or power: vary their contact point in front according the incoming shot's height off ground.

[GeoffWilliams]

Break out of a rut

Shadow swinging, for each type of ground stroke: low ball, mid height ball, high ball, fh and bh, while walking the dog, top and slice. Practice volleys, serves, oh the same way. Researchers did a study on basketball players: one group was told to hit foul shots for 50, list their first result, and keep track of their percentages for two weeks. The other was told to visualize the shots only, for 50 in a row. They then compared the results in a shoot off to see which group improved the most. It was virtually a tie!

Shadow swinging is a good way to teach yourself a new racquet path, or improve your form to fit a changed shot into your game. Keep doing it for months and see the results.

[GeoffWilliams]

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[dipperhitter]

Geoff I can't tell did you actually do this?

[GeoffWilliams]

I did it, at the cost of about $260, and lost about 20 lbs, and did the meditation tapes, and exercises, and took the herbs. Slept very well during, and did the gruel for about a week. Very interesting effects.

[GeoffWilliams]

Best way to practice serving

It has to be a combination of the different methods. One, serve just like normal, first/second/change deuce ad, and don't keep score, just keep going and going. Two, aim for a given spot for 50 in a row. Play matches in practice, and tie breakers, both 10 point and 7 points. Combine the methods, with the goal of serving to spots under pressure, hitting great fast second serves, mixing up the speed/placement/spin like a pitcher, during practices so that it is automatic in match play! INtend to gain the advantage that great servers obtain: they force weak returns. Don't miss the next shot, first serve, first fh.

[GeoffWilliams]

The effect of string experimentation on spin

Many vary the tension on mains and the crosses as they continue down. The center mains on 16 x 19, first six, are longer than the rest of the mains. Longer strings have a looser tension. The mains on periphery are shorter and have a higher sonic pitch, at the same pulled tension. If you lower those to sonically match the center mains, so that the entire bed is similar, the snap back effect is exaggerated. Snap back, grab on the ball, if the strings have too much, the ball is gone too early, and if too little, the ball is gone too late, so that the best string grab does not affect. Crosses going down from the top as most 99% of string jobs are done, have a different effect than the mains. They don't per se grab, but they affect the snap back time of grab due to the friction they create in the pocket that you make contact with the ball! The higher tension the crosses maintain, the less snap back occurs, or the higher natural friction of the crosses, same thing. The shorter crosses have a higher sonic pitch, and cause more friction on the top and bottom ends of the frame. Many believe that as you hit with the frames given tension, the differing tensions if strung, equalize quickly. That is not the entire story. Any hard hitter will experience that more quickly than the soft hitters. Any open pattern will degrade faster than the closed one given the same string job. Closed patterns have more friction and smaller string boxed holes than the open patterns, even in smaller frames. The average pro frame has 98 sq. in.

So if you try to equalize the whole bed, so that the peripheral strings are looser than the center ones, the whole bed pockets better by some accounts, and the snap back effect can be more in synch with the grabbing/trampoline of the ball, but each shot varies in its spin rate due to differences in the pace and angle of the frame for each shot! So in the end we are going for what feels right for us indivdually, not as a group. Traditional string jobs just provide a dime shaped pocket, in the center of the frame, not up higher where most good players actually hit the ball! A higher up contact point, which is proven by the wear pattern on the strings themselves, (look closely at your own strings and you will see where you are averagely contacting your shots due to their deepest notches on the crosses by the mains sawing/snapping back), you will see where you want to increase the pocketed feel for your own average contact point.

The higher up contact point provides less snap back, if normally strung, but more leverage, longer lever arm, and more control/less trampoline/power, so it's a mixed bag. Today I ran this experiment: center six mains at bhb7 in a 16 x 19 extended pro stock babolat, at 52lbs. Next two peripherals at 47lbs. Next ones at 44lbs. Tie off. First cross msv hex, at 45lbs, next cross at 52lbs, next nine crosses down at 57lbs, next two down at 65lbs, last crosses down at 45lbs, tie off. Never done this before. Also pinged out mains so that they all pinged similarly, even the shorter peripheral strings, close to the very loose mains (for me, that is!). Hypothetical effect of varying crosses, is short term suspension of tension loss/drift, and an attempt to affect snap back in the right synch.

Snap back synch is more complicated than most realize, and it is affected by many factors: frame ra, length, size, thickness: string tensile softness/elasticity, tension loss rates, softness, thickess, edges or not, friction rates, and hybrid mixed affects or same string non hybrid affects, all come into play, as will heaviness of player's shots, spin, angle, etc. All we can go for is an average for our own selves, which will only last for a short time if we hit hard!

[GeoffWilliams]

The two crosses at 65lbs down low tightened the whole bed and made it feel way tighter as a whole than the pocketed peripheral lower tensioned strings, at 52lbs-45lbs. Bhb7 was good for drop/stop volleys, and slices. Control not as good as hoped, nor spin in general, but higher than normal. If I could afford it, I'd be using vs team/ltec 4s hybrids. Best control/touch/feel hybrid at least in an 18 x 20. In a 16 x 19, I'd go for an edged string as main, and a vs team cross.

Edged strings: yonex tour spin is a harsher feeling string, with good tension loss.

Msv hex: loses tension fast, is cheap, has ok spin.

Blue gear twisted: Soft, powerful, good with hybrid of nrg2 for volleys.

Bhb7: good for slice, drop volleys, and ok spin, with some harsher feel.

Blue gear ultra: hard on the arm.

Cyclone vokl: Soft feel, tension loss not good, spin ok.

Black code: tinny feel, with tension loss not too good, but ok with gut mains.