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Yes! It's a great hire. I made a comment about it in the Cilic serve interactive forum regarding the serve.
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It's going to take more than a tweak to get Berdych's serve anything like his own. That said, it will be interesting to see if any adjustments are made.StottyComment
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At Berdych's age (31 next month) its difficult to make any sweeping changes but it's the little adjustments, maybe in his serve but more in his belief and attitude that he needs. Technique wise, his groundstrokes are immaculate. I'm curious to see what Goran will do. Of course, John will be in Cincy and can witness the Berdych-Goran collaboration on the practice court.
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The "Berdych-Goran collaboration"...
Truly a non-event if there ever was one. As klacr points out it is Berdych's age that precludes this being an insignificant move at this point. It isn't he serve that needs tweaking...it's the overall game that needs overhauling. Tomas Berdych is a prototype ATP professional tennis player playing the modern game of tennis. A tall perfectly proportioned man playing the junior game.Originally posted by klacr View Post
Years ago when Berdych was in his early teens someone needed to come along and help him to make the transition to the men's game. A player with a nose for the net. One handed backhand. Approach game. The whole enchilada. I know that klacr is a fan of Berdych's but I have never understood the fascination. He strikes me as being a rather nice guy...not a pushover by any means. But he doesn't have the kind of game that makes things happen and happen unexpectantly. This is a quality that all great players have and unfortunately Berdych's game has not been designed to make it happen.
Goran for his part was extremely unpredictable as a player. We are speaking about emotional qualities which sort of translated into this quality that I write about Berdych lacking. But for his part he was too unpredictable...he lacked the necessary discipline. Who knows...maybe this collaboration will produce a chemical mix where you get the unpredictability of Ivanisevic. But the other necessary ingredient will always be missing. The foundation of aspects that have disappeared in the modern game of tennis...serve and volley, approach and volley. Subtle aspects of the game. Berdych is now stuck with the junior game playing in a man's body.
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I think he needs to stop firing coaches and hire a great fitness coach as its his movement that lets him down.
He has the weapons with the serve and a huge forehand but he's lacking in the speed department. We know he's a big guy but at times he does look very off balance on court and often very slow moving forwards on to the short ball.StottyComment
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He choked last night.Originally posted by licensedcoach View Post
His serve has more firepower on it, that is the noticeable difference in first tourney together.
He was down a set and 2-4 to Cilic, he came back, forced a 3rd set and at 4-all in 3rd set he played a loose game and got broken. The work on Berdych needs to be between the ears.
As far as his speed, he's 6'5", how much faster can he get? He's not Usain Bolt, in fact, no other man close to that height comes close to Bolt. Berdych for his size gets around pretty well, but he's a tractor, not a formula 1 car. He will never be as fast as Djokovic, Murray, Federer, Nadal or even Wawrinka. Berdych is also bigger than all of them. Get size, lose speed.
Kyle LaCroix USPTA
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if its not his movement then what is it?
he has the weapons maybe its a mental issue ,perhaps he should hire boris as he worked wonders with djokovic.
Djjovic used to fold under pressure but not anymore.
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Berdych out of the US Open with Appendicitis.
He was feeling great and optimistic with his new coach Goran. Big setback for my boy.
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