sap xo

scott — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:34:36 +0000

watched pete semi walk though an xo with verdasco– pete can still serve– best motion ever–but he can’t cover court– in the past 2 years tommie haas was the xo opponent — haas hit more balls to pete– verdasco wasn’t quite as nice– lasted 50 minutes– all 2 ball tennis

backhand start

scott — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:53:48 +0000

most one handed backhands start with the racquet going up to get more head speed through the shot– either by making loop start– or just kicking the head of the racquet up— bonuses — watch the Fed’s head position — – plus shoulder is to the chin

angle in

scott — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:16:33 +0000

on the wide serve you must angle in to try and prevent the serve from running even wider– watch the front foot’s direction

roddick’s backhand

scott — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:46:42 +0000

the reason i hate roddick’s backhand is that he hits mostly with a closed hip — – his front foot is parallel to the net– thus preventing the rotation of his hips and shoulders– almost no one of caliber hits like this– at times you can’t help but being closed as i showed in yesterday’s post– but Roddick does it when there was time to get the balance needed to get the rotation-bonus the hit is dead center

stretch 2 handed backhand

scott — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:24:20 +0000

when the front hip is closed it is tough to go over the shoulder on the follow through — thus in most cases all you can do is stretch out– you still get your elbows up trying to kiss your lead shoulder

yanking

scott — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:35:15 +0000

at times when you pull up you must finish on the same side as the hit– we call this YANKING—this will happen if you can’t open the front hip– this happens on the run many times

tip to the side

scott — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:36:21 +0000

even in trouble you must keep your racquet head in control — you must keep the tip to the side– level

close the face

scott — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:56:42 +0000

one of the choices on the start of a stroke is to close the face of the racquet– this will get you more head speed– the danger is that you will not be able to square the racquet back up– you can try this and see if it works

elevator up

scott — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:08:31 +0000

on the higher ball the elevator goes up — the racquet head is still square on the hit point– the key is to stay below flight path and hit up– it will not go out– most players who miss get caught above the flight path and hit down– i promise you if you hit the ball down it will go down — right into the net– bonus watch the front foot as it is toward the net

total lean in

scott — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:23:34 +0000

not only does your body need to lean into the toss– but the tossing arm also must lean in– watch marat