Understanding Tennis

when you are poaching — you want to angle burst getting as close to the net as you can

Ernie Banks use to say “lets play 2” that is what they made Fed, Rafa, and Djoky do today. The good news today they all

Lots of I formation being played– the server’s net person goes to the middle and ducks down– when the serve lands he breaks either left

Masso, Thiem’s coach, scouting a match

Stan has one of the best one handed topspin backhands– up an out –driven from the shoulder– he was pounding today and Golfin played great

Tom Waits has a song the Piano has been drinking– Edmonds was playing great but his racquet lost 9 straight games

Pare has the best hug finish on the serve– bringing the hitting hand to the opposite pocket

had to miss last year to beat back colon cancer– this year we are back– need better weather

to get the toss in front of you — at he start of your arm separation you at the same time softly lean forward

on the low volley the elevator goes down– the back knee gets on or below the flight path and the racquet head stays level

on the slice shot you want to set the slice racquet angle on your preparation

the serve hit is up and out

on the one handed backhand you want to incline up and out— we like bringing the tip of the racquet to the target

on the very low incoming shot your best response is to hit a dig out slice return

when you come to the net to join your partner you want to get on the same line forming a wall– on paper you have