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Swiff
Platinum Member Joined: 06/09/2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2587 |
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Seems like you're playing pretty good! You're forehand seems very consistent. :)
I agree with an above post that the recovery speed of your forehand attacks needs work. I imagine if some players block your 3rd ball forehand loop quickly you'll have trouble hitting the next ball. Anyway, keep it up! :D |
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dingyibvs
Gold Member Joined: 05/09/2011 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 1403 |
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Thanks for all the encouragement and advice! My second day at the tournament didn't go so well, didn't win a match. In fact, I'm kinda embarrassed that I didn't even win a single set :( I really shoulda beaten the lowest rated player I played on Sunday, an 1875 guy, but I do tend to struggle vs. his style(control player), as they tend to discover my weak backhand quickly and force everything there effective. If I step around, they'd hit wide to my FH, and right now I just don't have the consistency to overpower them. Anyhow, with my best win being against an 1810 guy and my worst loss being to an 1875 guy, I expect my initial rating to be somewhere around there.
Anyhow, I'll try to record another one soon and see if I can get some more advice! BTW, working on recovery has really helped me quite a bit in FH rallies, I'm gonna have to get my BH up to speed and then work BH recovery and FH/BH transitions into my game more.
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Blade: Hurricane Long 5 (968) FL
FH: D09C max BH: D09C max |
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seguso
Gold Member Joined: 03/24/2010 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 1619 |
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You have improved a lot since the first video, to the point you look like a different player. Forehand is good but it seems you could use your body a bit more. It looks like you think a lot before starting the swing. The racket also seems better, now it seems to have dwell. The pace of the game is very slow. I would like to see your recovery time against a close-to-table blocker with inverted rubbers. In general I'd like to see you against a good push-blocker. And I'd like to see you in fast rallies, to see how you change from forehand to backhand and viceversa. Kudos for the improvement! :) |
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pg5x - mxd fh & bh - 2015 video
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V-Griper
Silver Member Joined: 09/19/2011 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 879 |
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FH loop mechanics- The follow through on your stroke is causing your CG to shift to the back limit. You seem to be on the verge of falling off balance at he end of almost every shot. No doubt this has a big impact on your recovery time as you are using valuable time recovering your balance. I think part of the reason for this is because you are using a lot of muscles in your shoulder and upper arm to generate power for the swing instead of the legs and torso. A suggestion that may help is to "fold" at hip more. Make the angle formed by the right shoulder, hip and knee more acute on the back swing... Hold on. Just look at this vid of a kettle bell swing and imagine it is your loop stroke. Pay attention to the shoulder, hip and knee coordination. By the way this is how I weight train for my loop. Works really well because swinging the weight makes your more aware of momentum during the stroke. If you were swinging a weight the way you normally loop you would quickly realize how your stroke is taking you off balance. If you try this make sure you do not use a heavy weight to begin with(no more than 10-15lbs or 5-7kgs). Swing starts at 1:20. Edited by V-Griper - 02/18/2012 at 3:25pm |
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L2Pivot
Member Joined: 12/19/2011 Status: Offline Points: 40 |
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Second this. Your large backswing is causing you to go off balance meaning that you are only limited to your arm to make a decent stroke. What you want to do is to make your hitting area (or 'power pocket' if you've seen any of Brian Pace's videos ) further in front of you. This means you can use more of your body mass to pile speed onto the ball. Take Zhang Jike's backswing for example. No matter how high the ball is, he still winds it up somewhere near his knee. That way, he ensures he always hits the ball in front of him with the most power possible: Or you can always switch to a Euro forehand and chicken-wing it relatively risk-free. |
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Tinykin
Platinum Member Joined: 10/30/2003 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 2338 |
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My back hurt just from looking at that video. But I can see the relevance to developing a powerful loop.
Good find.
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Darker Speed90 Rubber Fh and Bh DHS Hurricane 3, 39/38deg Delusion is an asset |
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