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Re: Club talk and tennis tips « Reply #165 on: February 15, 2010, 11:45 PM »
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Quote from: tennis_girl on February 15, 2010, 10:47 PM
I would, but she's also my school coach.. so I have one more season to go with her before I kick the old broad to the curb.
I like your thinking!
I have a pink grip yay I had to have a 'raquet sleeve' put on it as well because the handle was too small for my dainty little hands Very Happy It is a bit of a problem tbh, I CANNOT keep my grip in a serve or in volleys, no matter how many times my coach forces my grip into the right position...

Also, 'tennis_girl' (I don't know what to call you Very Happy) did you try the whole sock swingy thing? My coach nicked mine, I think he's gone to get it patented and make a fortune off of it!
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Re: Club talk and tennis tips « Reply #166 on: February 15, 2010, 11:49 PM »
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Haha wave I'm Veronica, but if you're like my American friends, who are stereotypically lazy, you can shorten it to Vee. (I'm kidding, I won't judge you..only them).

And yes! I did, today. It was kind of fun, my coach was confused, I was giggling.. It was a grand old time. I'm going to try it out a couple more times before I deem it a failure or success.
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Re: Club talk and tennis tips « Reply #167 on: February 15, 2010, 11:50 PM »
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Sock swingy thing?
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Re: Club talk and tennis tips « Reply #168 on: February 15, 2010, 11:51 PM »
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Also, and it does sound dubious but after only 2 weeks of using the contraption, my serve was improved beyond recognition, and is actually vaugely reliable, but there is a sock/tennis ball/long piece of string device you can make to help improve the rhythm of your serve. You put the tennis ball in the sock and tie the string to the end so the ball stays in it. The string should be about as long as your raquet. You then hold onto the string and imitate a serving action over and over, like you were shadowing a serve. If you aren't smooth with it or the action isn't quite right, then you end up whacking yourself with a fast moving tennis ball! Needless to say I sustained many bruises! lol I can give more details if you think it could help, but like 5 minutes of this swinging action really does make a difference in creating a basic motion which you can modify and add to.
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Re: Club talk and tennis tips « Reply #169 on: February 15, 2010, 11:55 PM »
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Quote from: tennis_girl on February 15, 2010, 11:49 PM
Haha wave I'm Veronica, but if you're like my American friends, who are stereotypically lazy, you can shorten it to Vee. (I'm kidding, I won't judge you..only them).

And yes! I did, today. It was kind of fun, my coach was confused, I was giggling.. It was a grand old time. I'm going to try it out a couple more times before I deem it a failure or success.
Hey Vee! Hehe like Venus Williams! Very Happy
And yay Sock thingy (that's it's name from now on, it has become a person!) does take a while to get the hang of but it does make a difference, it turned my serve from having the consistancy if a five year old/Dinara Safina, to actually being half decent, I manage to score some aces off of it now which is always a plus!

And Mark, see below.
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Re: Club talk and tennis tips « Reply #170 on: February 15, 2010, 11:57 PM »
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I'm not going to lie, I was also using it as a weapon to aim for my coach whenever she walked past.

I can do one of the best innocent faces in the biz.
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Re: Club talk and tennis tips « Reply #171 on: February 16, 2010, 12:02 AM »
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Haha, this guy who has a lesson after me thought it was one of those like throw toys you get, that like whistle if you throw it is a certain way, or that have like a streamer thing hanging off. Then he tried to practice cricket bowling with it. I was like, don't abuse sock thingy Neutral hehe
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Re: Club talk and tennis tips « Reply #172 on: September 19, 2010, 12:32 PM »
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4 days tennis in a row... having protein shakes straight after seems to help a lot with recovery, usually would feel sore playing tennis so soon after the previous session.
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Re: Club talk and tennis tips « Reply #173 on: September 19, 2010, 02:55 PM »
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How long have you been playing for every day?
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Re: Club talk and tennis tips « Reply #174 on: September 19, 2010, 04:38 PM »
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How long have you been playing for every day?

I usually play twice a week but this time I played last Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday in a row. I didn't feel sore at all which is unusual for me in that situation, must be the protein shakes helping recovery.

MyProtein.co.uk FTW.
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Re: Club talk and tennis tips « Reply #175 on: September 19, 2010, 04:42 PM »
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I meant how many hours per day, Mark. :p


I don't use anything to recover from matches or practice, but I probably should...
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Re: Club talk and tennis tips « Reply #176 on: September 19, 2010, 04:47 PM »
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Oh, depends who I'm playing... but the situation posted above was 1.5h a day. Doesn't sound like much but it's constant rallying rather than a match, so I would usually feel a little sore the day after if I were to play tennis again.
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Re: Club talk and tennis tips « Reply #177 on: November 10, 2010, 03:55 AM »
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Tennis really is the most frustrating game isn't it? After about 8 years pf playing I still can't hit a good forehand or serve with any regularity. For some bizarre reason I seem to be naturally very good at 1 handed backhand (I was a table tennis player before tennis was always primarily a backhand player in that) to the point where I am fully confident to whack the sh*t out of the ball every time and it generally goes in and I've hit quite a number of quite good winners with it this season (of 4 matches so far).

However, forehand is another story. Generally slice/chop almost everything (again playing like a table tennis player) just trying to get the ball in rather than attack and as soon as I try to hit one it's miles long. Serve is very poor too. Forehand technique is abysmal so it's probably worth investing in a few coaching sessions. Not too sure what the serve issue is but I suspect height plays a part - being 5'6, smashing the ball downwards tends to put it in the net a lot.

Anyway, like golf, it has to be one of the best sports to play competitively if you're not much good. Cos even if you're getting thrashed every week, you still get a doubles and singles match and get to play for a couple of hours or so and hit a lot of shots. Same with golf, even if you're hopeless you still get to play for a few hours.

Played cricket for about 3 years before tennis and I wasn't much good. Could bowl a little bit (as in I could get the ball down the other end reasonably accurately and got the occasional wicket) but couldn't hold a bat and it's a terrible sport if you're no good. You go into bat and get out within 5 minutes, and that's it for the whole day. Or if fielding you might get to bowl 1 or 2 overs then go out on the boundary and not touch the ball again. Absolutely love watching it but hated playing it so tried tennis instead as I loved watching it and wanted to play something for fun over summer (football has always been more serious) where I'd get a decent go rather than bowl 2 overs or score 2 runs and do nothing else.

Anyway this season so far has been abysmal for my team. Teams of 4 and everyone gets a doubles and singles match, so there's 6 matches in a round/tie. Unfortunately there was a last minute change and we were placed a grade higher than we should have been. None of us are quite up to this grade and in 4 rounds we have won just 1 match - a singles match in the first week won by a fill in from a higher level as one of our guys was away. Personally I've managed just 1 set, in a doubles match which to be fair we had our chances to win, going down 6-4 in a tight 3rd set.

Got the closest I have done to a singles set on Saturday. Was up 2-0, then 3-2 with a couple of points blown for 4-2, then got a break again and had 4-3 on my racquet. Lost a crucial point and instead of telling myself "you're still up and this guy is no better than you, you can take this" it was "f**k, gonna lose this set 6-4 now." Sure enough it was 4-6, and I allowed myself to get so pissed off and angry the 2nd set was 6-1 in no time.

It's mostly a mental issue for me I think. Wins, particularly in singles, have been so few and far between over the years (generally once or twice a season over the last 5 years since I've been playing in senior grades - I did tend to win more regularly at lower high school levels and under 18s etc as at those ages the better players have moved up to seniors early) that I personally just don't know how to win a match. I can be 4-3 and 30-0 up on serve like on Saturday and because this situation has become so rare for me in recent times, I don't know how to make myself believe I can actually win it from there. Instead I'll serve a double fault or hit a stupid shot and lose a point then tell myself it's over.

Phew, sorry for the essay! Just been thinking a lot about it since Saturday and again after practice last night. Only meant to mention how the season's going and it all poured out!
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Re: Club talk and tennis tips « Reply #178 on: November 10, 2010, 10:16 AM »
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Better out than in Very Happy

I live just down the road from the local tennis club and they have evenings for anyone that wants a go - never plucked up the courage yet!

Looks good though

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Re: Club talk and tennis tips « Reply #179 on: November 11, 2010, 12:25 AM »
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Quote from: invisibleman18 on November 10, 2010, 03:55 AM
Tennis really is the most frustrating game isn't it? After about 8 years pf playing I still can't hit a good forehand or serve with any regularity. For some bizarre reason I seem to be naturally very good at 1 handed backhand (I was a table tennis player before tennis was always primarily a backhand player in that) to the point where I am fully confident to whack the sh*t out of the ball every time and it generally goes in and I've hit quite a number of quite good winners with it this season (of 4 matches so far).

However, forehand is another story. Generally slice/chop almost everything (again playing like a table tennis player) just trying to get the ball in rather than attack and as soon as I try to hit one it's miles long. Serve is very poor too. Forehand technique is abysmal so it's probably worth investing in a few coaching sessions. Not too sure what the serve issue is but I suspect height plays a part - being 5'6, smashing the ball downwards tends to put it in the net a lot.



Phew, sorry for the essay! Just been thinking a lot about it since Saturday and again after practice last night. Only meant to mention how the season's going and it all poured out!


Back to the very basics with the forehand then. A few to get you started. There's loads more videos of forehands, backhands, serves, movement etc on there as well.

Videos from: http://www.fuzzyyellowballs.com/video-tennis-lessons/forehand/forehand-fundamentals/

Tennis Forehand - Forehand Step 1 - Pivot and Shoulder Turn


Tennis Lesson: Forehand Step 2 - Take Your Racket Back


Tennis Lesson: Forehand Step 3 - Swing to Contact


Tennis Lesson: Forehand Step 4 - Follow Through


Tennis Lesson: Forehand Step 5 - Swing Path


Tennis Lesson: Forehand: Timing your swing
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