Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Played a game today with my Aramark Supervisor Friend. It was quite a few weeks ago when I played my last game. Resuming play after a long time entails a pain - one which I hate very much - that lasts only for a day or two. I hope it's the same this time too (coz my back's already hurting a bit). I don't know why this is the case and I don't have a friend who's an expert in human physiology.
Today's Report:
The accuracy of my second serve, for which I tried to use the kick serve, was pretty satisfactory. The backhand felt nice too. Need to work on my first serve: consistencey of toss, forward movement of my rear foot and perhaps pronation.
The results of Spring 2009 sets with Avdhut:
For detailed comments on each game visit:
March 27, 2009
Right now I am trying to move the rear foot adjacent to the front foot as shown in the video.
March 27, 2009
It's a pity that it's raining today. It was only yesterday that I believe I have started to hit the elusive double-handed backhand correctly. While trying to prove to my friend that Nadal has an exquisite backhand - as special as the single-handed backhand of Federer - I chanced upon the following video. It occurred to me that if only I could somehow copy it....
March 20, 2009
The technique of cross stepping helps a lot in increasing the on court mobility. Since I survive more on my mobility than on the quality of my shots I am noting down this point.
The following video illustrates the technique:
Even though the instructor may look stupid to some, he's not. Makes his point quite clearly.
Thursday March 19, 2009
The major difference between the aforementioned serves is that in Slice serve you hit with an angle as if -> ' /' instead of '--' in a flat serve. This generates spin along the vertical axis.
In the kick serve you more or less hit the ball at the same angle as that of the flat serve but you think as if you are trying to generate top spin on the ball. Of course this doesn't transpire as one might think, but still it generates a spin component slightly different than the vertical spin needed in the slice serve.
- The slice serve causes skidding
- The kick serve increases the accuracy
- The flat serve need not have any spin component at all - even if it does, it's unintentional. The primary focus is on the speed, irrespective of whether the balls spins or not.