Jim I really appreciate your comments about being loose and playing loose. This is so hard to do but I think it's the KEY. I used to think Borg was tight until I carefully observed his service motion. It's fluid. He gets into a nice rhythm on the serve. It's loose just like you're advocating not to mention damn effective.
Charlie Ruland Charlie. Jim and I recorded a podcast interview today where we talked about how to generate more racket speed, especially on a topspin 2nd serve. During the podcast I mentioned to Jim that I get more racket speed for my 2nd serve b/c I want a higher quality spin for that serve. Being relaxed in the grip makes it all happen ...
@countgismond Right. Try it without a toss first and listen for when the racket "swishes". That's your toss placement location. And of course, if the grip is too tight, nothing else matters. Brent
Great video. Let me add some of my experience regarding gripping the racket. In sampras era. Racket were quite heavy. So gentle grip was enough for powerful serve. But todays racket are light wt. Lose grips does not do well. They twists the rackets mostly while serving. I have found that . If u hold ur raket for serve. Such that u hold s the racket with middle ring and little finger firmly. Free ur index finger. And close ur thumb tight at middle. Try this wip effect n tell me.
Wow ... Just wow, ihammythehamster ... I was nothing but courteous, compassionate and accommodating and you decide to turn around and attack me on a personal level ... Why would you do that ? :((
No, Didi, you were very wrong seven years ago. More on pronation would be the too much talk you decry. This is a great lesson that one cannot watch too much, especially the part about the pre-verbal "swish" and the elbow getting stopped by an imaginary fence.
Try this. Down together up together = backward bod rotation while ta and slightly open ha both straighten. Bod rotation transitions from horizontal to vertical, i.e., the hips and shoulders slide/split in opposite direction over the rear leg. At the same time the two arms go up together, ta straight, ha from straight to bent and balanced high. Next with no hesitation is THE SWINGING DROP. How precisely is it to be accomplished? Abel and McLellan emphasize the sideways tock at bottom of the drop. That seems a prime ingredient while also suggesting that more drop precedes more swing, hence there is sequence more than a simultaneity easier to do but which will fail to yield the desired result. But sideways swing at the bottom can be more than purely horizontal and continuation of "getting racket tip low" if fingers will open while wrist fully extends (opens!) and even ulnarly deviates TOWARD RIGHT FENCE and elbow rises and upper bod arches. Each one of these many elements gets the racket tip low (er). Here, if BLANK is correct that pronation is the big thing the forearm twist having put more edge toward the ball now relaxedly fires to add to the isr already started by the tomahawking upper arm. Everything now if not throughout is best thought of as a single move that includes powerful triceptic extension to a high dirty diaper finish past ball to the right. I would like to think that 60-40 leg drive took strings to ball and 40-60 leg drive completed the high dirty diaper pose and the racket next continues to one's left side for reasons of personal health. Blank's 7-year-old criticism of Abel and McLennan now seems very interesting. Simultaneously, she lambasted them for saying too much and not saying enough Seems to go with the territory. I once asked Vic Braden when arm does what. He said he didn't know. To "tomahawk" the bent arm certainly sounds muscular and therefore as Jim McLennan explains is no good. Do this with timing instead
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Jim I really appreciate your comments about being loose and playing loose. This is so hard to do but I think it's the KEY. I used to think Borg was tight until I carefully observed his service motion. It's fluid. He gets into a nice rhythm on the serve. It's loose just like you're advocating not to mention damn effective.
Charlie Ruland Charlie. Jim and I recorded a podcast interview today where we talked about how to generate more racket speed, especially on a topspin 2nd serve. During the podcast I mentioned to Jim that I get more racket speed for my 2nd serve b/c I want a higher quality spin for that serve. Being relaxed in the grip makes it all happen ...
Terrific coaching tip on serve toss.... something I struggle with from time to time
Hey James! Glad this resonated with you ...
Good tips guys. I also enjoyed your annoyance with Jim :)
@countgismond Right. Try it without a toss first and listen for when the racket "swishes".
That's your toss placement location.
And of course, if the grip is too tight, nothing else matters.
Brent
@alexvosa Glad you liked it. Best to you from here in California ...
Brent
My god that's an awesome court setup!
my serve improved just by watching this video.
toss the ball to where the racket whistles, nice. Also Sampras' light grip.
@jairosoft Outstanding! Any one specific tip that really clicked for you?
Brent
@jrobbie1000 Glad you liked this video. What specific part was your favorite?
Brent
@regentif Keep working the technique for the ball toss and lots of good things will happen with the rest of the serve's mechanics.
Brent
brent, where did you buy your spongy vibration absorber? i can't find them anywhere now to buy them.
Hi, great video, do you apply pronation in your second serve?
hi brent when I serve how do I hit one bounce to the fence?
thanks.
@MidnightEDJK Appreciate it Midnight. Many thanks...
Brent
@adman0828 You git it Adman. The Fremont Hills CC in Los Altos Ca. McLennan got's nothing to complain about.
Brent
I favourited this video, thanks guys.
great advice. cheers
Great video.
Let me add some of my experience regarding gripping the racket.
In sampras era. Racket were quite heavy. So gentle grip was enough for powerful serve.
But todays racket are light wt.
Lose grips does not do well.
They twists the rackets mostly while serving.
I have found that . If u hold ur raket for serve. Such that u hold s the racket with middle ring and little finger firmly. Free ur index finger.
And close ur thumb tight at middle.
Try this wip effect n tell me.
@anujbahl Really? Well, I can always afford to drop some LBs now and then.
Thanks.
Brent
@mrdinh1 You can get those anywhere. Dirt cheap. Almost as cheap as paper...
Have you Googled tennis racket vibration dampener ?
Brent
Brent,I teach in kobe,japan lets do a hangout, great tip too.
Merry Christmas from kobe, japan.
@surfjabroni Yeah well, after knowing Mac for like 40 years, we have a way of knowing what's coming next!
Brent
good video, but without sound
Alex Fodorov Alex. Gotta be something on your end there. I just watched the video and the sound was good.
Alex Fodorov If you're using headphones, the sound is only in the left one
nice one, i never thought to relax my figers before striking the ball. Cheers
brent, looks like you dropped some weight, looking good.
Wow ... Just wow, ihammythehamster ... I was nothing but courteous, compassionate and accommodating and you decide to turn around and attack me on a personal level ... Why would you do that ? :((
The key point is forearm pronation. They show it hardly mention it - lousy. Lot of talking bad lesson.
No, Didi, you were very wrong seven years ago. More on pronation would be the too much talk you decry.
This is a great lesson that one cannot watch too much, especially the part about the pre-verbal "swish" and the elbow getting stopped by an imaginary fence.
Try this. Down together up together = backward bod rotation while ta and slightly open ha both straighten.
Bod rotation transitions from horizontal to vertical, i.e., the hips and shoulders slide/split in opposite direction over the rear leg.
At the same time the two arms go up together, ta straight, ha from straight to bent and balanced high.
Next with no hesitation is THE SWINGING DROP.
How precisely is it to be accomplished? Abel and McLellan emphasize the sideways tock at bottom of the drop.
That seems a prime ingredient while also suggesting that more drop precedes more swing, hence there is sequence more than a simultaneity easier to do but which will fail to yield the desired result.
But sideways swing at the bottom can be more than purely horizontal and continuation of "getting racket tip low" if fingers will open while wrist fully extends (opens!) and even ulnarly deviates TOWARD RIGHT FENCE and elbow rises and upper bod arches.
Each one of these many elements gets the racket tip low (er).
Here, if BLANK is correct that pronation is the big thing the forearm twist having put more edge toward the ball now relaxedly fires to add to the isr already started by the tomahawking upper arm.
Everything now if not throughout is best thought of as a single move that includes powerful triceptic extension to a high dirty diaper finish past ball to the right.
I would like to think that 60-40 leg drive took strings to ball and 40-60 leg drive completed the high dirty diaper pose and the racket next continues to one's left side for reasons of personal health.
Blank's 7-year-old criticism of Abel and McLennan now seems very interesting. Simultaneously, she lambasted them for saying too much and not saying enough
Seems to go with the territory.
I once asked Vic Braden when arm does what. He said he didn't know.
To "tomahawk" the bent arm certainly sounds muscular and therefore as Jim McLennan explains is no good. Do this with timing instead
Great video. I got it! Pls keep it up.
R/ jrobbie