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[johnyandell]

The turn should be much stronger. Your left arm isn't going all the way across. Hard to say anything more because there is no frame advance. This is why most YouTube video is of limited to zero value.

[gzhpcu]

Hi John, under yourstrokes, 9 years ago you kindly looked at my forehand. Wanted to show you where I sm today. Critique appreciated... (am now 74 years young...) thanks

[johnyandell]

Thanks!

[seano]

John -

Someone named Donald Matakis has posted Brian Gordon's Serve series on YOUTUBE. The series starts with the title "Brian Gordon Part 1 Serve". He has parts 1 - 5 up, as well, I didn't see part 6 thus far. It looks like it has been up for 2 weeks.

SeanO

[johnyandell]

Nah we have to get the Forum into the new format. It will be back!

[stotty]

John, the side menu has disappeared from the forum page. Are we still in update stages or is this a glitch?

[johnyandell]

Depends on what I wanted to film! For students no need for anything like that.

[seano]

John -

If you had extra cash (up to $10,000) and could spend it on the highest quality professional slow motion camera, what set up would you purchase and why?

[johnyandell]

I think we will survive. It's a spam world.

[stotty]

This is true. It also allows us to increase subscribers so we live with it...

I think allowing a free month of tennisplayer.net allows spammers to get in and post on the discussion forum.

So that's how they do it. I have often wondered how spam gets in the forum. We had to abandon our club contact form because it was constantly invaded with spam which built up to around 200 spam emails a day at one point.

Be nice to stand these people in front of Andy Roddick's first serve and execute them one by one. They are such a pain.

[johnyandell]

This is true. It also allows us to increase subscribers so we live with it...

[gzhpcu]

I think allowing a free month of tennisplayer.net allows spammers to get in and post on the discussion forum.

[johnyandell]

That's why there is no one way on so many elements.

[nytennisaddict]

Maybe maybe not! Who knows what happens once the arm does move in other abbreviated motions--particularly in Roddick's case coming from the side. Where as Pete's may be more gradual. Brian Gordon for example is happy to have people start in basically the trophy position. To me the key in all is the racket drop position. People fixate on backswing shapes and don't realize the magic moment is the drop to the contact.

thx for the response.
that's what i found in my own development... that the critical fundamental is from the trophy pose onwards... i've experimented with various rhythms (classic, staggered, abbreviated)... but since my timing sucks, i found that the abbreviated worked best for me (in terms of timing/coordinating the body from the trophy pose). occasionally i can hit a long flowy classic style swing, but more often than not, it messes up my timing, so i abandoned the classic/staggered rhythms.

[johnyandell]

Maybe maybe not! Who knows what happens once the arm does move in other abbreviated motions--particularly in Roddick's case coming from the side. Where as Pete's may be more gradual. Brian Gordon for example is happy to have people start in basically the trophy position. To me the key in all is the racket drop position. People fixate on backswing shapes and don't realize the magic moment is the drop to the contact.