Have a Question for Me?

[uspta4201423750]

Hey John,

My 7 year old is developing into a very good player (he's getting close to winning a level 3-10 and under). However, he plays it too safely (just like me) and doesn't really hit the ball as hard as he can. It's a mental barrier only because he does sometimes (when forced), and it still goes in. How do I change his philosophy and make him more aggressive. How do I get him to go for it? Thanks, Harry Kingsley

[johnyandell]

Frank,

I don't think I need to do anything actually--no one does--only what they wish and desire. But we will do more of the voice over--the response has been tremendous.

[johnyandell]

Well we've all heard the saying you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

If a player is unwilling or unable to discipline himself then really there isn't anything the coach can do--because players play tennis not coaches. So I think the idea that you are somehow powerless when you go on the court is weak and misleading.

If you really want it you will make the change.

[fwright]

Voice over Video Forehand

John, I have been a member for sometime now and the voice over video is a great presentation method and giant step forward. You really need to do more of this. It makes a huge difference when trying to obsorb the information you have about specific tennis techniques.
Thanks,
Frank

[hyperwarrior]

Forehand preparation

Mr. Yandell,

Thank you so much for your new video on the forehand preparation from the september issue. I love it when you dissect all the details concerning the role of the left arm and the left hand.

When I started to play, I've learned the so called standard tips; that you should point the ball with your left hand and take the racquet back early and I agree that the unit turn is not fully complete.

Theoretically, I understand the right tip about the unit turn, the left arm...for a while now by reading many articles and by watching a lot of the videos in Stroke Archive from the website.

The problem with me is when I step on the court, I have a natural tendency to go back to the standard tips I've learned back in the days. It's like my comfort zone and I'm trying really hard to get away from it it by using the right technique, but I'm not doing it consistently.
It's so easy to understand the proper forehand preparation and I can do shadow swing without problems but once I'm on the court to hit for real, there's a mental block...why? Is it normal that I have to go through this when you're trying to get rid your standard tips from your muscles memories?

Brief, thank you again and I look forward for your next video on the backswing

P.S: By the way, I think there's an audio problems in the video because I only hear the sound from the left and there's another osmosis video with the same problem.

[johnyandell]

Well I won't be doing that. But we do have a series in progress with Louis Cayer who is the premier doubles coach, probably, in the world. The first article is in strategy and there are also two great doubles articles from Allen Fox.

[nabrug]

Doubles - tactics and analysis

Hi John,

I love your website. It helped me a lot.

I am also interested in doubles tennis. I would like to read about advanced tactics in doubles. I saw the doubles final men of Wimbledon. I would like to read a good analysis of that match.

Nico Mol

[kwaconsult]

dart fish

will do, john,
thanks

[johnyandell]

Not sure--there are several I'll be writing more about that hopefully later. You could email warren pretorious off the dartfish site and drop my name and get some advice...

[kwaconsult]

dart fish

thanks, john--great articles. which dart fish is the product to get?
keith

[johnyandell]

Go to Teaching Systems and read the two articles there on Using the Resources of Tennisplayer. It's all there.

[kwaconsult]

using quick time

hey john,
in a couple of the newsletters long past you advised using quick time pro and downloading samples from your site to compare with our own strokes. i'm afraid i haven't been able to find the info you gave on that. could you please direct me to the newsletters in question.
thanks,
keith

[johnyandell]

Definitely. If you look at the stances you can see how the closed stance increases the amount of shoulder turn on both the 1 hander and two hander.
Because there is less total rotation compared to the forehand, gaining this turn must be an advantage--or they wouldn't all do it.

That's discussed in articles in the Advanced Tennis section in detail.

If like Venus you truly have a left-handed forehand for a backhand, then the open stance logic applies more.

[uspta4201423750]

open stance

Hey John,
What's your philosophy on the open stance? It seems to me that pros rarely hit anything but open stance on the forehand. Why not the backhand? Tennis channel showed an old Williams sister match and I watched their feet for 3 games and saw nothing but open stance on both forehands and backhands. Is there any benefit to hitting a closed or forward stance on either shot? Thanks, Harry Kingsley

[uspta146749877]

The Robert"s Lansdorp article

Thanks for 1,2 and 3. I'm not so sure about square stance first. I think that is a relic of the past. But I wont say too much more on that, it may be a whole new can of worms!

Don,
just to make sure that my info about Robert Lansdorp
was understood correctly. u may browse

http://www.tennisplayer.net/members/..._forehand.html

regards,
julian

PS From some reasons I cannot reach this article by myself