Craig Cignarelli
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Pro Patterns: The Inside Out Diagonal (10 of 10)
Craig’s strategy animation on the inside-out diagonal attack and defend pattern, filmed from a tactical overhead/court-level perspective. After the attacking inside-out forehand, the player’s recovery steps bring them back toward the ideal off-center position with the racquet returning quickly to a neutral ready position in front of the body.
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5.2s |
Pro Patterns: Switching the Rally (10 of 14)
Player's wrong-footing forehand from a neutral rally position, filmed from a rear court-level angle. The contact point is slightly in front of the body with the racket face moderately closed, and the racket head accelerates low-to-high on a diagonal path to redirect the ball behind the opponent.
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5s |
Pro Patterns: Switching the Rally (11 of 14)
Player hits a neutral forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear court-level angle. The semi-western grip is evident with the knuckles more under the handle, and the wrist stays laid back through contact before relaxing in the follow-through.
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8.8s |
Pro Patterns: Switching the Rally (12 of 14)
Craig C’s animation of a crosscourt rally pattern from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a crosscourt angle. The follow-through clearly finishes over the shoulder while the player’s weight transfers into the court, setting up an efficient recovery step back toward the center ready position.
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4.4s |
Pro Patterns: Serve and Return (1 of 11)
Player's return from a central position, filmed from a court-level angle. The hips stay relatively square while the knees flex to lower the center of gravity, giving the legs a stable base to push forward into the return.
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3s |
Pro Patterns: Basic Diagonals (1 of 7)
Andre Agassi's neutral rally pattern from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively square to the net while his legs work in a rhythmic split-step and recovery pattern, with consistent knee flexion that supports quick directional changes along the diagonal pattern.
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18.7s |
Pro Patterns: Switching the Rally (1 of 14)
Craig C’s strategy animation on switching the rally, presented from a tactical overhead view. The hips and legs are illustrated changing direction with clear lateral push-off from the outside leg as the player redirects the rally to the opposite side of the court.
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10.7s |
Pro Patterns: The Angle (1 of 7)
Grosjean's forehand angle pattern from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a rear court-level angle. The racket face is slightly open at contact with the ball struck just in front of his lead hip, creating a sharp cross-court angle with a low-to-high brushing swing path.
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3.6s |
Pro Patterns: The Inside Out Diagonal (1 of 10)
Craig's inside-out forehand medley from the middle of the court, filmed from a court-level rear angle. The rear view makes the pronounced shoulder turn and delayed uncoiling of the trunk easy to see, with the chest staying closed to the net until just before contact on each inside-out swing.
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5s |
Situational and Scenario Analysis: Part 1 (1 of 8)
Craig C’s strategy animation medley from a central tactical perspective, filmed from a 2D overhead-style court diagram angle. Shoulder and trunk rotation are illustrated through simplified player icons turning as units, emphasizing how the torso coil and uncoil sequence aligns with tactical court positioning and shot selection patterns.
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7.8s |
Situational and Scenario Analysis: Part 2 (1 of 8)
Nadal's neutral rally forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear camera angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist height, with the racket head accelerating steeply upward along a windshield-wiper path through the ball.
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7.4s |
Pro Patterns: The Angle (2 of 7)
Andre Agassi's cross-court return response from a central position, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His hips stay relatively closed through the return with a strong knee bend and stable base, then unwind minimally as his legs drive up and across into the court.
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6.7s |
Pro Patterns: The Inside Out Diagonal (2 of 10)
Agassi's forehand InsideOut from the middle of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay closed during the unit turn then unwind aggressively as his legs drive up and across into the court, with a noticeable push off the outside leg.
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5.4s |
Pro Patterns: Basic Diagonals (2 of 7)
Agassi-style baseline rally pattern emphasizing basic diagonals, filmed from a court-level angle. The contact points are taken slightly in front of the body with a relatively closed racket face, producing a consistent, forward-driving swing path through the ball.
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13.5s |
Pro Patterns: Switching the Rally (2 of 14)
Craig C.’s strategy animation on switching the rally pattern, filmed from a tactical overhead view. The contact point is illustrated with the racket face slightly closed at shoulder height to emphasize driving the ball aggressively into the new direction of play.
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8.3s |
Situational and Scenario Analysis: Part 2 (2 of 8)
Andy Roddick's forehand from a neutral position, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His semi-western grip is easy to see, with a laid-back wrist creating clear lag before he snaps the racquet head forward into contact.
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3.9s |
Situational and Scenario Analysis: Part 1 (2 of 8)
Safin's neutral rally forehands from the center of the court, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His semi-western grip is evident in the way his wrist stays laid back through the loop and then rapidly unwinds into a firm, stable position at contact.
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5.7s |
Pro Patterns: Switching the Rally (3 of 14)
Craig's animation of a down-the-line switch pattern from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a tactical overhead angle. The recovery step back to the center and the player’s racket settling quickly into a neutral ready position emphasize how the follow-through finishes under control to set up the next shot.
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8.9s |
Pro Patterns: The Angle (3 of 7)
Nicolas Kiefer's FH angle response from a neutral position, filmed from a rear camera angle. His shoulders coil significantly more than his hips on the unit turn, then uncoil ahead of the trunk so the torso rotation lags slightly and contributes to the cross-court angle.
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4.4s |
Situational and Scenario Analysis: Part 2 (3 of 8)
Kuerten's baseline neutral rally ball from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His small adjustment hops into a neutral stance set up an early unit turn, followed by balanced recovery steps that return him quickly to the middle.
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7.5s |
Pro Patterns: Basic Diagonals (3 of 7)
Lindsay's neutral court positioning and basic diagonal rally pattern are shown from a side animation angle. At contact her racket face stays slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings just in front of her lead hip, emphasizing a forward swing path through the diagonal target.
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10.2s |
Situational and Scenario Analysis: Part 1 (3 of 8)
Venus's point-play strategy sequence from a neutral rally position, filmed from a rear court-level angle. After each shot she quickly recovers with her weight shifting back to a balanced stance and her non-hitting hand extending out to help her square up into a ready position for the next ball.
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2.4s |
Pro Patterns: The Angle (4 of 7)
Agassi's forehand down the line response from a neutral position, filmed from a rear angle. His follow-through finishes high across his body while his weight transfers into the court, bringing him quickly back to a compact ready position for the next ball.
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6.8s |
Situational and Scenario Analysis: Part 2 (4 of 8)
Kim Clijsters' neutral baseline rally pattern is shown from a side animation angle. Her racket face stays slightly closed at waist-high contact, with a noticeably upward swing path accelerating through the ball.
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3.9s |
Pro Patterns: The Inside Out Diagonal (4 of 10)
Federer's inside-in forehand from the ad court, filmed from a rear court-level angle. The contact point is well in front of his body with the racket face slightly closed and the racket head accelerating steeply up the back of the ball along the inside-out diagonal.
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3.8s |
Pro Patterns: Basic Diagonals (4 of 7)
Carlos Moyá's neutral FH from the Deuce side, filmed from a Rear angle. His hips and knees load on the outside leg before driving diagonally into the court, with the rear view making the gradual opening of the hips toward the CC target very clear.
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4.1s |
Situational and Scenario Analysis: Part 1 (4 of 8)
Craig’s stop-and-pop baseline rally pattern from a central court position, filmed from a high tactical angle. At contact the racket face stays relatively square to the target line with the ball struck just in front of the lead hip, showing a compact forward swing path with quick racket head acceleration through the strike zone.
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7.7s |
Pro Patterns: Switching the Rally (4 of 14)
Craig C’s strategy animation on switching the rally, filmed from a tactical overhead angle. The animation clearly depicts how the hitter’s hips and legs reorient from a neutral rally position into a new direction pattern, emphasizing the timing of the hip turn and corresponding adjustment in the stance width.
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5.5s |
Pro Patterns: Basic Diagonals (5 of 7)
Agassi's forehand cross-court rally ball from a central baseline position, filmed from a rear angle. His semi-western grip is clear with a laid-back wrist creating noticeable lag before he rotates the racket head forward into contact.
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7.7s |
Situational and Scenario Analysis: Part 1 (5 of 8)
Coria's neutral rally forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his racquet finishes high over his shoulder while his weight transfers back to a balanced, square stance and his non-hitting hand comes forward to help him reset into a ready position.
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4.5s |
Pro Patterns: The Angle (5 of 7)
Nicolas Kiefer's run-around forehand from the ad court, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork features a quick adjustment step to create space around the backhand corner followed by an open-stance plant and aggressive lateral recovery back toward the center.
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6.2s |
Situational and Scenario Analysis: Part 2 (5 of 8)
Lindsay's neutral-court rally pattern animation from center court, filmed from a tactical overhead angle. Her footwork pattern clearly alternates between small adjustment steps into a neutral stance and quick recovery steps back to a balanced ready position after each shot.
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4s |
Pro Patterns: Switching the Rally (5 of 14)
Player executes a neutral rally pattern while pinned in the corner, filmed from a rear court-level angle. The rear view makes it easy to see the shoulders fully rotate past 90 degrees relative to the baseline before contact, then unwind in sync with the trunk to initiate the kinetic chain into the stroke.
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19.1s |
Situational and Scenario Analysis: Part 2 (6 of 8)
Andre Agassi's baseline rally from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay relatively low with a consistent knee bend, and you can see his legs loading and driving symmetrically to keep a stable base through each change of direction.
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2.6s |
Pro Patterns: Basic Diagonals (6 of 7)
Agassi's forehand from a neutral position, filmed from a court-level angle. His semi-western grip is easy to see in how the racket face stays closed with a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a sharp pronation through contact.
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6.2s |
Pro Patterns: The Angle (6 of 7)
Kim Clijsters' swinging forehand volley from the deuce side, filmed from a rear court-level angle. Her semi-western grip is evident in the closed racket face at preparation, with a stable wrist that unhinges slightly through contact to drive the ball on a sharp angle.
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2.2s |
Situational and Scenario Analysis: Part 1 (6 of 8)
Hingis's neutral rally forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. Her hips stay relatively closed through the unit turn while her knees load deeply, and then her rear leg drives forward to bring the hips square at contact.
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3.2s |
Pro Patterns: Switching the Rally (6 of 14)
Craig’s animation of a baseline neutral rally pattern, filmed from a tactical overhead angle. The wrist action is depicted with a clear lag into contact and a firm, stable grip that minimizes excessive wrist flex during the directional change in the rally.
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5.7s |
Pro Patterns: The Inside Out Diagonal (6 of 10)
Sampras's running forehand from the deuce side, filmed from a rear court-level angle. After contact his follow-through wraps high across his body while his momentum carries him back toward the center, and his non-hitting hand extends out to help him regain a stable ready position.
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5.9s |
Pro Patterns: The Angle (7 of 7)
Craig C's animation of the angle pattern, filmed from a tactical overhead view. The follow-through positions the hitter’s body and feet diagonally toward the open court, with the non-hitting hand helping square the shoulders back into a ready position for the next shot.
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7.1s |
Pro Patterns: Basic Diagonals (7 of 7)
Agassi's FH and BH patterns from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a CourtLevel Side angle. His shoulders and trunk coil strongly across the baseline on the diagonal rally ball, then uncoil earlier and more aggressively when changing direction DtheLine, making the contrast in torso rotation timing easy to see.
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11.9s |
Situational and Scenario Analysis: Part 2 (7 of 8)
Coria's neutral rally forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his follow-through wraps high over his shoulder while his weight continues moving slightly forward, and he quickly brings both hands back to the racket to reset into a compact ready position on the baseline.
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3.4s |
Pro Patterns: Switching the Rally (7 of 14)
Player executes a defensive crosscourt rally ball from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a rear court-level angle. The player uses a quick split-step into a lateral shuffle and hits from a semi-open stance before taking a small recovery step back toward the center.
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4.6s |
Pro Patterns: Serve and Return (8 of 11)
Player's return from the deuce side, filmed from an animation-style tactical angle. The footwork pattern features a small split-step into a lateral load on the outside leg, then a crossover recovery step back toward the center to maintain court positioning.
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14.3s |
Situational and Scenario Analysis: Part 1 (7 of 8)
Craig's return from a central position, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His split-step is timed just before the opponent’s contact, followed by a quick pivot into a semi-open stance that sets up efficient lateral movement into the ball.
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5.2s |
Pro Patterns: Serve and Return (9 of 11)
Player's Ad-court inside-out forehand return, filmed from an animation-style side angle. The animation clearly illustrates the early shoulder turn and pronounced trunk coil, followed by a sequential uncoiling from hips to shoulders into contact.
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10.3s |
Situational and Scenario Analysis: Part 1 (8 of 8)
Mauresmo's neutral-court forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side angle. Her semi-western grip is evident in the closed racket face on the backswing, and there is a pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a late wrist snap just before contact.
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4.4s |
Pro Patterns: Switching the Rally (8 of 14)
Player's neutral-court FH rally ball from the center, filmed from CourtLevel. The shoulders stay relatively closed through contact while the trunk uncoils gradually, creating a softer roll with limited separation between hip and shoulder rotation.
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4.8s |
Pro Patterns: The Inside Out Diagonal (8 of 10)
Steffi Graf's forehand from the deuce court, filmed from a rear angle. Her hips stay closed through the unit turn while her knees load deeply, then her rear leg drives forward to open the hips into the inside-out contact.
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2.5s |
Situational and Scenario Analysis: Part 2 (8 of 8)
Venus's neutral rally forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear CourtLevel angle. Her shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees relative to the net on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm swing so the hitting shoulder lags briefly behind the torso before contact.
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5.9s |
Pro Patterns: Serve and Return (10 of 11)
Craig’s forehand change to InsideOut from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. After contact his follow-through wraps across his body while his weight transfers into the court and he quickly resets his non-hitting hand in front to recover to a neutral ready position.
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5.1s |
Pro Patterns: Switching the Rally (9 of 14)
Player's neutral rally forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court angle. The player uses a small adjustment hop into a semi-open stance before driving down the line, then executes a quick crossover recovery step back toward the middle.
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4.7s |
Pro Patterns: The Inside Out Diagonal (9 of 10)
Pete’s forehand approach from the deuce side, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His semi-western grip is paired with a relaxed wrist that stays laid back through the forward swing before firming up just prior to contact for a controlled drive into the court.
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3.9s |
Pro Patterns: Serve and Return (5 of 11)
Player's backhand from the deuce side, filmed from an animation-style tactical angle. The contact point is in front of the body with the racket face slightly closed, and the swing path accelerates low to high through the ball for a solid cross-court exchange.
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12.1s |
Pro Patterns: Serve and Return (6 of 11)
Player's backhand return from the Ad court, filmed from a rear angle. The rear view makes it clear that the player uses a firm two-handed grip with a stable wrist structure, keeping the wrists quiet through contact with minimal wrist snap.
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10.6s |
Pro Patterns: Serve and Return (7 of 11)
Chang's backhand from a neutral return position, filmed from a court-level side angle. His two-handed backhand uses a firm continental grip on the bottom hand with a laid-back wrist that stays stable through contact before a compact release.
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5.4s |
Pro Patterns: Switching the Rally (13 of 14)
Player executes a drop shot from a neutral rally position, filmed from a court-level angle. The player uses a compact adjustment step pattern into the ball and finishes in a slightly open stance, ready to push off for a quick recovery toward the net or back into the court.
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5.9s |
Pro Patterns: Serve and Return (2 of 11)
Player's forehand from the deuce court, filmed from a court-level angle. The hips stay relatively closed through the unit turn while the knees load deeply, then the rear leg drives forward to initiate hip rotation into the shot.
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13.4s |
Pro Patterns: Serve and Return (3 of 11)
Player's forehand from the Ad court, filmed from a court-level side angle. The racket meets the ball slightly in front of the lead hip with a closed racket face and a low-to-high swing path that accelerates through contact.
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15.9s |
Pro Patterns: Serve and Return (4 of 11)
Player's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side CourtLevel angle. The side view makes the degree of early shoulder turn and the timing of the trunk uncoil into contact easy to see relative to the hips and legs in the kinetic chain.
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5.7s |
Pro Patterns: The Inside Out Diagonal (3 of 10)
Craig C’s forehand from the center transitioning to backhand court coverage, filmed from an animated tactical angle. The animation emphasizes the initial split-step into an open-stance inside forehand followed by quick crossover recovery steps to cover the backhand side.
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6.2s |
Pro Patterns: Serve and Return (11 of 11)
Serena's backhand return from the deuce side, filmed from a rear court-level angle. She uses a quick split step into a semi-open stance, then takes a small adjustment step with her outside foot to align for the inside-out backhand before driving through and recovering.
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4.8s |
Pro Patterns: The Inside Out Diagonal (5 of 10)
Pete's slice from the middle of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His continental grip is firm with a slightly laid-back wrist, maintaining a consistent wrist angle through contact to keep the slice low and controlled along the inside-out diagonal.
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5.8s |
Pro Patterns: The Inside Out Diagonal (7 of 10)
Federer's slice forehand passing shot from a neutral position, filmed from a rear angle. His shoulders and trunk are strongly coiled against the hips on the preparation, then unwind in a controlled sequence that keeps the chest slightly closed even through contact to keep the ball low on the diagonal.
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5.5s |
