Your speed looks fine. Pretty good footwork and strokes. But one question: why do you wear your sweat band on the racket arm? Doesn't it add unnecessary weight to your swing? Unless you're doing it on purpose for training purposes...
It's just that I have my watch on my left hand so I have to wear the sweat band on the other hand. But I don't feel any differences when I have it or not
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZkVQ5AcfY0 As the description states, a vid of a short training game - the previous match was much better, even though we didn't win it, I enjoyed it more. I'm the guy in orange, and as you can (probably) tell, my partner is technically the best player on court, even though he doesn't train a whole lot anymore....I hope to be able to match his backhand one day^^ Oh, any suggestions on how to improve are welcome. I've played for less than a year and train 5 times a week right now, so there's lots of room for improvement! (I know my stance is too high most of the time - I'm trying to work on that. Any specific drills are very welcome, though.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpB8Bli-6wA Higher quality and fps count. Sorry for double posting :S If I can, I'm gonna take more vids and upload them, but it really takes quite a bit of time....
jackie, I have a suggestion for you. Tell your opponent (especially the one with white shirt) to stop sulking and enjoy it more, it's a game. On to you, pretty good controlling the front i'd say. I have a feeling you can do much more on smashes, they're pretty tame. You're not holding back are you?
He was a bit disappointed as he missed a lot of shots in that game....he's normally pretty cheerful and a very nice guy The smashes might be a bit weak because we did a pretty tough drill in training, and played a full match before where I had to smash a lot as my partner doesnt like to and has a noticeably weaker smash. But you're right, it looks like I'm relaxing my body and dont use any body rotation at all...I'm gonna work on that.
i think I'm not wrong in saying your standard of play is probably better than most of those who give advice on this thread! immaculate forehand and backhand clear technique from the both of you love the footwork as well
Well you can start by entering the Junior Internationals tournaments. If you live in central Europe then there should be one, either in your country or one nearby this year. It depends on which country you live in.
it's not free, but you can enter these types of tournaments if you are U19 (I think) I am not sure if there is one in France, but I know there is ones in Holland Belgium Germany etc. I will look it up and get back to you
lining just got around to watching your video. Post more! One thing I noticed, for both of you there're almost no netshots that struck me as very good netshots. I think that has something to do with both of you taking the shots too late or try to put some spin to it idk. Try asking the pros here as you guys are definitely better than me so i'm not really qualified to give opinion .
looks good give them few variations, sometimes it might work for example high serve, it might give you a disadvantage as they can smash it or intercept it, but it would add a little bit surprise element in your game. do a net shot when returning a serve yes I know they are young and ready for net kill any time, but they might not expect it. don't use it too often though
I would not recommend a high serve in doubles. You're just offering them the attack for no purpose. Flick serve in doubles? Yes. High serve? No.
The quarter finals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JezJX2oetf0 and the semi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWcfOdbHMzw In both games, we were rather slow in the beginning. Took us a bit of time to get going. We both have been playing mixed in the morning. There are more flick serves in the semi. My partner is in his 40s and i'm in my 50s and at this age, my reaction isn't what it used to be. You can tell by the first point in semi. After having played 10 games, i was so glad we ran out of time to play the finals.
I notice you have one of my bad habits - when you are on forehand side defending, you get far too sideways on / backhand biased. In general you hold your racket a bit too low. you frequently dont split step. hth
