learning to slide on hardcourts/new article

[joeldrucker]

It was fascinating to learn about this movement technique from our own Giancarlo "GC" Andreani: sliding on hardcourts.

https://www.tennisplayer.net/article...your-own-risk/

Your thoughts?

[giancarlo]

Hi All:

Would love to hear your thoughts re: sliding on hard court. For most of us, it's not something that we'll add to our game now, but I am interested to hear what you see at junior tournaments, and how coaches are preparing juniors for this learned skill.

Thanks!

[nickw]

Nice video article Giancarlo, this is definitely something that can't be ignored by coaches any longer. Two areas I'd love a bit more insight into:

Would you suggest any specific shoes to aid sliding on a hard court? Would a brand new pair of hard court shoes be just as easy to slide with as a partially worn our pair?

Also, in your opinion or based on any evidence, how much do you think that current top players who slide on hard courts have practised and learned the skill, versus have naturally transferred their clay court sliding skills onto the hard through necessity without having put any focused attention on it?

Thanks