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[oliensis]

Vfishman,
Have you not checked out Brian Gordon's articles on biomechanics of the serve?

https://www.tennisplayer.net/articles/

Bruce Elliott's articles are also good, also at the link above.

Also, go the stroke archives and go frame by frame through any of the great serves that are there.

FYB is a good site. But this one has much deeper analyses of really important technical issues.

I am trying to improve my serve. The lesson on serve I looked at is good, but is way too short. Serve is the most difficult element of the game, especially for 3.5-4.0 players, like myself. I would expect to see more slow motion videos explaining all phases of serve. And I can find all this on fuzzyyellowballs.com. And it is free. Are you going to improve the quality of instruction on this web site?

[John Yandell]

I'd suggest you actually explore the materials on the website before making angry, inaccurate statements about what is here, and especially about the quality.

For example the two detailed articles on Federer's serve in Advanced Tennis, or the 2 on Roddick's. Or the serve articles there in the Myth series. Or the multi-part series on Sampras's serve in Tour Strokes. Or the practical serving implications in Heavy Ball. Or the groundbreaking series by Brian Gordon in Biomechanics. Or Scott Murphy's in Classic Lessons. Or how about Chris Lewit's 3 Part article on the Kick Serve. Or the 10 serve articles in Your Strokes. There is still a lot more beyond that if you actually look.

You say you want video--have you even looked at the Stroke Archive? There are hundreds and hundreds of serve clips of dozens of the world's top players.

If you study that information and still prefer fyb, I think I can live with that.

[John Yandell]

Harry,

This is one of those questions where I would not comment unless I saw video of the stroke. Not sure what early hip engagement means to you or if I would think it was a positive thing without seeing video.

John Yandell

[uspta146749877]

Slice vids question for you

Could you see

http://www.tennisplayer.net/bulletin/showthread.php?t=1482

[John Yandell]

Yeah I saw that. You would have to look closely at the incoming ball to determine if it was slice. Obviously, that is not the way the Stroke Archive is set up, although there must be some if you looke through all the court level rear views. Good request though. You will be able to see more on this when we start our Patterns Archive.

[chuck62]

Todd Martin

John, Any chance you might add Todd Martin to the stroke archive ?
He has a really good all court game that seems to be still holding up very well on the champions circuit. He also had one of the best two handed backhands of all time. I think we could learn alot by studying his strokes.

[John Yandell]

Yeah good call. He managed to escape us mostly when he was on the tour. There are a few clips of him in one or more of Welby's articles in teaching systems. So unlikely he'll get the full treatment. If a lot of other people feel the same, I could put up some footage though in the Interactive Forum.

[bobbyswift]

edberg

there should definitely be Stefan Edberg in the stroke archive. His backhand is easily top 5 of all time.

[John Yandell]

Couldn't agree more! Too bad he stopped playing before we started filming. If he ever plays a fuller senior schedule in the states, I'll try for that.

[uspta146749877]

A new Patterns Archive Section?

John,
you mentioned
Volume 5 Issue 8
November 2009

New in the
Patterns Archive:

Roger Federer
Coming Soon!

Are we going to have a new section of a yellow menu?

[John Yandell]

Yes, coming soon.

[hyperwarrior]

John,

Is there a way to tell uspta146749877 to stop creating pointless thread?

No offense but I feel like he's polluting the forum...

[John Yandell]

There is now a new category called Interesting Links.

[hyperwarrior]

Ok thanks

[hyperwarrior]

John,

I really enjoy the new patterns archive and there is a LOT to learn in a single clip. Those clips are worth a thousand words.
The way I watch tennis on TV is quite different from watching those patterns. On TV, I'm just there to enjoy and don't notice much the smallest details...

Now this helps us analyse how an all-court player like Federer plays the points.
Are you planning on filming others pros within this pattern? I think this new archive raises our tennis IQ!