High Speed Videos

[vmiller]

Thank you Advanced Tennis for the high speed videos that recently showed up in the Stroke Archive.

[John Yandell]

Glad you found them! I'll be sending out some email and we will add more over time. That's the same forehand I sent Marius that he was talking about on the TW board. How was the download by the way??

[dminh01]

where is the slo-mo video.I could not find it.Also want to say hi to TW member.

[John Yandell]

On the Stroke Archive page. High Speed video Archive.

[rolandliu]

Nadal's Forehand

Hi John !
Great website - and nice speaking to you the other day.
Any idea when you will get slow speed footage of Rafael Nadal's forehand ?
Cheers
Roland

[John Yandell]

It'd be great. If we film this year in Montreal I'll try. He'll have to win a match or two though and get himself on the stadium court...

[lukman41985]

Nadal has a pretty big forehand, but he hits it with a little too much top. Verdasco gets just as much top but it's a scarier shot because it goes through the court better. Verdasco's forehand would be nice to see in slo-mo. He'd be what, the 3rd lefty on the site, along with McEnroe and LeConte?

[John Yandell]

Like I said it all depends on where we film and who plays on the stadium court. In any case it's a few months away at best. Not sure that Fernando has proved himself exactly a model for the ages--or that your claim is even correct about the spin. Personally I see Nadal as a far more promising player. Saw Verdasco play two years ago at the Open and wasn't impressed. That could change though--also saw Roddick play his first open match and wrote he'd never make it with his forehand...

[lukman41985]

I have to disagree...

Saw Verdasco play two years ago at the Open and wasn't impressed. That could change though--also saw Roddick play his first open match and wrote he'd never make it with his forehand...

"The pace he hits on, it's probably the biggest forehand I've played against," Roddick said of Verdasco's booming shots. "He just absolutely kills it. It's a pretty intimidating shot." from http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005..._433_12_05.txt

[John Yandell]

I've been wrong before---and will be again--hell he may win the Open...

[lukman41985]

John,
I don't think you were really all that wrong about Roddick. He did end up winning the 2003 U.S. Open, but when I compare videos of Roddick's forehand from the stroke archive, which are fairly recent, to the slo-mo video you have of him, which is from early in his pro career, there's a huge change in his backswing. His current backswing is much tighter and compact, almost Agassi-esque, in comparison to his formerly huge, F. Gonzo-esque backswing. I believe that this change made him a much better/consistent player and major winner. Now if he could only keep those legs a little more stable through the hit.

[John Yandell]

Okay I'll take it. Funny I hadn't thought of that.