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Olivier Mader USA
Style: shakehander, long pips, push-blocker
Blade: Dr. Neubauer Firewall Plus
FH: Friendship 729 SST with 1.5 mm sponge
BH: Tibhar Grass DTecS OX (without glue sheet)

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Thanks for sharing with us some video's Pushblocker

You are using inverted on your FH, but rarely I see you play that hand, even when it is coming that way.
It shows you have great anticipation and footwork.

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I don't have good footwork.. It's partly anticipation and partly strategy..
I always count on my opponents cross court attacks as the down the line attack is a more difficult shot.. So, if I block to my opponents forehand, I automatically move to my forehand side.. I only use my inverted side for serving and for pick hits.. Against lower rated opponents, I attack a lot more as I frequently get pop up balls.. However, at a higher level, I hardly get any easy attackable balls, so I just wait for my opponents errors. My game is 90% strategy and use of spin reversl in my favor.. Short chop serve wide into the opponents forehand.. He'll have to push back and I usually block that push fast into his backhand. That ball will have topspin on it as it reverses the spin on the opponents push. That ball will stay low and has topspin.. It's a hard to attack ball, especially for those players who have a weakness on their backhand side..

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Dr. Neubauer Firewall Plus with DHS G888 1.8 mm and Giant Dragon Dragon Talon OX National Team

Here are 2 more videos.. The first one actually shows a rare occurance... I attacked..




Here's game 3 and 4 of the U-2200 final at the Florida State Championships..

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Dr. Neubauer Firewall Plus with DHS G888 1.8 mm and Giant Dragon Dragon Talon OX National Team

Pushblocker: dude you make it all look so relaxed and easy!

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How is Olivier pronounced?

There really isn't much to it.. The main thing for me is strategy.. My strokes are less than average..

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2010 Florida State Champion
Dr. Neubauer Firewall Plus with DHS G888 1.8 mm and Giant Dragon Dragon Talon OX National Team

Well, correctly it would be Olivyay but I prefer Olivah
It's the french version of the name Oliver. Nobody in my family is french but my parents just liked french names, so they gave me one. I was actually born in Austria/Europe.. I've been in Florida for 12 years..

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2010 Florida State Champion
Dr. Neubauer Firewall Plus with DHS G888 1.8 mm and Giant Dragon Dragon Talon OX National Team

I've got a French teacher at my school called Olivier, pronounced Oliviay, and I love saying his name.

Here are a few selected points with the SE7EN Block..
Service Return:


Attack 1:


Attack 2:


Attack 3:


Attack 4:

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2010 Florida State Champion
Dr. Neubauer Firewall Plus with DHS G888 1.8 mm and Giant Dragon Dragon Talon OX National Team

Here are 4 videos of a match against Natalie Sun.. Lost 3 : 1.. Each game is in a different youtube file:

game 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKVbzOTcMCQ




game 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyWadzM8LsQ



game 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xs-0dU72U8



game 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_rMjkGxsj0

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Dr. Neubauer Firewall Plus with DHS G888 1.8 mm and Giant Dragon Dragon Talon OX National Team

Sandpaper match, but still good blocking technique...

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Nice chopping Pushblocker! Have not seen you away from the table before

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I'm not too comfortable away from the table.. I like playing sandpaper. It's a lot of fun!

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