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The concept in LTT117 has given me a new level of consistency in my forehand loop vs backspin. I think against block/top spin I was already doing this somewhat so it harder to tell. Against backspin it's more obvious because typically one has more time. Once you accept the pain required to do LTT117 then the stroke itself can become more automatic. I'm even getting better at the next ball because I get my forehand in so often.

However post camp there has been one thing earning me more points than anything else: returning short. NL mentioned once about returning long serves with two bounces. Sometimes I can make this happen but at the 1400-1700 level one doesn't need to even do that. It just needs to be half long but with good backspin. There have been serves I have returned with 3 bounces in actual rated matches. These have been huge point earners. I see far far too many long serves to really commit to returning short backspin balls but learning the concept of 3 bounces and having 'touch' can really can make a huge difference in the score lines.

I have put blood sweat and tears into TT the last few months and honestly this backspin touch yields the most. So balance out the 200 pound gorilla forehands with some touch too!

This is the first video I share with the forum. Sorry for the weird format but I had to screen record a youtube live stream playing in the browser - wasn't able to find any other way to download a live stream starting with a negative time offset (i.e. -10 hours from now). I'm also not a fan of the camera position (too high) but it is what it is.
This is a casual match at the club yesterday, I'm playing a solid 1800-1900 guy.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/GvApdwsPmneVfBsJ6

This is the first video I share with the forum. Sorry for the weird format but I had to screen record a youtube live stream playing in the browser - wasn't able to find any other way to download a live stream starting with a negative time offset (i.e. -10 hours from now). I'm also not a fan of the camera position (too high) but it is what it is.
This is a casual match at the club yesterday, I'm playing a solid 1800-1900 guy.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/GvApdwsPmneVfBsJ6

It's been a year for me now on TTEdge and thanks to you guys I've moved out of the beginner divisions I'm playing more experienced players now - but they are crushing me -I guess that's part of the deal. Here's an average match where I did not play badly but had no chance:



I believe my slow, plodding feet are my #1 issue and I'm committed to working on that ever day.

Any advice for my #2 area of focus?

PS: A local coach told me after watching this match, "You don't have to loop every push to your backhand. He's just sitting there waiting to jump on it. You can mix in some return pushes too". I guess this makes sense, but it goes against the "serve and third ball attack every time if possible" mentality that I've heard so much. Any opinions?

I have been happy just a few times this week. I was happy when G.Sathiyan beat Arinobu and when Desai beat Skachkov in Czech.

Tonight, to my surprise, I felt happy once again when I saw Igor consistently drilling backhands at Federico down there in FLL. Oh, and also those left knee twist forehands at 09:39 where delightful. You should use your forehand more because it's there.

Where did the backhand loop come from Igor?

Thank you, Brett, this really means a lot to me!

I guess I've been paying attention to implementing the LTT98 contents recently, and I'm happy that you think it's paying off.


Do you think it's a loop? I've always thought of my BH as a flat hit.

Watch LTT98 and then watch Igor Nadal

This is the first video I share with the forum. Sorry for the weird format but I had to screen record a youtube live stream playing in the browser - wasn't able to find any other way to download a live stream starting with a negative time offset (i.e. -10 hours from now). I'm also not a fan of the camera position (too high) but it is what it is.
This is a casual match at the club yesterday, I'm playing a solid 1800-1900 guy.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/GvApdwsPmneVfBsJ6

Some interesting spectators in the background

I find it amazing that there aren't more.

If given a choice, I'd rather watch players train than watch matches. I especially like watching players who have already lost in the event because you get to see what they are working on. The training/playing ratio of a player is above 99:1, so which is more interesting?

I actually left the Boll vs Lee Sangsu match to watch this Harimoto session.

Can spectators enter the training hall? I guess everybody else are just busy working their butts off. I remember there was a video with Calderano training, where Wang Hao and FZD watched his session closely. And the next night FZD lost to Hugo.