Monday night's RR vs Jeremy (3-1)
i was seeded #3 in a group of 5 plyrs
thank you for giving it a watch (9:03), feedback & assist me
Hi LDM7,
Saw what I expected. Improvement, and errors from trying really hard not quite in position or timing or bat height prep. Your gains in training get negated to a small and large degree in competitive matches from this, but this is seriously needed to solidify your gains.
Not gunna comment every point, but a number of them to show a pattern of the good and bad... a little more good than bad. This is from your match with Jeremy.
:38 You stepped forward to hit FH high ball. You had missed a number of these in practice
1:10 You targeted the body very well on a strong FH high ball
1:40 You lost point because you did not step fwd on your FH
1:44 You were way too wild way too long backswing and swing on the long serve, be more compact and loose grip at first
1:56 You stepped into the shot well vs high FH slow ball (you get a lot of these, so you should become real good at this)
2:13 Your fast shot to middle won point
2:19 Too much backswing vs long serve - use tiny step and arm placement to reduce backswing and get leverage
3:12/3:18 You had a kinda high ball to FH and you reached out instead of waiting or a step fwd - missed both shots
3:55 You stepped into higher slower ball on FH and finished with power and leverage
4:20 Reached in front too much on FH missed shot
5:12 SPIN TO WIN got winner from first topspin heavy
5:56 Moved opponent well and got him on a soft shot wide to BH
6:03 Stepped into FH well finished strong on balance with leverage
6:11 Did not move feet - it cost you - your tiny hop stepping would have helped you there
6:59 Way too much arm (lower and upper together) no timing or leverage
7:15 Stepped in well on slow kinda high FH ball - killed it
7:38 BH placement won point
7:53 SPIN to WIN again. Won on opener. Doesn't it feel good to do that when you want vs slow easy ball?
8:03 High ball to FH - You lifted bat high enough on prep - it won you the point easy
8:28 High ball on FH you did not raise bat high enough and could not angle shot down - lost point. Easy fix.
8:48 You went for strong hit on low ball bat too closed. Shot selection/awareness
9:03 You stepped in well on high ball
If you count how many times you missed the higher balls with FH compared to how many you made... you clearly see you made more of those... and you get easy points from them. You get so many chances like that every game. Good we worked on that. Getting a point or two every game net gain from those is HUGE. It is a combat multiplier. You are breaking even attacking long serves or pissing away a point too much... but it is needed. You have to attack the serves that should be attacked. Just work on being more compact in position leveraged. You make plays all the time when you do that.
You also showed some improved shot selection and rally tactical intelligence. That adds points, games, matches.