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Sometimes, you can tell coaches what you need to work on and they will do it for you even if they are coaching other students in a different way.

But maybe there is something about how you execute the serve that makes it unstable at critical moments. This is where practice based on the principles of timeless technique can be helpful. I have a friend who has nasty serves but also misses a lot of serves. His setup and preparation are not...

Good stuff. I have one point against Jian Li where he sidespin loops thr ball.and I kill it with my slow rubbers and thr crowd gore oooh... still my best point ever against a high level player and you out did that a few times here lol.

Serve consistency is probably the biggest signature of a strong player, but I suspect (projecting a bit here) that in practice you give yourself too much credit for your serves being low and spinny in the absence of a strong returner (in fact, my serves are been relatively high for a long time...

For me the biggest gap I feel between the players who I struggle to beat at the 2000 level is that they are consistently athletic and physical so they don't fall apart when forced to move and they hit the ball with interest. IF you can make and recover to hit two or three shots with quality, or...

Not really, usually the tactics that get you to level as high as 1700 USATT are already in your style, the key is usually to improve their quality and application. While the mental aspects are clearly important, I think most of them still show up in play as technical issues or inconsistency...

I disagree. It clearly does, the question is the difference in preparation and level of the players. Certain balls play to certain strengths and weaknesses, and these can be issues depending on specific styles and how close in level the players are. I find I personally struggle when switching...

OP is unlikely to be a pro but my answer came from a 2400 player one day when I told him I played with G1. There is a reason why MX-P was the 05 competitor for a while. That and Bluefire.

Tibhar Evolution MX-P is the standard answer, the problem is that it doesn't last long because of the evaporating booster.

Coton wins. Oh well, Gauzy is safe for LA 2028 according to the experts, nothing to see here...

Hmmm... was ir because you were playing kids? Or because you needed something you could actually control lol...

Unless you see the player and how they hit the ball, discussing durability and rubber care is relative. By the way, my rubners look like trash and people tell me to clean them with rubber cleaner but I still get great spin from them so I have realized that optics beat performance for too many.

I hear you but the injuries have to be the key. Even players like Solja got to age 28 despite them. Ai Fukuhara got to 29. Lacking motivation is clearly not in the cards for Hirano. But injuries is fair game.

You think she concedes that Odo is better? I don't see it unless she has unpublicised nagging injuries.

From a rankings perspective WTTC is not what it used to be so it will be interesting to know the masterplan.

Kanak as a junior always had more feeling with the backhand than the forehand and it is natural for you to need to adjust the side of the racket that comes less naturally to you. I suspect his forehand is more sensitive to rubber changes than his backhand.

Depends on the person's forehand!

Her hand is getting better? Wow....

So in addition to adopting the Mizutani elbow positioning in order to make my stroke more tightly tied to my body rotation, I am trying to do some physical work to improve my overall strength with a focus on glutes more than anything else. Will be interesting to see how well it works if at all.