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Tagging @NextLevel as well. It'll be something that I will point out to my coach next session. The best way I can describe it is that, after serve, I set up around my backhand side. Typically, I do a pendulum serve. If the rally goes longer, I still stay on my backhand with my arm in neutral to...

One thing I'm having issues with is getting burned on my forehand and I'm not sure how to prevent that

Really need to start being more conscious of my footwork and placement in a match. Are there any good videos out there to go over the basics for this?

Yeah, it's definitely different to get used to. I spend the first few minutes feeling like I've stepped in mud.

I have to march and lift my knees up in place when getting used to grippy floors lol. Super dusty ones are fun cause I can just slide to get momentum.

Thanks for the link. I think the main part that I see when talking about using the lower part of the arm, but not explicitly discussed in the video, is using the elbow as the pivot point on FH/BH. The part about going down on your stroke slightly lower is interesting too.

I think the one thing other experienced members of my club are having me do is work on guiding the ball on my strokes, especially off of the bounce. A lot of consistency drills with every permutation of forehand and backhand with focus on where to contact the ball. Watching this then going back...

I definitely couldn't get myself in a rhythm early, so I just focused on pushes to open up opportunities to play more offensive. Felt like my tactics won me a few tight games today.

I eventually have to commit to playing more tournaments. My body felt like it was fighting itself for a lot of the tournament.

Just got back from a tournament. Overall, I played 12 best of 5 matches today in two separate brackets (under 1300, under 1750) and went 8-4, getting 2nd and top 8. Coaching is paying off, but I still have a long way to go. No matches recorded unfortunately. I've been up since before sunrise...

Got my first of two fall tournaments tomorrow. Think I have 6-8 guaranteed matches, so I'm definitely going to be sleepy tomorrow night.

I'm realizing more that my issue is when left handed people serve short on my forehand side. I started to take my time and loop it back, but I'm still getting crushed on the 3rd ball attack. I'll have to try putting no spin on the return.

For the second paragraph, I'm trying to picture where to place my body on the backswing. My elbow would be even with the ball? I have practice against a pusher tonight, so I can get a lot of backhand push practice for sure.

My attack is still in PreK, so I gotta brush up on a few things. I wish I could drill more haha. @blahness Split steps have helped me out a lot to cover the extreme areas. I'm a bit weary on giving a lot of topspin back cause they'll just send it straight down the line on my backhand.

I've tried to compensate by working in forehand loops when the ball goes off the side of the table. My forehand pushes are not good, so I end up flicking a lot. I mainly run the risk of leaving my backhand side exposed. Long backhand feels like an option issue. Most of the serves go directly...

Getting targeted a lot in practice matches on my short forehand side and long on my backhand side. Definitely need to get better in those situations.

Good training session today. Mainly focused on: - Consistency when taking the ball off the bounce on both forehand and backhand. Both involve getting and staying low and moving my arm forward - Movement to get to where the ball is - Guiding the ball back off of serve, so working on a safety...

Yeah, have it FH/BH with my inner carbon blade. Definitely more comfortable than my all wood setup. Thank you for the advice.

Definitely felt like I had a much harder time returning backspin from VE than I do the C1. I think VE had too much dwell time for me and the C1 is a nice feeling in between the VE and the Rakza 7. I feel like I have less struggle with short touches and pushes.

I got to try out the C-1, and I definitely prefer it over the Vega Europe so far. I'll report more once I get close to 40ish hours on it.