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According to my master, all strokes in TT are whip patterns, you just have figure out how to control them. Most people looking for control settle on crappy whip patterns, it is the people who start when young and full of creativity and risk taking who master the whip patterns without much...

But that's the thing - it's just a whip. If you crack a whip, this is the pattern you make. I have a better idea why you are calling it double but you don't crack a whip on the backswing.

I added it later. It was after he visited the US. I used to have a mixed bag of serves before I learned this and after I did, I developed one of the heaviest backspin serves in the state.

Did you see my or Brett's video on the whip pattern?

Yes. A balance must be struck, because being too far from the net makes it harder to get over the net and stay short. So it is easier if you serve cross court and use some sidespin. USually, though, the enemy of consistency is too little spin. If you get enough spin, the spin will often...

Common advice on service is usually of very limited value to a serious server. Most people when describing how to serve short advocate a first bounce too close to the net on your side. The most important thing a high level server told me (Brett) was to focus on aiming the ball to the other...

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I have to ignore him but you don't. :p BTW, Elias Ranfeur's BH serve is a new inspiration. The main reason I bring this up was that there was a time I almost served all backhand. Brett was almost begging (threatening) me to stop serving backhand serves. Even when I thought I was serving more...

Number 6. It is the one I think that almost won the match. That shot shocked the opponent so much he lost the next point, called a time out, lost that game and the next three games, and only got lucky to win 11-9 in the 7th.

Now you know why I say memory is deceptive. But that period you pointed out was when I was on fire and I just felt I could not miss. Then it just evaporated... so I had to go back to cheap tricks and serves again ;).

Red inverted, black LP. All his strokes are played with the black side for the most part - the red side is for variation and to introduce spin if the opponent is mindless not paying attention. If he improved his serves with the inverted side, that could send his level up quite a bit - if he...

I can go whole games and almost full matches these days without ever serving a backhand serve. That's just weird to me.... In fact, if I serve a backhand serve, it is often a sign I am in trouble or need to try something new.

Okay, I was partly kidding. But you know what I mean...

If you have no video, it never happened. Seriously. The number of things I remember wrong before looking at the tape is amazing. Stop being Boogarsaurus.

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OF course it is inferior technique. The Chinese will tell you that. But you see it in a lot of good French and German players, especially the famous lefties. They still use more whip and body to back it up, but I use it as a variation or in certain situations. My main stroke is straight arm...

I play in pip city you know (Philadelphia). We had a 2300 player well before my time who was a national 060 champ with your combo on a thick balsa shakehand racket, and I know one player who maxed out at 2300 who doesn't play as much who had an extremely tricky and off speed game with the same...

The last kid I played who used one was a student of Ernesto. It's popularity probably grew in the 40mm ball era and I am pretty sure it is a reasonable blade now.

Looks great, SchemeSC. Some advice I would like to give you but it could come across all wrong over the internet. But I will try anyways. The main thing is to play around with the ball quality in terms of spin, speed and arc. Try to see if you can impart more spin sometimes and get a slower...

I like the overall message but a couple of things are important to note. One advantage of Pips is that they can be used to force a short game, but amongst inverted players, the short game is largely non-existent under USATT 2000 and doesn't last more than one or two shots below USATT 2400...