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So I put my stone-age phone down and filmed some video of me ****ing around at the school's table with a friend, because something felt terribly off in my shots and I couldn't put my tongue on it. Today wasn't a bad day per se, but let's just say I wasn't running on the best amount of sleep and my back was killing me.
I know all the gaps in my game that show in this video. Knees not bent, not rotating enough, super high ready position etc. and they were due to fatigue. Hell, I even WALKED around instead of stepping. I'm sure Nextlevel would kick my ass at footwork based on this video.
There's no need to mention that, take this as my worst level. It doesn't matter much because we were just drilling long, low spin serve -> attack -> rally and not really playing seriously. We were leaving in 15min or so and had already been there for a few hours, so we didn't even have the mental capability to play a good game, so I got the idea to film it and see how terrible I look. It wasn't as bad as it felt, though, and I did one receive - > loop sequence that I liked, but apart from that, eh.
Then I found a way to transfer it via black magic means to my PC, and upload it here. So there's no excuse on that anymore: and yes, I will be posting video when I want critiques if I have something that I can't figure out. Maybe even a match-view from behind to see what kind of people I play against, although I'd really have to prop the phone on something to get a decent angle.
So, there. Footage. You may now proceed to shit on me, like you would have done even if I would have posted world class footage.
Although, seriously, do point out some things you see terribly wrong. Not so much in how much I rotate or how I move my feet: that I know and can fix at an instant if I am aware of it, but things like my lack of moving back after I serve, or hesitation before a shot etc.
Just do keep in mind that we were basically only receiving with drives and doing forehand openers crosscourt, so there's deliberately not much variation.
And for the love of all that is good, don't say anything about my serve. It's supposed to be easy to read and low-spin.
Also my gravest apologies for the haircut. Perhaps the most offensive thing in the entire video. I'll get to it when I reach it on my to-do list.
@Nextlevel
@Upsidedowncarl
I know all the gaps in my game that show in this video. Knees not bent, not rotating enough, super high ready position etc. and they were due to fatigue. Hell, I even WALKED around instead of stepping. I'm sure Nextlevel would kick my ass at footwork based on this video.
There's no need to mention that, take this as my worst level. It doesn't matter much because we were just drilling long, low spin serve -> attack -> rally and not really playing seriously. We were leaving in 15min or so and had already been there for a few hours, so we didn't even have the mental capability to play a good game, so I got the idea to film it and see how terrible I look. It wasn't as bad as it felt, though, and I did one receive - > loop sequence that I liked, but apart from that, eh.
Then I found a way to transfer it via black magic means to my PC, and upload it here. So there's no excuse on that anymore: and yes, I will be posting video when I want critiques if I have something that I can't figure out. Maybe even a match-view from behind to see what kind of people I play against, although I'd really have to prop the phone on something to get a decent angle.
So, there. Footage. You may now proceed to shit on me, like you would have done even if I would have posted world class footage.
Although, seriously, do point out some things you see terribly wrong. Not so much in how much I rotate or how I move my feet: that I know and can fix at an instant if I am aware of it, but things like my lack of moving back after I serve, or hesitation before a shot etc.
Just do keep in mind that we were basically only receiving with drives and doing forehand openers crosscourt, so there's deliberately not much variation.
And for the love of all that is good, don't say anything about my serve. It's supposed to be easy to read and low-spin.
Also my gravest apologies for the haircut. Perhaps the most offensive thing in the entire video. I'll get to it when I reach it on my to-do list.
@Nextlevel
@Upsidedowncarl