Some good points. Yeah I def see what you mean in a lot of those. Moving kinda sideways or moving as I'm swinging a lot of times. Probably just a lack of footwork issue with never having received any proper coaching & starting to play seriously at 30.... I'm 38 now for the record.
I never take offense to creitques. I figure if you post online, you've got to be ready for opinions from all over. So I don't mind at all. Plus I just want to get better so I welcome it.
So the last one at 52 i was trying to run around it to play the FH. A lot of times on forehand open ups vs serve, I feel more comfortable doing what i call soft looping. Where the ball is more spin based, generally higher arch over the net than that ball vs power shots. I'm not at the point where I feel comfortable power looping a lot of long balls off the table. But yes if I stay more grounded or moving forward, I probably would get a little more power.
Good stuff Boogar. I like your FH open ups. Looks like you have that pretty darn consistent and can get that any time you want.
Yeah when I played shorts pips in the past i found the inside-out FH & placement easier but no going back. Staying inverted. So my inverted loop tends to hook a little and yeah the cross-court loop is easier but I do try to practice that inside-out. It's a work in progress. You'd be surprised how many people you can catch out beginning to step around early.... Shoot I'm even guilty of that from time to time.
I'm no coach but based on what I saw there, looks like to me you have a consistent backhand but your money maker is your FH attack. Seems like that's the point winner. IDK. If you feel like you have the advantage a lot of times and they come back, maybe after you get that initial attack make sure you're almost playing like a penholder (ie - standing in your back corner) and keep hammering away with that good FH? Get as many of those hits in as possible to keep the pressure on? Just throwing out ideas.
