Hi Hugh, I've been reading your blog posts for a while and implemented some of the concepts to a tournament I played in yesterday. More specifically hitting slices a la Dan Evans and chipping hard first serves to neutralize points. I've also tried to "drop" my racket head more on my backhand side but that didn't actualize in my matches as much as I would have liked (I still need to work on it!). All of this to say, I just won the first tournament I've played in over 3 years at the 4.5 level and I think it is partly attributed to these concepts. So, thank you! :)
Glad to hear it Dagmar! Chip return severely underrated, as well as slice, particularly at the club level where consistency gets even more rewarded compared to pros. Keep it up!
Hi Hugh, I've been reading your blog posts for a while and implemented some of the concepts to a tournament I played in yesterday. More specifically hitting slices a la Dan Evans and chipping hard first serves to neutralize points. I've also tried to "drop" my racket head more on my backhand side but that didn't actualize in my matches as much as I would have liked (I still need to work on it!). All of this to say, I just won the first tournament I've played in over 3 years at the 4.5 level and I think it is partly attributed to these concepts. So, thank you! :)
Glad to hear it Dagmar! Chip return severely underrated, as well as slice, particularly at the club level where consistency gets even more rewarded compared to pros. Keep it up!