my man

Hi Edy, can you try again with:  ytz4you@yahoo.com ?  first three letters are : y t z,
I just tested sending an email to that address, it seems working, please don't attach virus.
I am looking forward to your email.
good luck.

color188, you tried Ashway kevlar string or synthetic gut string?  sure 17' feel better than 16' (always, because it's thinner), but it lasts shorter, so cost more money, so get the money ready.

from my 18 years play and around 8 years coaching and 6 years stringing tennis racket experience(thanks all the customers to give me their valueable feedback or their experience of testing my string and my service), I found and once had a lot of misconcept or misunderstanding of tennis racket, string, and tennis shot techniques, and made a lot of errors or took long way when I try to master or coach some skills,  I will try to write them down, and share them with you tennis buddies, hope it will help you not make the same mistake as I made, or at least make less error than I did, and go more directly to your target.

be patient, I will be back soon.

Michael.

zeng11

Is there any tennis activity in this weekend?

my man

topic 1.  racket
1. the first important factor is the racket weight, if the weight is correct, not too light, not too heavy(actually must be

heavy enough), then it's pretty good racket for beginner to intermediate player. Sampras said that the first tip he will give his son for playing tennis is find a wood racket for his son(it's heavy and stiff), basically all the current rackets in store with the same weight as wood racket are far better than wood racket.
believe or not, if the racket is not heavy enough, it's hard to have correct swing and feeling for making shot, the lighter the racket is, the more chance you look like moving a badminton racket(or you don't look like playing tennis).  the secret

of making tennis shot is:  the racket hit the ball at the right time no matter how slow you swing the racket(the slower motion means you swing the racket earlier).  so get a heavy racket, swing slowly and smoothly to hit the ball, if it's too late to hit the ball, then try swing and hit earlier not faster, for sure heavy racket will help you NOT swing faster. if you can hit the ball with slow motion, then it will not be a problem at all for you to hit the ball with faster motion or normal motion(that's the goal of advanced level).  tennis, badminton, pingpong, WUShu etc. players(professional) all have a lot of practice of slow motion on and off court, with and without ball.
If you start with a light racket, it will be much more difficult for you to get correct tennis shot swing.
The common mistake for beginner is:  rush for the ball(because they swing the racket too late), then their shot motion is not slow and not smooth enough, no matter they are good or not, they just don't look like playing tennis, like playing playing badminton, so the tennis racket just look like a thicker badminton racket, they have to use the wrist, or the wrist can not be firm because the racket rush for the ball,  and even so, they still think their motion is not fast enough because they miss the ball, so they blame the racket is too heavy and believe it limits their racket speed, so they approach to the lighter racket for fast swing, that's really the wrong direction, instead, they should follow Sampras tip: switch to the heavier racket: wood racket, it will force them slow down the swing, but swing earlier and then they can follow through longer for the power.  
believe or not, most players find the good and easy way to increase power is add more weight to the racket.

2. the weight ballance, the head is heavy or head is light, try head heavy first, if the racket is head light, then put some

lead tape on the racket to make the head heavier.

3. the frame is stiff or flexible, try stiff racket first, wood racket probably is the most stiff racket, it's really hard to generate power, but it give you a lot control, almost all the famous players(Michael Chang, Sampras, Courier etc.) started with stiff racket(more control, less power).

my man

contining:

so you can follow them, start with stiff racket even wood racket(means you virturally take Sampras' tip ), the older model, the cheaper one is better, because probably it's exactly what they started with,  people always want to take shortcut, they like the racket the famous player use now, but why not use the racket they started with? because you are the same level as they started,  now you and they are completely different worlds,  the racket is good for top level players is hard to be good too for you,  read some comments from the racket users if you have time, a lot of users believe the racket Rodick and Federer use now are hard to handle, so the racket won't make the magic, only the hand which monipulate the racket will.

good luck to find a correct racket.

Edy

Hi Michael,

I'vesent an survey email both to your yahoo and hotmail box. please check it.
hope to hear you soon.

Edy

Danieal,
I am afraid there is no big event this weekend. I hope we will resolve the issue of building up tennis club by next week. By then, we are going to have a more clear plan for the future.
Edy

color188

[QUOTE=my man]
people always want to take shortcut, they like the racket the famous player use now, but why not use the racket they started with? because you are the same level as they started, now you and they are completely different worlds, the racket is good for top level players is hard to be good too for you, read some comments from the racket users if you have time, a lot of users believe the racket Rodick and Federer use now are hard to handle, so the racket won't make the magic, only the hand which monipulate the racket will.
[QUOTE]

That is very true.

I have tried the Wilson Tour 90 (used by Federer) of Knight. It requirs more preparation and exact hitting zone. Only the advanced player like Knight can use it as a weapon instead of a burden. it is very heavy also (340g).

Later, I continued to test Tour 95 and Dunlop 300G. 300G with larger 98 sq head size and lighter weight (286g) suits me better. Due to limit budget, as Michael said that I have to prepare more money for the 17' string :wink: , I chose the HEAD Ti. ProTour (306g) at last, a discontinued model which was on sale (89.99 bucks).

But happily, I won the game against one local girl who coaches a tennis class at Monk with this brand new racquet.

Wish I could get some advice from Michael and improve faster.

color188

Good preparation of Pros. :p

color188

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Thinking to have a tennis party indoor somewhere this weekend. The semi-final and final of Wimbledon!!! Any single guy or gal, anyone can provide some room and has Cable/dish and is willing to accomodate us, pls give a shout. We may treat you nice beer and happy hour in return.

Can't wait to see Federer vs. Andy. :cool:

my man

I agree, single backhand is not easy, but nothing is easy if you don't get the tricky point(the key or fundamental point), and nothing is impossible if you try enough with correct approach.
A tennis guy watched my daughter playing tennis last wee, he took a lot of photos and sent to me, I found some photos are good in displaying the key points in single backhand, so I poste them here, hope it help a little bit.

1. prepare early: bend knees, turn body enough, so all the power should come from the legs and body rotation. for flat or slice shot, start with racket high:

for top spin shot, start with racket low:

my man

the photos, from 1 - 5:

1.  start with racket high, for flat shot and slice(even higher);
2.  start with racket low, for top spin shot.