my man

3.  hit the ball with arm staight, wrist firm(keep the same angle position between the racket and arm ), racket parallele going forward;
4.  keep the same as in 3, follow through;
5.  finish the hit with racket high in front.

my man

finally, the coach and player of single backhand : Michael and Merry.

my man

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my man

Hi Edy, as long as you still have the passion and energy for the tennis club, it's always a positive thing to have and keep a club for all the tennis fans. it's not just specifically for tennis, it's also a social activity which will give everybody chance to have fun, life enjoy here etc., one more chance to find a friend here.  since there is no need to make it that routine style, something like the party meeting in China, so I think it should have no pressure on anybody.  I refused to apply for becoming a member of the party was mainly because there are too much routine meeting, it's waste of too much time which I have to use for playing tennis( I am serious), otherwise my tennis can not reach currect level although it's not very high.

my man

sorry, I have to be negative again, in slow motion from video tape and the third picture above, it shows that Merry's hitting power from the legs and body rotation have a "leakage" when it is transfered to racket head, which means the power is not completely transfered through the shoulder, arm, wrist to the head of the racket.  thery is no problem in legs(they do bend), shoulder(rotation is there) and arm(it does keep straight), the problem happens at the wrist(the weakest link in the power transfer), the picture shows that the racket doesn't parallele go forward(in order to keep body, arm and racket as a unit which is one of the fundamental points), the racket head go ahead or in front of the racket handle which means the wrist get released, it doesn't keep firm enough to make the whole racket parallele go ahead with the arm and should as a unit, the result is less power and less control, this is
the major common problem in almost all level players.

good luck for your single backhand.

my man

by the way, a lot of players use their arm to generate power when hit ground stroke(forehand or backhand), in this case, the body trunk , the legs(the much bigger and stronger, more poweful muscle) just get removed from hitting ball, it turn out the shot much less power and much less control.
After Agassi lost the US Open match last year, he said : "I just couldn't use my legs enough for my shots today", right, he could not move his legs well enough that day, which mean he IS OLD, he can not quickly recover from previous tough match any more. if the shot master Agassi can not get great shot because of less using legs, you will lose good shot too if you don't use your legs. pay attention to the great tennis players who have great power shot, almost none of them have big or strong arms, but none of them have weak or small legs and trunk!

my man

so no need try to get "tennis arm" and tennis elbow, just try to get tennis legs and tennis trunk, good luck for getting them!

color188

Thinking to have a tennis party indoor somewhere this weekend. The semi-final and final of Wimbledon!!!

Any guy or gal can provide some room and has Cable/dish TV 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:

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I am going too.

Edy

Hi 大家好，

经过一段时间的认真考虑和市场调查， 现决心组织一次网球赛，然后视赛事结果和选手参赛效果进一步考虑是否正事成立网球俱乐部。
组织本赛事的初衷是希望给大家提供一个学习，交流，自我认识的机会，希望得到所有球友的支持。考虑到不同水平的朋友的需求，本次比赛将为每位选手提供相同的上场机会，请大家于近期加紧练习，努力争取好成绩，如需本人帮助，可于每周六下午来monk球场切磋。
现将本次球赛初步设想公布于此：
1。报名：以双打为基本单位报名，报名同时另外自动成为单打选手。如果暂时未有固定双打搭
              档，我们将视情况帮助寻找合适的搭档。
2。赛制：以6人为一小组，种子选手加抽签产生，包含6名单打选手，暨3对双打选手。组内采用
              单循环赛记分制。除决赛采用3盘两胜外，其余比赛皆采用一盘定胜负。
              每组单打前两名与另外一组前两名交叉淘汰。双打第一名与另外一组同名次打淘汰赛。
              每组单打三四名与另外一组三四名交叉淘汰， 以此类推。直至排出所有名次。
              另外如果时间允许，将进行以组为单位的优胜赛（类似于戴维斯杯）。
3。时间地点：本赛事预计于8月初开始进行4周（暂定于周六下午），每周3至4小时，每人预计需
               参加10场左右的单双打比赛。比赛场地暂定于monk球场。
4。费用：每人报名费20元 （用于购买球，饮料，奖品及其他必要的花费），报名截止本月24日
              请通过email报名，tennismontreal@hotmail.com 并于本月底之前将报名费交至
              edy手中（每周六于monk球场，请提前联系）。
5。组织：每位参赛者既是球员又是裁判（交叉裁判），希望大家尽量做到公平公正。
6。奖励：视参赛人数而定，于赛前公布。

这将是一次非常难得的聚会联谊的好机会，请各位踊跃参加。关于赛制不当之处，请于指正！
Edy
July 5, 2004