slow motion one hand backhand

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[miltyu97]

@MattScottUK

"Now I'm the one..." wait a second. Who ARE you? Are you the same guy as Tony07UK or not?

1)You both have the same profile picture.

2) You both have similar user names.

3)I haven't heard back from Tony07UK since he got caught contradicting himself trying to smear a technique and then admitting that it worked.

3)And conveniently you seem to be trying to help him avoid the subject of him contradicting himself by smearing a technique and then admitting it works.

[miltyu97]

@MattScottUK

Open learning forum. Sadly that's not what Tony07UK used it for leading a smear campaign against certain technques.

Tony07UK, with the same profile pic as you and similar profile name "seems to have given up." Wonder why. It was such an easy yes/no question he kept avoiding.

He probably "gave up" since he knew I caught him contradicting himself and he would have to eat ALL his campaign of words smearing a technique as "false teaching" before he admited it worked.

[Tony07UK]

@caranchorga Leaning forwards does not improve your shots. I can reference 2 websites that explain in bio-mechanical terms why leaning forwards is not taught by coaches who understand the basic principles of tennis technique. It's a tennis teaching myth that players should lean when playing any type of shot. Leaning is a last resort option .. same as diving for a ball. It's not a key feature to improve the pace, spin or anything to do with how a ball should be hit.

[caranchorga]

@Tony07UK Every ball is hit defferently, depending on the pace and how you play your ball. Of course not every ball is played leaning forward, but when you're taking control over the point you want to give your opponent as less recovery time as possible. That's one of the moments when you DO want to lean forward. It all depends on the ball you're playing and how you wanna play it.

I've played tennis for over 12 years. Played COSAT and Futures, before coming to a Div I team.

[miltyu97]

@MattScottUK

Yes of course it's valid. That was my whole point all along! I'm glad to finally hear you agree.

It was just that you kept saying it was a "false teaching" I had to point out that you contradicted by saying "if you move your body forward at 5mph..you add 5mph to your swing."

I'm glad you are beginning to concede that point, because no one said to do one technique or another EVERY situation.

[miltyu97]

@MattScottUK

I'm FULLY aware of the modern technique of tennis strokes. I read up and learn from the pros too. I even play both types of shots regularly-depending on the shot (no one argues one shot is the best always).

But that doesn't make the old teaching "false." It does work. You can find many ways to make a shot work, but that doesn't mean the old way is "false."

[miltyu97]

@MattScottUK

Good for you! But no one is attacking your credentials. The messenger has nothing to do with the merits of the message itself.

An old technique does not mean a "false" one.

If another new technique seems to work better in some situations or even all situations that still doesn't mean the older one is "false".

If more advanced techniques are taught (which they are) that still doesn't mean the older one is "false."

[miltyu97]

@MattScottUK

But if it adds 5mph to your swing, THAT MEANS THE TEACHING IS NOT FALSE!!

That's the whole point! It does work, it is NOT FALSE. There may be better ways to add power but that doesn't mean it's somehow "false!"

[MattScottUK]

@miltyu97 ... and I will send you the whole lot - there are 9 e-mails to date. By the way - the statement "if you move your body forwards at 5mph .. you add 5mph to your swing" is not contradictory. It is valid yet there will be situations in a rally where you don't need an extra 5mph on the ball and also you will not be able to move or step in especially if your opponent is keeping the shots deep and pinning you behind the baseline or wide out of court. It all depends on the situation.

[MattScottUK]

@miltyu97 ... and I'm prepared to admit that some things were wrong. These were my early days of coaching tennis .. I even had some of my students standing on one leg while practising serves, so that they could become more aware of balance. Even now I keep researching to find as much info as I can and correlate it all together to see what is really true and what works. I have stacks of e-mails with website links - if you're interested in reading them give me your e-mail address ...

[MattScottUK]

@miltyu97 I have learnt a lot from researching Internet articles and studying video clips. I also play and teach tennis every week - there are things which I read in an American tennis book years ago and used some of the tips in my lessons during the '80s. On reflection some of this instruction was not correct. I have since learned more about modern tennis techniques and methods and took an MTI training course. I now have a much wider perspective of things which even I believed and taught ...

[MattScottUK]

@miltyu97 That is correct! It still holds and I'll repeat it - "you don't have to step in, lean forward, move your body towards a tennis ball on each shot" - I will confirm that this is absolutely right. Some coaches may use these terms together and while they appear to have similar meanings, one can find very good study articles on tennis technique which really help to understand the essential elements of tennis and also to dispel the myths.