its 6.47am and its raining at my place.....not sure sunway how.....

my opinion on leather grip vs softer pvc or rubber grip is

Leather: its hard, durable, and gives more control in terms of racquet holding as the material will not flex in your hand, it is like holding the grip from the base but with a grip over it (u know, rubber tend to have cushion space when compress, that leaves a little space for flex movement but not leather)

PVC with inner leather: softer, but still hard enough for those who have soft skinned palm, especially after a long lay off from tennis but still require some holding control.

Rubber: Soft and comfortable, have room for flex movement due to the cushion compression space.

This post has been edited by vobs: Sep 10 2010, 06:57 AM

sunway is flooded.

my radical is 4 3/8" but I like the feel of 4 1/4" with an overgrip.....

been using 4 3/8" with over grip for months......emmm okok only

recently, took out the basegrip and wrapped with 2 layers of old overgrip and one new overgrip. 2 old + 1 new = what a nice feel and pretty much like 4 1/4" + overgrip.... feel like meeting a new gf here hehehe......

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Added on September 10, 2010, 9:30 amIn hybrid poly + mono, whats d diff of stringing poly (main) + mono (cross) and vice versa?

This post has been edited by tiangkim: Sep 10 2010, 09:30 AM

i haz kecewa today coz kenot play

@hackremo,

hey, sure no prob..

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Added on September 10, 2010, 10:27 am@angel,

today also u planning to play.. i tot tmr onli.. hehe

This post has been edited by k3vin82: Sep 10 2010, 10:27 AM

So still managed to get some hits today in Sunway?

any1 wanna play at 4pm?

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This post has been edited by tiangkim: Sep 10 2010, 02:43 PM

everytime i ready to ply..... rain pulak.... zzzzzzzzzz~


ps: hope this wed NIGHT DESA PETALING no rain! PLEASE !

I will be playing saturday morning:) kevin, singles as promised:) wanna train back my long lay off! heheh

WOoooo tomolo can watch singles battle.
Very interesting.
; )

CK bring your magazine :-p

nola, just play fun fun type, malu la watching us play afterwards make u guys yawn....i might be throwing towel surrender halfway also....as usual so nothing to watch la.....

i will be coming tomolo as well...hopefully no rain this time..

I need advice from all sifu here...i played since form 4 till now about 3years ..so far i had been enter 1 competition..my coach were youtube and internet..there are 2 things i need an advice from you guys..

1.I am so slow when responding towards incoming ball, if the incoming ball so slow and short, i will be late same as fast and high bounce ball.. I am wearing spectacle..how can i increase my response?? I tried give full attention when play tennis but i still slow in responds..

2. I knew that my footwork were pretty bad..maybe this cause my responds so slow..how can i improve my footwork?? some article said in tennis you need repetition to give your muscle a memory aka 'muscle memory'..what are repetition i need to do??

help guys..

Wahleow....bro prae, this one need your help leow....i throw towel!

Let me get back to you ..... I need to shoot bro vobs!!!!

Wah mana boleh, advice you also can try and give mah!!! So fast throw in the towel!!! If next time play match you better throw in the towel as fast as you did here!!!!
:-p

Ok back to topic:
hackcremo : I cannot promise you anything, different people respond differently to suggestion, however I'd like to help you, let's take one step at a time, k! :-D

First off, you can always try and learn for yourself , when watching video's from youtube, and the internet, this shows me that you are willing to learn! Now for a small reality check, watching video's is just that, the video you watch cannot give you feedback on your stroke and technique, you MAY THINK you are doing what the video is showing/doing, but if and when I actually video tape you, you will most likely be doing something different.

Now the only thing I have taken as a positive from your statement is that you know that your footwork is pretty bad.This is positive because, ALOT of people blame their stroke/swing etc. When the actual problem is footwork, keep your stroke the same!

If you feel you need some tips on footwork , search youtube and the internet.

If you have a friend and you have alot of tennis balls, I suggest you ask your friend to just feed you balls to a certain spot and then you have to actually move to the ball and hit it, rather than your friend hit the ball to you, and then you swing, coz thats the main problem, alot of coaches hit the balls AT the player, giving the player some sort of impression that they can hit forehands/backhands, for the first 6-10 lessons that may be ok, but when beginners play other beginners, NO beginners will hit back nicely to the other person, they will try and hit the ball away from you, thats where students say....coach when I play with you, my forehand/backhand is quite ok, but when I play with XX, everything K.O......

Also remember that running itself and running on a tennis courts are 2 different things.Try and learn the difference.

Muscle memory pertains to your stroke NOT your footwork.

Practice,practice,practice, play against the wall is the best thing if you learn to control your power, you can adjust the height/speed of the ball, then you can practice your swing, footwork to the ball and the actual hitting.

If anyone has any advice to add, please feel free to do so, everyone can learn and benefit!

Cheers

agree...... in tennis footwork is always neglected but extremely important.... federer and nadal have the best footwork on tour..... you can learn from them...... u must adjust your foot to the right position to hit the ball...... human nature tends to be lazy and always use our armwork to compensate off position hitting.....

wall is the best sparring partner....

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Added on September 10, 2010, 9:32 pmbro kev.... i m goin tmr... bring u the ball

This post has been edited by tiangkim: Sep 10 2010, 09:32 PM

bro, r u stay in desa petaling also?

hahahha, i actually dont understand what he wrote hehe, thats why i say throw towel......

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Added on September 10, 2010, 10:11 pmok la, my sifu prae already scold me, so let me try to point you to the right direction, it may or may not work as ive never seen you play before so all the best.

slow: footwork, how to learn? since we will not see each other anytime soon, youtube is the best bet at the moment....before learning the technique of footwork, you can also try building your fitness and leg muscle first, it helps alot in increasing your response as you put it.

spectacles: dont worry, ive got friends who wear spec play davis cup for msia. I also wear spec play at times, tipsarevic also wear spec and play, so dont worry about it if u do

thats all i can say, but do ask around more, im sure some people will be more than willing to teach.



This post has been edited by vobs: Sep 10 2010, 10:11 PM

k guys, see all tmr .. .. will have fun hitting tommorrow..

need some singles battles also tmr for preparation for tournament..