hey battousai, you interested or not if i get for you 4d300 @ rm400 ? Mine not chui sui one.. is real and this deal i can do ..lol...coz i'm getting a new replacement for the 4d300tour from dunlop this week. Either the 4d300 or the 4d300 Tour also should be no problem
Coz i've bought the other racket already Babolat APDC. so thinking might as well just sell off this and get $$$ back.

find her a lighter stick with bigger head size... agel300 is not for beginner... i think u shud find something below than 10.5 strung stick..

dunlop AG400 (if available), AG500...

wilson model.. not so sure la.. hehe    mebbe Ksurge, K62 are good for beginner.. not so big headed, no so heavy.. suam2 kuku only...

are u going to buy one for her ka? waa... u re rich, man...

His coach is not talking about contact point or where to contact the ball. He is talking
about Yan's ball travel path.

I think his coach meant that the highest point of his ball path is above the net which
is the apex of the ball path curve. Controlling the apex means putting the highest
height of the ball at a certain location... he would put it right above the net area.
Check out my diagram.. he wants you hit like the green path & u're hitting too much
like the red path now.



When Yan hits a too penetrating shot, it might not even have a prominent apex because
the ball is hit through so hard, it goes straight & doesnt have that rainbow shape path.
I really understand what the coach is trying to convey to Yan because I've seen
Yan hit balls from the baseline before.

His coach is correct. Coaches would correct & balance out your weaknesses. In this
case he is putting control in Yan. It is always control first then comes power. Of cos
having both like Chip73 would be something that we all want dont we?

There's no wrong style, only wrong technique. Right? Right? Right?

hey Battousai. i know u're a coach but i've seen some beginner hit a tennis ball with the most awkward of styles. Don't you correct them if u're their coach?

btw, r u still in HELP? haven't graduated?

I need to comment on this view of yours or rather explain on that coach behalf.... I fully, I mean really fully understand what was that coach trying
to convey to our friend, Yan. I agree that high or low clearance doesnt correspond to how deep the ball would go... it depends on power & spin.

Now... the word 'apex' comes into play on the second comment. Whether u hit with power, spin, high, low, moonball, screwball, sidespin or whatever,
every single ball, shuttlecock, pingpong, hockey ball, tennisball, soccer, rugby or even your underwear would have an apex if it is thrown into air &
push down by gravity. A ball would start to drop down from it's apex (apex means highest point)... so what the coach is trying to explain to Yan is that
his apex is so far deep into the court, by the time it touches ground, it will be out of the court! So to solve it, he wanted Yan to move his apex further
back to net area, so that it wouldnt go out.

'Apex' is important in Yan's case. The coach is trying to correct him by asking him to move his apex. Although I think this his own unique approach
in explaining & correcting him... but logically it is not wrong, just a different approach.... an approach that some might think  is not the right way
to correct a student.

Apex exist on everything in life... with a overhead smash, u have a linear trajectory direct down to the court, so the apex is on your racquet contact
point. Thats the highest point.

That coach wants him to move his apex to an earlier spot..... be successful early & enjoy
longer. His coach is not wrong to me, in fact he given me a different insight into the game... very very unique explanation indeed. His coach is not asking
or teaching him to play like nadal or soderling or to play a modern power game... he is just correcting his stroke. Its a simple correction that will bring him
progress along this game of tennis.

Tennis isnt rocket science, I really think that there are tons of smarter people on this forum than roger federer.... forex trading is 1 million times more complex
than tennis Mr.Yan.... u are way smarter & I think you will progress faster than anyone & I think u understand things very quick.... no worries

Correction... apex is not the height of the ball. Apex is the highest reach point of a ball in height. When u hit a straightline ball it would still have an apex
because there is gravity that will push the ball down to earth eventually. When there is a 'down', there must be a 'up' in your case. Let me give u a visual
explanation on the word 'apex' in various situation below:



My Summary:

This whole case to me is a matter of approach & conduct. His coach has given him an insight of his stroke situation now. He pointed to him that his apex is
too deep & he is hitting too hard. What he did was a basic analysis & gave Yan a one dimensional answer & not rectifying it yet. This might be his approach
as with most coaches they would entice students & gave them a little introductory tips in the beginning... get them interested & thinking first. You want
more? lai lai lai RM60 one more time.
    Now what you're suggesting here is not wrong, you are going deeper into the rectifying stage... the correction stage, the problem solving stage. This doesnt
mean that the other coach cant correct Yan, it is just that you have your own approach & conduct. Keyword again 'approach & conduct'.  In this case u are always
a winner & I advance more by going to you than other coaches simply because of your approach & conduct. I really think that you are a bad businessman but
a great coach.... why? because go to u once, I become pro already so no need to pay u again... LMAO!!

oi ZZZZZ.. don't tell him that lah ... "great coach bad businessman" ... later he become "not so great" coach and great businessman... habis me. !!! lolx

I plan to change string to X1 Biphase before the competition on Thursday ... Anybody knows how much it cost in Sportsprise?