CounterPuncher
03-12-2008, 05:56 PM
Hi everyone to who's reading this I hope to get some help,
i'll start first with my story, how the problem started...
Me: Kevin switzerland, 16 years
So i was playing my best tennis so far at 2005 / 14 years I played a good summer season and a great winter season my coach at that time was B.G. so i was about to compete with the 30 best of my country in my age...I played fantastic but then in may 2006 my coach injured himself for 6 months then he arranged a replacement coach from new zealend atp 300 and he started to change around my Forehand as longer it went with him i got worse and worse....
he told me not to go over my head(i played similar to nadal backswing 2005), short backswing and "play like me" of course i did everything because u want to get better no? but it just got worse... all my cordination and footwork nothing came together..i was nowhere i was ...
so i played with him till march 2007 this time last year and then i stopped with him and my old coach B.G got fit again...
now we've been trying diffrent things till now ... we found out that the main points are:
1. the shoulder comes far to early (before the hip rotation)
and i hit the ball to much in front without any power
2. my left hand (i'm right handed) doesnt cordinate with my right one...i like have two movements...one like pulling away my left arm and then only my right one comes in front with the "second" move (hard to imagine)
3. WHEN I HAVE NO PROBLEM TO HIT THE BALL FINE IS WHEN:
I put my left hand on my right arm (ellbow hight but inside- arm)and hit the ball like a two hander. (but left hand is on my right arm and not on the grip)
And now because i still have problems and its more than 1 year my mum stopped the training for me ...and i have no coach...
now i train on the wall thats all...
what should i do?
is the best to find out my self? and just hit thousands of balls on the wall?
any coaches in here to help me? i know its very long message but its really a serious problem i'm not a happy since 1 year...
and my dream (to play college tennis like benjamin becker and triying to get a chance on the atp circuit) is in danger if this problem doesnt solve quickly...
appreciat any help thanks
i'll start first with my story, how the problem started...
Me: Kevin switzerland, 16 years
So i was playing my best tennis so far at 2005 / 14 years I played a good summer season and a great winter season my coach at that time was B.G. so i was about to compete with the 30 best of my country in my age...I played fantastic but then in may 2006 my coach injured himself for 6 months then he arranged a replacement coach from new zealend atp 300 and he started to change around my Forehand as longer it went with him i got worse and worse....
he told me not to go over my head(i played similar to nadal backswing 2005), short backswing and "play like me" of course i did everything because u want to get better no? but it just got worse... all my cordination and footwork nothing came together..i was nowhere i was ...
so i played with him till march 2007 this time last year and then i stopped with him and my old coach B.G got fit again...
now we've been trying diffrent things till now ... we found out that the main points are:
1. the shoulder comes far to early (before the hip rotation)
and i hit the ball to much in front without any power
2. my left hand (i'm right handed) doesnt cordinate with my right one...i like have two movements...one like pulling away my left arm and then only my right one comes in front with the "second" move (hard to imagine)
3. WHEN I HAVE NO PROBLEM TO HIT THE BALL FINE IS WHEN:
I put my left hand on my right arm (ellbow hight but inside- arm)and hit the ball like a two hander. (but left hand is on my right arm and not on the grip)
And now because i still have problems and its more than 1 year my mum stopped the training for me ...and i have no coach...
now i train on the wall thats all...
what should i do?
is the best to find out my self? and just hit thousands of balls on the wall?
any coaches in here to help me? i know its very long message but its really a serious problem i'm not a happy since 1 year...
and my dream (to play college tennis like benjamin becker and triying to get a chance on the atp circuit) is in danger if this problem doesnt solve quickly...
appreciat any help thanks