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Friday, January 07, 2005
Lesson with Chris:
Chirs the tennis pro from Sandestin was very helpful in assisting me with repairing my forehave. Several key highlights:
- Racquet head up
- Right hand on racquet to force a shoulder turn
- Drop right hand and point for balance
- Drop racquet head below the ball and brush up on the ball
- Complete follow-through...racquet head on right should near the right ear, left elbow in at eye level.
Sunday, November 23, 2003
Lesson with Corey today:
Duplicate my footwork on the backhand side to my forehand side. Move the back foot to the 5 o'clock position. This forces your body and shoulders to turn sideways toward the ball.
Play today against a new guy named Mark Neely. Young kid with good ground strokes. Very good forehand that he could hit from anyway on the court for a winner. Focused on his backhand and high balls to his forehand. Employed the concept of moving my back foot to the 4 o'clock position and it work well. I was hitting my freehand consistently with lots of top spin.
Thursday, November 13, 2003
We had a great time in Houston at the Tennis Master tournament. We were able to see all of the top players including Roddick, Aggais, Ferrero, Coria and Nalbandian. This guy David Nalbandian can hit the ball! He beat the pants off of Ferrero.
We also went to John Newcomb's tennis camp for a couple of days. The staff was great and we learned a lot....very sore then next several days!
Thursday, November 06, 2003
My buds and I are off to Houston this weekend to the Tennis Masters tournament. This is the final major tournament of the year and will crown the number one player in the world. Andy Roddick currently holds the title, but anything can happen!
My two favorite tennis players, Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick, will be in New Orleans for a charity tennis match December 5th starting at noon. We have our tickets are very excited about the match