Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Forehand Serve Return

My forehand serve return were getting better. Some forehand flick surprised opponent. However receive serve from ust. shukri still off table. Maybe I need more soft touch for my forehand serve return. Backhand serve return chop working great. Strokes mainly on forehand side.

vs Mie Sulong(2-3)
Close game. Lead 2-0 but lost last 3 game. Game 5 deuce.
strength: serve
weakness: alway force to be in defence position.

vs Ust. Shukri (0-2)
weakness: forehand serve return

vs Mokhtar(3-1)
strength:
1. forehand serve return to his left side(pimple)
2. Fast serve to different location and follow with 3rd ball attack

weakness:
1. return serve from pimple rubber were off table especially on backhand. Any pimple serve should be attack/hit quickly.

vs Hj Din(4-0)
strength:
1. Serve
2. 3rd ball hit/smash
3. fast ball positioning(left-right-left etc.)

Setup
TBS sriver EL/G2

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Practice Serve

Try new serve technics. The ball getting spinnier but some balls are missed. I need more practice to make it better.
My forehand is very dominant compared to backhand. Now even receiving serve I use forehand for next forehand stroke. I barely used my backhand this time. That was not good practice to improving my weakness on backhand stroke. I lost many points on this side. However my overall game was getting better. Should I stress on my strength or my weakness?

vs Hamid (3-4)
- stay back off table
- return serve to my left hard to take, only several block land on table . I need to do more fast backhand stroke to overcome this.

vs Zuri(3-2)
- another upset. I lost first 2 games but came back for winner.
- strength; fast serve to body and drive to his left.
-weak: Struggle to take his loops to my left(backhand) .

vs Mie Sulong(4-0)
- loop his serve
- stay calm
- he was too 'gopoh'

Setup
TBS Sriver EL/G2

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Less Playtime

Last week I only play once, and this week will be the same because Im going back to P. Puteh. I spend more time on watching t/tennis videos on internet. Last night my game getting better therefore I won 3 out of 4 club members. This time I used TBS with sriver EL/G2. Forehand control, defence and attack were very good. Backhand stroke still got weakness except loop become faster. I need more controll and attacking ability from the G2 rubber.

Forehand using EL
1. more control
2. serve better- got easy points and opportunity for 3 ball attack.
3. better loop
4. spinnier
5. Counter attack on loop
6. Forehand push better-frequently used
7. Better for long play-away from table
8. Less powerful compared to G2

Backhand with G2
1. Spinnier
2. faster
3. less control
4. loop hit net- this never happen using other rubber(either off table or good)
5. last night the use of backhand was rare. So I cannot comments more.

Games Result
vs Hj. Din(3-2)
- placing ball to his forehand(spinny loop) key to easy points

vs Hamid(1-4)
- stay away from table

vs Mie Sulong(3-1)
- chance to loop serve(practice) on backhand
- counterattack

vs Mokh(3-2)
-Fast long serve( underspin or topspin) to his backhand/forehand and body followed by 3 rd ball attack.

Setup
TBS EL/G2

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Losing Night

Double with Mie sulong vs Mie Jkr/hazlee (3-2)-win
and vs Hamid/Din Pos(1-3)-lost

vs Zuri(1-3)
vs Hazlee(1-4)
vs Mie sulong(0-3)
vs Din Post (1-4)

all single games lost even with person who I beat before.
Reflectives:
1. Lost concentration on games
2. Backhand loop on serve not working with EL- need adjustment
3. Try new technic of returning serve- forehand push not stable
4. Many serve return were bad.

Setup
TBS G2/EL