Match Analysis Review
Hey,
Here’s a full match I played yesterday against a ch penhold guy that’s ~1800 USATT. Very tricky serves (as you’ll see by my bad returns).
Things I did well:
* My helper hand was in the right spot (aka in front of me) ~70% of the time. This was the main thing I wanted to do in this match even if everything else was super bad so I’m happy with it. I feel like the only way to get better at matchplay sometimes is just to tell yourself to focus on that one thing and be ok with not worrying about other stuff 🙂
* Some decent loops and some decent footwork.
* Also wanted to make sure I’m not leaning forward too much. Coach in portugal mentioned this and he’s right sometimes I’m just way too forward and this time it did not look that bad. Was also mindful of this and kept telling myself (alongside the helper hand so that helped)
Things I could do better:
* My FH loops still have me move my right foot sometimes as I’m looping. This does not happen really that much in practice anymore but I think this has to be a “focus” during a match just like my helper hand was during this one.
* After serve recieve and sometimes during a rally my right foot would be in front of my left which is not great (I know Jorgic and high level folks do this but I’ve been told multiple times at my level I need to ideally nothave this)
* Get better at returning weird side top serves. Honestly folks well above my level struggle with his serves and I just need to get better and more confident.
* Too stiff on the FH sometimes
* Paddle angle is too closed on some of the FH loopsÂ
Would love to hear your thoughts!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEIKipZoQpcE