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Written by Sergio Cruz
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How Rome can be a stepping stone to winning Roland Garros?
If the best of 5 sets was played from round one and the draw was 128, it would be more difficult to win than Roland Garros which is undoubtably the hardest of them all.
We could ask the question 'What about the US Open on hard courts, the Australian in the searing sun and Wimbledon on grass? Yes, they are really tough tournaments to win, but given that any clay court match demands a lot more on physical, mental and technical resources from the players, I can not help but rank the Italian Open as very difficult if not more difficult to win than those.
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Written by Saspcruz
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Tennis Instruction: The best way to reach difficult shots that force you to run a large stretch of the tennis court is to use the 100 meter runner starting techniques:
- Immediately let go the supporting hand of the racket handle or throat.
- The first three steps should be powerful and long to gain maximum terrain
- Keep the momentum and speed by powerfully moving your arms and legs in sync.
- Keep your eyes on the ball and target zone
- When getting close (on clay) slide for it before contact
- When getting close (on hard), you have 2 choices;
1. Hit the ball on the run to the open spot going for broke.
2. Slow down, break, step-up and hit.
Whatever you do, DO NOT slide on hard courts there is an enormous danger of your foot getting stuck and serious fall and injury may occur!
The 2 videos below exemplify how to do it on clay.
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Written by Saspcruz
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In recent years the World of Cycling has been turned upside down by doping cases involving all kinds of top stars, "Le tour de France" leaders and recent winners tainted with the doping question.
This got me thinking about our little world of tennis and in all fairness these questions popped up in my mind, what if:
- Police raids, like those in cycling in Italy, France, Spain or Belgium, were made at all major tournaments' Australian Open, Miami Open, Italian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open at the tennis player’s guest houses and hotels? What would the Police find? Nothing?
- Independent labs examined the blood and urine samples presented by the players rather then labs controlled either by the ATP or ITF? Would the results be different? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/2116810.stm
Since the ATP and the ITF run the drug testing programs, isn't this a bit of the case of the fox in the chicken coop? And I decide who gets eaten or not? Which some South American players often complain about.
Are drugs and doping systems like; Steroids (Anabolic), EPO, HGH (Growth Hormone), cocaine, amphetamines and some other forms of blood doping not effective in tennis?Write Comment (0 comments) |
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