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[samuelbateman]

Another day, another hit

Had a good hitting session today, hit pretty clean. My backhand was extremely low percentage though so I spent some time drop feeding it. I don't really feel like I got a lot out of that. I drop fed some forehands and founds snapping my hips forcibly from closed to open really juices up the forehand. I feel like I worked hard but I lost my focus in the backhand side of the 3 and 1 drill and just hit volleys. I didn't follow through on lifting though cause I was tired. Room to improve. Shaping the ball was also alittle subpar

[samuelbateman]

Really cool trick

So I was playing today and I had a really bad hitting day with my mental game. However, after practice in my private, I started looking backwards after hitting the ball. And I hit every ball extremely cleanly and in which was surprising. Either way, today I know I need to work on balance in my mental game, ying yang type. Also, I hit a enormous shot today against a pretty good player. Probably the hardest I've ever hit a ball. It was soooo loud and amazing, but it didn't feel hard, it was just a lot if rhythm, focus and relaxation at contact. But it was huge.

[samuelbateman]

Back in the saddle again

So after lazing around alittle these past couple weeks, I'm having fun in tennis again. I am a lot more passionate again and yesterday I hit it pretty hard and had a fantastic day. I lifted after school, hurt my hip alittle squatting but whatever. I went to practice and worked on doubles. Finally I had my first private lesson with a new coach and it went fantastically. He taught me how to use my hand to set up my strike zone and also to get my belly button to face the sideline whenever I go to hit. Also they are changing my service motion alittle and simplifying a lot of my game. Let's hope it goes well. I also learned how intense Federer practices and how much amateurs and pros differ in mindset

[samuelbateman]

Baaaaaaad day

Wow I wasn’t feeling great today but I got on the tennis court and I got by with some serious burnout after my mom yelling at me and I could barely put 3 balls together. I’m thinking taking a week off after 3 years without one so I can get back some of the passion. Also my shoulder is pretty swollen but the trainer (Brena) says it’s should be fine, I do have to Ice 4 times a day till I see her again, which isn't till Monday. I'll get some much needed r and r and see how I'm feeling next weekend and if I'm feeling positive and driven again, I'll get back to hitting it hard.

[samuelbateman]

Yesterday

Yesterday was my first day of competitive edge high performance tennis program. I feel like I played terrible for my first time there. I was most definitely not in the flow and I found myself late, overwhelmed and muscling a lot of shots. Even though I managed to win many of the drills, and everyone was very impressed by my game and one-handed backhand, it wasn't the way it should have been. I did serve very precisely though which wasn't per say new to me but was appreciated and I found some new angles that I liked but couldn't seem to hit my ad court flat wide serve. the lack of power on my serves was scary to me, but I think like always after a break from serving I'll be back hitting a buck 20 maybe a buck 30. That's what I get for being lazy these past couple days. On a side note I got hit by a racquet in the left shoulder by another player and it's bothering me quite a bit, I'll go talk to Brena today before I play. I'll tell yah how it goes. -Sam

[samuelbateman]

What is this?

This is a page to let me journal and look at how I played, how I trained, etc. in my quest to be the greatest tennis player ever