on a windy day like today this is especially if you're playing with the wind back there
I think this is where your forehand it's very good because you do have good control over it
I think this is where you shine so the all the stuff that I told you
a few days ago where you're kind of low to the ground you play with spin you have good ball
control all that is coming in your favor like someone that's like more of a flat ball Striker
is going to struggle on a day like today because it's extremely windy so this is
your forehead today is perfect I can put you on this side uh and you can hit some from this side
and we'll see what's going on this is Against the Wind so you can hit out a little bit more
but I'll try to use your body even more okay so just when you hit these like soft ones you
don't have a lot of paste coming your way so this way you have to use your body a lot so
you you you're using your body good but do it even more let's see what happens like if you
throw yourself into the ball let's just see what happens okay like rip it a little harder
five more one
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five
that was a lot better and guess what now you were completely Airborne yeah
and the body was involved so it's just a little bit more violent movement there like using your
body you know how to do it like you don't need to learn how to do it you already know how to do it
you just have to do it because your muscle memory in the last six years was just a
stand and just a control here maneuver the ball now like use your body more
yeah because your mechanics are good you just like the right there that was a lot
better so anytime you get a floating ball you have to hit it like that five more one
two
three
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five
see the way you hit your forehands on when a ball is softer theoretically you
could hit your forehead like that all the time you know that's like down the road
I think something that you want to think about to engage your body on all four hands not just
when the ball doesn't have any bass but I don't know but on all forehands just to be a little bit
more you use your body a little bit more because you're going to get more a lot more power that way
and only that but you actually get more control because the arm is supported by the body and
doesn't have to work too much in isolation right yeah also what I always thought with you one of
your strengths that I observed and that's also going to play well in double swing valleys on both
sides forehand and backhand that's one of your strengths right so so definitely like continue to
work on those and continue to keep them sharp because that's something you can use a lot
back to the middle six seven come on back to the middle go go go go go go eight nine
back to the middle ten eleven last one come come come come come
okay are you ready to go full out
okay go ahead and go full out
Okay go again
more time
there's a there's some potential for more power on the Serve by using the body
so you have what I call a j serve so when you bend like this your torso straight but
your knees are bent and also from the front it's a very straight up and down position so
you bend but your body is not leaning much so you don't have a lot of curvature in your body
so without the curvature you're gonna obviously straight straighten the legs
so think if you bent your upper body there's basically two ways to bend it
you can bend it like this sticking the hip out and you can bend backwards a little bit
if you bend the upper body too and then the legs are obviously going to continue to bend now
you're going to bend the bottom and the top together and there's a little bit more potential
for power so the backward Bend is going to be a little bit more difficult to do but the forward
bend is going to be a little bit easier so I would like you to try to put your hips slightly into the
cord when you come when you come in here you put your hold on when you put your back foot up to the
front foot then you actually put a little bit around which is okay here you you slightly put
your hip forward like this you understand what I'm saying so instead of you going like this
what you're doing now this is you right now okay you're gonna try to go a little bit more like this
or maybe even like this a little bit more you're loading the top half a little bit
more there you go like that so that when you when you get into that loading position your
body is a little bit more like a c rather than an i so you don't want to straight but
but you don't want this to be
it can be straight it can it can't be straight there's a different style I want you to try it
out and see what you see if you like it this is more of a style not necessarily a fundamental
because even when you're straight you still have the option to bend a little bit more back and to
lean forward so there's a lot of options here to do okay but right now I feel like you're under
utilizing the the upper body a little bit on your serve okay you're under utilizing the top half
okay that was better that was better now let's try to get the hip a little bit more into the cord
maybe the hardest serve you hit so far
there might have more power
give me one more with the hip
Emma it's faster right now I hope it's not the wind that's blowing behind I don't know it's a
combination but I did four in a row it's beautiful like 10 miles an hour 10 miles
an hour faster and they're in and they're in placement too I wanted to advice when
you come back we're going to continue to work on the service like I said your forehand and
your serve has a lot of potential for more power yeah okay good work you keep going I can work on
placement of what everything uh the shots okay you you go to fitness go
I'll pick up hey guys so I might have to leave and go to fitness
but I'm gonna tell you my opinion on Emma's comeback and this can stay between me and you
everyone here it is but here is my biggest worry about Emma's comeback regarding singles I'm not
too worried about doubles I think uh she could do she can do quite well in doubles she has the
right strengths to succeed in WTA doubles like she's really good at swing Valley she's good at
the net she returns well she's a spot server but the thing about singles on the WTA tour
what Emma needs to improve is the following she needs to get more explosive and I told her this
right before she went off to her Fitness session that she needs to improve her first two three
steps out of the blocks reaction time and also recovery time so after she hits a shot recovering
those first two two three steps she needs to get a lot faster and those because if she plays somebody
who's super aggressive a power player she's going to get eaten up can you tell this guy
to work on your explosiveness yes like this one this right here like those first two steps that's
and when you hit recovery also Emma is a very consistent player but she's lacking a little
bit of power so what I'm going to work on is fine-tune her technique so that she can maximize
her power potential on her serve her forehand and her backhand so that she doesn't always
have to rely on her grittiness and her mental strength to win matches but that she can also
get some free points here and there because my worry is that if she plays against a very strong
power hit up that someone like that can blow him off the court so Emma needs to hold her own
and develop a little bit more power in her shots and that's what I'm here for I'm gonna try to
maximize Emma's power now let's see what happens you guys are going to come along for the ride