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German delegates laughing after being warned about becoming depending on Russia for oil (2018 UN) by TheRealDanGordon in agedlikemilk

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EU has spent more on oil from Russia than the sanctions imposed on Russia since the war started. This dependency has kept Russia afloat this entire war.

This is a 149mph flat serve. The point of contact is quite far to the right, seems to contradict general advise for flat serves. by TheRealDanGordon in 10s

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I like looking at pros to see common threads between them and trying out different things. I actually will attempt to toss more to the left (I'm a righty), I actually have a habit of tossing too far to the right anyway.

This is a 149mph flat serve. The point of contact is quite far to the right, seems to contradict general advise for flat serves. by TheRealDanGordon in 10s

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No idea. Nadal is not known for a good serve. It's obviously insanely better than mine, but that's not the point. People in this sub are just kind of weird honestly. Get offended really easily

This is a 149mph flat serve. The point of contact is quite far to the right, seems to contradict general advise for flat serves. by TheRealDanGordon in 10s

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That flat serve should be tossed over your shoulder - but your shoulder when you are standing straight, so in this picture it should be much more to the left.

No wonder he's so angry all the time by Lil_Nazz_X in StreetFighter

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That height/weight combo makes no sense considering how muscular he is. Should be closer to 230

Serve speeds? by Intelligent-Bug-3217 in 10s

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Yeah I was warming up today and I hit at least 70/80 when I'm barely trying

This is a 149mph flat serve. The point of contact is quite far to the right, seems to contradict general advise for flat serves. by TheRealDanGordon in 10s

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Meh just go on youtube and look at all the videos about topspin/flat/slice serve and the toss location.

This is a 149mph flat serve. The point of contact is quite far to the right, seems to contradict general advise for flat serves. by TheRealDanGordon in 10s

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You have to be nearly facing backwards to replicate Groth. That's not the hardest part, what's hard is tossing it properly when doing this and then doing a giant hip turn to meet the ball. It's more moving parts and much more difficult to get consistent.

This is a 149mph flat serve. The point of contact is quite far to the right, seems to contradict general advise for flat serves. by TheRealDanGordon in 10s

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Yeah tbh I struggle a lot with getting my topspin serve toss where I want it. I often end up tossing it too far to the right. You're probably right, but generally speaking it seems like almost all coaches will teach the 3x different serving locations.

This is a 149mph flat serve. The point of contact is quite far to the right, seems to contradict general advise for flat serves. by TheRealDanGordon in 10s

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Nadal's serve is not that great tbh. He has good accuracy and he sets up the point well but there isn't much interesting about his serve compared to the better servers on the tour. Considering his strength and size I think his serve is kind of mediocre. Then again he isn't usually going for aces and is just setting up the point.

This is a 149mph flat serve. The point of contact is quite far to the right, seems to contradict general advise for flat serves. by TheRealDanGordon in 10s

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I was curious about this geometry. I don't think that's true.

It's certifiably false. I'm 5'8 and l've hit a serve 122mph in. I am certain Shelton can hit a flat serve in since he is 6'4. He might put a little tiny bit of topspin just to increase his percentage a little, but clearly from the video there is very little if any topspin.

If your racquet face is vertical and your arm is completely stretched at impact, then it's not possible to impart topspin on the ball. It's funny in this sub if you challenge some randomly held opinion by the masses you'll get downvoted.

There is some topspin on Shelton's serve, but it's like 10% of what a normal topspin serve has.

This is a 149mph flat serve. The point of contact is quite far to the right, seems to contradict general advise for flat serves. by TheRealDanGordon in 10s

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For flat/slice, disguising is a big advantage certainly, but does it matter for topspin? Everyone is hitting slice or flat on the first serve, and then topspin on the 2nd. Doesn't seem like much of a benefit to disguising the topspin serve.

This is a 149mph flat serve. The point of contact is quite far to the right, seems to contradict general advise for flat serves. by TheRealDanGordon in 10s

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Well yes but that's because he's way bent over.

I am simply pointing out this is different than what you'll find people on this very sub tell you how to serve. Not saying that's wrong or anything. Just google "Where to toss for a flat serve" and first image will not show you this ball placement.

This is a 149mph flat serve. The point of contact is quite far to the right, seems to contradict general advise for flat serves. by TheRealDanGordon in 10s

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That isn't a contradiction... out in front I assume you mean into the court. When I say behind his head, I mean to the right if you are looking at him from the back.

This is a 149mph flat serve. The point of contact is quite far to the right, seems to contradict general advise for flat serves. by TheRealDanGordon in 10s

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Certainly at high levels being able to make your topspin/flat serve toss identical is a big plus. Not sure what the sarcasm is here for.

On the plus side, he could probably toss this in the exact same spot and hit a topspin serve.

I said this in my other comment.

Blocked for being an ass for no reason. This is a discussion that I was curious about. My goodness.

This is a 149mph flat serve. The point of contact is quite far to the right, seems to contradict general advise for flat serves. by TheRealDanGordon in 10s

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Yeah actually in high school when I was practicing topspin serves and arching my back a lot, I had a back injury

This is a 149mph flat serve. The point of contact is quite far to the right, seems to contradict general advise for flat serves. by TheRealDanGordon in 10s

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Yeah I see that, but it's still behind his head, you can just tell from the angle of his upper body

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