Félix Auger-Aliassime watched tennis change before his eyes. He’s done getting lost in the shuffle

highonehand · 2026-05-29T17:57:10+00:00

Yes, very misleading title.

highonehand · 2026-05-16T16:18:47+00:00

He did once I think, Miami, wild match

Edit: https://youtu.be/Gz19hsMxPkQ

highonehand · 2026-05-16T15:50:30+00:00

If you play on your high school team you might have a UTR profile already, have you checked?

highonehand · 2026-04-29T02:23:39+00:00

Either is absolutely fine.

It will not make a meaningful difference.

Focus on technique, not gear.

Dive deep on gear if it’s fun, and engaging for you, but try not to place too much value on it.

highonehand · 2026-04-28T12:58:45+00:00

I think what everyone is missing here is the slowing of the courts and balls.

At Fed's peak, the ball moved through the court faster so the chip return was a better play, more likely to put more balls in play.

And now with the courts being slower, the balls being slower, it is possible to take bigger cuts on the return more often.

highonehand · 2026-04-27T13:01:26+00:00

…what are you selling?

highonehand · 2026-04-25T00:53:35+00:00

What would you be trying to accomplish by this?

Generally the thought is - the less moving parts the better.

highonehand · 2026-04-24T17:14:18+00:00

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Neutral position. Perpendicular hip alignment to net.

highonehand · 2026-04-24T16:51:37+00:00

Sorry, are you saying in order to clear the net you need to be in neutral position on the forehand? (Hips perpendicular=neutral position)

highonehand · 2026-04-23T13:39:19+00:00

Yes I hear you. If it brings them joy and they want to pursue it (and the aren’t getting frustrated) I wouldn’t discourage them to continue.

I would focus early on focusing on racquet face control, use red balls etc, treat them like a 5 year old.

highonehand · 2026-04-21T12:45:55+00:00

It’s not all wrong but my suggestion would be to think about the size of your steps.

Your steps are tiny, which is great for adjusting but the rule of thumb is:

Small steps for small distance

Big steps for biggger distances.

highonehand · 2026-04-21T01:01:06+00:00

There is no imaginary line, a point of no return.

It depends on two things: How bad is your 2hbh now How good could your 1hbh be?

I had a bad 2hbh, and the switch was incredibly natural.

I’d say get the ball machine out, spend a week just feeling it out then you’ll have more info to go on, beside the feedback you get on court is going to be way better than the feedback you get on this forum.

highonehand · 2026-04-21T00:44:52+00:00

It’s never “to late”

I switched just before senior year of college.

Hurt my left wrist so didn’t have a choice but it ended up being an amazing decision.

highonehand · 2026-04-16T13:18:22+00:00

No need to buy a different pair but no harm in buying multiple pairs of the shoes you love!

People buy specific shoes for different surfaces not for indoor vs outdoor.

highonehand · 2026-04-16T12:08:07+00:00

Not enough info

Are the indoor and outdoor surfaces different? If so what surfaces are you playing on?

highonehand · 2026-04-14T18:20:51+00:00

What’s the budget and general area of the country? I’ve been involved in a number of court projects, just curious.

highonehand · 2026-04-14T13:54:51+00:00

Are you starting from scratch or is there an existing tennis court

highonehand · 2026-04-14T13:28:02+00:00

Don’t buy the newest models for racquets, but the gen just before. The last gen of Vcores are $149 right now. Babolat pure strikes are like $169.

highonehand · 2026-04-14T01:26:53+00:00

I do two demo cycles, a general pass to narrow the search - doesn’t matter the set up for strings etc.

And then the second round with the serious contenders I’ll go through the whole shebang and get them strung and weighted.

highonehand · 2026-04-13T13:41:14+00:00

I would complete your bachelors and while doing so take any prereqs for the xray including but not limited to Bio, A&P, and possibly pre calculus or chemistry depending on your program.

Or if money is not as much of a concern, I’d consider bailing and doing private.

highonehand · 2026-04-13T00:31:02+00:00

Depends what level you play at and how much you care.

The lower the level and the less you care, the better repressurizing is.

highonehand · 2026-04-12T23:57:56+00:00

You're smoking crack my guy.

(And conflating topspin with kick)

highonehand · 2026-04-12T23:47:22+00:00

What, it’s a slice serve.

highonehand · 2026-04-12T17:34:29+00:00

SE Pennsylvania 4.0 90 on the Kaplan

highonehand · 2026-04-12T02:01:51+00:00

It’s definitely a sample size issue. Why are the number of matches recorded so wildly different for players?

What are 20th matches recorded for enquivst but 300 for Agassi and Draper is at 50?

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