Net rusher Ray vs Ben (Full)

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While trying to kick smash or x4 in padel, I realized that the technique I've been using for tennis doesn't directly translate over. I can hard smash to the wall but I needed more leverage to smash down into the padel court rather than far into the tennis court. I started tweaking the technique and ended up finding success with an increased internal shoulder rotation (ISR) in order to finish with the elbow turned and pointing up to the sky (visualize the Sampras serve/smash).

Starting to experiment with adding some increased ISR to my serve and am seeing some success right away. There was a period I experimented with adding more pronation (from the forearm) and I saw the increased speed but the balls were flying all over the place. Did more research and learnt that ISR is what we should be looking for, not pronation. Tennis coaching vocab is a little archaic.

If I can work out the inconsistencies, it seems my serves are having both higher RPMs and higher speeds (corroborated by my opponents so far when I asked for feedback).

Hi! I’m Ray and I play NTRP 3.5-4.0-ish level tennis in Singapore. Most players are self-rated on an app called Reclub, where many of us find hitting partners.

I (blue shirt) serve and volley and rush the net whenever the opportunity arises.

We play an 8-game pro set which I win 8-2.