Chapter 61 Study Tour - Stuttgart 6
The strength of German tennis is ranked among the best in Europe, and competitions under the age of 14 will definitely not be easy. During this month, An Yuexi and Larry, who is also competing, focused on practicing their left hands.
The left hand is An Yuexi's big trump card, but the practice time is not long, and the level is not as good as that of the right hand, but the strength is gradually surpassing that of the right hand.
There is only one week left before the final competition, and both of them focus their training on playing practice matches, left-hand against left-hand, right-hand against left-hand.
In half a year, Qi Sheng has become a semi-qualified coach, and his ability to guide and communicate with the two in training is getting stronger and stronger. This week's practice matches are all left to him to watch and record, so that he can check and fill in the gaps after the practice matches.
Qi Sheng thought that An Yuexi's overall quality was higher than that of Larry after the injury. After all, Larry was a professional player and his competition experience was not comparable to that of An Yuexi. The first left-handed practice match was really exciting.
"One set determines the winner, abs serves first." Qi Sheng, who also serves as the referee, announced the start of the game.
Tennis is a sport that is more favorable to left-handed players. One of the reasons is that there are too many right-handed players than left-handed players. Right-handed players have very limited experience against left-handed players, while left-handed players have little experience against right-handed players.
The second is that when the left hand hits the ball, if the hitting point of the forehand position is further away from the center of gravity of the body, the ball hit will be more powerful. In theory, it is knowledge from physical science.
When hitting the ball, the arm holding the racket is equivalent to drawing a large half circle. The farther the hitting point is from the center of the circle (the body), the greater the centrifugal force and the greater the force generated - this is the biggest advantage of left-handed players.
First, with this, left-handed players can defend a wider range, which is at least one position larger than right-handed players.
Just imagine, in a high-speed duel, having one more defensive position means that more balls will be caught by left-handed players, and in the same situation, right-handers have no choice but to be automatically disadvantaged.
The third reason why left-handed players have the advantage is serving.
The rotation direction of a left-handed serve is opposite to that of a right-hander. That is to say, the ball sent out will deflect more outwards at a larger angle, making it harder to catch. Even if the ball is caught, it will run out of the court because of chasing the ball, and it will be too late.
Back on defense, the huge gap behind you can easily be attacked successfully.
However, today's practice match is left-handed versus left-handed, so it is not possible to actually verify the tennis theory summarized by Qi Sheng so quickly.
Left hand! An Yuexi holds the racket with two-thirds of her strength, throws the ball, and hits it.
Flat ball from the sideline! Larry grabbed the ball and felt the momentum of the ball hitting the racket. He was a little surprised. An Yuexi's left hand was stronger than his right hand!
He returned to the midline position, but the landing point was not deep. Larry watched as An Yuexi firmly grasped the offensive advantage, took a few steps forward, and turned everything into a small ball in front of the net.
After all, Larry is a former professional player. Even if he now switches to playing left-handed, his previous experience in the professional arena is not comparable to just anyone. The moment An Yuexi started to attack, he was already running towards the net, and happened to be in front of the net.
The ball hits the ground and bounces at a low altitude.
However, she still miscalculated. The small ball in front of the net added a strong spin, and the ball was ejected out of bounds as soon as the racket touched the ball.
"15:0!"
Returning to the baseline position, Larry lowered his head, straightened out his shooting line, calmed down his emotions, and refocused his mind.
Sure enough, abs' ball is not easy to catch.
Half a month ago, IMG Academy released An Yuexi's training schedule for this quarter on the occasion of measuring her physical condition. The above training focuses on ball spin.
An Yuexi's current physical fitness is not as good as that of European and American players, and her strength is also weak. If there is a way to make up for it, there are only two methods: topspin and slice (the spin method is backspin). This is in line with her previously estimated training outline
Coincidentally.
However, how long have you been practicing topspin and chipping? An Yuexi's left hand has improved so much that she really can't compare!
However, Larry took it with his immature left hand, so he is not at a disadvantage so far. At least she is an adult, and her arm strength is stronger than An Yuexi's no matter what.
Larry believed that as long as she played a few more balls with such spin, she would be able to adapt.
The second serve is coming...
"The game is over, abs wins. The score is 7:5!"
She lost! Larry gasped and stared in distress at his left hand that was still not natural after three months of practice. Sure enough, it was still too difficult to switch from right-handed to left-handed.
"Larry, don't be frustrated. If you can play more steadily in the last game and reduce unnecessary mistakes, then the outcome is hard to say." Qi Sheng, who is considered to be 'mostly a novice coach', said sincerely, and then recorded the video
Called out, "Look at this, the ball is handled too impatiently at the critical moment. Xiao Xi has good insight. Of course, he must seize your loopholes and focus on attacking. And the most important thing is the backhand shot..."
An Yuexi took a sip of water. Indeed, if Larry's mentality was more stable and he could control his hitting power a little more, the outcome might be different.
After wiping his sweat, Larry took the water from An Yuexi and thought about how to use his rich experience in professional games with his left hand.
But she also knew that this problem could not be solved in a short time, so she couldn't help but sigh and said to An Yuexi, "Let's play another practice match in the afternoon. You use your right hand."
"Are you sure? If you use your right hand, you will be even more frustrated." An Yuexi smiled, showing her white teeth. No matter how she looked, she had bad intentions.
"..." Larry gritted his teeth. Is it interesting to hit her like this every day? She won't do what you want!
However, thinking this way, she couldn't help but the anger flashing in her eyes, "Let's see who will be disappointed then!"
They fell into the trap! An Yuexi and Qi Sheng secretly curled their lips and laughed.
However, being offended by An Yuexi's words so easily, Larry's mentality is very fragile now! Qi Sheng thought about the tennis psychology training in the book and decided to work an extra hour after tonight.
In the afternoon practice match, An Yuexi won without any surprise. Larry became even more frustrated.
"Hahaha, Larry, are you even more frustrated?"
Before the game ended, An Yuexi made a face at Larry, causing Larry to chase people all over the court with his racket. However, An Yuexi was flexible and could use the few obstacles in the court to resist him.
Caught in.
Larry chased for a long time without even touching the corner of An Yuexi's clothes. He was so exhausted that he quickly fell to the ground and was not in the mood to chase anymore.
Qi Sheng watched with amusement in his heart. They were really two energetic guys!
However, in this way, Larry is no longer depressed at all. This can be regarded as An Yuexi's help to Larry without leaving any trace.
In the next few days, the two will play two practice matches every day, either on clay or hard court.
Chapter completed!