15 May 2012

RECEIVING THE SERVE WITH THE VOLLEY-NICK II.: AMR SHABANA vs. TAREK MOMEN

This morning we had a spectacular receiving of Amr Shabana's serve by Tarek Momen and I pointed out that putting away a loose serve into the nick is a standard drill for Egyptian players at training. 
Not just to make things more symmetrical, but here we have the mirror situation: the lefty Shabana receiving Momen's serve and putting it into the nick as well. Being on the forehand it had more pace, but the real difference was that the serve was not even bad at all: Shabana scrapped it off the sidewall. This version requires even more training, and on club level, I would just satisfy myself watching - and never trying - it.