All-round Athlete

Chapter 321 Adapting to the Clay Court

"How is it? You can still adapt to the footsteps on the clay court!" Coach Zhang asked.

"It's still slightly different from the hard court, and the feeling of these shoes is also different." Zhang Guan stopped, and then said: "Generally speaking, the court is quite flat."

At this time, Zhang Guan had already changed into tennis shoes for clay courts. The soles had wide wavy grooves, which were different from the fine herringbone patterns of hard-court tennis shoes, and the friction was relatively greater.

Coach Zhang went on to say: "The flatness of the clay court is definitely not as good as that of the hard court. Although the surface looks similar, and the feet are the same, there are actually many uneven places. After landing, it will show obvious changes. The direction of the ball flight will be affected by this unevenness, so the variables on the clay court will be greater. Because of this, many players like to choose more conservative balls on the clay court. style of play."

Coach Zhang thought for a while, and then said: "The clay court usually needs more maintenance. It needs regular leveling and line drawing. When it comes to the French Open, although the court will be tidied up every day after the game, the high-intensity The game will definitely make the court appear more uneven, especially the main stadium Philippe Chattier and Susan Lenglen. The game will be played for 15 consecutive days, so in the following games, the tennis will be affected by the ground. will have an ever-increasing impact.”

Zhang Guan nodded and said yes, he knows that once the ground is uneven, the direction of the tennis ball and the speed of the tennis ball will be affected, and then it will affect the athlete's catch, and even think about the athlete's tactical choice. Move your whole body with one shot.

Coach Zhang picked up the racket and ball, walked to the opposite of Zhang Guan, and said, "Look at this ball!"

Coach Zhang hit the ball with a swing, a quick flat serve, but after the tennis ball bounced off the ground, the speed obviously slowed down a lot.

"See, this is what I call 'slow game'!" Coach Zhang said.

Zhang Guan said: "I remember this, you told me that the ground of clay is not very hard, there will be a lot of friction when the ball hits the ground, and the ball loses a large part of its kinetic energy, so the ball will jump faster Slow. Therefore, the clay court is also called a slow court.”

"That's right, the pace of the green court you see on the southwest coast of the United States is slower than that of the clay court, which is very suitable for beginners. In the past few years, there were still many games on the green court, but now it is basically gone. Canceled. In addition, the humidity of the air will have a great impact on the clay court, the greater the air humidity, the greater the stickiness of the clay court, and more variables in playing." Coach Zhang pointed to the sky, and then said : "But you don't have to worry too much about the air humidity. May in Paris is the dry season, and there is very little precipitation. You may have to drink more water during the game. In addition, the temperature in Paris in May is 10-20 degrees Celsius, which is more suitable. You don’t have to worry about the 40-degree weather at the Australian Open.”

After Coach Zhang finished speaking, he took out another tennis ball: "Look at this ball again."

This time, Coach Zhang did not use the traditional serving action, but directly used a hitting action and hit a topspin.

The tennis ball bounced off the ground, and the speed slowed down again, but the ball bounced very high, almost reaching the position of Zhang Guan's chest. You must know that Zhang Guan has a height of more than 1.9 meters, and his chest position is almost the place where many players' shoulders are slightly lower.

"Did you see it? Did you bounce it very high?" Coach Zhang continued: "This is another major feature of the clay court. The topspin ball will bounce very high. My topspin level is average, which is far better than that of the clay court. You know that you are the best player in the world. Generally, when Federer hits topspin on clay, the ball will definitely bounce to the shoulder; if it is Nadal, the ball often returns to the top of the player’s head.”

"Doesn't that mean that tall people are more beneficial?" Zhang Guan tried to hit a topspin ball while talking. The spin of Zhang Guan's shot was not weaker than that of Nadal. After the ball landed, it bounced directly above Coach Zhang's head.

Zhang Guan was a little surprised, he didn't expect the ball to bounce so high. On the opposite side, Coach Zhang continued: "In terms of height alone, it can indeed be said that tall people have an advantage, but don't forget that in today's tennis world, tall players all use a more violent style of play. Movement is often lacking. On clay courts, footwork is the most important. And because the rhythm of the clay court is slow, it is easier to catch the ball, even a player who is not tall can catch a high ball!"

"When you were at the Australian Open, you often had one-shot wins. Only when you played against Federer could you be forced to play longer rounds. But in a slow-paced arena like the French Open, there are not many chances of one-shot wins. Frequent rounds are the most common." Coach Zhang stretched out three fingers, and then said: "So when playing clay court, the most important thing is three points, one is quick response, two is quick movement, and the most important What matters is tenacious will!"

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Before the French Open, there were three so-called warm-up matches, namely the Monte Carlo Masters, the Rome Masters and the Hamburg Masters. The wind vane of the French Open.

Among them, the Monte Carlo Masters was the first to start, and the final was undoubtedly between Federer and Nadal. Since last year's French Open final, the two have not played against each other on clay. As a result, Nadal successfully defeated Federer and defended his status as the "king of clay".

When Zhang Guan arrived in Europe, the Masters in Rome had just ended. Unfortunately, Federer failed to enter the final, while Chilean cannon Gonzalez, who was in good condition, overcame all obstacles and entered the final. In the final, Nadal easily defeated Gonzalez and avenged the Australian Open.

Gonzalez's violent style of play is indeed not good at playing on clay courts. In the Hamburg station of the Masters a week later, on the same clay court, Gonzalez met Narada again in the quarter-finals. Dahl was still defeated by Nadal, and the final of this game was a duel between Federer and Nadal. This is also the 11th "Cow Bean War". Most people think that Nadal is about to continue the Rome station He was in a good state at the time and won on the field he was good at, but the result was that Federer defeated Nadal. More importantly, the deciding set between the two sides was won by Federer 6-0, giving Nadal a zero egg.

At this time, there is only one week left before the French Open, and in the new week, the French Open will also be announced.

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