🎾 OFFICIAL AGASSI RETRO THREAD - ATC II 2024 Hot Lava “aged” retro 🎾

SinnerP said:
 
Nothing new... just a bit more footage.



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Agassi is wearing the lacelocks so I have to put them back in 
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He mentioned to keep her feet on the ground why? Was it for balance? 

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Alll the tennis clips you guys post got me wanting to give it another shot  
 
NYC757 said:
Agassi is wearing the lacelocks so I have to put them back in :lol:

 
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I'll tell you this much, I relaced my Wimbledons, and you'd be surprised how much of a difference it makes when you put that lace lock 2 notches lower. Totally changes the look and I love it.

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J
 
The laces aren't that bad honestly yall kinda over exaggerating .. It's only hard at the top 2 and bottom 2 at least for me that's where it sucked n hurt my finger tips
 
NYC757 said:
Off topic:
He mentioned to keep her feet on the ground why? Was it for balance? 

@SinnerP

@KB24strikesagain

Alll the tennis clips you guys post got me wanting to give it another shot  
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Not sure what he meant exactly as I couldn't see what the lady was doing.  You can hit groundstrokes (assuming she was hitting a groundstroke) with your feet planted as well as with a bit of lift... depending on the situation.  

If you're serious about getting into it, I'd highly recommend finding a coach or hitting with someone who knows what they're doing.  I've seen beginner/novice players play each other and they had the worst time ever.  Spent most of the time picking up tennis balls and picking up bad habits. 
 
NYC757 said:
Agassi is wearing the lacelocks so I have to put them back in :lol:


Off topic:

He mentioned to keep her feet on the ground why? Was it for balance? 

@SinnerP

@KB24strikesagain


Alll the tennis clips you guys post got me wanting to give it another shot  
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He said that because she's completely off-balance. If she kept her feet on the ground, she could drive into the ball. By lifting her back foot up she's losing a ton of power on the shot. It could also cause the shoulders to fly open too soon and the shot might not go where you want it. But you're taught to step into the ball so it's defnitely a bad habit. It looks like she is compensating for more top spin by lifting the back foot to try to get under the ball. The back foot has to be planted and hers is going backwards. Watch Andre's back foot, it's always planted even if the front one is moving. His momentum is going forward as he squares up to the ball.
 
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I love the Hot Lava. I picked up my first pair for $89.99 and I just picked up my second for $29.99 had a special $50 off coupon from DTLR.
 
SinnerP said:
 
Not sure what he meant exactly as I couldn't see what the lady was doing.  You can hit groundstrokes (assuming she was hitting a groundstroke) with your feet planted as well as with a bit of lift... depending on the situation.  

If you're serious about getting into it, I'd highly recommend finding a coach or hitting with someone who knows what they're doing.  I've seen beginner/novice players play each other and they had the worst time ever.  Spent most of the time picking up tennis balls and picking up bad habits. 
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I appreciate the insight. I think I found my " coach"  below 
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KB24strikesagain said:
He said that because she's completely off-balance. If she kept her feet on the ground, she could drive into the ball. By lifting her back foot up she's losing a ton of power on the shot. It could also cause the shoulders to fly open too soon and the shot might not go where you want it. But you're taught to step into the ball so it's defnitely a bad habit. It looks like she is compensating for more top spin by lifting the back foot to try to get under the ball. The back foot has to be planted and hers is going backwards. Watch Andre's back foot, it's always planted even if the front one is moving. His momentum is going forward as he squares up to the ball.
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Thanks man!!!  
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This is the same with golf weight transfer, balance, pronation, supination but the major difference is your not running like in tennis 
 
I was on Nike Find earlier searching for some Blazers and I asked the rep about the blue suedes for the hell of it. She had no info on them...
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OtakuAnt said:
 
I was on Nike Find earlier searching for some Blazers and I asked the rep about the blue suedes for the hell of it. She had no info on them...
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Ive only seen 2 pair of them on ebay... one of the dudes told me how he was able to get a pair... he mentioned he went through a broker in China

I think they were Asia only release 
 
NYC757 said:
Ive only seen 2 pair of them on ebay... one of the dudes told me how he was able to get a pair... he mentioned he went through a broker in China

I think they were Asia only release 
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I don't even know if they were officially released and if they were they must have been a Chinese exclusive (not Asian), because I've had connects in Seoul and Tokyo on the lookout for these and they've seen nothing. The only place I've seen them is taobao. Is it possible that Nike cancelled them and the factories just went into production with whatever materials they already had? Or were these on retail shelves in China?
 
KB24strikesagain said:
He said that because she's completely off-balance. If she kept her feet on the ground, she could drive into the ball. By lifting her back foot up she's losing a ton of power on the shot. It could also cause the shoulders to fly open too soon and the shot might not go where you want it. But you're taught to step into the ball so it's defnitely a bad habit. It looks like she is compensating for more top spin by lifting the back foot to try to get under the ball. The back foot has to be planted and hers is going backwards. Watch Andre's back foot, it's always planted even if the front one is moving. His momentum is going forward as he squares up to the ball.
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Having watched that vid again, I agree that she did look off-balance, but from that vid, I think she might still be a better player than that other guy.  His strokes just looked so awkward.  On his back-foot as well and at times, his FH was "all-arm"... Plus AA's comment on "1 hand or 2?" presumably about his BH... 
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abracadabra said:
I don't even know if they were officially released and if they were they must have been a Chinese exclusive (not Asian), because I've had connects in Seoul and Tokyo on the lookout for these and they've seen nothing. The only place I've seen them is taobao. Is it possible that Nike cancelled them and the factories just went into production with whatever materials they already had? Or were these on retail shelves in China?
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I think Nike stopped production liked you said  and what was left was sold on taobao 
 
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