It’s hard not to be mesmerised by this clip of a Nadal practice session. Look at Nadal’s shots and how the ball loops into the air and then the rotations start and it lands in. For a guy who hits a pretty flat shot, this get me very jealous. I find practice videos the best to study top player techniques and this video really gets you close to the action of …
Rafael Nadal plays with a big loopy swing that creates an enormous top spin. He uses the Babolat AeroPro Drive GT and has recently changed his strings from the yellow Hurricane Tour to something like a Duralast that is supposed to give even more top spin and make it possible for him to hit flatter and play more aggressively. You can see this during the clay season as Nadal looks …
