Does anybody else think that all the top american players play the same way?

Question

I mean if you think about it Roddick, Blake, Querrey, and Isner all have big serves and powerful forehands. And all of them are baseliners. They all struggle on clay, (though Blake did make the final of one clay tournament, but for the most part his weakest surface.) and love fast hard courts.

Does anyone else see a trend for americans?

Answer 1

Yes, But I think it is just a generation of Americans who play this way.

In the past Sampras too had a big serve but was a vollyer rather than a baseliner.

Agassi had everything including a great ability when it came to returning serve.

Then there is the likes of Todd Martin and Brad Gilbert who were a bit more like your description of the present Americans.

Answer 2

I definetly see the trend. Its been that way for sometime now. I think it really has to do where they grow up. There arent many clay courts here in America, pretty much all hard courts, and there game really suits that surface. So when they have to step on a clay court its not that they're horrible on the surface its just these other guys (nadal) have been playing on it for years just like americans been playing on hard courts for years. The trend ends when USA gets more different surfaces.

Answer 3

Yes you're right all Americans play the same way.  It's because they all train the same way.  

They all go to the same camps, the same coaches, and the same courts for help.  I just went to a camp and worked with the same coaches that roddick worked with.  Generation after generation are learning the same old tricks.

About being weak on clay it's because most Americans grow up on hardcourts not clay courts.  How many clay courts can you find in your home town?

Happy to help:-)

Answer 4

I guess some Americans are tastyyyy there more like burgers tho than ur spainish,swisss,serbbs sausages though :)

Hope i helped :P

Answer 5

Yes, it's this typical American-style baseline game where they hit away plainly, go for too much and simply go for aces.  It can get boring and tiring.  It really screams out loud big tennis training school that produces identical style players coming out of a factory.  When it is tournament time, the variety, well-roundedness and artistry of the international players causes the Americans to falter.