Commentatoes on John McEnroes
There aren't John McEnroes. There is only one.
Patrick McEnroes: A few more there.
What about John McEnroe commentating upon himself? He doesn't do it very much, preferring to speak with his racket.
Or John McEnroe on McEnruefuls, which are imitation of John McEnroe strokes.
Again, reader, you won't get much from John, who is more than happy to speak about any other kind of player under the sun, male or female.
For good comment on John McEnroe, try Jimmy Arias.
Even there, though, Arias isn't apt to say much about John's use and lack of use of arm roll in his ground strokes, so we few players who love our McEnruefuls are pretty much left to our own devices in making this stuff up.
What is likely to happen to us, over time? Well, we always will learn from John McEnroe volleys the more trouble we take to study them, but we probably will have given up on his topspin backhands some time ago because of the unique structure of his grip and wrist.
And his serve? Impossible.
That leaves his forehands. One can be imitative there if not too closely so. Today as on many days I contemplate a single subject, arm roll in an Australian gripped McEnrueful-- more adaptable than the roll in all other forehand grip structures, in my view.
I advocate a down and up backswing as the lynch-pin of this forehand grip. The racket falls a bit to the outside and then cocks up slightly to the inside though still in the slot.
I don't even know any more how bent or straight the arm ought to be. Slightly bent at the cusp of those two possibilities.
Well, if down and up backswing is basic what about a shock and awe overhand loop? Fine if it brings racket head to the same stopped place to hit the normal slap-shot.
Reader, if you are capable of shock, you may be shocked by my word "stopped" over "slowed."
Sorry, but that's what I believe. The slap of slap-shot then includes forward roll. The rest of the stroke is a Chris Evert forehand, finishing at shoulder level and out to the side. One puts so much stick on the ball that one can, optionally, over-roll to egg it and still clear the net thus creating what Tim and Tom Gullickson used to call "pop-top," especially if facing heavy topspin coming the other way.
For a short angle off of a low ball, the roll is later and therefore completely different and more upward.
Yes, John McEnroe has freaky hand-to-eye but common sense is available also in the adaptability of Australian grip.
And the overhead shock and awe version of this forehand offers easy opportunity for grip change and abbreviation into dog pat of a Federfore/ATP3 .
There aren't John McEnroes. There is only one.
Patrick McEnroes: A few more there.
What about John McEnroe commentating upon himself? He doesn't do it very much, preferring to speak with his racket.
Or John McEnroe on McEnruefuls, which are imitation of John McEnroe strokes.
Again, reader, you won't get much from John, who is more than happy to speak about any other kind of player under the sun, male or female.
For good comment on John McEnroe, try Jimmy Arias.
Even there, though, Arias isn't apt to say much about John's use and lack of use of arm roll in his ground strokes, so we few players who love our McEnruefuls are pretty much left to our own devices in making this stuff up.
What is likely to happen to us, over time? Well, we always will learn from John McEnroe volleys the more trouble we take to study them, but we probably will have given up on his topspin backhands some time ago because of the unique structure of his grip and wrist.
And his serve? Impossible.
That leaves his forehands. One can be imitative there if not too closely so. Today as on many days I contemplate a single subject, arm roll in an Australian gripped McEnrueful-- more adaptable than the roll in all other forehand grip structures, in my view.
I advocate a down and up backswing as the lynch-pin of this forehand grip. The racket falls a bit to the outside and then cocks up slightly to the inside though still in the slot.
I don't even know any more how bent or straight the arm ought to be. Slightly bent at the cusp of those two possibilities.
Well, if down and up backswing is basic what about a shock and awe overhand loop? Fine if it brings racket head to the same stopped place to hit the normal slap-shot.
Reader, if you are capable of shock, you may be shocked by my word "stopped" over "slowed."
Sorry, but that's what I believe. The slap of slap-shot then includes forward roll. The rest of the stroke is a Chris Evert forehand, finishing at shoulder level and out to the side. One puts so much stick on the ball that one can, optionally, over-roll to egg it and still clear the net thus creating what Tim and Tom Gullickson used to call "pop-top," especially if facing heavy topspin coming the other way.
For a short angle off of a low ball, the roll is later and therefore completely different and more upward.
Yes, John McEnroe has freaky hand-to-eye but common sense is available also in the adaptability of Australian grip.
And the overhead shock and awe version of this forehand offers easy opportunity for grip change and abbreviation into dog pat of a Federfore/ATP3 .
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