Words To Live By (but not in the first paragraph)
Puerto Vallarte. I once had a girlfriend who recorded every episode of THE CHARLIE ROSE SHOW.
I don't like the word "had" in the previous sentence if it gives too much away. I wanted to contribute to this woman's life, I really did, but somebody didn't let the other in.
Eventually, I became surfeited with so much Charlie Rose, and when I look back now I prefer the sport shows.
I admire the one where Charlie interviewed Roger Federer in the way that Roger and Charlie put so much emphasis on tennis footwork.
I'm sure that Charlie Rose plays tennis but not at a level where he can stand up at the net and give a private lesson to one or six players and contribute to the world's collective tennis knowledge in this major way.
Basic interview works like this: The interviewee knows a lot. The interviewer knows nothing.
We could and should much more often call the interviewer a willfully ignorant dolt. Me, I call him or her a commentato.
If though Charlie Rose next goes out on a tennis court to concentrate on movement in an entirely new way, he was not a commentato but his favorite expression a tabula rasa.
Because, according to football quarterback Tom Brady and his trainer-friend Alex Guerrero not to be confused with The Brady Bundchen, "Where concentration goes, the energy flows, and that's what grows."
Others can mock the homeliness of this homily or maybe just dismiss or dilute its meaning but not I. Great words to live by whether Brady wins the next Superbowl or not.
When Charlie Rose interviewed Manny Pachaio he did the exact same thing as with Federer. He put huge focus on something simple whether through superb editing or dumb luck.
Looking into the camera or away from it-- I can't remember-- Pachaio, who admires Bruce Lee, shadowboxed from both sides. Hand from in close twisted inward about 90 degrees to put knuckles on the target.
"Unbelievably fast," said Charlie Rose.
This to me looks like the left hand in the most modern two-hand backhand as explained by Dr. Brian Gordon.
For all of his research on this shot, Brian himself can't hit it. Courageously, he admitted that in this forum.
Me, I tried but can't do it either. My left hand has to let go, transforming the stroke into a completely different and less compact shot.
Nevertheless, could one apply the lesson to the ATP3 forehand, i.e., turn a Federfore into a Manny Pachaio-Bruce Lee punch?
The first part of the cycle would remain the same only with pat of a taller dog so as to preserve some arm bend.
Arm then would straighten as it twisted from upper arm or lower arm or both.
Contact would occur with arm still somewhat bent or straight, I don't know.
I'm in Mexico. I don't have to make anything work.
Puerto Vallarte. I once had a girlfriend who recorded every episode of THE CHARLIE ROSE SHOW.
I don't like the word "had" in the previous sentence if it gives too much away. I wanted to contribute to this woman's life, I really did, but somebody didn't let the other in.
Eventually, I became surfeited with so much Charlie Rose, and when I look back now I prefer the sport shows.
I admire the one where Charlie interviewed Roger Federer in the way that Roger and Charlie put so much emphasis on tennis footwork.
I'm sure that Charlie Rose plays tennis but not at a level where he can stand up at the net and give a private lesson to one or six players and contribute to the world's collective tennis knowledge in this major way.
Basic interview works like this: The interviewee knows a lot. The interviewer knows nothing.
We could and should much more often call the interviewer a willfully ignorant dolt. Me, I call him or her a commentato.
If though Charlie Rose next goes out on a tennis court to concentrate on movement in an entirely new way, he was not a commentato but his favorite expression a tabula rasa.
Because, according to football quarterback Tom Brady and his trainer-friend Alex Guerrero not to be confused with The Brady Bundchen, "Where concentration goes, the energy flows, and that's what grows."
Others can mock the homeliness of this homily or maybe just dismiss or dilute its meaning but not I. Great words to live by whether Brady wins the next Superbowl or not.
When Charlie Rose interviewed Manny Pachaio he did the exact same thing as with Federer. He put huge focus on something simple whether through superb editing or dumb luck.
Looking into the camera or away from it-- I can't remember-- Pachaio, who admires Bruce Lee, shadowboxed from both sides. Hand from in close twisted inward about 90 degrees to put knuckles on the target.
"Unbelievably fast," said Charlie Rose.
This to me looks like the left hand in the most modern two-hand backhand as explained by Dr. Brian Gordon.
For all of his research on this shot, Brian himself can't hit it. Courageously, he admitted that in this forum.
Me, I tried but can't do it either. My left hand has to let go, transforming the stroke into a completely different and less compact shot.
Nevertheless, could one apply the lesson to the ATP3 forehand, i.e., turn a Federfore into a Manny Pachaio-Bruce Lee punch?
The first part of the cycle would remain the same only with pat of a taller dog so as to preserve some arm bend.
Arm then would straighten as it twisted from upper arm or lower arm or both.
Contact would occur with arm still somewhat bent or straight, I don't know.
I'm in Mexico. I don't have to make anything work.
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