Forehand Iteration (I tell it then I try it)
The more the arm is bent, the shorter the backswing up.
The shorter the backswing up, the longer the extension of arm to straight.
The shorter the backswing, the more one may be encouraged to "scapularly retract."
The steeper the fall, the more one will be likely to use gravity in an easier flip.
The more the scapular retraction, the more the elbow points in a rearward direction.
So that more scapular adduction will be available to move the arm forward in the third of three-point sequence (hips, shoulders, arm).
Put another way, the arm, although taking a solo, has remained solid with the bod. The housing around the shoulder moves the arm, leaving the humerus alone in its rotator cuff to twist (wipe) or not depending on desire.
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We need another verb to describe this forward contraction of the scapular girdle. How about "husk?"
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Meanwhile, the sooner one points across, the better one's chance of establishing a clear parameter for arm motion independent of bod rotation.
How much should racket thus move in a typical shot, in feet or inches? That information would be useful.
To obtain it, one could tape a yardstick across the front of one's shoulders.
Why bother, though, when one's opposite arm is already pointing across, a useful benchmark.
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Desire can determine different follow throughs, e.g., 1) flatten shot out: finish over or around shoulder, 2) more topspin: racket tip spins low.
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And then there is this guy (https://www.tennisplayer.net/members...t%20500fps.mp4). I won't be trying this today, but really isn't the continued roll of the arm around the top of one's head the same basic idea as when racket tip spins low? "Continued roll" is the uniting principle. The only roll that matters is the roll that is happening when strings scrape the ball. But that scrape is more powerful when there is assured and continuing roll after the contact whether low or high.
The more the arm is bent, the shorter the backswing up.
The shorter the backswing up, the longer the extension of arm to straight.
The shorter the backswing, the more one may be encouraged to "scapularly retract."
The steeper the fall, the more one will be likely to use gravity in an easier flip.
The more the scapular retraction, the more the elbow points in a rearward direction.
So that more scapular adduction will be available to move the arm forward in the third of three-point sequence (hips, shoulders, arm).
Put another way, the arm, although taking a solo, has remained solid with the bod. The housing around the shoulder moves the arm, leaving the humerus alone in its rotator cuff to twist (wipe) or not depending on desire.
*****
We need another verb to describe this forward contraction of the scapular girdle. How about "husk?"
*****
Meanwhile, the sooner one points across, the better one's chance of establishing a clear parameter for arm motion independent of bod rotation.
How much should racket thus move in a typical shot, in feet or inches? That information would be useful.
To obtain it, one could tape a yardstick across the front of one's shoulders.
Why bother, though, when one's opposite arm is already pointing across, a useful benchmark.
*****
Desire can determine different follow throughs, e.g., 1) flatten shot out: finish over or around shoulder, 2) more topspin: racket tip spins low.
*****
And then there is this guy (https://www.tennisplayer.net/members...t%20500fps.mp4). I won't be trying this today, but really isn't the continued roll of the arm around the top of one's head the same basic idea as when racket tip spins low? "Continued roll" is the uniting principle. The only roll that matters is the roll that is happening when strings scrape the ball. But that scrape is more powerful when there is assured and continuing roll after the contact whether low or high.
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