Fun and Games as Sternum Rises to the Sky
“The now-documented conscious flexion that 'is a major contributor to racquet head speed near and at contact' shows the climax of a process that began first with a loose grip and spaghetti arm, then added radial deviation and extension at the low point and then ulnar deviation in the mid portion of the upward swing.”-- Mark Papas
This means, using the overall no rock back but start with body wound and weight on rear foot Papas model, and correct me if I’m wrong, that arm should be fey in response to the release of the archer’s bow, which next just isn’t going to automatically do any of these little hand things for you.
In other words, the twang of the bow is going to lift your elbow and fold your arm together but not much else. No one has told me that. I infer it. I will try it. It’s a present assumption which I like because it’s different from the other assumptions under which I’ve labored.
My next assumption comes from Mark Papas’ own comment on his wrist motion definitions—that not one of them specifies a prescriptive “how much.” But from our experience of other strokes we know that when the masses imitate the wrist movement of the pros they always use too much.
Just accept that on faith. I know I will when I try my experiment today.
Faith, hypothesis—exactly the same in this case. You need the faith for
whole-hearted immersion in whatever the experiment. You have to
believe in the process enough to risk the subsequent disillusionment which is the most frequent outcome.
Specifically, I’m placing radial deviation as Mark says “at the low point” while mentally classifying it not as the transition it is but rather part of the final upward hammer throw. If all the little hand motions then take too much time and prevent the desired splitting of the atom at contact, I move to another model.
And, I reduce ulnar deviation from A) cocked left to cocked right to
B) cocked left to neutral (hand centered between the two bones of the forearm). And, I reduce flexion to straight wrist or less by contact.
“The now-documented conscious flexion that 'is a major contributor to racquet head speed near and at contact' shows the climax of a process that began first with a loose grip and spaghetti arm, then added radial deviation and extension at the low point and then ulnar deviation in the mid portion of the upward swing.”-- Mark Papas
This means, using the overall no rock back but start with body wound and weight on rear foot Papas model, and correct me if I’m wrong, that arm should be fey in response to the release of the archer’s bow, which next just isn’t going to automatically do any of these little hand things for you.
In other words, the twang of the bow is going to lift your elbow and fold your arm together but not much else. No one has told me that. I infer it. I will try it. It’s a present assumption which I like because it’s different from the other assumptions under which I’ve labored.
My next assumption comes from Mark Papas’ own comment on his wrist motion definitions—that not one of them specifies a prescriptive “how much.” But from our experience of other strokes we know that when the masses imitate the wrist movement of the pros they always use too much.
Just accept that on faith. I know I will when I try my experiment today.
Faith, hypothesis—exactly the same in this case. You need the faith for
whole-hearted immersion in whatever the experiment. You have to
believe in the process enough to risk the subsequent disillusionment which is the most frequent outcome.
Specifically, I’m placing radial deviation as Mark says “at the low point” while mentally classifying it not as the transition it is but rather part of the final upward hammer throw. If all the little hand motions then take too much time and prevent the desired splitting of the atom at contact, I move to another model.
And, I reduce ulnar deviation from A) cocked left to cocked right to
B) cocked left to neutral (hand centered between the two bones of the forearm). And, I reduce flexion to straight wrist or less by contact.
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