Two Bubbles in a Typical Federfore
First bubble has to do with closing the racket. How does Roger do it? Try for a minute to think of every single factor contributing to closed racket face. I'll try, too.
1) Roger's grip, which is mild though 3.5, closes strings less than a semi-western but more than the 3.0 of a standard eastern. 2) Straightened arm. A straightened arm always closes the racket face as Ray Brown pointed out. 3) Waiting position of both elbows or of right elbow slightly out from the body. When you move elbow toward side fence you close racket face. 4) "First bubble," which is simply another way of saying that elbow may go out more toward side fence as part of the backward action as seen in this clip:
Both backward and forward actions in a Federfore are "pretty connected," I contend, which means that body moves the racket. And I can imagine some of Roger's forehands where he doesn't change the arm-body alignment on his backswing at all. Most often, however, he closes strings an extra bit by slightly moving elbow toward right fence in early part of the backward action (a bubble in the backswing).
Second bubble is in the followthrough. Many of Roger's imitators want to swing directly to left upper arm. As the video shows, however, the racket rises toward the sky before it arcs down around the left upper arm = more topspin. A bubble if you know what I mean.
On forward swing, despite the flip, the arm is solid with body also until scapular adduction occurs.
First bubble has to do with closing the racket. How does Roger do it? Try for a minute to think of every single factor contributing to closed racket face. I'll try, too.
1) Roger's grip, which is mild though 3.5, closes strings less than a semi-western but more than the 3.0 of a standard eastern. 2) Straightened arm. A straightened arm always closes the racket face as Ray Brown pointed out. 3) Waiting position of both elbows or of right elbow slightly out from the body. When you move elbow toward side fence you close racket face. 4) "First bubble," which is simply another way of saying that elbow may go out more toward side fence as part of the backward action as seen in this clip:
Both backward and forward actions in a Federfore are "pretty connected," I contend, which means that body moves the racket. And I can imagine some of Roger's forehands where he doesn't change the arm-body alignment on his backswing at all. Most often, however, he closes strings an extra bit by slightly moving elbow toward right fence in early part of the backward action (a bubble in the backswing).
Second bubble is in the followthrough. Many of Roger's imitators want to swing directly to left upper arm. As the video shows, however, the racket rises toward the sky before it arcs down around the left upper arm = more topspin. A bubble if you know what I mean.
On forward swing, despite the flip, the arm is solid with body also until scapular adduction occurs.
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