Modern Retro
The people who think that modern retro is useful only to Federer and not to all the people who have followed him are not the brightest bulbs on the planet but nevertheless may have some intelligence to offer us.
This would be the part about watching the ball past contact or keeping the head still or even turning it back a little-- the one feature of Roger's form, they insist, that everybody should emulate.
Do it on both forehands and serves, I'd say, but don't be doctrinaire and left brain about it. The head doesn't really turn backward, it only seems to turn backward in relation to what the rest of the body is doing just then.
From contact the head finally does turn forward with one's bod.
If this isn't clear or you just want to drill the lesson, go to a swimming pool and think about best form in the front or Australian crawl. When breathing, the head rotates with the body and then doesn't.
The people who think that modern retro is useful only to Federer and not to all the people who have followed him are not the brightest bulbs on the planet but nevertheless may have some intelligence to offer us.
This would be the part about watching the ball past contact or keeping the head still or even turning it back a little-- the one feature of Roger's form, they insist, that everybody should emulate.
Do it on both forehands and serves, I'd say, but don't be doctrinaire and left brain about it. The head doesn't really turn backward, it only seems to turn backward in relation to what the rest of the body is doing just then.
From contact the head finally does turn forward with one's bod.
If this isn't clear or you just want to drill the lesson, go to a swimming pool and think about best form in the front or Australian crawl. When breathing, the head rotates with the body and then doesn't.
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