Milkweed Pats Her Forehead
By far the most notable feature in these slow motion videos (of forehands) is the racket descending like milkweed.
By contrast, the subsequent spearing or tugging forward with racket butt is short and quick.
We stroke designers are supposed to learn the difference between some universal and a personal tic.
I don't know how to do this other than by trial, error, and a lot of reflection.
In the successive forehands in this video, I can't see the advantage of prying the racket up like Roger, then closing it, then letting it descend like milkweed.
(Roger Federer: "There shouldn't be another me.")
I wish to keep the milkweed part although I've had city boy readers before who didn't know what milkweed is. They should come to Detroit. It's floating around right in the middle of the city.
I simply object here to the notion of lifting the racket to an excessively open position before closing it. What is the sense in that?
Why not gradually close the racket with opposite hand as you pry it up?
Well, you might or might not get wrist depressed too soon if you think that would be a mistake.
Note: Are "racket descending like milkweed" and "patting the dog" the same thing? Why not? In either case, gentleness is implied, i.e., a motion of simple ease.
The real trick may be in establishing Roger's "double tilt" of racket at bottom of the pat in the microsecond before racket inverts (i.e., "mondoes" or "flips"). And this could possibly be done (successfully?) in different ways. I'll try:
A) Close the racket while depressing the wrist as I bring the tip up.
B) In a more shallow path take racket up and down more toward side fence closing strings the whole way.
By far the most notable feature in these slow motion videos (of forehands) is the racket descending like milkweed.
By contrast, the subsequent spearing or tugging forward with racket butt is short and quick.
We stroke designers are supposed to learn the difference between some universal and a personal tic.
I don't know how to do this other than by trial, error, and a lot of reflection.
In the successive forehands in this video, I can't see the advantage of prying the racket up like Roger, then closing it, then letting it descend like milkweed.
(Roger Federer: "There shouldn't be another me.")
I wish to keep the milkweed part although I've had city boy readers before who didn't know what milkweed is. They should come to Detroit. It's floating around right in the middle of the city.
I simply object here to the notion of lifting the racket to an excessively open position before closing it. What is the sense in that?
Why not gradually close the racket with opposite hand as you pry it up?
Well, you might or might not get wrist depressed too soon if you think that would be a mistake.
Note: Are "racket descending like milkweed" and "patting the dog" the same thing? Why not? In either case, gentleness is implied, i.e., a motion of simple ease.
The real trick may be in establishing Roger's "double tilt" of racket at bottom of the pat in the microsecond before racket inverts (i.e., "mondoes" or "flips"). And this could possibly be done (successfully?) in different ways. I'll try:
A) Close the racket while depressing the wrist as I bring the tip up.
B) In a more shallow path take racket up and down more toward side fence closing strings the whole way.
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