Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Whose is the smartest forehand of all?
I always thought that Chris Evert was smarter than Tracy Austin and Jimmy Connors. The latter two's dumbness is what they had going for them and still do.
All four of the players in this discussion of course are smarter than all the tennis players in the world who have forehand loops, but that doesn't stop half of them from still being pretty dumb.
Down and up go the Evert and McEnroe backswings. McEnroe swings. He makes contact! He continues to roll his arm to finish with his strings off to the side.
Chris Evert is up at the plate. She makes contact! Her elbow comes back and finishes to the left. Did it ever stop? Was Evert's addition of body weight in the middle of the stroke what lent the heft and pace to this no-miss shot?
Whose is the smartest forehand of all?
I always thought that Chris Evert was smarter than Tracy Austin and Jimmy Connors. The latter two's dumbness is what they had going for them and still do.
All four of the players in this discussion of course are smarter than all the tennis players in the world who have forehand loops, but that doesn't stop half of them from still being pretty dumb.
Down and up go the Evert and McEnroe backswings. McEnroe swings. He makes contact! He continues to roll his arm to finish with his strings off to the side.
Chris Evert is up at the plate. She makes contact! Her elbow comes back and finishes to the left. Did it ever stop? Was Evert's addition of body weight in the middle of the stroke what lent the heft and pace to this no-miss shot?
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