A friend from Pennsylvania came by for doubles this evening and was smoothly nailing forehands with another 4.0 heavy hitter in long exchanges in warmup when I arrived. There was something odd about his swing. I asked if he had been influenced by Robin Soderling. No, he said, he had been searching for something simpler and remembered Chris Evert's forehand. Arm way out straight, no double-bend, set up farther away from the ball.
He uses an old, inexpensive, ultra-light Head Ti-S5, and has had no elbow, arm or wrist problems. Another 4.0 friend, a player who strongly believes in double-bend, uses the similar T-6, but does not have such a strong forehand.
What goes? I do not understand it.
Maybe this will divert Bottle from his ever-unfolding thoughts about the serve. I doubt that even Tolstoy could have written so much about about the mechanics of that complex stroke. Bottle's mind needs a rest, I think. Let him ponder this!
He uses an old, inexpensive, ultra-light Head Ti-S5, and has had no elbow, arm or wrist problems. Another 4.0 friend, a player who strongly believes in double-bend, uses the similar T-6, but does not have such a strong forehand.
What goes? I do not understand it.
Maybe this will divert Bottle from his ever-unfolding thoughts about the serve. I doubt that even Tolstoy could have written so much about about the mechanics of that complex stroke. Bottle's mind needs a rest, I think. Let him ponder this!
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