Link to Scissoring Forehand
That would be either 60 or 40 per cent of Roger Federer's forehands. Let's say 50 per cent. So if you chose one at random you'd have about a 50-50 chance of spotting it. But I aim to oblige, so I'll try to find one for you.
Okay, thanks for this experience. All discussions of tennis technique bring out the left brain worst in people, is my theory, which perhaps could be re-phrased: "All deep discussions of tennis technique require so much analytical patience that the participants always go bananas."
The difference between Roger's straight arm version and his scissoring at contact version is EXTREMELY subtle. The arm always scissors as part of
the return to his left side. And the scissoring always starts soon, near contact, coming off the ball or just before the ball. The humbling thing is
how far he characteristically situates himself from the ball-- a sign of pure confidence in any player, Vic Braden said long ago.
But what Bottle does or can do, not Roger, interests me more. As would what Air Force 1 himself does or anybody who is making a genuine effort to
learn. I've read a lot of your posts but still have no idea of what you yourself actually do, and I could say that of so many different people in these forums.
Scissoring through a greater amount of arm bend than Roger customarily achieves at contact (half of the time) doesn't spoil outward sling of the racket tip in my still new experience. The goal for anybody, though, should be, when scissoring, to do just a little of it before contact and a lot of it afterwards, but always in one motion using the very strong biceps muscle.
That would be either 60 or 40 per cent of Roger Federer's forehands. Let's say 50 per cent. So if you chose one at random you'd have about a 50-50 chance of spotting it. But I aim to oblige, so I'll try to find one for you.
Okay, thanks for this experience. All discussions of tennis technique bring out the left brain worst in people, is my theory, which perhaps could be re-phrased: "All deep discussions of tennis technique require so much analytical patience that the participants always go bananas."
The difference between Roger's straight arm version and his scissoring at contact version is EXTREMELY subtle. The arm always scissors as part of
the return to his left side. And the scissoring always starts soon, near contact, coming off the ball or just before the ball. The humbling thing is
how far he characteristically situates himself from the ball-- a sign of pure confidence in any player, Vic Braden said long ago.
But what Bottle does or can do, not Roger, interests me more. As would what Air Force 1 himself does or anybody who is making a genuine effort to
learn. I've read a lot of your posts but still have no idea of what you yourself actually do, and I could say that of so many different people in these forums.
Scissoring through a greater amount of arm bend than Roger customarily achieves at contact (half of the time) doesn't spoil outward sling of the racket tip in my still new experience. The goal for anybody, though, should be, when scissoring, to do just a little of it before contact and a lot of it afterwards, but always in one motion using the very strong biceps muscle.
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