I say he illegally published our footage (Sampras stills) and refused to take them down. He came to one of my uspta talks and disrupted it and tried to turn it into his talk.
He was a zealot in the worst sense of that word. Passionate but inflexible and immune to evidence.
So yes, I didn't care for him personally, though I am sorry he died. I've written about these issues many times.
But just for you Phil here is a world premiere of a one minute audition tape I did for ESPN specifically on the wrist in the serve--might actually work out into a series, we'll see:
I also discuss the wrist here:
Here is the original article on the myth of the wrist that set pappas off:
Wrist movement is not the same as snap if by that we mean a conscious effort to flex the wrist forward or to the side.
He was a zealot in the worst sense of that word. Passionate but inflexible and immune to evidence.
So yes, I didn't care for him personally, though I am sorry he died. I've written about these issues many times.
But just for you Phil here is a world premiere of a one minute audition tape I did for ESPN specifically on the wrist in the serve--might actually work out into a series, we'll see:
I also discuss the wrist here:
Here is the original article on the myth of the wrist that set pappas off:
Wrist movement is not the same as snap if by that we mean a conscious effort to flex the wrist forward or to the side.
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