Marcelo Rios Forehand
He was number one for a minute, never won a Slam, but was a fascinating, ultra talented, mercurial player. And here by subscriber request is his forehand in high speed video from 1997--our first ever high speed filming. The shocking thing is how modern this stroke looks with a lot of the characteristics Brian Gordon has described as the ATP forehand. At the time, I thought he just had a great compact motion--turns out Marcelo was feeling that stretch shorten cycle! Enjoy and let's hear your analysis.
He was number one for a minute, never won a Slam, but was a fascinating, ultra talented, mercurial player. And here by subscriber request is his forehand in high speed video from 1997--our first ever high speed filming. The shocking thing is how modern this stroke looks with a lot of the characteristics Brian Gordon has described as the ATP forehand. At the time, I thought he just had a great compact motion--turns out Marcelo was feeling that stretch shorten cycle! Enjoy and let's hear your analysis.
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