Interactive Forum December 2015 Nick Kyrgios Forehand

[stotty]

Another example of racket tip pointing forwards, and this guy had a bomb of a forehand!

http://www.tennisplayer.net/members/...tanceFront.mov

You don't see too many of these anymore. Where the player initiates the stroke by lifting the right elbow up high so the racket dips down. Borg, Lendl and Sampras did it. I always figured it's a method that eats up a little more time than other methods. But when I think about it, each of the aforementioned players had the best forehands of their time. There has to be something good about it...

[mentalblock]

Pointing

Isn't this "pointing" just the "trophy position" turned 90 degrees or so?

kb

[johnyandell]

kb,

Welcome back and interesting observation. The question i think we all have is whether this increased movement aids external rotation of the arm in the shoulder joint in some way that increases racket speed. Brian Gordon on first blush called it wasted motion but there isn't 3D data on it that I know of to confirm or deny.

[mentalblock]

kb,

Welcome back and interesting observation. The question i think we all have is whether this increased movement aids external rotation of the arm in the shoulder joint in some way that increases racket speed. Brian Gordon on first blush called it wasted motion but there isn't 3D data on it that I know of to confirm or deny.

Thank you! Just glad to see that Bottle is still around.

kb

[johnyandell]

Bottle is gone