Tweet
Some players intuitively understand tennis geometry and pick it up faster than others. Diagrams for bisecting angle of return are o.k., but it would sure be nice to see it visually. Years ago I thought about a laser teaching tool, but technology was too expensive(and still probably is). Two lasers mounted side by side in a racket (could use solid paddle racket for a prototype) with horizontal click adjustments and which can throw a 80' beam would sure help someone to quickly visualize and understand where to position to bisect the angle of return and see how the angle changes when the racket position moves forward. I would especially like to see the angle of return of someone lifting up a drop shot so one could position to close in with a volley. At the advanced level, one could demonstrate how to hedge their bet and cheat a little on bisecting the angle based on a knowledge of their opponent's abilities. I have no business sense, but I will buy one if one of the forum readers runs with this.
-
-
Tennis geometry...ala Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. Great video of some highlight points. Never a Agassi fan. He was a "cheater". The racquet is 108 square inches while Sampras is playing with what...85? Seeing as Roger Federer has conclusively proven performance enhancement with a slightly bigger frame...clearly Agassi stretches the rules to the max. On the other hand Pete Sampras was quoted during the course of his great career as being a fan of the wooden racquet and lamented that the game was not still played as such.
But these two are making use of all of the court. Some of the angles they create are just impossible.
Good luck in search of the aforementioned device. Completely unnecessary though. You have to learn to see the shot before you hit it.
Comment