Great demonstrations and content and conversation. Love it! I will need to explore more about the racket angle at contact. I'll make a video of my stroke so I can see the angle at contact. (I also have made some that I can look back on). I think you may be overlooking the effect of the strings grabbing the ball on some spin shots. I have demonstrated again and again to myself and others that the racket can have a considerable angle down for topspin or angle up for underspin.... at contact. And I'm referring to hitting low or high balls. The ball will be pulled in the direction that the racket moves because the strings can grab the ball. I think this happens only when there is well timed acceleration and racket speed. I look forward to being proved wrong or......
It would be interesting to know from a biomechanics standpoint how much of each muscle or muscles are used on a normal Forehand ground stroke. I find it hard to believe there is zero arm involvement and it’s completely passive. 🤷🏼♂️ So much conflicting information on different channels. And then there’s some channels that say if you’re not using any arm and rely completely on the body you get no power or racket head speed. And then there’s Rick Macci talking about pulling the racket which requires arm involvement. Trying to learn tennis from TH-cam is rather confusing😂😂 And at this point I have watched 1,000s of videos from various channels, including both of your channels. Thanks for the content🙂‼️
@@IanWestermann Thank you for clarifying. I might be completely off, but I try to think of the arm as guiding the swing path. Definitely not arming the ball as so many players do on the recreational level. I find the kinetic chain doesn’t work very well when you’re all tensed up. I think it’s counterintuitive to let the racket do its thing. Not death gripping the racket and keeping the arm fairly loose and relaxed. The struggle is real😂 I am convinced that Tennis is one of the most difficult sports there is. They make it look so easy on a professional level. It is far from it. Haha.
The final segment on the angle of the racket face was just brilliant. Thank you so much for that!
Great demonstrations and content and conversation. Love it! I will need to explore more about the racket angle at contact. I'll make a video of my stroke so I can see the angle at contact. (I also have made some that I can look back on). I think you may be overlooking the effect of the strings grabbing the ball on some spin shots. I have demonstrated again and again to myself and others that the racket can have a considerable angle down for topspin or angle up for underspin.... at contact. And I'm referring to hitting low or high balls. The ball will be pulled in the direction that the racket moves because the strings can grab the ball. I think this happens only when there is well timed acceleration and racket speed. I look forward to being proved wrong or......
Yes, you're correct, it does have an effect, just not anywhere in the same ballpark as the effect the face angle has.
It would be interesting to know from a biomechanics standpoint how much of each muscle or muscles are used on a normal Forehand ground stroke. I find it hard to believe there is zero arm involvement and it’s completely passive. 🤷🏼♂️
So much conflicting information on different channels. And then there’s some channels that say if you’re not using any arm and rely completely on the body you get no power or racket head speed. And then there’s Rick Macci talking about pulling the racket which requires arm involvement. Trying to learn tennis from TH-cam is rather confusing😂😂 And at this point I have watched 1,000s of videos from various channels, including both of your channels. Thanks for the content🙂‼️
Arm involvement isn't zero, but relative to how incredibly tense the average player is it FEELS completely passive when balanced correctly.
@@IanWestermann Thank you for clarifying.
I might be completely off, but I try to think of the arm as guiding the swing path. Definitely not arming the ball as so many players do on the recreational level. I find the kinetic chain doesn’t work very well when you’re all tensed up. I think it’s counterintuitive to let the racket do its thing. Not death gripping the racket and keeping the arm fairly loose and relaxed. The struggle is real😂
I am convinced that Tennis is one of the most difficult sports there is. They make it look so easy on a professional level. It is far from it. Haha.
@@JTReef You're exactly right on all counts, learn to love the journey of discovery and improvement, it never ends 😊
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