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The Inside In-Inside Out Forehand Part Two
Strategy & Patterns of Play
We have all seen how Rafa and Roger rack up easy winner after easy winner. But, what is often not payed attention to is how they were able to find themselves in such great positions on the court to be able to hit such an easy winner. In the second installment of the Inside In-Inside Out Forehand Video Analysis, we look at the strategy and patterns of play behind this effective finishing shot.
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Parental Advisory: Dmitry Tursunov, the world number 41 at tennis and one of the game’s elite at breaking frames, gives his tips on how to mangle a tennis racket.
Article from http://www.thetennisspace.com
Embrace it.
“I don’t see why anyone would ever have a problem with players smashing rackets. There’s no big deal, is there? Imagine if Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are playing in the fifth set of Wimbledon. Federer had thought it was going to be easy, and he is annoyed, so he goes up to the net post with his racket, swinging away like a samurai warrior. The racket is in pieces. If Federer did that, that would become one of the most popular bits of footage ever. I think more of the top players should be encouraged to smash rackets. They are trying to show how intense and how passionate players are on court, and what better way to do that than smashing rackets on the court?”
Do not throw the racket.
“I think it’s best not to throw it. If you hold on to it, you feel more in control, it’s really you smashing the racket, you can feel it breaking, you can feel the vibrations and the force down your arm. Also, if you throw your racket across the court, and it doesn’t break, and there’s only a scratch on it, then you are going to feel like an idiot when you walk over to pick it up. If it looks like you want to break your racket, then you have to do it.”
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