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Dwell time is the time that the ball is in contact with the rubber. Since this time is not 0, dwell time exists.Controversial post perhaps, but has anybody ever mentioned that dwell time is a myth?
Controversial post perhaps, but has anybody ever mentioned that dwell time is a myth?
Dwell time is the time that the ball is in contact with the rubber. Since this time is not 0, dwell time exists.
Dwell time is not a myth but few, almost no one, understands dwell time. The fortunate thing is that you don't need to understand dwell time to play well and have fun doing it.
Controversial post perhaps, but has anybody ever mentioned that dwell time is a myth?
Dwell time is the time that the ball is in contact with the rubber. Since this time is not 0, dwell time exists.
Dwell time is not a myth but few, almost no one, understands dwell time. The fortunate thing is that you don't need to understand dwell time to play well and have fun doing it.
I would agree with brokenball that dwell time exists; however, the more important part is his second point: "few, almost no one, understands dwell time". Dwell time is greater than 0, but it is so infinitesimally small as to be insignificant. Dwell time can only be measured in milliseconds, much too brief to be discernible to the human mind. What we feel and what we respond to is not dwell time.I like both these posts.
And for sure brokenball knows this kind of stuff.
I would agree with brokenball that dwell time exists; however, the more important part is his second point: "few, almost no one, understands dwell time". Dwell time is greater than 0, but it is so infinitesimally small as to be insignificant. Dwell time can only be measured in milliseconds, much too brief to be discernible to the human mind. What we feel and what we respond to is not dwell time.
If what you say is even remotely true, then you should have no problems producing a video with "a dwell of a second". Please provide us all with the evidence to prove this ridiculous claim.For hitters the dwell is in the range of milliseconds. But for players it may be from milliseconds to tenths of the second, depending on the perticular kind of the stroke. And if a really experienced player wants to show you the margins of the dwell, you would see a dwell of a second. Dwell is an irrevocable element in every shot, and its duration is an important factor to define the particular characteristics of different strokes.
If what you say is even remotely true, then you should have no problems producing a video with "a dwell of a second". Please provide us all with the evidence to prove this ridiculous claim.
But I know - and you know - you can't provide such a video because it doesn't exist.
Hi,
I just have one question!
Which Blade have the Longest Dwell time ??
Cheers!
A softer material will have more dwell time.
Case closed
For blades anyway. For rubbers it can get more complicated
Not necessarily, a soft but stiff blade can have less dwell than a harder flexy blade.
Some of dwell time is in the hand. The skill of the player can cause the ball to hold on the rubber a tiny bit longer. Softer blades help you develop this skill. But in the end, the skill is in the hand. Some people have good touch and good feeling. Others do not.
I made a video of Mark Croitoroo serving and how long he holds the ball on the rubber for extra spin. It was a few years ago.
Here is a photo from a freeze in the video:
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Just from the photo you can see he holds the ball on the rubber and blade face for a while. But it still is in the range of milliseconds as you can see from the video:
If you play it at half speed, you can see he holds the ball on there for a little extra time. But it is still pretty fast. When someone is good at looping you can see them pull the ball like that for a moment too. But it is still very fast.
If a good stroke takes less than a second and the amount of time the ball is on the racket is less than 1/10,000th of the length of the whole stroke, it would have to be quite a short amount of time.
But someone with skillz can hold the ball on the rubber fractionally longer.
A soft blade makes it easier to learn how to do that. But still, you need to understand that you want to touch the ball gently and precisely to let the rubber grab the ball, to let the ball sink into the sponge, while you are pulling the racket past the ball.
And a lot of what people feel as dwell time is probably the rubber from the topsheet stretching, distorting and then rebounding as the sponge compresses and then springs back during contact.
Not necessarily, a soft but stiff blade can have less dwell than a harder flexy blade.