Recent content by V-Griper

I hate to say it but most of that stuff is just new age gibberish at this point.

This actually reminds me of something my old Tai Chi instructor used say which was "lose your balance lose the fight"

Exactly! In the immortal words of EPMD "to relax and be smooth is the main ingredient" So when you are trying to find ways to improve your strokes the main question you should be asking yourself is how can I improve the efficiency of my shots. Note that does not mean no effort just not wasting...

I think what is meant by "stroke mechanics" is efficiency. You can manipulate the ball in order to do more or less what you want and that is the "touch" but you are wasting time and energy doing it. It's the overall economy of motion which requires balance and good footwork. Here is an...

LOL I like that one.

Sure- A CH/B is basically a mini/micro weight shift plus hip extension and rotation, in essence a scaled down drive or loop. Basically you pushing forward Slightly with your right leg and opening at the right hip as you stroke the ball. So to me your hip is just swinging around but there is...

LOL best for whom?

Hip sway like that is fundamentally incorrect. You will not be able to get support for your stroke from your lower body with that motion.

Best exposition on footwork drills that I have come across is this. Go to the YT page to see the links to the rest of them. There are six in total.

ZJK wins because he has more of the complete package and he can prevent WLQ from getting to his FH but there is no question as to which player has the better FH.

You are spot on with this observation. I used to play tennis in high school and that's how I came to understand what ML was doing. It's almost exactly like the left arm usage in tennis. It's more necessary in tennis because the relative mass of the racket has to be compensated for. The...

The original question was asking about the uniqueness of ML's stroke not whether or not it was innovative. His use of the left arm is unique among other players. As to your question FB does the same motion on his drive FH. My guess would be that the smaller players need ways of generating...

From a purely mechanical standpoint the only significant difference is how his left arm is deployed. Everything else is basic drive mechanics i.e. the weight shift/torso rotation/hip extension etc... Most players use the left arm to some degree, FB comes to mind, but ML takes it to higher level...

Here is my hypothesis- The strongest correlation for whether or not a player tends to stroke with a straighter arm or one that is bent more is between the amount of bend in the preferred drive loop stroke and what grip the player uses for the FH. FH biased grip- TB, DO, JM, MM etc... Players...

It's not quite a block but more half way between a block and a counter hit as you are extending a little more then a block stroke would. I think that could be because the other player isn't hitting the ball hard enough that you actually need to block, and in order to get the ball back to where...