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Players should prioritise fresh grips and strings over their racket frame, as these components are the critical points of contact, much like tires on a car. A live demonstration showed that polyester strings used for just 20 hours, though unbroken, were already “dead as a doornail,” meaning they had
The kinesthetic feeling developed in the V-grip pronation drill must be translated to a full-handed grip to be effective in a match. The thesis is that even though the fingers are already on the handle, the tension in the pinky and ring fingers must increase dynamically during the swing. This action
A tennis coach introduced the first of three drills designed to rebuild a serve with modern fundamentals. Players start inside the service line with a continental grip, choked up on the racket so the buttcap faces up. From this position, which mimics the racket drop, the player tosses the ball and f
To demonstrate how unaware most people are of their own posture, David Starbucks led a simple interactive exercise. He asked the audience to stand, close their eyes, and simply notice the weight distribution in their feet—from right to left, front to back, and inside to outside. He then had them ope
The decision to adopt the IQ Foil for the Olympics was solidified through an intense lobbying effort in Bermuda, according to windsurfer and equipment representative Gonzalo Costa Hoevel. He describes meeting with national delegates from World Sailing, many of whom were intrigued by the new foiling