Hope everyone had a happy and safe
holiday season. Anita and i were without PB for two weeks. One on a
cruise and the other visiting family in Maryland.
Todays tip will be on stroking NOT pokeing the ball.
Many
of my tips come from my observations while playing or more likely while
sitting on the bench watching others play. I was lucky enough to play a
couple of games this morning with National Doubles Champion..... Brian
Staub. After playing with him as my partner i took a break and watched
from the side lines.
Brian is one of the sports TOP
players. He also has a text book swing at the ball. For those of you
that havent watched it ....go to ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhkjNsEA9_w
.......
and watch the mens open doubles finals from last month. Notice how
Brian and ALL the top players are very relaxed and smooth in their
stokes. They anticipate where and how their opponents will be hitting
the ball. They move to that point and get their paddle back early and
smoothly without rushing... hit the ball.
This is in
contrast to what i see lower level players doing...which is NOT
anticipating, NOT moving to where the ball will be coming to and NOT
swinging smoothly and without rushing the shot. These lower level
players seem to wait until the last moment and then POKE at the ball
which gives them MUCH less control on the shot.
If you
want to improve and play like a top player, then you want to do the
things that the top players do. You should spend time each week watching
videos of top players doing what they do best. Great PB>
jeff shank
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