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On 9/9/23 9:05 AM, PeteWasLucky wrote:> PeteWasLucky <waleed.khedr@gmail.com> Wrote in message:r>> Pelle Svanslös <pelle@svans.los> Wrote in message:r> On 9.9.2023 17.44, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Alcaraz doesn't hold the racquet with a relaxed wrist, and
his swings don't involve any initial twists in his wrist.> He has bulky hand and wrist, and he holds the racquet with major force involving the major arm muscles.> This may seem fine but it's extremely exhausting for the arm and the hand to keep
generating pace with muscles instead of the dynamics of loose swings.> I see possible wrist injuries, arm fatigue and cramping.Very loose, relaxed.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sAnk2tswc_8A carbon copy of Federer,-- "And off they went, from here to
there,The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair"-- TraditionalIt's a tough swing then he meets the ball with racquet face driven by forces generated by the arm and strong grip.Listen, I really hope I am wrong because if I am right this may impact his
career.There is something that doesn't feel comfortable for me in his forehand swing.If he is playing with the same swing as Federer then there must be something different in his grip than Federer's that constrained his swing and creates the issue I
observe. I will take a deeper look.This is a free flowing swing btw:
https://youtube.com/shorts/qrNuaN-acSQ?si=mI_p008QZVAM2prB-- ----Android NewsGroup Reader----
https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/usenet/index.html> This video highlights the
issue and the differences between the two>>
https://youtu.be/VebPedeOKMQ?si=nZS2SSHmHyhrMGTk>>I think that the visuals (side-by-side frames; sync'ed motion; freeze frame) was very very good. I think the coach narrating it is a bit of a bullshit artist. E.
g., identifying, and even stressing, that the off-hand should be as high as Alcaraz's seems pointless.The two biggest differences I see are: a) grip (the coach does a good job explaining this); and b) Alcaraz's upper body remains more erect throughout
the swing than Fed's. Fed seems more flexible, looser.I also think that the two balls hit to Alc and Fed were of differing qualities: one was higher than the other, one seemed faster, and one was an FH and the other was BH. My guess is that the coach's
primary concern when selecting two swings to put side-by-side was that both Fed and Alc had very similar body positions, making for a useful video comparison side-by-side. He cared less about the qualities of the ball delivered to them (height, speed,
spin diff between BH and FH), and basically talked his way around those differences as if they didn't matter to the relative swings.But GREAT to see those two synced up, side-by-side. Very instructive.-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"He who talks the talk must also walk the walk." --Sawfish~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This video shows the angles better.
It's more of front impact hit for Alcaraz
https://youtube.com/shorts/QhT0_0BsX0k?si=nrgAlmAHT07eKdo_
While it's more rotational swing for Federer.
https://youtube.com/shorts/qwKbdntIbRQ?si=zaNcCcAhrn3tFNQA
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