Al Secunda was a tennis coach to many of the stars in Hollywood.
in a book he wrote, Al described a corrective technique for helping tame the turbulence often seen in the racquet with amateur
players’ volleys.
Most folks fifty years ago were familiar with stick horses that had the head of a horse atop a pogo like stick.
Mr. Secunda would have the player imagine the head of a horse at the racquet tip and another at the handle end.
He’s have the player toss him some balls underhanded and then report which horse was leading.
Al explained that the tip horse was really hungry and wants to race to the barn for lunch.
It has to be reigned in by a disciplined handle horse or mishits and errors rule the day.
Kids have fun when they get to name the horses.
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