A player has a well orchestrated backhand unit turn and makes an aggressive swing at the two hander.
Occasionally, the ball finds the sweet spot and a beautiful topspin cross court finds its target.
More often than not, the ball caroms with a thud from the bottom edge of the racquet and goes fifteen higher and in any direction it seems to choose.
People on the balcony look like fans at a Rockies game trying to catch a foul ball.
The coach who used to work with him did a nice job overall and had him try Federer eyes to cure this case of the shanks.
I’m thinking the intention was good but that keeping his eyes soooo long on contact aborted his body rotation and caused the swing plane to rise suddenly like an airplane trying to avoid a bunch of geese after takeoff.
I shared this dilemma with a respected local coach who encouraged me to view Rafa in slow motion
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