Surgical tubing drill in Killer Forehand?
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The surgical tube drill is designed to help the player regulate leverage, allowing forearm rotation, simultaneously eliminating any foreward wrist snap.
Essentially, you want to get a piece of surgical tube with two loops at the ends. Note, that you will have to create the loops yourself. On one end, you will have a small loop that you will connect to the racket frame inbetween the 2 center main strings. You will then slip your arm through the second larger loop. The cord should be set at a length that will allow you to keep the double bend position (90 degree angle at both the wrist and the elbow).
By hitting forehands with this device, you will be making contact in the strongest leveraged position. You can also use the device on backhands, volleys and slices.
Essentially, you want to get a piece of surgical tube with two loops at the ends. Note, that you will have to create the loops yourself. On one end, you will have a small loop that you will connect to the racket frame inbetween the 2 center main strings. You will then slip your arm through the second larger loop. The cord should be set at a length that will allow you to keep the double bend position (90 degree angle at both the wrist and the elbow).
By hitting forehands with this device, you will be making contact in the strongest leveraged position. You can also use the device on backhands, volleys and slices.
Marius_Hancu
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VJH said:
V. interesting, however:
Not very clear from the above at which level on the arm will you place the 2nd loop. Is it at the shoulder, on the upper arm? How to avoid slippage?
Sorry my last note was vague. Allow me to specify. Take a length of surgical tube and make a very small loop at one end. Attach this small end to the frame between the 2 center main strings on your racket.
Attach the second loop to your arm just above the elbow. The cord should be just tight enough that you feel little or no resistance while in the "double-bend" position (wrist at a 90 degree angle and elbow at a 90 degree angle). Should you deviate from this position at any point during your stroke, you should feel resistance.
Because of the taughtness of the surgical tubing, you shouldn't have much slippage if any. If you find that the tube is slipping, I would suggest tightening it just a hair.
You may find it awkward initially. If hitting is awkward at first, it suggests that you haven't been maximizing leverage in your swing to this point. Within one hitting session, I found myself making cleaner contact more consistently (not every time, but more often than I had previously). I also noticed a change in the sound my forehand was making.....It went from a dull thud (no leverage) to a sharp "Thwack" (leverage).
Hope this helps.
Attach the second loop to your arm just above the elbow. The cord should be just tight enough that you feel little or no resistance while in the "double-bend" position (wrist at a 90 degree angle and elbow at a 90 degree angle). Should you deviate from this position at any point during your stroke, you should feel resistance.
Because of the taughtness of the surgical tubing, you shouldn't have much slippage if any. If you find that the tube is slipping, I would suggest tightening it just a hair.
You may find it awkward initially. If hitting is awkward at first, it suggests that you haven't been maximizing leverage in your swing to this point. Within one hitting session, I found myself making cleaner contact more consistently (not every time, but more often than I had previously). I also noticed a change in the sound my forehand was making.....It went from a dull thud (no leverage) to a sharp "Thwack" (leverage).
Hope this helps.
Marius_Hancu
Talk Tennis Guru
VJH said:
Clear enough this time. Thank you very much.
A ton of topsin means that you were really accentuating the "windshield wiper" effect of the forehand swing. To better drive the ball, you will want to experiment with driving your entire arm forward through the ball. The leverage band is meant to keep your wrist and elbow in a "leveraged" position at contact. When hit correctly, you shouldn't find that you are sacrificing power for spin.
Sounds like you have shortened your stroke. Same thing happened to me when I first toyed with the band. Try extending your stroke forward through contact or "airing out" your forehand armpit.
The real purpose of the leverage band is to teach you how to generate power as a direct result of a more leverage contact position.
Let us know how you make out.
Sounds like you have shortened your stroke. Same thing happened to me when I first toyed with the band. Try extending your stroke forward through contact or "airing out" your forehand armpit.
The real purpose of the leverage band is to teach you how to generate power as a direct result of a more leverage contact position.
Let us know how you make out.
RonnieCorny
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i wonder if anyone has a picture for reference? any other unique tips (such as the use of 2 or 3 fingers for practice serves to get used to "wrist snap")?
i'm waiting for NB videos that come on dvd as my on NB tape got mouldy because of the high humidity where i live...
tnx...
i'm waiting for NB videos that come on dvd as my on NB tape got mouldy because of the high humidity where i live...
tnx...
Marius_Hancu
Talk Tennis Guru
RonnieCorny said:
Singapore? Not surprised. I was in Japan for two years and after one year all my suits (placed in plastic suit bags) were mouldy. Took them to a cleaner's, saved them.
RonnieCorny
New User
unfortunately for vhs, you can't take them to the cleaners... although there are devices that attempt to clean the tape, it didn't really clear up the matter...
shockingly, i even have one dvd that's mouldy!!! but i think it's because i forgot to put it back in its container...
anyway, back to the topic on hand... any chance for a photo and maybe some other such tips/tricks for teaching muscles/arms to move "properly"... or to "unlearn" bad habits (improve follow through in serves and strokes"...
thanks
shockingly, i even have one dvd that's mouldy!!! but i think it's because i forgot to put it back in its container...
anyway, back to the topic on hand... any chance for a photo and maybe some other such tips/tricks for teaching muscles/arms to move "properly"... or to "unlearn" bad habits (improve follow through in serves and strokes"...
thanks
RonnieCorny
New User
apparently, there's an article by Robert Lansdorp in the Sept 2001 issue of tennis mag that has a similar tip to this... and it supposedly has the picture of this tip (but using bandage instead of surgical tubing)...
anyone has this or the pic from it? is it ok to send me a scan of the pic?
thanks...
rgds
- ron
anyone has this or the pic from it? is it ok to send me a scan of the pic?
thanks...
rgds
- ron
