Agree here Fran,
however- each *good* player should be able to adjust his stance if some kind of different shot would afford it. That s my opinion.
I see it extremly on my own- after i begun without playin one ball for 10 years, i was already forced to use a totally different stance. Eyes went really bad (blind as a drunken smurf, lol) and caused by being 25kg more weight....uhm ^^. Was really hard-i can tell you
then, few months later, some pieces in my knee thought about to say good-bye.....-again 8 months, not allowed to put any weight onto the leg. And the procedere begun again-
So i can really tell stories about it- and i if i read often or better said- really often hear players crying because they are afraid of changing their stroke or stance completly.....pffft, it s always JUST about your personal willing-nothin else!
My student from norway i m teaching via internet acted the same way. Terje was really mentally down after i told him, that he would have to change elemental things, if he really wanna increase his game to a higher level. I told him a few things and described him why and how.
After 1-2 days he said yes-- knowing that it could be horrible, lol-
But he managed it successfully, he increased really, got rid of the "most" of his old habits-and became a good PSR, and his stroke is now far straighter and much more repeatable. I m proud of him-
And this just happened because he got the WILLING and the necessary energy to change something.
Sry-went a bit off-topic. Like Fran said- many ppl are often stubborn and also many just dont want to *try* new ways of thinkin. Why do not pick the best of each for yourself? It s all about knowledge and *try and error*.
Open minds would bring everyone much farther.
lg from overseas,
ingo