randyg said:
Let's, just for starters, name Allison Fisher and Karen Corr. Two pro;s that make the highlights every once in a while.....SPF=randyg
Well, no, not when I was watching. Fisher, like many players I've watched carefully, has two types of standard stroke. In one, the elbow is quite still. In the other, the elbow drops at the end of the stroke by roughly the thickness of the upper arm or a little more. The first kind of stroke is used on soft shots, and the second on power shots.
Perhaps dropping the elbow four or five inches at the end of a power stroke could be described as not dropping the elbow, but I wouldn't.
The top pro I've seen who has very little elbow drop even on power shots is Tony Robles. I think there are a few others. But the vast majority of top players do drop their elbows as described above. Or a lot more in a few cases.