Excellent video btw and a lot of tips and pieces of information!
Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.
Excellent video btw and a lot of tips and pieces of information!
I watched the video in its entirety yesterday. My first impression is it didn’t actually have content. It basically boiled down to short backstroke for soft shots and long backstroke for fast shots. It didn’t match the video title.
I’ll watch it again later today to see if it feels any different.
How about a new Diamond table video. You say the rails are bouncy in this one. People all think I'm nuts now for saying the same every Diamond thread. You can join in the fun![]()
Other important points in the video include:
- Accelerate smoothly and consistently.
- Finish the stroke the same way (with the same follow through) on normal shots (slow to fast speed, but not finesse or power).
- Shoulder collapse and elbow drop occur after the hit and exaggerate the follow through (after the CB is long gone), usually with wrist bend.
- Finesses shots are different (shorter bridge, shorter finish similar to the short backstroke length).
- Power shots are also different (more forceful acceleration, often with shoulder collapse and elbow drop).
Good video!
I know I've heard it before but I'm going to add stroke length vs. speed into my practice experiments or at least recon. I think I already do it but not positive. Dang it, another thing to think about!Practice it until you don't have to think about it I guess.
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Thanks for making the video, ones like this seem like they are simple concepts because everyone everywhere always says follow through, finish your stroke, acceleration, don't poke it etc. but by breaking it down into digestible but through bits it can really help those who want to learn. It's thorough enough that it's almost like being able to bounce questions off an instructor to figure out what they really mean by saying stroke through the ball.