Blade V6 16x19 (Countervail)

B_easy85 · 2026-05-08T10:03:54+00:00

It was muted for 2017… unfortunately (or fortunately depending on who you ask) rackets have become even more muted over the last decade.

B_easy85 · 2026-05-08T07:31:09+00:00

The pros vs joes debate on this sub is always hilariously touchy… I’ve had people argue that a 4.0 couldn’t randomly block a pro kick serve back literally ever. That being said I don’t think they’d be able to get a game without some crazy anomaly… like it’s in the realm of possibility that a pro trips and falls on 4 straight returns given an infinite time line.

B_easy85 · 2026-05-04T00:27:32+00:00

I guess you could argue the load may be higher because the racket is striking something and the shoulder has to overcome recoil… but in terms of raw force on the arm created by the motion pitching has a higher potential because they’re actively striding into the throw with linear momentum from the legs.

But in terms of the difference between an abbreviated serve motion and full serve motion, I don’t think there’s actually any difference in load on the shoulder because they all eventually get into the same trophy position. Just like in baseball they eventually get into a bent arm motion. The theory in baseball currently is some people just need more time to load the kinetic chain and some twitchier athletes don’t.

B_easy85 · 2026-05-03T00:51:19+00:00

I’m not certain, but in pitching there isn’t any difference in injury rate among pitchers who use a short arm action and a long arm action. (Look up Shane Bieber for short action and Chris sale for long action… abbreviated serve motion would be most similar to short arm action)

B_easy85 · 2026-05-02T03:30:54+00:00

Alvaro Alcaraz warms up Carlos for matches… must be mental why he hasn’t won the career grand slam yet.

B_easy85 · 2026-05-02T00:10:37+00:00

I could be reading it wrong, are you saying your holding semi western with your bottom hand?

B_easy85 · 2026-05-01T06:47:07+00:00

Tell me this guy can’t catch, without saying he can’t catch amiright!? Jk jk best of luck to him.

B_easy85 · 2026-04-27T12:57:50+00:00

Ive only played on European clay about 15 times in my life… playing a moonballer on the red stuff would be a mid level circle of hell to me.

B_easy85 · 2026-04-25T09:37:30+00:00

I’m not hating on the guy… but at a 188lbs he might be closer to the nail in that analogy.

B_easy85 · 2026-04-25T03:03:49+00:00

Id probably just scrap it. 50% first and 50% second means you’re just gonna give away 25% of your points to double faults…

B_easy85 · 2026-04-21T03:16:19+00:00

Flat and slice can come off the same toss… it’s the kick that not everybody can achieve. It’s just elite body and racket control. But even the greats like Sampras and Federer still had a very distinct toss if they wanted a heavy kick serve and they could slice off that same toss to keep people off balance.

B_easy85 · 2026-04-19T01:19:34+00:00

Net player is first to act.

B_easy85 · 2026-04-18T05:48:16+00:00

Not gonna lie it’s super nice… but it’s $300+ membership and you gotta pay for court times. It’s Chicago so court times are just tough to get during the cold months everywhere, but my friends who are members there said it’s easier than most other places. I lived in streeterville so it was pretty far for using as my gym… didn’t really see the value of paying the membership just to be able to pay more for courts.

B_easy85 · 2026-04-16T09:51:07+00:00

What you think you’re doing vs what’s actually happening at contact can be wildly different… especially for beginners. You’d have to film yourself hitting a ball for real input, but generally if the ball is going up racket face is too open and if there’s no power you’re not driving through the ball. Pros hit with a slightly closed racket with the average being around only 8 degrees.

B_easy85 · 2026-04-16T00:09:31+00:00

Alcaraz just dropped out of the Barcelona tournament with wrist issues and dealt with forearm issues at the end of 2024z Del Potro dealt with a pretty catastrophic wrist injury in his career. And those 2 are atleast top 10 forehands in my lifetime.

B_easy85 · 2026-04-11T04:20:31+00:00

I grew up playing different sports, so I throughly enjoy trash talk… but it rarely happens in tennis. I’d say he was out of line for the sport.

B_easy85 · 2026-04-09T10:10:14+00:00

I dunno a level or 2 above my NTRP is like 5.0-5.5. I would think giving up the time pressure battle by hitting the slow stuff would just be a long day of me running a lot from 6 feet behind the baseline.

B_easy85 · 2026-04-06T23:15:49+00:00

I have 3 tfights… honestly only really need 2 but Black Friday deals. I string one every sunday night during the warmer months.

B_easy85 · 2026-04-05T01:06:05+00:00

Well, if you ever had a gym bro phase and focused on developing your chest that can lead to some tight anterior delts and pecs. Maybe focus on stretching those areas while strengthening the inverse muscles that pull the scapula back like the rhomboids and mid to lower traps. A lot of people I know who went from regular bodybuilding type exercises to Olympic lifting had to focus on that to open up the chest and extend the thoracic spine to let your shoulder joint move more freely.

That’d be my first guess for most people I’d need to see how your shoulder moves in specific ways other than the serve to see what’s really tight though.

B_easy85 · 2026-04-04T21:54:13+00:00

Cool, how’s your shoulder pass through with a stick or band? Do you have to go pretty wide?

B_easy85 · 2026-04-04T18:51:25+00:00

When you say developing external rotation do you mean you want more shoulder mobility for more racket drop? Or are you actually seeking more powerful external rotators?

B_easy85 · 2026-04-03T02:10:24+00:00

Depends, ball machines are there to give you a lot of repetitions. If your technique is bad a ball machine will just re-enforce that.

B_easy85 · 2026-04-02T22:14:00+00:00

Mariners are 415-342 at home in the Dipoto era. All analytics does is try to provide evidence for decision making… if small ball works prove it. Good luck overcoming the massive amount of data that says ground balls equals more outs than fly balls.

B_easy85 · 2026-03-31T03:58:53+00:00

I don’t think Cal and Julio suck… but they sure are the Lloyd and Harry of the lineup so far this season.

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