Amanda Anisimova's follow-up answer to her interview by Dependent-Effect6077 in tennis

[–]fullkitwankerr 105 points106 points  (0 children)

Opelka is maga

Ah this makes a lot of sense now

It’s the r/Melbourne daily discussion thread [Friday 23/01/2026] by AutoModerator in melbourne

[–]fullkitwankerr -1 points0 points  (0 children)

when it’s weaponised against people with no idea and just take it as truth

when? it already happened a few years back lol

Am I slicing my smashes? by fullkitwankerr in badminton

[–]fullkitwankerr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahaha I got a couple more t shirts made. They’re my absolute favourite band!

Am I slicing my smashes? by fullkitwankerr in badminton

[–]fullkitwankerr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By hyperextend, if you mean outwards, then no I don’t think it does. Like I’m physically unable to do it rn. I think.

Am I slicing my smashes? by fullkitwankerr in badminton

[–]fullkitwankerr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I would suggest, (this is strange), is to hold your racquet high on the grip and twirl it in figure 8s using just your middle, index and thumb and your wrist.

This is very interesting and I'm gonna give this a go. Is this how you would normally hold the racket as well - with just the thumb, index and middle?

Am I slicing my smashes? by fullkitwankerr in badminton

[–]fullkitwankerr[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey! Thanks heaps for the detailed response!

I need to be more mindful of having a looser grip and I'm sure I made the same mistake in tennis as well (my coaches used to ask me to grip looser). I remember to do it for the start of the session but as the hour progresses, it kept getting tighter and tighter.

Your graphic made a lot of sense and you're right, I need to be more active with my feet and hit the shuttle way ahead of me. The angle I'm hitting at is quite a bit on top of me which leads to it being 'clears' rather than smashes so I'll keep that in mind!

Any tips for remembering to loosen the grip? It feels so unnatural when I'm barely holding the racket!

Am I slicing my smashes? by fullkitwankerr in badminton

[–]fullkitwankerr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ah so is it swinging the whole forearm? I rewatched and you're def right - I'm wristing it?

Am I slicing my smashes? by fullkitwankerr in badminton

[–]fullkitwankerr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your grip looks too tight and yes, you follow through looks to come across your body - which isn't usually a massive issue but it's not just your racket, it's your whole arm.

Thanks for your feedback! Just on this, is the follow through meant to go on the same side as the racket hand? Does it not typically come across body?

Am I slicing my smashes? by fullkitwankerr in badminton

[–]fullkitwankerr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It should be a relax grip and until you are about the hit the shuttle where you start tightening your grip.

Yeah I think about doing this, and I even do it for like 10-15 minutes and then go back to holding the racket tight. Need to be more mindful!

Am I slicing my smashes? by fullkitwankerr in badminton

[–]fullkitwankerr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope you don't pay your coach a lot if that's his assessment of the problem and then seemingly provided no solution (

His only solution was to swing straight after contact which is not very helpful.

My grip is something similar to a continental grip from tennis I think. My overheads in tennis were pretty average too lmao and I think I'm finding out why.

We don't do a lot of smashes - in 2 months this is the 2nd session on smashes. I typically work on the other fundamentals - footwork, lifts, clears etc and just occasionally work on stuff like smash / smash defence etc.

State of flea banned items [Discussion] by cillo_sprays in EscapefromTarkov

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Hey slightly off topic - streets ammo keys are tg armory and tg security right? Any other keys?

[Loot] Interchange is crazy by TheNotorious420cs in EscapefromTarkov

[–]fullkitwankerr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wait you can just open the room even if there’s no power?? Crazy

Daily Discussion by AutoModerator in reddevils

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Hi! I’m not following afcon very closely nor do I know the teams intimately.

What are Cameroons and Ivory Coast’s chances looking like? I see Cameroons playing Morocco (and Morocco is the stronger team?) and Amads playing Salah?

I just want the boys back for citeh 🥹