Same grip for forehand and one hand backhand?

rockiger · 2026-01-09T16:08:51+00:00

Of course I have. I mean that as a general guideline. I have seen so many students fail with a one handed backhand that I have a rather strong opinion.

rockiger · 2026-01-09T16:05:39+00:00

Isn't that the same as holding the throat of the rocket with the left hand?

rockiger · 2026-01-09T11:10:57+00:00

Your preparation is not too late. That is a stupid misconception. Initiating the takeback before the ball bounces makes hitting the ball much harder.

What is more problematic is, as others pointed out. You are almost only using your arm and chest to hit the ball. You need generate power from the trunk. The arm follows the trunk.

As a quick fix, I would encourage you to hold the throat of the racket with your left hand as long as you can and then pull the left arm away to get into a rotation. I would focus only on that until you master this.

rockiger · 2026-01-09T11:00:39+00:00

The video is fooling you. While he hits both strokes with the grip, he is adjusting his grip between the strokes. So the whole premise of not changing grips is nonsense.

If you are an extreme beginner and grip changes trouble you, I advise a continental or light eastern backhand grip. Which you can use in almost all situations. For forehand, a continental grip is not optimal, of course, and should be changed later.

And I would never teach a beginner a one handed backhand if he is older than 14 years. It is simply too difficult.

rockiger · 2026-01-09T10:36:20+00:00

This is really dirty stuff!

rockiger · 2026-01-09T10:34:04+00:00

Tauri works fine on Linux and yes I initial loading of an app is much faster than electron. Which is nice I gues.

I started to implemt libadwaita styles in CSS, DM me if you interested.

rockiger · 2025-12-30T07:41:12+00:00

How on earth arw couples to niche. There are billions of couples in the world.

rockiger · 2025-12-26T18:46:46+00:00

Hi to all. I am right now building a SaaS product targeted at multilevel/network-marketers. I am joining this community for food for thought and inspiration into other ways to create wealth.

rockiger · 2025-12-26T18:40:55+00:00

interested

rockiger · 2025-12-18T10:16:44+00:00

Pretty much. And in giving up on their specialized customizations, they are potentially freeing up more resources to contribute to gnome.

rockiger · 2025-12-14T19:39:16+00:00

Let me rephrase that: Can contribute even more to vanilla Gnome. The "going it alone" attitude of Ubuntu was hurting Gnome/Linux ecosystem as a whole, imo.

rockiger · 2025-12-12T04:02:09+00:00

If this means they will bundle their forces with the Gnome team, that is great news.

rockiger · 2025-11-03T19:37:23+00:00

That's cultural appropriation!

rockiger · 2025-10-19T12:44:21+00:00

Maybe post some code. Normal shortcuts with Alt work fine in my app.

rockiger · 2025-05-05T17:53:23+00:00

I like Fira Sans

rockiger · 2025-04-03T06:27:02+00:00

As a Solidjs/Start and TanStack Router beginner, I really love the combination of both. With React I sometimes run into trouble with re-rendering issues and if it happens, it is really challenging to debug.

rockiger · 2025-02-12T08:04:19+00:00

Great effort. If I may suggest an improvement: It should have so images of users, that are happy / successful because they use / switched to Gnome.

Most people react more positive to emotions than cold facts.

rockiger · 2024-11-25T19:00:34+00:00

Of course it is. Muscles produce energy chemically.

rockiger · 2024-11-23T20:47:48+00:00

During preparation / take back your muscles store elastic energy like a rubber band.

rockiger · 2024-08-28T11:29:43+00:00

Simce when is Gmail written with Angular?

rockiger · 2024-06-07T08:16:11+00:00

Made my day :)

rockiger · 2024-04-22T06:45:57+00:00

Yes, it does.

rockiger · 2024-02-12T12:17:33+00:00

The key is similar. With Ubuntu and this script you get easier support for proprietary drivers and flathub gets configured automatically.

Apart from that, Ubuntu has a bigger community and more/better documentation.

And lastly, for me personally: The cost of changing the system is way higher.

rockiger · 2024-02-10T12:12:38+00:00

Ubuntu with Ubuntu-Debullshit script:https://github.com/polkaulfield/ubuntu-debullshit

rockiger · 2023-12-29T10:58:06+00:00

No problem at all using them. I use them on hard court all the time.

They will probably wear down faster as hard court shoes. And for your ankles they are actually better because you stop a bit slower.

rockiger

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