Photo Study of James Blake's Strokes
By Jeff Cooper, About.com
Blake demonstrates an excellent ball toss release here, opening all of his fingers away from the ball and thus ensuring that none of his fingers exert an extra push to send it off course. Barring any unusual physical problems, every tennis player should be able to learn to comfortably release the ball with the tossing hand at least as high as James is doing.
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- Loading Up for a Forehand
- Shortly Before Forehand Contact
- Forehand Point of Contact
- Forehand Finish
- Ball Toss Release
- Knee Bend for Serve
- Serve Point of Contact
- Backswing for Topspin Backhand
- Backhand Follow-Through
- Heavily Spun Slice Backhand
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