On Aug 26, 2007, at 3:35 AM, Anthony Hind wrote: > Initially, he was slightly disappointed, thinking his strokes were > less powerful, but gradually he realized the racket absorbs the > vibrations from the attacking ball far better. He reports there is > almost a slight delay in rebound, between the moment the ball hits > the racket and speeds forwards again, and this he mistook for less > power.
He was probably right the first time. Since "power" for his purposes is nothing more than ball speed off the racket, any absorbtion of energy from the ball or delay in rebound is going to reduce power. I think tennis players who like gut like it because the increased time of ball-racket contact gives them more control. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
