Lesson 2 of 4 · Strike · 7 min

Meet it in front.
Fix your timing with your feet.

Scrub through an impact model, then inspect your spacing on film.

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Inspect a millisecond-scale collision with an explicit energy account

Use footage to test a spacing problem

The hit-and-freeze spacing drill

Compare compression, deflection and energy across model settings

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The stroke, eight instants at a time.

Traced frame by frame from real footage, then lit like the rest of the Academy. Flip through it: the shape of the swing is the lesson before a word of it is written.

Sinner's forehand, instant 5 of 8 — Sinner's forehand: eight instants traced from the footage, frame for frame. Hover or tap to flip; the dot marks contact.

Sinner's forehand: eight instants traced from the footage, frame for frame. Hover or tap to flip; the dot marks contact.

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Meet it in front.Fix your timing with your feet.

The stroke, eight instants at a time.

The rest of this lesson is in the Academy.

Meet it in front.
Fix your timing with your feet.