Coaches and club players trying the SABER tennis racket | Tennis racket review | Functional Tennis
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- In todays video, we are all trying out the Saber tennis racket from Functional Tennis. Is this just a gimmick and the real deal? Coaches and club players are trying it out, and give their thoughts on it.
Have you tried this? What do you think?
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"cant miss now" love it guys!!! Thanks for using the Saber
That older gentleman did very well with that thing 👏👏👏
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Saber is Federer technique. You have to use Fed technique like keep your eye on the contact point, even AFTER contact.
Not sure about that. I lift my eyes just before contact and still hit the center sweet spot more often than I miss it.
But in order to increase the accuracy this tool should be fine for almost everybody. Maybe not for spin monsters like Nadal, because that's not really possible with that stick a teaches straight shots.
@@sebastiandomagala9233 a racquet with a smaller hitting area requires more precision of the swing which requires more focus on the proper striking of the ball. You simply cannot do this without a greater visual focus on the ball itself and the relationship between the racquet relative to the incoming ball. To say it more plainly, use of a smaller racquet head, on its face, requires greater focus on the racquet meeting the ball. There is no way to rationally dispute that. Even if you close your eyes just as the racquet strikes the ball. The real work is already done to ensure the racquet strikes the ball properly and that is by watching where and when that contact between racquet and ball will happen to create an effective shot.
@@ReidVV I don't see much difference between closing the eyes and looking somewhere else.
But yes, a proper focus on the ball is necessary. And the longer you keep staring at the ball the more precisely you can hit it.
BUT: sometimes you don't have enough time. E.g. when returning fast serves, you determine where to hit it before the ball comes at you. You wouldn't have enough time anyway if you relied only one eye sight.
And so I do hit them balls without staring at them like Federer. Maybe I should. But I learned with wooden racquets (yes, I am that old) on red clay. With all its bad bounces.
And I hit them well enough for 44 years now.
I'm just saying, if you got your hands on one of these small racquet head practice tools, you'd probably find yourself making a much greater concentration of tracking the ball into the small sweetspot of the racquet face, as that seems like the entire point for the invention of the device. I don't think the main purpose of creating this device was to practice first serve returns, though it certainly could be used for that, too. That's all. All the best 🙂
@@ReidVV I think this is a great analysis. This racket indeed forces to keep eye contact until the very last split of a second and in some cases, even beyond that if you need to drive the ball a bit longer to change direction.
Looks like a great warm-up tool. Maybe, a cheap and light as possible wooden racket with multifilament full-bed could also do the trick, even though most are usually heavy or have big grip sizes (trim needed). I've seen some other similar tools from a japanese brand and also some wooden spoons. But I wouldn't use wooden surface for ball contact.
Agreed 👍 and it actually felt extremely solid this thing…it is high quality…it’s worth it if you have a group or a team and you buy it together. You’ll use it once in a while but not every time you play.
I love mine! I have the same but lighter in weight.
We need to start using that again Jakob! Mine is collecting dust. lol
Great job with that Greg👏🏼
Let’s bring that out…we will have a Saber battle 🥳🥳😀😀
Gert using it!!! Should be part of your warm up!!
IF I can get my hands on one I would love to use it as a training aid for 30 mins in pre hits. Wooden Spoon is also good but obviously a lot more harder..
Yea, it actually felt super solid and was higher quality than we thought.
What a nice content
what are your top 3 rackets you use right now? i also have a short take back
Better than the Trash(Clash) ? Could be replacement for those poor fellows ha
definitely an interesting tool for a tennis school, but not for a single player
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