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From: osmigo@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (osmigo)
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Subject: Re: Bolleteiri's kids (really Jimmy Arias)
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Date: Thu, 10-Oct-85 18:26:19 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 10 18:26:19 1985
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Of course, Lendle has developed his serve and backhand, but his forehand got
him to the top of men's tennis in the first place. Players like Lendl, even
though they may rely mainly on a few basic strokes, are perfectly capable
of hitting any stroke in the book; it is simply that they have developed a
particular strategic style, such as Connors's hanging back by the baseline
and slamming his oppenent to death with his "limited" stroke repertoire.{_

I can't really say why Arias hasn't regained his former status. He certainly
isn't the first professional athlete to go into a "slump" or "stagnate." 
Look at Arnold Palmer :-)  As far as relating this to attending Bolleteiri's
school, just how many cases are we talking about here? Remember, his is
reportedly the most heavily attended tennis academy in the world, if not
THE most, i.e. literally scads of pro players have attended it, whether they
are stagnating or not. If it WERE found that his school produces players with
flash-in-the-pan tendencies, you would still have to be able to say that this
was characteristic of HIS school and not tennis schools in general. Are there
any schools with a different verifiable "record"?

Braden doesn't have anything to do with this, I was just quoting his statement
(oriented toward beginning players) that mastering one or two basic strokes 
will get you farther than beating yourself bloody trying to do backspun
, oops, I mean backhand, overheads with topspin. Personally, I find his
haughty style rather condescending, not to mention all his stuff about
holding the racket face 12 inches below the ball and striking it at a 
17-degree angle to the court surface, etc. Talk about paralysis by analysis!

....Ron Morgan
....osmigo@ut-ngp.UTEXAS(osmigo)


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