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What can you really see, if anything, in real time video? If you have ever hit with Kyle LaCroix or seen him play you know he has a monster game and a monster, straight arm forehand. He posted some video in the Forum of his forehand a while ago that engendered a lot of discussion about his backswing and the movement of the racket to the start of the forward swing, and how this was or wasn’t effecting his shot trajectory or spin capacity. (Click Here.) I looked at that video and as with so many other clips people post I couldn’t tell a thing. Regular video flashing by at regular speed. No better really than the naked eye. And that’s the classic problem, what I call the problem of the invisible game. The human eye is too slow to see the critical movements in something as explosive and complicated as a tennis stroke. I tried to read some of the comments, but, as usually happens, I couldn’t evaluate them in relation to the real time video. Then I went to the Miami Open and stayed with Kyle. (Click Here for the Miami Adventure Part 1. Click Here for Part…