Let's discuss Chuck Tomlin's article, "Fade vs Draw"
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Great article. I often wondered about that fade that Federer would hit on his down the line backhands and I even learned to hit some fades on my own one hander. Anyone have some court level, rear view, one hand bh or fh footage they can share? Does the two hander allow you to hit all four of those ball directions easier than the one hander?
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Originally posted by doctorhl View PostGreat article. I often wondered about that fade that Federer would hit on his down the line backhands and I even learned to hit some fades on my own one hander. Anyone have some court level, rear view, one hand bh or fh footage they can share? Does the two hander allow you to hit all four of those ball directions easier than the one hander?
Maybe someone can link us to some good high res video from the site, but there is very good video like this to view to see a lot of horizontal action on shots.
Chuck
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Originally posted by doctorhl View PostWarwrinka Draw https://youtu.be/gT6caIBbl1E
Most Draws do tend to be a bit more subtle on avg except when we see the extreme versions like the Nadal Banana shot.
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Originally posted by jeremy93 View PostSo the fade is when the ball moves from inside to outside and the draw is when the ball moves from outside to inside the court?
But no, the movement of a CC Fade would bring it back inside.
A Fade hit DTL will be expected to bend towards that sideline though
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I was watching a table tennis instructional video Forehand Loop Training for Table Tennis and was pretty shocked when it got to a section called "Hooking & Fading". The instructor, Brian Pace, talks about contacting the outside of the ball for the "hook" and contacting the inside of the ball for the "fade" to make it "break to the right. This is exactly what Chuck is talking about in tennis.
Here is quick example of Brian hooking the ball.
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