@Miraz Thanks! Slow lowering is important for avoiding injury, and doesn’t reduce the usefulness of the fast movement for training power/explosiveness.
I think my real problem was just that I had little natural explosiveness, and didn’t understand (as a child or young adult) that it was trainable.
@annahavron Or driving on roads, or flying into airports, or watching sporting events taking place in publicly supported stadiums.
@philipbrewer.net Jes, ja!
@criminalist.bsky.social Just like with swords. Tennis could probably be improved by giving the players swords. I doubt if sword fighting would be improved by giving the players racquets, although it might be worth trying.
@criminalist.bsky.social Maybe the coaches should crouch like ball boys at the edge of the court. Then after a bad serve, sprint to the player and tell him, “Toss the ball straight up, not to the side!” Then, of course, sprint on to the other side of the court and crouch back down again.