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Re: Speaking of rules...

bonemanrides — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:20:43 GMT

Interesting. I was muddling through the rules the other day.... Whilst there are specific references to only being able to change racquets during a match if

Re: Speaking of rules...

H Bbb — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:03:52 GMT

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Re: Speaking of rules...

JohnF — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:40:19 GMT

Both Marinas brothers (San Francisco TT Club) have made serious committments to ambidexteriousity . Mike, normally a right-handed inverted penholder, plays

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Re: Helpful Hint....

bonemanrides — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:20:24 GMT

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Re: Helpful Hint....

Lobo — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:42:18 GMT

I believe that this is exactly what Bernie Hock used to do when he constructed a Hock paddle.

Helpful Hint....

bonemanrides — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:22:29 GMT

So I've been having a bit of a time with all my hardbat rubbers lifting around the edges. Whether I use tear-mender, rubber cement or the ever so

Re: Speaking of rules...

bonemanrides — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:32:25 GMT

... I figured as much. First time I did it was utterly reflexive... trying to get an extremely short ball back over the net, without thinking I just tossed

Re: Speaking of rules...

wturber — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:17:13 GMT

As Scott said, switching hands is perfectly legal. Throwing the racket to effect a return, however, is not. The racket must be held, usually in your hand,

Re: Speaking of rules...

Lobo — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:39:32 GMT

Indeed, both Mike and his twin brother Dan are fully ambidextrous, and Mike in particular switches so easily that he will often do it just to play an

Re: Speaking of rules...

H Bbb — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:29:40 GMT

Mike Marinas of Daly City, CA is a great hardbat player and he switches the blade from one hand to the other so smoothly and seamlessly that not everyone

Re: Speaking of rules...

dnorman — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:08:10 GMT

Trevor Runyan has done that in matches, and I am sure it is legal. Lily Yip was delighted when Trevor did that to her in a hardbat final, and I think Trevor

Speaking of rules...

bonemanrides — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:10:21 GMT

The other day I was playing a fellow and we were having a very vigorous match. One particular point I fired a low, flaming backhand snap cross-court to his

Re: Hardbat News

Lobo — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:21:04 GMT

Jay wrote an excellent summary. The rule changes were made at the U.S. Open by the Hardbat Committee, and approved by the USATT Board a week or so ago. Here

Re: Hardbat News

wturber — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:04:53 GMT

It looks like Scott has now updated the Hardbat.com pages. The changes I saw were: 1) Gambler Peacekeeper OX is now a legal rubber. 2) Any ATP rubber is now