by Ken Woodfin | Nov 2, 2019 | Game Planning, Lessons by Ken Woodfin, Racquetball Strategy, Serving Strategy, The Gestalt
Gestalt Racquetball Stroke Part 2 The Downswing or Contact Phase —> NOW! The ball striking magic begins! …also swinging myths debunked, mysteries revealed… —> …to understand the full forward swing or thru swing, here’s a mentality… —> Have complete thru...
by Ken Woodfin | Sep 9, 2019 | Lessons by Ken Woodfin, Racquetball Strategy, Racquetball Technique, The Gestalt, Uncategorized
The Great Stroke Gestalt… Part 1: The Backswing… Do you know what’s better than all the stroke parts by themselves? It’s all the stroke parts working together. In fact the racquetball stroke is even greater than the sum of the forces produced by its individual parts....
by Ken Woodfin | Jul 15, 2019 | Game Planning, Lessons by Ken Woodfin, Racquetball Strategy, Racquetball Technique, Strategy
Game Thoughts The opponent within your head is far more daunting that any player you might face or the one with whom you actually “share” the back half of the court today. What that means is your THOUGHTS BEFORE you play (and AS you play) really matter. Know that you...
by Ken Woodfin | May 27, 2019 | Game Planning, Lessons by Ken Woodfin, Racquetball Strategy
Racquetball Techniques You can’t just guide the ball around the court or aim your shots. You must prepare and then flow your racquet head thru the back of the ball, with deep meaning. What that means is you must have a plan for each ball you field and a matching...
by Ken Woodfin | Apr 22, 2019 | Lessons by Ken Woodfin, Racquetball Strategy, Racquetball Technique, Strategy
Racquetball Shooting Experience As a player, set the reference point for how YOU compete. Make it a “Meta” shooting experience. There optimally play racquetball on YOUR own terms. Attack Mode A fundamental part of your game should be playing in attack mode. If you...
by Ken Woodfin | Jan 1, 2019 | Lessons by Ken Woodfin, Racquetball Encyclopedia, Racquetball Strategy, Rules, Strategy
The Object of YOUR Distraction: Rules Calls Rules Covered Rally Calls: First, Skip Balls Last, Two Bounce Gets Serve/Return Calls: Foot Faults: Starting Outside Box Service Line Cross Drive Serve Line Cross Non Serving Partner leaving sidewall Too Soon Other Fault...
by Ken Woodfin | Nov 14, 2018 | Lessons by Ken Woodfin, Racquetball Strategy, Racquetball Technique, Strategy
Pattern Recognition Machine YOU are a pattern recognition machine. Between reading the bounce of each and every ball in a rally and formulating your attack or defense, start by taking a mental Polaroid which determines how you will realtime self assess YOUR...
by Ken Woodfin | Oct 14, 2018 | Racquetball Encyclopedia, Racquetball Strategy, Racquetball Technique
Racquetball Encyclopedia Check out my latest contribution to Racquetball Techniques in the form of a complete racquetball encyclopedia. I tried to keep it perfectly alphabetical, which was not always easy. Enjoy! Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in...
by Ken Woodfin | May 3, 2018 | Game Planning, Lessons by Ken Woodfin, Racquetball Strategy, Racquetball Technique
The Mental Game of Racquetball Every Shot Angle Starts Mentally —> In your mind’s eye (or on the screen in your mind), see yourself controlling the starting line of each shot (and each serve). There you’re controlling the ball’s trajectory as it...
by Ken Woodfin | Mar 15, 2018 | Racquetball Strategy, Racquetball Technique, Serving Strategy, Strategy
Bounce Situations Practice —> Get on court solo or better yet drill with a hitting partner and practice all of the situations or “patterns of play” you can design where you read and react to the bounce of the ball. Work on your ball read as you track...
