Recent content by Jgolf

Thank you mfb, that is the answer that will be helpful to me while playing and confirms my guess as to how to point my racket to prevent the returned ball from going to the right of my targeted area...John

The reason for my post comes from what I am unable to do n returning the ball. In the example of the ball comining to me at the 50 degree angle from the left over the net to where I want to return the shot, the ball never goes directly at the targeted spot I want he ball returned, but rather to...

Thanks for the answer...That helps...all the best to you and again thank you for the help. John

Thank you for the help...I was under the impression that since the racket was traveling twice as fast as the ball, then when the ball was hit by the racket, the angle in question would be somewhat larger than 50 degrees since the racket speed would influence the angle so that the angle of...

I'm not for sure. Let me further explan. Based on your diagram the 50 degree angle would be from the red line to the face of the racket...the angle I'm trying to find is the angle between the green line and the face of the racket...

Correction please use an angle of 50 degrees rather than 135 degrees John

I would love to add a diagram, etc but I am not computer literate enough to do so. Also please disregard the friction right now. What I'm trying to explain is the ball is coming to hit my racket from a 135 degree angle that the racket is facing for a return shot...the ball coming towards the...

please help as I'm very old but play Pickleball which is similar to tennis but with a plastic whiffle ball and a solid racket on a reduced size modified tennis court. What I'm trying to figure out is the following: a player on the other side of the net and to the left of me returns the ball that...

A.T. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check it out...John

Russ, many thanks, a Golf pro who played on the LPGA Tour that Hogan mentored said he passed it along to her and also in one of his golf books he stated that maximum club head speed occurs right after impact, not during impact...I know that when the club head hits the ball there is, I think...

The great Ben Hogan said he learned from a physics book when he was on the PGA Tour that if the golf club head is still accelerating AFTER it has struck the golf ball, the result is a straighter shot on line to the target. I can't find any examples of what he is talking about in the physics...