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Any number of people, on starting a new
sport such as tennis or badminton, may
hold the racquet badly - this can greatly
affect their ability to play, and can even
cause injuries if given enough time.
The sticky fingers racquet eliminates this
problem.
It has an accompanying glove,
the palm of
which is covered in the coarse side of
velco - while the handle has the soft
side.
The racquet is positioned correctly in the
player's hand, and will remain positioned
until removed - new players will find that
over a period, they will become
accustomed to holding it this way and will
have good playing habits in the future.
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It would also train them out of holding on to the raquet with sufficient grip to ensure it stays in their hand. All in all though I think this might be of some use. |
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Good idea, until people start getting dependant on it. As [wagster] says, minor gripe. Would I be right to assume that this would be akin to training wheels on a bike? In that you could detatch the velcro pads from the racket once you learnt how to hold it properly |
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I'm fairly sure I've messed up my arm for the future by holding rackets wrong, so bun from me. |
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Not so good for when you want to change your grip quickly but otherwise good for new players. |
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Could pencil lines drawn on the racquet accomplish the same thing? |
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Pencil lines would accomplish the same as just telling them off for doing it wrong, they might alter it but they would go straight back to playing as they were. |
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I don't think so; the user would be able to figure out the correct grip even without the instructor, by looking at the lines. Whereas with velcro, once the user lets go, he can't reproduce what he was doing. |
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My el-cheapo instructor (one lesson, actually) taught me to slightly modify the grip for backhand or forehand shots. I don't know if that is correct or not, but with velcro it would be impossible. |
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