A rejuvenated backhand flick which was introduced many years back via Patrick Chila.
Patrick used the boomerang flick, more as a spin written which was then used by another french player (Simon Gauzy) with a similar technique.
Romain Ruiz took their technique and elevated it into the Romain Ruiz Return. He ha escalated the return by making it look identical to the Chiquita flick (banana) but at the last split second changing the movement.
The Exercise:
Playing a backhand triple R flick by receiving someone's serve or using multi-ball to elevate this stroke.
The Aim:
1. Add a new stroke into your game
2. Develop a similar timing point for both Chiquita and Triple R
3. Develop a change of play and direction via your receive of serve
4. Develop Timing point, when to connect with the ball in flight and at what part of the ball to hit.
How it's done:
1. Timing is near the same but the stroke technically changes from an in to out movement, - out, to in technical movement as seen on the video.
2. The elbow stays high and the form and wrist do a lot of the work
3. The technically the aim is to deceive the opponent, in terms of which direction you are going
This stroke may look odd, unique, and hard to execute but actually, it's not too difficult to develop and in an odd way come naturally to many players.
Thank you to Romain Ruiz for joining us and showing his amazing Triple R backhand flick
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