19/02/2014
ATP Tour - Be lefty is key to the success of Nadal
Many great lefties who has taken the tennis world . John McEnroe , Marcelo Rios and Jimmy Connors are among the players who have taken full advantage of this feature of his game. And it is another lefty , Rod Laver , one of the great legends of tennis, that values the importance of Rafa Nadal is a lefty.
" The fact that Rafa is left-handed is an advantage. Lefties have more skills with effects and give more activity to the ball, and that helps. There is no special reason , but I think being left-handed work. McEnroe always had that ability to save match points on serve , for example , "says eleven times Grand Slam champion .
Why left-handers have an advantage ?
Effects : Most tour players are skilled and therefore when facing left-handers the effects are totally contrary to which they are accustomed .
The kick : Service southpaw advantage really is a tough blow for right-handed players , because apart from the fact they look very displaced and lopsided , which forces them to lose a lot of track.
The tactics of the game : Generally the reverse is the weakest hitting a tennis player tactically and therefore all players tend to find the back of his opponent , however , a left-handed player to this game plan changes radically.
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Jordi Arrese , former captain of Davis Cup and Eurosport TV commentator , left-handedness has many advantages "They are the many hours of training that makes any elite player and in 90 % of cases play against skilled players. The whole face changes when you have a left-handed player and that's a big plus for them effects them out , "he explains.
"In the case of the open kick Rafa has affected much in their clashes with Federer, because he also drew from her head and lifted both the Roger Ball suffered a lot in order to return these balls with his backhand , which is where the blow players have less force , but with the two-handed backhand and anticipation that has been alleviated in part, " he explains. " To me it did not bother me play left handed but it is true that it is always difficult to play against them."