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Calculated Risks?
There are two
distinct ideas to winning racquetball: (1) The accepted system of playing by
the numbers and (2) The more aggressive and risky style of the pros. What
separates the pros from the amateurs is the ability to know when to take
calculated risks to win consistently at the top levels.
The pros
differ from the top amateurs because they must depend on every performance
for their livelihood. Because of this fact, the pros lead a more urgent
search for an edge. Their livelihood depends on innovations and resiliency.
From this innovative thinking is born the more aggressive, more offensive
weapons and calculated risk-taking. They have not abandoned smart play,
but they have carefully calculated when and how they can push the limits of
smart conservative play.
They got to be pros because they developed a sound
scientific basis for their game, added weapons to push their potential, and
then developed the timing to know when to take the risks and go for all out
winners.
The legendary
world champion of the 1970s, Charles Brumfield, was the first to study the
pattern and dynamics of winning racquetball. He dominated the pro tour of
the 1970s because he adopted a scientific approach to the game that is still
the standard for today.
Brumfield watched rally after rally, match after
match, and analyzed just how the game was played. He studied where most of
the winning shots really fell, and subsequently, what were the best ways to
cover the court.
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