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Faking
Swain demonstrated effective
usage of the faking technique in his U.S. Open Championship
match with Jason Manino in 1999. He showed us that the faking
technique is applicable and easily transferable. Swain was able to
trick Manino into deeper coverage because he pump faked another
ceiling ball return and go pinch. This kept Manino honest in his
court position by forcing Jason to back peddling to cover the pinch,
expecting another ceiling ball, but only to be caught in the middle
of a direction change. I observed that even though Swain
occasionally pinches shots high and wide, he usually catches Manino
by surprise, misposition and heading in the wrong direction.
Another example is the 1996 US
Open Championship match between Sudsy and Roberts. This match
illustrates superb head fakes by Sudsy as he directs his shots towards
the other direction. Legendary racquetball champion Dave Peck also made
use of misdirection and miscues. Peck used to fake one position and
tiptoed his massive Texan frame to cover a different position to
manipulate optimal power zone advantage.
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