Stroke Technique Quotes

Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.

I love to swim for miles; I could just go back and forth.

Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.

Oh! I must somehow manage to do a figure in a few strokes.

Hitting is like swimming. Once you learn the stroke, you never forget it.

I am happy with the way I hit the ball. There is a certain element of power into it but not completely. It is like 80 per cent timing and 20 per cent power. Why do I need power hitting when I can clear the ropes with timing?

At the same time that I'm finding the color world I want, I'm also trying to make the imagery, you know, by the nature of the strokes themselves.

I race six events. I specialise in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle, and it's not impossible, but it is hard to be able to race every single race, and day after day as well.

My strokes come from a lot of different people. I personally take credit for my forehand. My uncle helped me a lot with my backhand.

And if I'm ahead, I can sometimes tell. It might mean I'm having a good swim, but pretty much, I'm just focused on how fast I'm going, how fast I'm feeling, and pretty much block everything out, the sounds, the sights, just kind of listen to the rhythm of the water, and just maintaining the same stroke, the same rhythm, the same tempo, and thinking about how I want to get my hand to the wall.

If you watch Dominic Thiem and Naomi Osaka, the way the ball comes off the racket is totally different.

The tip I would give is that once you play the shot, make sure your chin is touching the cue after you hit the cue ball.