hey look, I'm a throw-back to the 70s and 80s
I had my first tennis lesson in probably fifteen years last night. And my first sports injury in years. What happened? Within the first few minutes of hitting I went to hit a backhand and drove the butt of the racquet into the side of my right kneecap. I managed the rest of lesson without too much problem, but going up and down stairs is a bit painful :(
Other than that, the lesson was enjoyable - I had been wondering whether or not I was doing anything wrong with my strokes since I hadn't really played much in the last ten or fifteen years. Apparently I hit with the classic stroke taught in the late seventies early eighties - I think the exact comment was that my strokes "...looked like they were taught in the 70s". Unfortunately it seems like stroke fundamentals have changed drastically since I last played seriously. No longer is getting wristy a bad thing - people are actively trying to do this. Federer in slow motion is a pretty good visual of what I'm now supposed to be trying to do :)
So apparently a sport doesn't stand still when you put your participation on "pause" :)