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Fast or Slow

You may have heard many people discuss a number of terms when talking about how they like their racquets set including shallow, fast, deep, slow, hooky, etc. For the purpose of this guide we will use the terms Fast, meaning the ball comes out of the racquet easily when throwing, and Slow, meaning the ball often gets stuck when throwing or takes substantial wrist action to throw.

Ideally everybody would like the perfect racquet that holds onto the ball whenever you are carrying it and throws the ball quickly and easily when you want to get rid of it. Ideally this guide will allow you to adjust your own racquet to achieve this happy medium.

Fast Racquet In Carrying Position	Fast Racquet In Throwing Position
FAST - As you will see in this diagram the black line marks the path out of the racquet that the ball will take down the ramp. The ramp in this instance is rather steep and as such the second diagram shows how the racquet only need be tipped 45 degrees before the ball can roll onto the Ramp and out of the racquet.

Slow Racquet In Carrying Position	Slow Racquet In Throwing Position
SLOW - Alternatively the slow net pictured shows how if the ball follows the path of the black line out of the ramp, the racquet must almost be at the vertical point to release the ball.

This is the most common area of net adjustment by simply adjusting the steepness of the ramp you can usually tailor any brand of racquet to throw as fast or as slow as you would like.

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