Well done, great achievement!

I consider making changes within the team a vital part of the game when things aren’t going in your favour. I wouldn’t go as far as saying that such changes have a 75% positive effect, but there is definitely a real chance that they can shift the momentum of a game. I’m also a supporter of temporary rotation—switching roles for one or two ends and then reverting—when a teammate is struggling. It can give the player some relief, especially if you genuinely believe they can recover. That being said, if substitutions are allowed and you have good options, a proper substitution is often the better choice. In general, my observation is that substitutions are frequently made far too late.

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I also did some high‑lob training today. The technique that works best for me is a very late opening of the wrist. The whole movement sequence needs to feel relaxed with ease, and at the end the ball almost seems to flip out of the hand, going straight up into the sky. In my throwing sequence – which is quite untypical compared to others – I don’t start with a fully curled hand. I actually do the opposite: I begin with the hand holding the boule bent back as far as possible towards the outside of the forearm. Then I start the backswing, and only at the apex of the backswing do I curl the boule in natural. The boule stays in this position throughout the entire forward swing until the arm is almost fully extended forward. Only then does the wrist come into play, giving the ball the backspin and height. For me, this seems to be the best way to add backspin, and it works well for distances of 6–8 m. For longer distances I need to add a slight push from the knees, but that adds quite a bit of complexity because it doesn’t feel natural. I lose quite a bit of accuracy and backspin then. I developed this technique after talking to a very prominent guy here who used to be a rising star in his youth. I think he even won the Travemünde Cup once when he was 14. He’s a strange guy and never gives advice; he just shows up occasionally to show off, even though he stopped playing many years ago. And he mentioned, only as a side comment, that most players open their wrist far too early for a proper high lob. It took me quite some time to implement the late wrist opening, but it seems to work. My “opposite” start of the backswing, I added just later, as I have the feeling it helps my muscle memory that the hand wrist needs to opened when releasing the ball at the end of the swing. I am not sure if this is the “right” technique, as it has never been instructed to me and I see other players capable to add way more backspin. Would be very interesting if anyone is using a similar technique?

@Michal Dzurik great to hear! Then I just need to perfect it!