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Coaching insights

Forehand Analysis

Drive Forehand Swing Path

The player takes the racquet back through a shoulder rotation. The racquet head lags a bit pointing forwards. As the racquet moves upwards and forwards towards contact, the wrist opens and the butt cap point at the ball.. The swing path to contact is not very steep which is typical of a flatter shot. After contact the motion goes up, forwards and around. Tthe racquet head moves through and around in response to the forearm rotation.

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With a Crossover-Step into the perfect forehand closed stance position

The forehand from the lateral position occurs in competition tennis in special situations. One of these situations, for example, is a shorter ball that flies relatively centrally towards the player. A crossover step is an effective way to bring the body into the right position. The step combination after the ball contact is then “left-left” or “left-right”.

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