I've tried Del Potro's forehand swing and I've noticed, the high above the head take back helps generate topspin: without trying to hit low to high, because the racket head was raised so high above the head, when you start hitting the ball, the weight of the racket head makes it drop below the ball automatically, without you thinking about it, allowing you to hit the low to high, generating topspin. The loop created with this swing also generates so much power. So contrary to this video's analysis, this unit turn/backswing is not a wasted motion but a main reason for DelPo's powerful strokes. When your takeback is low or just straight back, you have to consciously make the racket head dip below the ball to generate topspin, unlike with the automatic and natural way with DelPo's swing.
I had never seen Del Potro's swing in SloMo before. He gets incredible lag -- it seems that before he releases the racket head his butt cap is pointing to the contact point, ahead of where the ball is at any point in its flight. No wonder he just creams the ball most of the time! PS. I have always been a straight arm FH guy. I am told it is a little harder to time it, but I would not know because I have just never been able to get the pieces working together to do the "double bend" and it did not seem worth the effort to get it down. I was in your FH course, too, and it worked out just fine that way.
Del Potro’s grip has to do with flexibility of his wrist joint. The arm angle at which flexibility is the best is personal. The player must select the grip at which his joint flexibility at the point of impact is the best. Del Potro, as other top players, starts with body rotation. He drags his arm behind. Chest and shoulder muscles do not work here. Prior to the impact, the hand with the racquet joins rotation. This is the end of the kinetic chain: the upper body rotation has been transferred into the wrist-racquet rotation. Because the difference in size, the last one is very fast. On the way Del Potro stretches his body upwards. This accelerates the body rotation.
I am playing 47 years I have always used a straight arm for a flat forehand -as you get more power from a flat arm compared to a bent arm - the power i get of it is unreal but like any forehand you must do the unit turn with it
@@francsevcik3543It means turning your shoulders so that your left shoulder (if you are a righty) is facing the direction you intend to hit the ball towards (or towards the net).
The reason why many hit pros hit with a bent arm is because of their bad timing or playstyle. If we look at pros practice we can surely see that for the most part they hit with a straight arm. Thus , hitting with a bent arm can cause serious elbow injuries for non- recreational players.
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I've tried Del Potro's forehand swing and I've noticed, the high above the head take back helps generate topspin: without trying to hit low to high, because the racket head was raised so high above the head, when you start hitting the ball, the weight of the racket head makes it drop below the ball automatically, without you thinking about it, allowing you to hit the low to high, generating topspin. The loop created with this swing also generates so much power. So contrary to this video's analysis, this unit turn/backswing is not a wasted motion but a main reason for DelPo's powerful strokes. When your takeback is low or just straight back, you have to consciously make the racket head dip below the ball to generate topspin, unlike with the automatic and natural way with DelPo's swing.
I had never seen Del Potro's swing in SloMo before. He gets incredible lag -- it seems that before he releases the racket head his butt cap is pointing to the contact point, ahead of where the ball is at any point in its flight. No wonder he just creams the ball most of the time!
PS. I have always been a straight arm FH guy. I am told it is a little harder to time it, but I would not know because I have just never been able to get the pieces working together to do the "double bend" and it did not seem worth the effort to get it down. I was in your FH course, too, and it worked out just fine that way.
@Sz Ki I appreciate the interest, but that is not likely. I am just another rec player plus or minus, nothing much for anyone to see.
Del Potro’s grip has to do with flexibility of his wrist joint. The arm angle at which flexibility is the best is personal. The player must select the grip at which his joint flexibility at the point of impact is the best.
Del Potro, as other top players, starts with body rotation. He drags his arm behind. Chest and shoulder muscles do not work here. Prior to the impact, the hand with the racquet joins rotation. This is the end of the kinetic chain: the upper body rotation has been transferred into the wrist-racquet rotation. Because the difference in size, the last one is very fast.
On the way Del Potro stretches his body upwards. This accelerates the body rotation.
Step one - be 6'6'' tall
I am playing 47 years I have always used a straight arm for a flat forehand -as you get more power from a flat arm compared to a bent arm - the power i get of it is unreal but like any forehand you must do the unit turn with it
can you explain " unit turn " ?
i hope this is of help i did this website on technical side of tennis so look at the video page bernardmckey.com
@@francsevcik3543It means turning your shoulders so that your left shoulder (if you are a righty) is facing the direction you intend to hit the ball towards (or towards the net).
Club level grip - true story!
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The reason why many hit pros hit with a bent arm is because of their bad timing or playstyle. If we look at pros practice we can surely see that for the most part they hit with a straight arm. Thus , hitting with a bent arm can cause serious elbow injuries for non- recreational players.
Seriously? Pros hit with a bent arm because of their bad timing? Laughable!!