The racq head is still below the approaching ball. The tilt of the racq head (using other grips besides continental) will impart topspin rotation while rotating in a horizontal position. If your using a continental grip you will need to stroke the ball more vertical to impart some forward rotation. I have many topspin forehand approach shots using the continental while attacking the net. Very low to high!
Again what you say is correct about the swing, but it is still low to high, but yes maybe coaches explain it wrong. The racquet goes across, but only goes across because once you swing up as fast as possible, the only place left for the racquet to go is to go across, however it still is a low to high swing, swinging across is what creates racquet speed at the end, it helps accelerate through the ball because there’s more space to swing through. The point is ACROSS IS NOT WHAT CREATES THE SPIN. The spin is created by swinging low to high, and going ACROSS ONLY GENERATES RACQUET SPEED
The hand and racket go high on the take-back/load-phase solely to separate the arm/elbow from the body and achieve spacing (this helps with power in the whip). Then, as the player begins the whip forward, they allow their hand to drop BELOW the ball just slightly (1 inch - 3 inches maybe?) and strike the ball with a slightly UPWARD and ACROSS motion. The racket, racket-face (slightly closed vs. flat), strings, string tension, and string pattern (18x20 vs 16x19 for example) all effect the potential trajectory or launch angle of the ball, thus dictating how much the player needs to swing up (slightly up, more up, etc.). The milliseconds before the racket makes contact with the ball, however, definitely includes SOME UPWARD ANGLE, although miniscule to the naked eye. How they get to that point is not as important. This upward contact can be seen as the tip of the racket or racket face comes across the players face then back down again to finish around the shoulder/chest area. I believe the low-to-high concept is taught to overexaggerate what really is happening. However, its probably too overly exaggerated in the learner's swing and needs to be toned down a bit. Traditional coaches can improve in how they teach the concept to relax on so much low-to-high verbage.
If I had only listened to the audio of this video, I would have dismissed it as nonsense. But watching the visuals completely proved it-100% legit! Myth busted.
This is where our languages fail. It depends on 1. with respect to the ground level or body axis. 2. the follow thru or from backswing to the impact zone.
The racq head is still below the approaching ball. The tilt of the racq head (using other grips besides continental) will impart topspin rotation while rotating in a horizontal position. If your using a continental grip you will need to stroke the ball more vertical to impart some forward rotation. I have many topspin forehand approach shots using the continental while attacking the net. Very low to high!
Again what you say is correct about the swing, but it is still low to high, but yes maybe coaches explain it wrong. The racquet goes across, but only goes across because once you swing up as fast as possible, the only place left for the racquet to go is to go across, however it still is a low to high swing, swinging across is what creates racquet speed at the end, it helps accelerate through the ball because there’s more space to swing through.
The point is ACROSS IS NOT WHAT CREATES THE SPIN. The spin is created by swinging low to high, and going ACROSS ONLY GENERATES RACQUET SPEED
The hand and racket go high on the take-back/load-phase solely to separate the arm/elbow from the body and achieve spacing (this helps with power in the whip). Then, as the player begins the whip forward, they allow their hand to drop BELOW the ball just slightly (1 inch - 3 inches maybe?) and strike the ball with a slightly UPWARD and ACROSS motion. The racket, racket-face (slightly closed vs. flat), strings, string tension, and string pattern (18x20 vs 16x19 for example) all effect the potential trajectory or launch angle of the ball, thus dictating how much the player needs to swing up (slightly up, more up, etc.). The milliseconds before the racket makes contact with the ball, however, definitely includes SOME UPWARD ANGLE, although miniscule to the naked eye. How they get to that point is not as important. This upward contact can be seen as the tip of the racket or racket face comes across the players face then back down again to finish around the shoulder/chest area.
I believe the low-to-high concept is taught to overexaggerate what really is happening. However, its probably too overly exaggerated in the learner's swing and needs to be toned down a bit. Traditional coaches can improve in how they teach the concept to relax on so much low-to-high verbage.
Great video is it the same on the two handed backhand or can you make a video for that?
If I had only listened to the audio of this video, I would have dismissed it as nonsense. But watching the visuals completely proved it-100% legit! Myth busted.
Good example 🎾
This is where our languages fail. It depends on 1. with respect to the ground level or body axis. 2. the follow thru or from backswing to the impact zone.
Sorry, but this is BS.