Swing OUT on the Forehand

The first vector on the forehand is out, not towards the ball. This is what allows explosive horizontal shoulder adduction through contact, but it's something that's missing from many players' swings.
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[@douwemonsma5874]

i felt it! it's like waterskiing, first you go straight, and when the boat makes a sharp left turn you suddenly accelerate like crazy. Similarly, first the racket goes straight out, and then you force it to come in by adducting your arm, and the racket suddenly accelerates! Very nice demonstration. Subscribed.

[@tesladiesel2420]

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[@stevenmckelvey4210]

You're very original! Love the book and website

[@FaultTolerantTennis]

Thanks!

[@topspin1715]

Hi, wondering if there is any way to do a zoom lesson or if I could send you video for paid feedback on my forehand?

[@FaultTolerantTennis]

Yeah, we do offer this. Reach out to me at [e-mail].

[@s2lai]

how are you achieving this "out" vector? Is it from elbow extension while rotating? Also, is this a different way of describing swinging from the inside-out?

[@HoiWaiKwan]

So for the shoulder abduction alone, is that mainly consists of up and extend vector, but little or none out vector?

[@FaultTolerantTennis]

Yes, that's right. The shoulder adduction itself rarely pushes out, unless you're too far from the ball, and you have to in order to hit it, or you're hitting inside-out. The goal is to swing out first *so that* you can drive through contact when you get there.

[@HoiWaiKwan]

@@FaultTolerantTennis Thanks for your clarification! So is that means for normal baseline neutral forehand groundstroke, we should firstly have some degree of upper body coil during preparation, and then uncoil the torso to swing "out", and then perform shoulder adduction for the extension and up vector?

[@FaultTolerantTennis]

@@HoiWaiKwan Yep, that's pretty much it. The out vector is because our first motion is uncoiling, not adducting the shoulder, and on some shots where we're not coiling - like a jammed serve return, we wouldn't swing out, we'd swing purely back to front for a slow, but very fault tolerant contact zone.

[@HoiWaiKwan]

@@FaultTolerantTennis Oh this is really inspiring! You really clear up much of my fundamental understanding! Thanks!