Perfect Modern ATP FOREHAND: Low to High Swing or NOT? TIPS and DRILLS

[@ChrisLewit]

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[@coachjimk.8871]

Nice work!!

[@ChrisLewit]

Thank you very much my friend!

[@watcher687]

Great video, Chris! Thank you. Something that really worked well for me recently is to relax my grip deliberately at the back of the take back right before I start my forward swing. That made the racket head drop and flip down nicely although my hand stayed pretty much at the same level. In other words your hand doesn’t really need to go down below the ball, the racket head does!

[@ChrisLewit]

Yes that sounds exactly right!

[@scottmandolin9026]

Thanks as always Chris! With the ever evolving fh techniques.. the emphasis still being on producing some degree of low to high for max top is a truth!

[@ChrisLewit]

Thank you my friend. I agree

[@paulricciardi5318]

Great content coach

[@ChrisLewit]

Thank you my friend!

[@IsaiahLewit]

Pretty good video, thanks for the tips 🎉

[@ChrisLewit]

Thanks my friend

[@kimberleighweiss-lewit333]

Awesome video! 🙌🏽

[@ChrisLewit]

Thanks very much!

[@MicahWhitmire]

Great vid, great advice, Thankyou 🎉🎉

[@ChrisLewit]

Thanks amigo

[@JaschaLewit]

Nice vid!

[@ChrisLewit]

Thank you my friend

[@chtomlin]

There is a time for both level as well as low to high Slot

[@ChrisLewit]

Yes agree but I would teach low to high swing path as the primary.

[@ChrisLewit]

Let me know any questions friends

[@TNToncourt]

Great video! Thank you. Please could you do a video on heavy topspin from the baseline.

[@ChrisLewit]

@TNToncourt Do you mean receiving heavy topspin or hitting it?

[@KenFlanagan]

I love your vibe Chris and you are clearly experienced but every time I see a racket in your hand I just don’t understand why your wrist is so stiff and the racket follows the line of your arm throughout your shadow swing when demonstrating stokes and their shape. Sure the wrist lag and flex happen during the stokes forward initiation because of the kinetic chain and a loose wrist but even at take back and unit turn the wrist is usually broken or flexed to some extent. Your wrist looks so straight and stiff and it reminds me of the take back maybe of the next gen forehand, which I am no fan of, as it remains straight with your arm wrist and racket forming a line or single lever with the shoulder as the fulcrum. This seems the opposite of encouraging the kinetic chain and having the wrist as the last part of that to form the wrist lag. I understand that the wrist is stable at contact but your swing looks like you are arming the ball. I’m sure that you cannot be and I know you are proficient and thoughtful but this always seem jarring when I watch and I am sure that I am missing something as to why you appear to do this. Thx so much.

[@ChrisLewit]

That’s strange brother. My wrist is relaxed and getting plenty of spin. I think it’s normal. Some guys exaggerate lag when doing shadowing, which is not realistic. At low speed shadow swings there is not much lag at all typically. Remember that lag increases with the use of legs and kinetic chain during maximum acceleration.

[@ChrisLewit]

The pros don’t lag much if at all during slow warmups. Mini tennis etc. Maybe that’s what you are seeing.