Tennis Forehand Stroke Technique

Forehand, hit the most basic and most easily taught in tennis. Forehand swing itself is a blow to the back of the body towards the front and the front of the racket or the palm of the hand we are dealing with the ball.

I will try to describe the basic movements of classical forehand easy to learn for beginners. For those of you who are beginners, you can use a continental or eastern grip in holding a tennis racket and a stance that is used is a closed stance where the position of the body perpendicular to the line of the baseline or the net. Here is a picture that shows the movement in the classic forehand.

• The movement started from body movement towards the ball and we have determined the exact zone the ball will hit. Zone was good to hit the tennis continental grip. (Figure 1). or eastern is the area in front of your body, in the area around the lower abdomen.
• Then you swing your racket back together with your hands shoulder rotation that does not hold the racket forward. Left foot forward and the body is perpendicular to the line of the baseline or the net to make a closed stance (Fig. 2 and 3).
• When the ball has entered the strike zone that you want, you swing your racket forward towards the point of contact between the ball with the racket (Figure 4).
• Contact with the tennis ball racket and the ball should try to be the sweetspot of the racket for the perfection of the stroke (Figure 5).
• Once this happens then we do followthrough fixed racket by swinging across the body to us in a direction approximately 11 hours (Figure 6).

Movement following a forehand forehand used by modern players today, where the difference in a classical way as above lies in the selection of grip, stance, and followthrough. Grip is commonly used by modern players are semi-western or full western so the main blow of the current players are mostly topspin. Then stance used is open stance where players get ready to hit the ball with the position of the body parallel to the line facing the baseline or the net. Let's see how the forehand is now commonly performed.

• This image was taken from Andy Roddick forehand motion starting from the racquet swing backwards (Figure 1). You can see the stance used Andy Roddick is open stance where the first left foot forward and parallel body position or facing the net.
• Figures 2 and 3 racket began swinging the ball forward towards the point of contact with the racket.
• Racket to the point of contact with the ball on the racket head sweetspot area (Figure 4).
• After the point of contact with the racquet ball then continued with followthrough where rackets forwarded to the sides with a movement like a car or whiper called "whiper whip" (Figures 5 and 6).

So I suggest for novice players to learn forehands with simple movements first with a classic swing and wear continental or eastern grip. If you have been able to master this shot well and can hit the ball over the net consistently, then you can experiment by trying different grips like a semi-western or western. Generally, along with the punch, then you are also getting better footwork and you can adjust the footwork that is used if you want to try to hit the other grip.
Another example here is that Federer forehand using semi-western grip. You can mimic the movement as an example of the perfect modern forehand.

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