Your Forehand and the Modern Forehand:Grip and Contact Height

Over the past 4 years we’ve used the high speed footage from Advanced Tennis to explore the modern forehand in pro tennis in virtually every aspect. Currently there are over a dozen detailed articles in the Advanced Tennis section on the modern forehand. These cover the commonalities and the differences among the top pro players. (Click Here.)

For me it’s been a magical adventure and I have taken the time to go into the detail that I think the complexity of the subject requires. But I also feel that the time is now ripe to summarize what we’ve learned, and especially, to make it more accessible to everyone on Tennisplayer.

Many subscribers, I know, have mined these articles repeatedly. But I also know from the emails I get that many players aren’t aware of everything we have done and of richness and depth of theses archives.

A recurring issue is what applies to whom. Although some readers have mistaken my intent, I never said that every player should hit the forehand like Roddick, or Nadal, or Federer–not in all respects anyway. I stated repeatedly that the main purpose was just to try to understand the pro forehand. But now it’s…