The Killer Forehand Part 2

In the batter’s box with the open stance Killer Forehand. You can’t fire a canon from a canoe. And you can’t hit the Killer Forehand without a good hitting stance. The hitting stances provide power, balance and disguise for your strokes. When you arrive at the ball, you need to be in a stance that allows you all shot possibilities. The two desirable hitting stances are an open stance and a neutral stance. For a better understanding of that, let’s go to the sport of baseball. The batter has to start outside the batters box before the pitch is thrown and then had to enter the box as the pitcher throws the ball. To master the Killer Forehand you must also hit from a netural stance. The batter went into the box with his back foot. In tennis, that’s called the open stance forehand. The killer forehand also is hit using the neutral stance where the front foot steps forward toward the target. You must master hitting the killer forehand from both the open and the neutral stance. You’ll notice the open stance has only the backfoot in the batter’s box. Frequently, there’s no time to step into the ball…