Your Strokes: Ching Lee Forehand

Ching’s windshield wiper forehand – what will close observation, and a pro comparison, show us?

We looked last month at Ching Lee’s serve, and this month we will take a look at his forehand. On the right you can see a front view of Ching’s forehand, and from this angle we can immediately see just how advanced and “modern” his forehand looks.

The double bend hitting structure, the semi-western grip, the butt cap of the racket initially pointing at the ball, torso rotation, the windshield wiper finish – it’s all here.

If I hadn’t spent so many hours studying the pro level wiper motion, I would probably be unable to help Ching. Luckily the work I did in writing my article on the windshield wiper forehand (Click Here) prepared me to see what was happening in his stroke.

The main insight is that Ching is not driving through the ball as well as the pros do. Not nearly as well. But before we see the problems with this abbreviated wiper motion, let’s start off with the the hitting structure and torso rotation. And there is plenty to like here.

Using Coria as a comparative model, notice how Ching’s body is…