Bent versus Straight Hitting Arms

[jeremy93]

Jeremy -

Here's Brian's article on different backswings.

https://www.tennisplayer.net/members/biomechanics/brian_gordon/understanding_professional_forehands/part_01/

To paraphrase Brian - The elbow is lifted in the backswing then drops the arm from the shoulder to get a more vertical hand path that carries speed into the forward swing.

Thanks Seano, I’ll have to look at that again. I read/watched it a while ago.