Brett Hobden

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Name FPS Duration
Brett Hobden: The Seven Modern Topspin Forehands (10 of 13) Brett Hobden’s forehand from the Deuce side, filmed from a CourtLevel rear angle. His shoulders turn well past perpendicular to the net in the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm swing to initiate an early kinetic chain sequence into contact.
8.4s
Brett Hobden: The Seven Modern Topspin Forehands (11 of 13) Roger Federer's topspin FH from the Deuce side, filmed from a Rear angle. His footwork includes a well-timed split step into a quick adjustment shuffle, setting up a strong open stance before rotating into the shot.
7.6s
February 2006 Issue Federer's FH from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear CourtLevel angle. His eastern forehand grip is clear with a relaxed hand, and you can see pronounced wrist lag that unwinds into a sharp pronation through contact.
8.8s
February 2006 Issue Brett Hobden’s forehand topspin animation medley from a central baseline position, filmed from a side CourtLevel angle. His footwork emphasizes a well-timed split step into a semi-open stance, with a clear load on the outside leg before rotating through and recovering along the baseline.
8.8s
What is the Modern Forehand? (1 of 10) Brett Hobden's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side CourtLevel angle. His follow-through wraps across his body with his non-hitting hand counterbalancing behind him before he recovers back into a neutral ready stance.
8.2s
Brett Hobden: The Seven Modern Topspin Forehands (2 of 13) Brett Hobden’s animation of Grosjean and Clijsters’ FH from center court, filmed from a side comparison angle. The racket heads trace a clear low-to-high arc with slightly closed faces at contact, meeting the ball around waist to chest height to emphasize topspin production.
7.5s
What is the Modern Forehand? (2 of 10) Brett Hobden’s forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. His shoulders turn well past 90 degrees relative to the baseline, creating a pronounced trunk coil that uncoils sequentially from hips to shoulders into contact.
8s
What is the Modern Forehand? (4 of 10) Andre Agassi's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His feet load into a strong semi-open stance with a clear right-to-right weight transfer as he plants and rotates into the ball.
9s
Brett Hobden: The Seven Modern Topspin Forehands (3 of 13) Brett Hobden’s forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. His follow-through wraps fully across his body with the non-hitting hand extending back for counterbalance before he recovers into a neutral ready position.
5.8s
Brett Hobden: The Seven Modern Topspin Forehands (4 of 13) Agassi and Sharapova’s forehand drives from the middle of the court, filmed from a side animation angle. Their hips load by turning sideways with deep knee flexion, then unwind as the legs extend upward and forward to drive the rotation through contact.
10.3s
What is the Modern Forehand? (5 of 10) Roddick's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a side animation view. His hips load into a strong closed position with a deep knee bend before driving up and unwinding through contact, clearly showing the sequence of leg drive into hip rotation.
9.7s
What is the Modern Forehand? (6 of 10) Agassi’s and Roddick’s forehands from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a side animation angle. The animation clearly contrasts their hip rotation timing and depth of knee bend, emphasizing how each player sequences leg drive into the forward swing.
9s
Brett Hobden: The Seven Modern Topspin Forehands (5 of 13) Brett Hobden's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. His semi-western grip is evident in the closed racquet face, with a clear wrist lag that releases into a pronounced pronation through contact.
7.6s
Brett Hobden: The Seven Modern Topspin Forehands (6 of 13) Brett Hobden's topspin lob from the baseline, filmed from a side court-level angle. The video emphasizes a relaxed semi-western forehand grip with pronounced wrist lag that unwinds upward through contact to impart heavy topspin on the lob.
4.3s
Brett Hobden: The Seven Modern Topspin Forehands (7 of 13) Roger Federer's topspin forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact, the racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck just in front of his lead hip and around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward along the swing path.
3.4s
What is the Modern Forehand? (8 of 10) Roddick's forehand on a short ball from the Deuce side, filmed from a CourtLevel rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward on a low-to-high path for heavy topspin.
3.2s
Brett Hobden: The Seven Modern Topspin Forehands (8 of 13) Brett Hobden's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm so the hitting shoulder lags and whips through after the hips and torso initiate the forward swing.
7s
What is the Modern Forehand? (9 of 10) Federer's FH from the Deuce side, filmed from a Rear angle. His shoulders coil well past 90 degrees relative to the net, then uncoil in sync with the trunk so the chest squares to the ball just after contact, clearly illustrating modern kinetic chain sequencing.
7.1s
Brett Hobden: The Seven Modern Topspin Forehands (9 of 13) Brett Hobden's return from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side CourtLevel angle. His hips stay closed as he loads with a deep knee bend, then drive forward with the legs to uncoil the hips into contact.
3.1s
What is the Modern Forehand? (10 of 10) Roddick's forehand from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His semi-western grip is evident in the closed racket face on the takeback, with pronounced wrist lag maintained until just before contact.
7s
What is the Modern Forehand? (7 of 10) Agassi and Federer’s forehand returns from the center on a first serve, filmed from a side animation angle. The side view makes the semi‑western grip and delayed wrist lag into contact easy to see, with a distinct pronation of the wrist through the hitting zone.
7.7s

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