Stop hitting low to high on your forehand unless you want to lose to players who aren't
Higher level players aren't swinging low to high, they're cutting through the ball every chance they get
No doubt you've played someone who seems to be able to hit winners from absolutely out of nowhere making you eventually just give up
Your coach is telling you that you need to play safe, consistent, "high percentage tennis" and not go for any "risky shots" and scolds you for doing so
- but the person you're playing is hitting winners whenever they want and nobody even bats an eye
Wouldn't you like someone to teach you how to do this instead of pretending like it's not going on and pretending like consistency is how you win?
I'm going to teach you
In order to hit forehand winners out of nowhere, your swing has to START high, BARELY drop, go straight to and rotste the shoulder to OPEN racquet face, then CLOSING the wrist, keeping the arm straight for as long as possible.
A lot of you guys hit forehands with bent elbows and fold your elbow through every single forehand and I guarantee you this is a detail that never gets pointed out
Your arm must remain straight and unfolded for as long as possible, and even when you follow through you're barely folding
Swing straight, make open contact, close the wrist,
If it feels like you are brushing you are doing it wrong.
If it feels like you're going to slap it out, you're doing it right
