It's a good question. If you have a great racket drop, then maybe experiment with that.
But my own experience is that the elbow height is mostly a function of shoulder flexibility. The more you can rotate your upper arm back in the shoulder joint, the closer your upper arm is to parallel the top of the shoulder.
As for the forehand, if you pat the dog, yeah you are going to have to rotate your forearm to get the racket square, so maybe that does contribute to racket speed. BUT the bulk of the acceleration occurs after the bottom of the backswing. So getting things right there is much more important.
But my own experience is that the elbow height is mostly a function of shoulder flexibility. The more you can rotate your upper arm back in the shoulder joint, the closer your upper arm is to parallel the top of the shoulder.
As for the forehand, if you pat the dog, yeah you are going to have to rotate your forearm to get the racket square, so maybe that does contribute to racket speed. BUT the bulk of the acceleration occurs after the bottom of the backswing. So getting things right there is much more important.
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