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Nadal comes about as close to putting ping pong type spin on the FH as probably possible. Some commentators have pointed out that his down the line FH's are most of the time hooking back into the court, and his crosscourt FH's are hooking off the court. He really uses his hook topspin to move and control the ball. It appears to me that all of his hook FH's are with his signature reverse/over the head finish. When he finishes across his body, he seems to produce more of a traditional heavy topspin without the hook. I guess this would indicate that when he attacks the outside of the ball for the hook spin, this produces his over the head signature finish.
I have seen other pro men produce this hook type FH, almost always when they are striking a running FH, usually down the line. Nadal just uses it all the time to move players around.
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