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This is my first post on this forum. I have, however, been very active in reading and watching a lot of the material. I’ve only been playing tennis since last September and initially had difficulty finding information I could trust. This website is like a gold mine. The articles are excellent.
Recently, I’ve been reading the amazing work by Brian Gordon into what he terms the ATP forehand. I’ve read the articles several times and watched the high-speed videos of the pros as well as Rick Macci’s excellent (and often funny) videos over the last two issues.
But I have a question: On page two of the second article on the ATP forehand by Brian Gordon (the section subtitled ‘Wrist Snap?’ here) he makes the point that the wrist doesn’t snap forward but plays a positional role. The clips demonstrate how the positioning of the wrist determine if the shot will go inside-out or cross court.
If those directions can be called horizontal, the question I have concerns the vertical direction of the shot (i.e. how high over the net). I’m unsure if this is determined by wrist pronation/supination (varying the tilt of the racket head) or by something else.
Forgive me if I’m missing something obvious. I’m new here.
Recently, I’ve been reading the amazing work by Brian Gordon into what he terms the ATP forehand. I’ve read the articles several times and watched the high-speed videos of the pros as well as Rick Macci’s excellent (and often funny) videos over the last two issues.
But I have a question: On page two of the second article on the ATP forehand by Brian Gordon (the section subtitled ‘Wrist Snap?’ here) he makes the point that the wrist doesn’t snap forward but plays a positional role. The clips demonstrate how the positioning of the wrist determine if the shot will go inside-out or cross court.
If those directions can be called horizontal, the question I have concerns the vertical direction of the shot (i.e. how high over the net). I’m unsure if this is determined by wrist pronation/supination (varying the tilt of the racket head) or by something else.
Forgive me if I’m missing something obvious. I’m new here.
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