The Truth About "Lag and Snap"

[jdcremin]

John Craig is right, as usual. I fell for the New Forehand and was going for this lag and snap for the past several years. I had forsaken my fundamentals for the modern forehand. I finally realized why I had lost my forehand - I was lagging the ARM and the racket (I already had this all important racket lag!). Terrible. The arm MUST stay connected to the torso until sometime close to contact - BTW, that is not what is shown in the very popular video where the guy twists the toy stick drum (lock and roll tennis) - the arms are imagined to be disconnect from torso - bad. I think what I was doing is a very common habit so take heed. All this modern talk is nonsense.

By disconnected, I mean that as the torso rotates, the hitting arm is left behind and has to catch up - I'm sure someone here will advocate for that even though it is an absolute stroke killer.



Jon C

[johncraig]

John Craig gets his points across calmly and well, doesn't he? I like the video within the video, that's cool.

Stotty

Thanks Stotty! Much appreciate your kind words!

[johncraig]

I had the pleasure of meeting John last week in Indian Wells. Great guy and engaging. Certainly in the minority when it comes to the youtube teaching gurus. Makes strong and valid points and does it in a respectful, He gave me a head's up on the lag and snap. You see and hear about this a lot. Glad he clears a lot of this jargon and confusion up.

Kyle LaCroix USPTA
Boca Raton

Hi Kyle,
Thanks so much for your kind words! It was a pleasure to meet you at Indian Wells, and I hope to see you in FL next Sept! Kindly, John

[johnyandell]

He's a great compliment I feel to articles like mine that are very detailed. Hits the key points!

[seano]

On extremely wide balls, when you're on the dead run, squaring up probably won't be possible. You may only be able the manipulate the hands.

[hockeyscout]

This John Craig guy comes across as a real nice guy.

[klacr]

I had the pleasure of meeting John last week in Indian Wells. Great guy and engaging. Certainly in the minority when it comes to the youtube teaching gurus. Makes strong and valid points and does it in a respectful, He gave me a head's up on the lag and snap. You see and hear about this a lot. Glad he clears a lot of this jargon and confusion up.

Kyle LaCroix USPTA
Boca Raton

[stotty]

John Craig gets his points across calmly and well, doesn't he? I like the video within the video, that's cool.

Stotty

[johnyandell]

Let's discuss John Craig's latest article, "The Truth About Lag and Snap"