NEVER Snap Your WRIST On The FOREHAND 

But that's a result of acceleration not from "Manipulating" it.

​​​​@@ared18t ok maybe in your case it's more passive, but you are NOT maintaining the lagged wrist angle all the way to contact. In addition one does not have a perfectly vertical windshield wiper motion but rather one that extends both vertical and forward. The forward component is achieved by the wrist flexion just prior to striking the ball. In my opinion...

I don't think you understood the advice honestly. The reason for that is because what you said does not contradict what he said.

You just have everything else wrong with forehand for sure..

I totally agree with you. There is no way that you maintain a completely laid back wrist all the way to the point of contact if you want a powerful forehand. After the slot position and as you pull the racket forward, the racket head is accelerated and nearly catches up to the wrist at the point of contact. All you have to do is watch slow motion of Dimitrov's forehand for a perfect example of the "whipping" action just prior to contact with the ball.

Yeah but it's not the result of forcing your forehand to go forward

From what I've been seeing, a lot of players use their wrist a lot (Alcaraz, Berrettini, Zverev, Federer), while others (Ruud, most notable to me because he has the most topspin on tour) have a more laid back wrist.

If you google wrist pronation you’ll see that the university professors will tell you that it’s the forearm that pronate. And at contact you will still have extended position BUT NOT the starting position ( 90 degree ) And you also don’t need to fully straighten your elbow to be aible to flexion ( Djokovic ) And yes you’ll have flexion pronation internal shoulder rotation in your swing Even only the flexion into contact is enough to create spin

You can't provide spin after you've hit the ball, lol.

@@zanido9073 Using "lol" makes you look 12 years old instantly. Maybe you are. With your logic, there would be no need for a follow-through either since in your view it does not influence the ball anymore. You could just stop the movement after hitting the ball. In reality it definitely matters what you do with your body even after the point of contact with the ball.

@@Stu49583 1) Internet has been around for 40+ years, get with the times 2) It's not "my view", it's basic physics. 3) That is correct, follow through does not impact the ball whatsoever. The only reason people talk about follow through is because it can mentally help you visualize your swing path better, and sometimes prevent injury 4) You could absolutely just stop the movement after hitting the ball. However this often takes more effort and can lead to injury. A tennis ball is in contact with your strings for about 5 milliseconds. The only thing that matters is a) racket inertia (which way is the racket traveling) b) racket angle c) where is the contact point on the strings (dead zone, sweet spot, etc) Anything after that point does absolutely nothing. I love how you're dying on the hill that somehow you can move a tennis ball while you're not touching it. Please upload a video of you using your jedi mind powers to play tennis without touching the ball.

@@Stu49583 You don't "need" follow through in the sense of it influencing the ball or not. The only reason follow through is good is because it is the consequence of allowing the racket to go where it would it you aren't actively applying force to stop it. It's simply more efficient and indicative of good "Technique". Where the technique does not interfere with the rackets path before the hit of the ball and therefore is more likely to not interfere with the path of the racket after hitting the ball. Many of the possible ways to mess up a follow through are actually to change the hitting portion of the shot, therefore why it should be commonly an area of suspicion. I can tell you what you said is incorrect though about "only then you start to initiate wrist flexion" pro players are not actively engaging their wrists pretty much what so ever in the entirety of their strokes. All the stuff their wrist does is as a consequence of the stroke it self. It's the stroke acting on the wrist, not the wrist acting on the stroke. Stroke > wrist.

No. Confidential info. Sorry

Dunlop CX 200. 16x19.. probably 98" but could be the tour, although 95sq" isn't for everyone.

Yes the wrist in relation to racket handle should be at 90 degrees in general. Directional shot also depends on body orientation, chest moving toward target direction, plus several degrees on racket face

@@don9733 so with my body in the direction of target ( down the line ) my arm in a 45 degree angle and my wrist in that 90 degree angle I can play down the line ??

@@bmtspain6839 we dont particularly pay attention to our body orientation during the stroke, it happened naturally or muscle memory but the difference between straight shot, crossed court or down the line is very minimal. For example down the line shot, at loading phase whether closed or opened stance, in relation to your neutral position, open yourself several degrees to the right assume you are right hander, and swing that way. After contact you will find your chest opens up facing that way. The golden rule is shot goes where your chest points. Same with cross shot, open to the left 3-5 degrees, always maintained L shaped handle, it provided stable and clean contact. It all comes down to footwork and body orientation setup before the shot, it varying few degrees between all shots. Film yourself or look at the pros you will see how they setup

Bro how do you all these? Are there any textbooks to get these valid information? How to get knowledge in tennis?

Google "wrist extension" and "wrist flexion" and "wrist pronation". You keep your "wrist extended" from the start of the stroke until you make contact with the ball. You still keep in extended position even after hitting the ball until you fully straighten your elbow. ONLY THEN you start to initiate the wrist flexion + pronation, until you finish your stroke. This will provide the spin. So you are correct, the wrist actually moves and goes from extension to flexion during the swing + pronation action too. If the wrist were to stay stationary the whole time, there would be barely any spin at all. Ohh and I almost forgot: You need "internal shoulder rotation" applied at the time you hit the ball. This is for spin too.

You must angle the racket towards the opposite side of the court on take back to get the maximum wrist flick. The wrist flick should be like flicking a computer mouse, you are not flexing your wrist forward or backward, rather it is supposed to be like a waving motion. 1 more thing, the speed is generated with the takeback and biomechanics of the body. The topspin is generated with the wrist flick. I can literally curve and curl a ball even on hard hits.

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I had to go back to Moratoglu’s video. Now I think it was a misunderstanding and I almost got hurt yesterday trying to force more wrist action into my forehand. Wrist action just means relaxing the wrist and letting it follow the kinetic chain, as properly explained in this video.

Mouratoglous explanation is very broad and vague..also he starts to have a dodgy history and stains in his coaching career. I'd rather double check on all the infos he gives

​​@@apotra20xx agree, Morutaglu (or whatever it is spelled) is a celebrity coach. He mostly lives off of clout. I would even say he is a charlatan.

@@mauricioventanas Then you're doing it wrong; nice and relax ... work with more mini tennis and you'll get the flow and the spin of things.

Where did this guy mention that you shouldn't be lose ? Maybe you should relisten

@@apotra20xx Maybe you should bud out.

It looks like they (pros) snap but they don’t. They supinate at contact, more like a radial rotation, not forwad movement, of the wrist. Only after the contact they loosen up on the wrist and it looks like a snapping action. If you look at slomos of most players, pay attention to their wrist right before the ball contact until right after, you’ll see the angle between their hand (the other side of the palm) and arm is still an obtuse angle. If they snap, that angle would be 180 degree or more. Basically if you snap, of flex, you won’t spin the ball.

@@tehatte i have a question for you ? How is the pressure on the grip of Dimitrov Fh, between 0 and 10 ?

@@raccoonpassion How do I or anyone measure that? Did I say anything about pressure?

@@tehatte i am open player and coach myself. Theres no way to hit a ball with a loose grip without snapping the wrist. All pro players use a low pression between 2 et 4 out of ten max. And plus You cannot hit a ball with a stiff wrist without having wrist or elbow injuries.

@@raccoonpassion I didn’t say they hit with the stiff wrist. I agree they keep the low pressure, not completely loose at ball contact, but enough presure because they have to keep the wrist extended, not flexed. I don’t know what your definition of snap is, but to me it means flexing, wrist going forward. I took a snapshot from a slomo of Dimitrov FH right after ball contact and clearly his wrist was still extended, going upward, not forward, in the windshield wiper action. I can’t copy the picture here but you can do the same thing and see it for yourself. I think the coach in this video and I have the same perception of snapping, and that windshield wiper action is NOT snapping.

topspin is not the be all solution. You often times need to hit the ball more flat to inject some serious pace. On a rally ball, yes topspin is crucial but if you want to attack you're not going to hit a lot of winners with topspin

Agree ... he's using the full Western Grip