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Tennis Forehand Top-Spin
I play tennis, and lately I've been trying to get down the top-spin so that I can be more effective. I've got it down really well for my backhand, but I can't seem to do it that weel for my forehand.
Does anyone have any tips or advice for how I can become better at a forehand top-spin? Thanks.
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Difficult to describe, but are you using the 'loop' kind of motion?
Make sure your wrist is layed back, and make a U with your forehand (left or right... I'm left handed, you're probably right handed)
By the time your wrist is half less layed back, you should've looped the racket down in a circle to about a foot behind yourself. It should be kind of low.
When you hit the ball, the raquet should be parallel to the net, about a foot infront of you, with your arm fully extended outwards. You should be going from low down in the loop, to high up, and tilting the racket / forward through the ball to get spin in your follow-through.
Imagine a tennis court. Your hand's path is like a circle, going away from, and towards the net.
Basically, your hand should follow a 3 quarter circle, and then the last bit of the circle should flip out like it's been bent towards the net.
You shouldn't forget to start side on, and end up facing the net, either.
Hope you can understand the instructions...
-K
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ok i get personal lessons so what you have to do is cock your wrist down toward the ground (without the racket just practicing). try to twist it up as hard and fast as you can. now do it while moving your hand forwards and time it so that you brush up on the ball. hit it higher than normal and just like regular topspin, it will come down
hope i helped
-bestadvaround (please rate)
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Hmm.. Well I play tennis and my coach always yelled at us "bend your knees and swing from low to high" so.. bend your knees so that your legs are at like a 90 degree angle and go from low to high, speed doesn't matter when you're first trying to get the topspin down. As soon as your topspin improves that harder you can swing. Good luck..
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First off, I play tennis too so I love answering questions like this! I can tell you're an advanced player because beginners don't even think about the spin on the ball. Basically the way to put topspin on a ball is a low to high sweep of your hand. Imagine rolling a ball across the floor with your hand in a forward motion. That motion is the same as the one you want to do with your racquet. You want to brush up on the ball to get a lot of topspin. Good luck, I hope this helps!
X0C0URT
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