Nothing is more painful, frustrating, and sometimes, devastating, than injury. We all remember the great Roger Federer shedding tears after losing the 2009 Australian Open final, only to beat Andy Roddick at Wimbledon later...
When you watch professional players return serve, they rarely look rushed, and when a player hits heavy spin at them, they never look bothered. There’s a clip from an exhibition tournament were Federer requests...
There’s one defining aspects of Carlos Alcaraz’s world class forehand that often gets overlooked – generous use of gravity. Carlos’s unique mechanics are precisely the result of this technical decision, so let’s dive in...
The calendar just switched over to April, and I’d like to christen the new month by recapping the technical underpinnings behind a perfect forehand. Before we start, a quick word of warning: Don’t click...
Well… no. Not empirically, anyway. Just look around at your local courts, club, or league, and you’ll see plenty of “wrist snapping,” despite seeing precious little, you know… good serving. The cue just doesn’t...
The “buggy whip forehand.” The “reverse forehand.” The “over the head follow-through.” It goes by many names, but my favorite pays homage to the first man to really abuse it on the pro tour...
I get this question a lot: If I’m trying to master the modern forehand, who should I emulate? Look no further than 2022 Rotterdam champion Felix Auger-Aliassime. We always talk about how the optimal...
The knee, like the foot, is a beautiful, well engineered piece of biological machinery. And also like the foot, the knee is very easy to injure. When a person is standing, their weight is...
The perfect forehand release is elusive. That loose, explosive, natural flick through contact feels amazing when it works, and when it’s not there it feels… frustrating. One day you’ll have it, and the next...
What is a “forehand,” really? For many, it’s simply a tennis stroke, but for us, it’s something else. We consider “the forehand” to be a class of related movement patterns. The entire class constitutes...