Balls sailing out

[Hot Sauce]

Recently all of the shots on my forehand have been sailing out by about a foot or two. Lately I've been thinking about changing my grip (I use an eastern fh), maybe to a semi-western so I can get less depth but more topspin. Any other suggestions to this depth problem?

[baros]

close your racquet face more.

[samster]

more topspin is the answer. whenever I am hitting long by a foot or so, I try to apply more topspin. you can still swing hard but the topspin will bring the ball in the court.

depending on the height of bounce of the incoming, I also adjust my grip a little. if it's shoulder or higher, I use more of a western grip (not a full western but very close to it). if it's in strike-zone, I use semi-western or eastern grip. I used to have only one grip (eastern for forehand side) and I find using a variety of grips, if you are comfortable doing so, will help you.

[Slazenger]

Recently all of the shots on my forehand have been sailing out by about a foot or two. Lately I've been thinking about changing my grip (I use an eastern fh), maybe to a semi-western so I can get less depth but more topspin. Any other suggestions to this depth problem?

Your shots are just barely long. Sailing out is out by at least 5ft.
Imagine if all those shots that were out just barely landed in by the same 1 or 2ft. You would be consistently hitting the ball deep in the court and possibly moving your opponent back.

I would recommend just applying a touch more topspin to your forehand groundstrokes. I wouldn't recommend a grip change just because your shots are landing 1-2ft long.

[OrangeOne]

Your shots are just barely long. Sailing out is out by at least 5ft.
Imagine if all those shots that were out just barely landed in by the same 1 or 2ft. You would be consistently hitting the ball deep in the court and possibly moving your opponent back.

I would recommend just applying a touch more topspin to your forehand groundstrokes. I wouldn't recommend a grip change just because your shots are landing 1-2ft long.

My thoughts exactly - a foot or two isn't sailing! Back off a tad, or add a fraction more spin.

Flipside: Are you due for a restring? That happens to me sometimes, where balls going long remind me I need a restring....

[fuzz nation]

You may have the case of not going out after your fh enough. Catch it a little further out front where your swing is more on the 'low to high' portion of its travel. I brought this up because it happens to me routinely (I wait a split-second too long), but it's hard to see it happening when I'm playing points.

[shindemac]

Changing grips might not be such a bad idea. SW is a pretty versatile grip, and not as extreme as W. I switched and noticed a difference immediately. But if you don't want to switch, add more topspin, lower net clearance, use court geometry to your advantage meaning hit x-cross instead of dtl which gives you more court space to play with.

[ssjkyle31]

Recently all of the shots on my forehand have been sailing out by about a foot or two. Lately I've been thinking about changing my grip (I use an eastern fh), maybe to a semi-western so I can get less depth but more topspin. Any other suggestions to this depth problem?

Sound like you tension on your strings have loosen up a little. You can either restring or just adjust your swing.

[BkK_b0y14]

try to hit the ball when it reaches its peak after the bounce so it doesn't sink so low making you hit with a more open racket face.

[Hot Sauce]

Thanks for all the advice, guys! I read every word carefully and I noticed a huge difference when I played on Friday. When I added more topspin the balls would land consistently on the baseline, and I incorporated the heavy topspin shot for when you're further into the baseline (sorta like the windshield wipe). And you guys are right, the strings loosened up; so I'm currently waiting for them to be strung at my local sport shop.