forehand going long

[lawrence]

whats with all my groundies going long
i took a 2 week break from tennis due to the weather and i come back and everything just goes far
it was fine before, landing a good feet or two before the baseline

i even took some weight off the 3 & 9 on my racket, which do much aside from ruin my shots on off-center hits

[rosewall4ever]

consider racquet point of impact. your racquet face might b 2 open-needs to perpendicular. The fact that your landing with 1-2ft clearance also means you need more spin.

[daku10]

i second that...

my coach always reminds me to have my racquet perpendicular to the ground and parallel to the net at the point of contact...it's much easier to concentrate on this if you look at the point of contact while hitting the ball...

also, have you tried using more topspin on the ball? that should really be the answer to your problem shouldn't it?

[daku10]

maybe you're net clearance is also too high? try hitting a little low...that should also help

[Rickson]

whats with all my groundies going long
i took a 2 week break from tennis due to the weather and i come back and everything just goes far
it was fine before, landing a good feet or two before the baseline

i even took some weight off the 3 & 9 on my racket, which do much aside from ruin my shots on off-center hits

If you are hitting flat and going long, you should obviously incorporate some topspin. If you're hitting squash shots, you should give up that bad habit except on emergency gets. If you're hitting long on topspin, you're hitting moonballs so you should lower your trajectory somewhat.

[Tempest344]

2 week break?

check your footwork is sound

I always find after a break I become a statue in terms of footwork

[quicken]

Check the tension, lower the ball trajectory, incorporate more spin.

[fuzz nation]

Keep your low-to-high swingpath but check the orientation of your chest and shoulders as you hit. In trying to create that topspin, it's really easy for your chest to pull up and open up to the sky. That makes your racquet face and obviously the flight of the ball go in that direction, too. This is a subtle, but essential breakdown that sneaks into everyone's stroke sometimes, even the pros. Don't play hunched over, but make sure that your rotation is down on a level plane and not accidentally lifting too high.

[lawrence]

oh im a topspin player for sure, only SW grip but i like to put a lot of spin on it
from the posts i gathered i guess its just my racket face being too open i might look into that

could it also be that my tension is lowering (due for a restring) and im getting too much power out of it?

on another note; i was just mucking around yesterday imitating roddicks game, and i actually ended up keeping his serve because i have an awesome 1st serve percentage with it lol