[Limpinhitter]

Originally Posted by Ash_Smith

In an ideal world you'll use either a mogul step or a flow step...

http://jezgreen.com/the-mogul-step
http://jezgreen.com/the-flow-movement

Although these aren't demo'd from a really wide position, they are still appropriate patterns and give you the bast chance of recovery.

Cheers

I can't speak for the OP, but, that's not what I mean by a running forehand. I mean hitting on the run laterally. Here are some examples of what I'm referring to. Federer, Sampras and Nadal all seem to have the same footwork - planting with the right foot (left for Nadal), on the backswing and stepping across with the left foot (right for Nadal), on the forward swing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWwiqsI7duk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnB3Jxy9Ecc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz47_0dMCME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q442oHhPJ0