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Not trying to be a jerk, but your FH is nothing like nadal's normal "flatter" forehand, nor his "match" topspin FH.
Your swingpath is actually more similar to a lot more extreme grip players such as Andy murray, Novak Djokovic, you just have a rafa preparation that you are trying to imitate.
You might all disagree with me and this might be controversial opinion, but in my mind, rafa copied a lot of federer's technique and incorporated in his FH and game. I can reproduce rafa's flatter FH if I use modified federer's FH mechanics with a lot of grip action and uses a pure aero.
Rafal's flatter (still spinny) forehand has changed a lot in the last 10-15 years. Initially he did use extreme grip, but lately his grip is more federer grip (strong eastern). Even his swing path is actually similar to federer.
A reverse FH is a shot where you finish on the same side, but rafa finishes on the non-dominant side.
His spinning game match FH uses a lot more arm than his body rotation, as he is concentrating only on generating topspin (to his right side as that's most righty's backhand), but the initial swing path is still federer's, he just don't use the normal follow through but a pull up version directly over his head and finish over to the "right" side of his head instead.
Now try to disagree with me, I would like to be proven wrong.
Your swingpath is actually more similar to a lot more extreme grip players such as Andy murray, Novak Djokovic, you just have a rafa preparation that you are trying to imitate.
You might all disagree with me and this might be controversial opinion, but in my mind, rafa copied a lot of federer's technique and incorporated in his FH and game. I can reproduce rafa's flatter FH if I use modified federer's FH mechanics with a lot of grip action and uses a pure aero.
Rafal's flatter (still spinny) forehand has changed a lot in the last 10-15 years. Initially he did use extreme grip, but lately his grip is more federer grip (strong eastern). Even his swing path is actually similar to federer.
A reverse FH is a shot where you finish on the same side, but rafa finishes on the non-dominant side.
His spinning game match FH uses a lot more arm than his body rotation, as he is concentrating only on generating topspin (to his right side as that's most righty's backhand), but the initial swing path is still federer's, he just don't use the normal follow through but a pull up version directly over his head and finish over to the "right" side of his head instead.
Now try to disagree with me, I would like to be proven wrong.
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