vinouspleasure
Rookie
Hi,
my son's tennis instructor has done his own analysis of the elements of stroke production. He is at odds with many club pros on stroke production. On the fh he teaches a windshield wiper fh which maximizes extension, the arm ends up in the direction of the ball and the racquet ends up pointed to the side fence. He strongly disagrees with a fh that ends over the shoulder, open stances and he doesn't like big loops. He's taught many juniors and adults in our area this fh and it's hard to argue with the results.
The unconventional stroke is the 2hbh. He's reasoned that the shape of the stroke should look precisely like the fh and never finish above the shoulder. He feels pros like roddick and even djok would derive a lot more power from this shape stroke. My son and daughter hit this stroke with mixed results. They can both generate a tremendous amount of power but I don't see enough topspin yet to generate consistency.
I sent a friend to him and his son has made tremendous strides in 6 lessons. However, when his son started hitting the bh at his local club in a group session, the head pro corrected him. His son told him he's working with a new pro and was told to not change his stroke to an above the shoulder finish. The head pro told him he'd have to leave the session because he was afraid the boy would get hurt.
I don't know if the head pro was befuddled by the stroke or insulted that the boy wouldn't take direction. I am somewhat concerned that my kids might get hurt but they've hit 1000s of balls in this manner with no ill effects.
thoughts? If anyone is interested, I could take videos of both strokes...
my son's tennis instructor has done his own analysis of the elements of stroke production. He is at odds with many club pros on stroke production. On the fh he teaches a windshield wiper fh which maximizes extension, the arm ends up in the direction of the ball and the racquet ends up pointed to the side fence. He strongly disagrees with a fh that ends over the shoulder, open stances and he doesn't like big loops. He's taught many juniors and adults in our area this fh and it's hard to argue with the results.
The unconventional stroke is the 2hbh. He's reasoned that the shape of the stroke should look precisely like the fh and never finish above the shoulder. He feels pros like roddick and even djok would derive a lot more power from this shape stroke. My son and daughter hit this stroke with mixed results. They can both generate a tremendous amount of power but I don't see enough topspin yet to generate consistency.
I sent a friend to him and his son has made tremendous strides in 6 lessons. However, when his son started hitting the bh at his local club in a group session, the head pro corrected him. His son told him he's working with a new pro and was told to not change his stroke to an above the shoulder finish. The head pro told him he'd have to leave the session because he was afraid the boy would get hurt.
I don't know if the head pro was befuddled by the stroke or insulted that the boy wouldn't take direction. I am somewhat concerned that my kids might get hurt but they've hit 1000s of balls in this manner with no ill effects.
thoughts? If anyone is interested, I could take videos of both strokes...
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