FH: Where am I losing power?

You can be earlier with a earlier takeback, but....
You seem to be able to disconnect your torso from your legs, so while the upper body looks clean and fast, the lower body does nothing at all, and sometimes moves backwards while you're hitting forwards.
More knee bend, not like squatting down, but just a little more bend on every shot might involve your legs into your shots.
I'm the same way, my peers always tell me it's my problem, so I listen, pass it on to other's, and ignore their suggestions. That's why I'm stuck at bad tennis.
 
Basically your form is lazy. You have the ability but every FH seemed to have something different that was off. Sometimes you abbreviated your take back despite not being pressured. Other times your feet weren't set. Sometimes you didn't seem to put much into your swing and your racket speed was slow (other times it wasn't slow). Occasionally you didn't seem to activate your torso and let it lead the way (too much arm only action).

Overall, you look like a strong guy and have all the necessary components, you just need to focus on putting it all together on every swing.

You seem to be able to disconnect your torso from your legs, so while the upper body looks clean and fast, the lower body does nothing at all, and sometimes moves backwards while you're hitting forwards.

^ good point.
 
Basically your form is lazy. You have the ability but every FH seemed to have something different that was off. Sometimes you abbreviated your take back despite not being pressured. Other times your feet weren't set. Sometimes you didn't seem to put much into your swing and your racket speed was slow (other times it wasn't slow). Occasionally you didn't seem to activate your torso and let it lead the way (too much arm only action).

Overall, you look like a strong guy and have all the necessary components, you just need to focus on putting it all together on every swing.



^ good point.

Chicken legs :( gotta get stronger I guess ...
sldo I grew up playing badminton so on approaches to the fh I end up stepping fwd with the right leg, as opposed to close in my stance ... can't seem to overcome that ...
 
I have thinner than chicken legs, and also arm the ball too much when the points start to count. Warming up, it's OK, the legs do some work.
OTOH, it appear's Gaels Monfils has chicken legs, and he involves his legs on every shot, so we shouldn't find excuses.
 
in the first clip your racquet head speed is very low.
when you have that much time try hitting neutral stance, step into the shot and transfer your weight forward to the ball.

Yes, people can rip shots with an open stance, often when pressed for time but I feel the weight transfer will help your racquet head speed.
 
in the first clip your racquet head speed is very low.
when you have that much time try hitting neutral stance, step into the shot and transfer your weight forward to the ball.

Yes, people can rip shots with an open stance, often when pressed for time but I feel the weight transfer will help your racquet head speed.

Funny you should mention the first video - I made a conscious decision there to make slightly "truer" or more "flat" contact with the ball but put some body weight behind. Whereas my regular forehand is more whippy and I struggle with weight transfer timing.
Whippy - feel I end up making "brushy" contact and a lot of RHS goes to waste (and my energy)
Flatter - I felt the fwd pace was much better (at the expense of spin), but I was still able to keep it in, and spent no energy doing that (could rally like that for hours) ... clearly both are deficient in some ways ... trick is to combine ...

oy tennis, why does it have to be so difficult
 
Legs are too weak relatively You're playing top heavy. Fh is mostly all arm. Not loading on your legs properly. It's like you're playing onyour tippy toes. . You're off balance on most of your fhs. Probably due to low percentage of load on the legs and improper / inadequate loading.
 
A couple of things I see (big and small). Big - you are late to prepare (taking racquet back) so you are often just flicking your shots because the ball is too close before your start swinging. Practice preparing as soon as possible (when the opponent swings) and do not wait for the ball to bounce. This type of habit happens when you begin because the ball is slow, but can really keep you from ever improving.

Small thing- I see a weird footwork pattern on your open stance forehands (For example, at 2:35 and 5:15 in your second video). You start with feet wide and should be pulling right to left to shift your weight and power the stroke. Instead, you weight the right foot, and step in with the left foot (toward the right foot) so you are falling/spinning instead of pulling across your body.
 
You've got more in you than you are putting out, for sure. As others have mentioned, you are just to disconnected between your feet and your swing. 40 minutes into your hit and you are still moving like you are warming up. If you want to hit hard without missing all the time, you need to be set up to hit the ball. Power comes from the ground up and if you aren't set up you won't reliably get it. Next time you practice, have the intent to make yourself tired, very tired. Intensity needs to be upped
Others have mentioned that you need to prepare faster, but again, I feel this is due to a lack of intensity

TennisBySpize
 
You've got more in you than you are putting out, for sure. As others have mentioned, you are just to disconnected between your feet and your swing. 40 minutes into your hit and you are still moving like you are warming up. If you want to hit hard without missing all the time, you need to be set up to hit the ball. Power comes from the ground up and if you aren't set up you won't reliably get it. Next time you practice, have the intent to make yourself tired, very tired. Intensity needs to be upped
Others have mentioned that you need to prepare faster, but again, I feel this is due to a lack of intensity

TennisBySpize

Thank you all for the feedback . . .
- This guy certainly takes a lot of my time away as he hits fast, flat, and takes the ball early (he often hits _down_ on the ball with his height is pretty interesting)
- However I do notice that even agst slower balls I turn/set-up too late.
- I've also notice that when I DO set up in advance, I mess up timing of uncoiling ...
- Also if enough RHS is generated, how important is really the legs-torso chain?
 
Thank you all for the feedback . . .
- This guy certainly takes a lot of my time away as he hits fast, flat, and takes the ball early (he often hits _down_ on the ball with his height is pretty interesting)
- However I do notice that even agst slower balls I turn/set-up too late.
- I've also notice that when I DO set up in advance, I mess up timing of uncoiling ...
- Also if enough RHS is generated, how important is really the legs-torso chain?
RHS is generated from the legs and torso, there is only so much you can do with your arm alone; at least in general. If you feel your timing is messed up by setting up earlier, (assuming you aren't changing the actual stroke, just the quickness of it) it is simply because you aren't used to it. Any changes to technical stuff often mess up timing for a bit. You've got to stick with it for a few concentrated sessions and it will start clicking.
But more importantly, feet feet feet feeeeet ha I think you'd really benefit more from improving your movement compared to anything else.

Good Luck,
TennisBySpize
 
A little hard to see from the low fps video, but I think I see a lot of late shots and wrist actions on your FH. Wristy FH will cause you to have erratic results and you will lose a lot of power by that wrist flick.

Good luck, I hope that helps.
 
A little hard to see from the low fps video, but I think I see a lot of late shots and wrist actions on your FH. Wristy FH will cause you to have erratic results and you will lose a lot of power by that wrist flick.

Good luck, I hope that helps.
I specifically don't use my wrist. - Only ISR and elbow rotation ... but it's a relatively new shot for me so consistency is lacking . . .
 
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Your contact point looks fine and you're rightfully keeping the ball in front of you. I like that you run while holding the racket with both hands - this gives you more time to hit the ball on the run.

been trying to achieve this type of contact ... and been failing pretty miserably . . . :((

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Honestly I think you are pretty strong player - so I don't want to sound too critical. But I did see that you simply stop accelerating your racquet on a few swings. It's good to feel loose but keep up the rhs.
 
Honestly I think you are pretty strong player - so I don't want to sound too critical. But I did see that you simply stop accelerating your racquet on a few swings. It's good to feel loose but keep up the rhs.
thanks, man happy to take the compliments once in a while, but I feel that if I j u s t repeat that (fed above) motion over and over again ... the FH will become just so much more ... he doesn't overload his legs too much nor torso ... all he does is balance and RHS generated by all 3 (legs, hips, shoulders but all just a little) to create that slingshot effect ...

I guess that's why tennis is so addictive - process of slow little improvements is just so satisfying ... but most often ... frustrating.
 
Legs are too weak relatively You're playing top heavy. Fh is mostly all arm. Not loading on your legs properly. It's like you're playing onyour tippy toes. . You're off balance on most of your fhs. Probably due to low percentage of load on the legs and improper / inadequate loading.

btw your advice from before on me starting my swing not level with the height of the ball was m o n e y ... it's in my head every time I hit these days ... helps so much on chest-to-shoulder level balls
 
RHS is generated from the legs and torso, there is only so much you can do with your arm alone; at least in general. If you feel your timing is messed up by setting up earlier, (assuming you aren't changing the actual stroke, just the quickness of it) it is simply because you aren't used to it. Any changes to technical stuff often mess up timing for a bit. You've got to stick with it for a few concentrated sessions and it will start clicking.
But more importantly, feet feet feet feeeeet ha I think you'd really benefit more from improving your movement compared to anything else.

Good Luck,
TennisBySpize

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5_cZw7_z-Bhc2Fnakh3YnF3Wms/view?usp=sharing
at 4:16 is exactly what I am talking about - slower ball, early prep, good turn and load, completely missed swing . . .
 
I specifically don't use my wrist. - Only ISR and elbow rotation ... but it's a relatively new shot for me so consistency is lacking . . .
Okay, I do see many non-wrist FH. But, I see some with a little more wrist actions.

Just to be clear, by 'wrist action', I'm referring not referring to the take back wrist action like what you showed in the GIF file (nice GIF, btw). I'm referring more to the wrist movement during impact.

If you watch your video, look at your BH and see how much less wrist action you have there. You also hit 'through' the ball more on your BH than with your FH. I see more upward motion then a through & forward motion on your FH.

Here are some specific observations: (all referring to 2nd video)
2:04 some wrist
2:15 some wrist
6:15 Very nice, smooth and long follow through with lose arm.
10:13 Contact point needs to be much more in front
12:01 Look at this BH, simple, efficient; you hit through it with no wrist, much more penetrating than the FH
12:13 Again, very smooth, relaxed swing - one of the key to generating fast RHS.

There are many other little things that add up to 'more power'. A few that comes in mind: more shoulder rotation (shoulder under chin), better use of core/trunk rotation, loading up (energy) with big leg muscles and pushes off during forward motion.

Thanks for sharing your video. Nice courts, btw. How much per hour - curious.
 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5_cZw7_z-Bhc2Fnakh3YnF3Wms/view?usp=sharing
at 4:16 is exactly what I am talking about - slower ball, early prep, good turn and load, completely missed swing . . .

You want more power yet you dont have control .
4:16 with 2 balls before were your best shots(even the slice).Not perfect but closest what practise should look like.
If you can control the balls on that lvl very soon you will get the better feeling and then more power comes with that.
Funny thing is you described your best shots as problem.
And full power no control ******** shots to side you dont mind.
Good player controls even the worst shots right back at the opponent in a practise.
You just go crazy on them.
Like 7:25 you start nice then go crazy after 2 nice balls
The thing is you just need to hit more balls like that first 2 balls.
If you opponent cant control the ball thru mid you need to do it for him.Not follow his lead.
 
You want more power yet you dont have control .
4:16 with 2 balls before were your best shots(even the slice).Not perfect but closest what practise should look like.
If you can control the balls on that lvl very soon you will get the better feeling and then more power comes with that.
Funny thing is you described your best shots as problem.
And full power no control ******** shots to side you dont mind.
Good player controls even the worst shots right back at the opponent in a practise.
You just go crazy on them.
Like 7:25 you start nice then go crazy after 2 nice balls
The thing is you just need to hit more balls like that first 2 balls.
If you opponent cant control the ball thru mid you need to do it for him.Not follow his lead.

You make great points. I don't really need to go Tasmanian devil with pace. It really should be control, spin and depth. It's that some times when I make truer contact the pace comes out automatically, and thus, my question about the raquet path.
I will make sure to not go nutz . . . I tend to have a tendency to keep increasing pace with every shot until ... An unf error . . .
 
Okay, I do see many non-wrist FH. But, I see some with a little more wrist actions.

Just to be clear, by 'wrist action', I'm referring not referring to the take back wrist action like what you showed in the GIF file (nice GIF, btw). I'm referring more to the wrist movement during impact.

If you watch your video, look at your BH and see how much less wrist action you have there. You also hit 'through' the ball more on your BH than with your FH. I see more upward motion then a through & forward motion on your FH.

Here are some specific observations: (all referring to 2nd video)
2:04 some wrist
2:15 some wrist
6:15 Very nice, smooth and long follow through with lose arm.
10:13 Contact point needs to be much more in front
12:01 Look at this BH, simple, efficient; you hit through it with no wrist, much more penetrating than the FH
12:13 Again, very smooth, relaxed swing - one of the key to generating fast RHS.

There are many other little things that add up to 'more power'. A few that comes in mind: more shoulder rotation (shoulder under chin), better use of core/trunk rotation, loading up (energy) with big leg muscles and pushes off during forward motion.

Thanks for sharing your video. Nice courts, btw. How much per hour - curious.

Oh yeah, second video was like a month _before_ first, I did notice some wristiness . . . also been a while since I played that guy, his flat pace with the F a s t courts totally take time to get used to.

Clearly I got Roger-envy (and Grigor-envy) their FHs are sooo beautiful, so I am trying to copy-cat (w little success). Backhand was Marat-envy, a bit easier with 2 hands, but still work in progress . . .

1st crt is Cary Leeds in the Bronx, 2nd is Mill Pond (also in the Bronx) both great facilities $95 to reserve, but Cary Leeds (a little farther from the city) has a $35 walk-in rate. Love that blue court . . . it's a little slower and easier on the knees. . .
 
I think you might need to work on your consistency a little bit. There is something off about your forehand. It is not the same every time. Some fast, some slow, some deep, some short, some with crazy top spin, some with no spin at all. Try to target your forehand at the same spot for 20 shots in a row. Its a lot harder than it sounds. You are fast and strong, but it seems like you are not moving enough. I find the forehand cross court, forehand inside out drills to be very helpful. Make you move like crazy because you have to hit the same spot. You will sweat a lot more than this.
 
Okay, I do see many non-wrist FH. But, I see some with a little more wrist actions.

Just to be clear, by 'wrist action', I'm referring not referring to the take back wrist action like what you showed in the GIF file (nice GIF, btw). I'm referring more to the wrist movement during impact.

If you watch your video, look at your BH and see how much less wrist action you have there. You also hit 'through' the ball more on your BH than with your FH. I see more upward motion then a through & forward motion on your FH.

Here are some specific observations: (all referring to 2nd video)
2:04 some wrist
2:15 some wrist
6:15 Very nice, smooth and long follow through with lose arm.
10:13 Contact point needs to be much more in front
12:01 Look at this BH, simple, efficient; you hit through it with no wrist, much more penetrating than the FH
12:13 Again, very smooth, relaxed swing - one of the key to generating fast RHS.

There are many other little things that add up to 'more power'. A few that comes in mind: more shoulder rotation (shoulder under chin), better use of core/trunk rotation, loading up (energy) with big leg muscles and pushes off during forward motion.

Thanks for sharing your video. Nice courts, btw. How much per hour - curious.

btw - this is what my fh was like before - now trying to straighten the arm a little more:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5_cZw7_z-BhbnZPM0I0S3hvMDg
 
To be honest it's all part of the same process - I had a full WesternGrip forehand. Was stupid enough to buy APD. That and new polys gave me a bad case of T.E. but when I hit with Eastern I didn't feel any pain . . . so I started the process of switching to M.Eastern / SW grip . . . and been going back and forth btw double bend and weak bend/straight arm . . . total now of 20 months since the elbow issue . . . and I am around 90% of where it used to be (but much better on low balls and cross court shots)
 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5_cZw7_z-Bhc2Fnakh3YnF3Wms/view?usp=sharing
at 4:16 is exactly what I am talking about - slower ball, early prep, good turn and load, completely missed swing . . .
Yes you are set up well at 4:16 but you don't take advantage of it; there is no explosiveness in the legs. Take Rafa for example and compare his leg drive to yours
But also note, 4:16 was a good shot; I would definitely not say you completely missed the swing. You caught it in front, and hit a medium paced, deep, spinny ball. This should be a fairly common shot for you.

tennisbyspize
 
Yes you are set up well at 4:16 but you don't take advantage of it; there is no explosiveness in the legs. Take Rafa for example and compare his leg drive to yours
But also note, 4:16 was a good shot; I would definitely not say you completely missed the swing. You caught it in front, and hit a medium paced, deep, spinny ball. This should be a fairly common shot for you.

tennisbyspize

I agree ... I remember the shot though - It was like - "Ok ... all the time in the world, load up, turn ... unload ... bang barely make contact ..." it's pretty typical for me - maybe it's my hand-eye .... maybe I am just adjusting to the whole kinetic chain (more likely), but I've been making better contact if I swing a little late ...

I have been trying the count lately and it's been helpful:
1-opponent makes contact - I split step and try to determine fh or bh on my side / switch grip.
2-ball hits the court
3-I make contact

So on 2 i a basically need to be fully turned and loaded and balanced ... I still often mistime the uncoiling bit, but I think with repetitions it will come ...
 
Your strokes are good but you're not turning your body well to create more head speed. To be able to do that you need a little bit better foot work. Do a lot of hopping, split-step drills. You can use a jumping rope.
 
First off, I really like your backhand. Good accuracy both CC and DTL. Lots of winners from that side.

As to the forehand, it just looks lazy at times. Incomplete shoulder turn, sluggish footwork, loose wristy swing, straight legs, not always focused on the contact point, too much upper torso and not enough lower torso. Up the intensity, coiling and leg bend and that should help with RHS.

And you wait on the ball to start its descent to your knees before hitting. I think you'd get more pace just by stepping two more feet closer to the baseline and taking the ball at its apex. "Bounce-Hit" as they say. The ball has decelerated a ton by the time you make contact. Your opponent isn't really hitting as deep as your positioning would seem to indicate.
 
new session ... same guy same court ... he played better though ...
I tried to incorporate the advice ... still tough going - he takes the ball so early and hits so flat ... I am totally out of time most of the time ... I tried to count again - 1 on his contact, 2 - bounce, 3 - my contact ... it helps just so tough

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5_cZw7_z-BhcTgxWlEtUEpyOVk/view?usp=sharing

still knees ... still late often ... but I felt it was better somewhat ... intense hitting for almost 2 hrs.
 
Chicken legs :( gotta get stronger I guess ...
sldo I grew up playing badminton so on approaches to the fh I end up stepping fwd with the right leg, as opposed to close in my stance ... can't seem to overcome that ...

I'm going to say more than you may want. I watched both of your videos a number of times, asking myself why your swing looked so familiar. Badminton. Yep. The tennis forehand is designed to move a much heavier racket against a relatively heavy ball.

You would simplify things if you adopted one favored stance. I suggest semi-open, the stance in which the line from your right toes to your left-foot toes makes a line 45 degrees to the baseline. Your knees must be bent, flexed, every time. When you set up, have completed your backswing and are ready to begin the forward swing, follow this very quick sequence: Push off with your left foot to shift your weight towards the right sideline. This will cause your right foot to react, lifting your torso into the hit. You'll immediately start rotating your torso. Experiment will let you get the best timing. Old Agassi videos make the thing clear, as do slo mo's of most any pro.

The upper body: Your backward flick of the racket to get lag, your sort of loop, is an artifact of badminton. In tennis you want to turn your UB back taking the racket along with two hands. You want to do this prep early. You are NOT going to want any backward flick or loop when you begin the launch of the forward swing. You can rotate the racket head toward your back, mostly relying on its inertia, relying partly on rotation of your arm or forearm...which aids lag without providing more backward momentum.

You use your off arm, left arm, usefully. That's good. So it's about the right arm and your torso. At the instant you do the footwork described above (quick two-step push up and over with left foot to trigger up-and-forward with the right foot/leg) you (your torso) should be facing the right sideline. At the instant you're rising up powered by your right leg you should be starting the rotation of your torso. The hitting arm should briefly stay behind. Your hitting arm hand should at that moment be at least a foot away from your torso toward the back fence and roughly in line with your side.

So, at the instant of push off (leg launch) you have your off arm swinging right and your racket reaching its low point. At that instant a bunch of things happen at once: You let your upper hitting arm rotate clockwise in the shoulder socket so that the hitting arm can for an instant remain left behind the torso. That rotation will also cause your upper arm to lock a bit in the shoulder socket, so that the rotating torso starts to drag you hitting arm forward, no arm muscle needed at first. You will find the roll of your upper arm moves the racket head back and down, at which motion you'll find the butt-cap of your racket pointing approx. toward the incoming ball. Pull the butt cap toward the ball for an instant, the arm-and-racket being powered forward by your torso rotation, which rotation happens easily because of your launch upward off your right leg. laugh. Don't let your arm take over the motion out to contact until the torso has given the arm good speed/power. It is the key to a reliable big forehand. Pick a few slo mo's and careful "get" the synchronization.

Everything in the preceding paragraph happens almost at once. Watch some slo mo's (I'll link three). Match my words to the video forehands and draw your own conclusions. You can pick up all the bits described above in a few days. Grooving them, of course, takes much longer. In the linked videos Fed's forehands start at about the 9:15 mark. In the Djoko video they start at about 4:20. Nadal's, I vaguely recall, start around 4:15. Note that Nadal's and Fed's forehands are remarkably similar in the essentials aside from flourishes. Djokovic attains very similar racket positions as his swing procedes, but he uses slightly different means to attain them.

Federer
Nadal
Djokovic

This all sounds complicated. It isn't. It is just particular. You won't have any trouble making the transition. Watch the slo mo videos until you get crossed eyes. laugh. When you get the parts described, the whole sequence will happen very fast and easy. Really. I've only offered the words to make what is seen in the videos comprehensible. What they do is not what you currently do, so just make the change.
 
I'm going to say more than you may want. I watched both of your videos a number of times, asking myself why your swing looked so familiar. Badminton. Yep. The tennis forehand is designed to move a much heavier racket against a relatively heavy ball.

You would simplify things if you adopted one favored stance. I suggest semi-open, the stance in which the line from your right toes to your left-foot toes makes a line 45 degrees to the baseline. Your knees must be bent, flexed, every time. When you set up, have completed your backswing and are ready to begin the forward swing, follow this very quick sequence: Push off with your left foot to shift your weight towards the right sideline. This will cause your right foot to react, lifting your torso into the hit. You'll immediately start rotating your torso. Experiment will let you get the best timing. Old Agassi videos make the thing clear, as do slo mo's of most any pro.

The upper body: Your backward flick of the racket to get lag, your sort of loop, is an artifact of badminton. In tennis you want to turn your UB back taking the racket along with two hands. You want to do this prep early. You are NOT going to want any backward flick or loop when you begin the launch of the forward swing. You can rotate the racket head toward your back, mostly relying on its inertia, relying partly on rotation of your arm or forearm...which aids lag without providing more backward momentum.

You use your off arm, left arm, usefully. That's good. So it's about the right arm and your torso. At the instant you do the footwork described above (quick two-step push up and over with left foot to trigger up-and-forward with the right foot/leg) you (your torso) should be facing the right sideline. At the instant you're rising up powered by your right leg you should be starting the rotation of your torso. The hitting arm should briefly stay behind. Your hitting arm hand should at that moment be at least a foot away from your torso toward the back fence and roughly in line with your side.

So, at the instant of push off (leg launch) you have your off arm swinging right and your racket reaching its low point. At that instant a bunch of things happen at once: You let your upper hitting arm rotate clockwise in the shoulder socket so that the hitting arm can for an instant remain left behind the torso. That rotation will also cause your upper arm to lock a bit in the shoulder socket, so that the rotating torso starts to drag you hitting arm forward, no arm muscle needed at first. You will find the roll of your upper arm moves the racket head back and down, at which motion you'll find the butt-cap of your racket pointing approx. toward the incoming ball. Pull the butt cap toward the ball for an instant, the arm-and-racket being powered forward by your torso rotation, which rotation happens easily because of your launch upward off your right leg. laugh. Don't let your arm take over the motion out to contact until the torso has given the arm good speed/power. It is the key to a reliable big forehand. Pick a few slo mo's and careful "get" the synchronization.

Everything in the preceding paragraph happens almost at once. Watch some slo mo's (I'll link three). Match my words to the video forehands and draw your own conclusions. You can pick up all the bits described above in a few days. Grooving them, of course, takes much longer. In the linked videos Fed's forehands start at about the 9:15 mark. In the Djoko video they start at about 4:20. Nadal's, I vaguely recall, start around 4:15. Note that Nadal's and Fed's forehands are remarkably similar in the essentials aside from flourishes. Djokovic attains very similar racket positions as his swing procedes, but he uses slightly different means to attain them.

Federer
Nadal
Djokovic

This all sounds complicated. It isn't. It is just particular. You won't have any trouble making the transition. Watch the slo mo videos until you get crossed eyes. laugh. When you get the parts described, the whole sequence will happen very fast and easy. Really. I've only offered the words to make what is seen in the videos comprehensible. What they do is not what you currently do, so just make the change.

You pretty much nailed it.
1. Stance - I am aware of it, I do like the neutral stance, but in the heat of the moment ... all the bad habits pop out
2. Left vs Right foot balance, I noticed that as well - work on it ...
3. FH take back flick - 100% - that freaking thing been haunting me ... when I have time on the shot it's a lot quieter, but in the heat of the moment comes out again ... and it's just so sad ... my bh prep, turn and even the footwork (albeit I need more adj steps) are solid, and the FH - MY ***** weapon ... is all over the place with all of the above ...
4. Coordination of all of the above ... lacks completely ... arghhh ... tennis is so frustrating
Thanks for taking the time appreciate the pointers.
 
Sure you can look at your strokes as a cause and go down that rabbit hole ;)

But you lose power for the same reason Fed lost the last US open. The shoes man, the PINK shoes!!

http://www.joachimstraining.com/pink-makes-you-weak-but-red-helps-you-dominate/

Poor Suresh HAS to put on this human Kryptonite or the lawsuits would kill him:

 
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ALL arm, no unit turn, no leg drive, no footwork. Opposite of your 2hbh which is stable, consistent and repeatable. You need a coach to revamp your FH completely.
 

I think your technique is generally sound. What I think you could improve on are:

- You could improve the quality and consistency of your footwork and shot preparation/setup. You rarely start with a split step, your footwork is a bit lazy, and you are often not positioned optimally at the time of your forward swing.

- After getting into optimal position, you could initiate your forward swing with a more consistently pronounced hip drive - leading with your right hip and allowing the natural chain of events to generate racquet head speed for you.

- I could be wrong, but, your arm and grip appear to be a bit tense and tight inhibiting racquet head speed and consistent clean contact. Rather they should be as relaxed and loose as possible.
 
Ouch ... I do believe I got problems ... but it's still my main weapon (and it is a total remake of what used to be a full western fh)
(this is the intermediate step in the process: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5_cZw7_z-BhbnZPM0I0S3hvMDg)

Judging by your other strokes esp. your BH, I can see you have the ability to significantly improve your FH by correcting the technique and footwork. There are others who have pretty much fulfilled their potential or do not have the athletic skills, and there is not much more that can be done. In a tight match, your current FH is likely to break down under pressure. With the right coaching/direction, your FH can be much more of a consistent weapon.
 
Judging by your other strokes esp. your BH, I can see you have the ability to significantly improve your FH by correcting the technique and footwork. There are others who have pretty much fulfilled their potential or do not have the athletic skills, and there is not much more that can be done. In a tight match, your current FH is likely to break down under pressure. With the right coaching/direction, your FH can be much more of a consistent weapon.

Maybe I should start hitting 2 handed fh ... get used to it, and then let go of the left hand :)
 
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