Help, i hit my forehand too far back

[saqdeez]

rather than making contact in front of my body. I have a sw/w grip, aeropro drive like nadal, and often hit the ball open stance, and I think the grip makes hit harder to hit out in front, something to do with the racket angle....So i hit a lot of balls like i said, open stance with the reverse forehand. It is fun to hit but my pro says i am losing a lot of power when doing this and i am hitting loopy shots.

DO i have to modify my grip a little to allow for this? I just need to normalize my swing and hit through the ball, make contact out in front...but dont want to give up the spin!

Any ideas?

 

[Djokovicfan4life]

This is a little perplexing to me because western grips and open stances typically make it more natural to hit the ball out in front.

 

[beckham]

That is interesting...I would have to argee with Djokovicfan4life. Is there any way you can post a video, so we can see what it looks like...it would make it much easier for us to help you.

 

[Djokovicfan4life]

Is your arm too bent at contact? That could be part of the problem. If you watch videos of Nadal, you'll see that his arm is almost completely straight at contact.

 

[OvertheFence]

It might be your timing thats making you hit too far back