need help with my forehand

[mikelitt]

it seems everytime i go play i have a new forehand....there is nothing in place..my contact point is all over, my grip changes, the racket moves in my hand, my follow through everything is all over the place...

sometimes i think it is just mental..or i am not moving my feet which throws everything off, about 1 out of 10 sessions i feel that my forehand is acceptable...

the irony is that when i was a kid my forehand was awesome, but i lost it years ago and can't get it back

i don't know what to do anymore...but it just the stroke feels so suspect and uncomfortable..

i am an advanced player but don't really feel that way

 

[HSCoach]

When you were a kid, did you drill more?

Maybe now you play more, but expect to hit like a guy who trains more?

 

[socrates2007]

The best advice that I can give is to watch the ball hit the strings. Whenever my forehand or backhand go off on a vacation during a match, just focusing on watching the ball hit the strings has always helped me.

 

[5263]

focus on setting up a great CP (on balance, with good footwork), especially in your warmups and practice. After u do it in the warm up, you will find it more natural during play.

Also in the early part of your match, bring in your targets to safer shots until you are hitting so well that you feel nice control. Then you can start to slowly work back out to more aggressive targets. You can always pull them back in some to groove more if you start to get too ragged. When you pull back like this, you get to hit more GSs as the points will go longer, so you get more chances to find your groove.

 

[MarkMunk]

What you should do is just hit a lot of balls with the same grip, follow-through, etc. and work from there. Set your raquet on the ground and pick it up on the grip. That should givbe you a good semi-western grip and it's an easy way to make sure you are using the same grip every time. Then on th follow through, make a conscious effort to finish over your opposite shoulder every time you swing. Just keep doing this until you feel like your hitting it the same everytime, and from there you can make adjustments to your liking.

 

[Rafael_Nadal_6257]

What you should do is just hit a lot of balls with the same grip, follow-through, etc. and work from there. Set your raquet on the ground and pick it up on the grip. That should givbe you a good semi-western grip and it's an easy way to make sure you are using the same grip every time. Then on th follow through, make a conscious effort to finish over your opposite shoulder every time you swing. Just keep doing this until you feel like your hitting it the same everytime, and from there you can make adjustments to your liking.

Isn't that an eastern grip??