TennisMaven
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On the forehand stroke, if I keep a passive wrist then it leads naturally to racquet lag and buttcap facing the ball which is I think what is desired. This passivity of the wrist leads to a kind of 'snap' up at contact that results in very good spin when clean and correct contact is made. However, the problem I have is that when keeping passive wrist, clean contact is very difficult (even when looking at the contact point like Fed, although that does help). Sometimes the ball will skyrocket into the air, sometimes it will shank to one side, in other words it's very hard for me to control the ball path with passive wrist, especially if the ball is coming at a high speed.
Conversely, if I don't keep a passive wrist, very clean contact can be made each time since I can make minor adjustments necessary for proper contact. But then spin suffers dramatically. What to do? How can I improve the consistency of contact with a passive wrist to take advantage of the spin? Maybe my timing is just off?
Thanks
Conversely, if I don't keep a passive wrist, very clean contact can be made each time since I can make minor adjustments necessary for proper contact. But then spin suffers dramatically. What to do? How can I improve the consistency of contact with a passive wrist to take advantage of the spin? Maybe my timing is just off?
Thanks