thomasferrett
Hall of Fame
We know that Nadal gets an average of 3750rpm at roughly 90mph on his topspin forehands. When really going for it he can probably get somewhere between 5500 to 7000rpm on his topspin forehand.
On his backhand I'm not so sure.
So, if you take a GOOD rec player (thinking around a 5.0 to 5.5 standard), how much topspin do you think they can hit on forehand, and then backhand if they are really trying to hit a hyper-spinny shot?
I would guess that on the forehand it might be as much as 2000rpm, and on the backhand it would probably be around 1500rpm if a one-hander and around 1000rpm if a two-hander. The mph would obviously be a lot lower than 80mph as well.
On his backhand I'm not so sure.
So, if you take a GOOD rec player (thinking around a 5.0 to 5.5 standard), how much topspin do you think they can hit on forehand, and then backhand if they are really trying to hit a hyper-spinny shot?
I would guess that on the forehand it might be as much as 2000rpm, and on the backhand it would probably be around 1500rpm if a one-hander and around 1000rpm if a two-hander. The mph would obviously be a lot lower than 80mph as well.