Comments on: The Role of Your Wrist during the Forward Swing

By: G10

G10 — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:21:09 +0000

Thanks Will. This is a good summary of a foundation skill that many players are challenged by. I deal with a lot of players who have the wrist flick deeply embedded (on all shots, including two-handed backhand and volleys). I'm wondering if you can share some tips on how you get players to “undo” this detremental habit. As you so well know, it is one thing to understand the concept, it is a totally different thing to develop the skill or undo a deeply learned motor habit.
Thanks.

By: grec

grec — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:34:11 +0000

Just a small loop

By: sambo37

sambo37 — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 10:37:47 +0000

Just where, exactly, are these two videos? All I see is a bunch of comments.

By: Heywie Dalongfayce

Heywie Dalongfayce — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:34:51 +0000

I've got fuzzy balls, and I just ƒucked a hamburger.

By: jake

jake — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:42:16 +0000

can you create videos on the two handed backhand fundamentals just like the one in the free email course it really helped alot

By: Antonis Tzortzis

Antonis Tzortzis — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:07:36 +0000

Hi Will,
Congratulations for your site and all the wonderfull details you’re dealing with!
I am tryiing to focus into the details of a strong forehand full of spin and pace.
I’ve heard about the followig tip: to use the butt of the racket “targeting” the ball or better the shot direction,just before the contact.I think is a common practice of the pros! I’ve seen Federer,Rodcick,Safin etc doing this during their swings,I mean they select a swing path which brings the butt of the racket targeting first and it seems to me just like …swaping the racket butt with the racket face at the hitting point.
Is this correct and is there any tip to achieve it?

Thanks in advance
Best Regards
Antony Tzortzis
Volos- Greece

By: Blake

Blake — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:37:51 +0000

Hey Sam,
Your son has the same problem as i do..i think..i tend to hit with a loose wrist too and now i tend to release my wrist too soon and it feels like im wrist slapping the ball. I’m getting little to no spin at all from this and i’m having the same problems as you mentioned; inconsistency and framing. Try to get your son to pronate in his backswing..so his racket face (the side he hits his forehand with) is facing the floor, and then swing. Also try to get him to keep his wrist in the layed back position until after he hits the ball. Hopefully this helps.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:39:08 +0000

Hi Sam,

If you ask him to do the “double-bend” as Will has pointed out in his video, the wrist is somewhat locked naturally. If he has already done that, then the problem is not in the wrist but his timing/contact point. The gereral rule is, at impact, the body opens up more as the grip goes more western, and vice versa. I would think for a kid ranks so high, he should not have a problem in the wrist, so I would think the problem is more on the timing/contact point.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:19:22 +0000

Hi Soner,

I think your wrist hurts because you did not bent your wrist when you are hitting through the ball. If you do the “double-bend’ all through your swing as Will has pointed out in his video, your wrist is automatically locked and you pain should go away. Another thing may help is to try a Western or Semi-western grip.

Please let me know if it works.

By: Tuan Huynh

Tuan Huynh — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:44:45 +0000

thanks for your help