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How can I attack with my forehand?
I can rally well with my forehand, but when I try to attack, I am not very successful. What is the technique of a good attacking forehand?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
That means you are used to deflecting back the opponent's shots but not able put your own pace. A good attacking forehand would require:
1. Perfect follow through
2. Impact of the ball at the raquet's sweetspot
3. Fast racquet speed.
An attacking forehand is something that requires perfecting the mechanics of your swing. If you're not making a good attacking forehand then probably you have a slight error in your follow through. Make sure your racquet is pulled back and held low under your waist. Make sure that your wrist is not doing all the work because many students face a problem in developing the habit of "whipping" their wrists. The best forehand is one where your wrist is firmly held locked and steady because that will provide you a consistent follow through where all the strength is unleashed by your entire arm rather than your wrists.
Also make sure you are ending your follow through high over the shoulder. The kissing trick works where you will have to try to kiss your biceps everytime you make a swing. That will ensure your arm must have pulled the racquet up over your shoulder. Since you started it out low, that will give you a very low-to-high vertical swing which will provide the spin to allow the ball to attack.
Other then that you could have a low racquet speed which means you'll just need more practice with your strokes to develop more strength. The best way is to keep playing while your arm is feeling drained and exhausted because afterwards when you rest, it alerts your arms to develop more muscle which will provide faster racquet acceleration. Remember that a good weight transfer and waist rotation with perfect timing will aid the acceleration.
Source(s): Collegiate D1 Doubles Player - Robert David MLv 71 decade ago
There's five or six ways to attack using a forehand.
One is to improve your forehand drive--so you can really hammer any higher ball provided by your opponent's shot or his weak serve.
Two is to hit the ball accurately in distance, so you can hit your shot to either corner or long down the middle, forcing your opponent back.
Three is to be able to hit the forehand to your opponent's back hand or forehand, whichever is weaker. Doing this may require you to fake, run around your backhand or shift your feet
rapidly.
Four is to practice moving forward and following a good forehand shot in, so you take the net at the right time, and off the right shots.
Five is to develop a good drop shot. That way,
your opponent will gave to beware of hard and long shots and lay himself open to a good drop shot when you get a shorter ball and he's expecting a hard driving forehand and staying back.
Six, do supervised full-range weight lifting even with light weights, to build up arm strength gradually. And during any match or practice, carry the racket when not actually playing in your ball hand, to save your strength for using the racket on shots, keeping your stronger
hand, wrist and arm only for shots.
You can also work on putting topspin on the ball and backspin, to increase your ability to force the opponent back or keep rallies going.
Source(s): Any good book on tennis strategy that will help, especially if illustrated. - 1 decade ago
step into the court hit through the ball and then follow thru properly also use as many muscle groups in your body to help propel the ball. The racket is a vital part of a attacking forehand use a racket that is as light as possible with being too light for u and whip thru the ball with ur natural strength don't mucle it. Combined this will create racket head speed which will further propel ur ball. Also where u are on the court is also vital to an attacking forehand.
- Tennis StarLv 51 decade ago
you have to move them around the court, so hit it on the angles, this will either tire them out, force them to make an error, and create a winner opportunity for you. It depends who you play, but you can try to dropshot it to get the opponent to the net, and then use your forehand to hit a good passing shot. But it has to be a good drop shot.
- 1 decade ago
All I can think of is put your body power way into it and try not to turn your hand up too much. Keep it slightly facing down and be sure to follow all the way through
- 1 decade ago
when attacking, you always think of hitting it hard and for a winner.
my suggestion is when attacking, keep a margin of error over the net. dont just think about hitting it hard a for a winner, think about placeing the ball in the court and leave a margin of error over the net.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Start the move with a fist and open your hand before you touch his/her face.
- krispy kremeLv 51 decade ago
OHHHH!! I thought your question said FOREHEAD!!! hahahah....i was so confused...