Master The Tennis Forehand Wrist Lag Secrets

In today's video, I will introduce you to the forehand racket rep. I will explain how to do this movement here and why it is important. There are two types of variations. For those of you who are watching this channel for the first time, my name is Patrick Brodford, a tennis coach from Norway. First of all, is this what I'm teaching my students? The answer is either yes or no. I don't usually say it, but I want my students to learn the racket rep. However, this is determined by many factors, such as grip, take back, and down to the slot. In other words, everything depends on the situation. If there is no racket rep, I'm not talking about the racket rep. I'm trying to solve why it doesn't happen. Many factors can be considered. Everything is related to biomechanics and body exercises. Let's use the rubber band here to explain. Take back and go here. What happens if I pull it forward here? There will be an automatic lag. Let's think about the arm and racket. Now, do you know what happens if you pull it forward like this? There will be a lag. I'm here, and if I pull it forward, there will be a lag. Even if I'm here, there is a slight lag, but it's not that big. This is the mechanism that creates the speed of the racket and racket rep. In other words, what you should think about here is that I'm here and I'm trying to pull it forward from here. Use your shoulders and use your big muscles to do this. The faster you pull, the faster this movement will be. As you can see, you don't have to do anything to fly above your shoulders. In other words, I'm not trying to force the racket here. This rubber band is moving naturally. Now, the racket has a starting position and a take back. You turn the unit with your hips and shoulders, but there is plenty of space here. This is important. If you get too close, it will be difficult to maintain the position of the racket rep. I'll explain why. First, stand here and then go down. When I'm here, I put my feet here, turn my hips, and bring my feet here. While I'm standing here, I'm doing this. This happens naturally. I'm not trying to force it. I'm not conscious of it. It happens naturally. If the racket is in this position, it happens naturally. However, it does not happen naturally for such players. It's because they're moving in this direction. In other words, I'm doing a take back here. Now, I've stretched. This is a relaxed state. This is a stretched state. I'll do this from here. I'll pull it with a bat cap and go this far. If you do this, you won't get a shortened cycle due to the stretch. It is important to do it with your palms facing down. Let me explain the difference in grip. In the past, it was a continental grip, which is similar to a C-pass grip. However, this grip also has some racket lag. However, you can see that the string is facing upwards than the ground. In the case of an E-stand falling grip, it is facing down a little, but not so much. The racket lag is a semi-western grip. The string is facing the ground. Do you see that the string is not facing down when you are in this position? It's because of the grip. Did you understand? If the string is facing down, the topspin will take more. What happens with an E-stand grip? It's like a thinner position, and the string is facing back a little. The same is true for a Dovich grip. The string is facing down. And the more extreme the grip, the greater the racket lag. This is a western grip. So when I'm here, it's like this. If it's a more eastern style, it's narrower here. So this is an important factor to consider. As I mentioned at the beginning of the video, there are two types of racket lag. The first is when you want to increase the topspin. You aim for the lower side of the ball. The racket moves like this, and I do this. It's the lower side. If you get close to the ball, the ball will topspin. This is a way to apply a strong topspin like Nadal, Alcaraz, or Kaspar Ludo. However, if you want to apply more power and hit the ball a little flatter, you go from here to this side, and then straight to the ball. This is a flatter way of hitting. These are the two types of stretch shortening cycles, or forehand reps. I understand. There is a topspin on the lower side. This is flatter. As I said at the beginning, this is not something I'm trying to teach my students. However, if you have the right feeling here, the racket will move the same side of the chest to the far outside like this. The tip of the racket is 45 degrees, but today's players will be even more like this. Then, if the racket is more here, the part will be less, but the racket lag will still remain. However, if you hold the racket in this direction with a semi-western grip, the racket lag will disappear. And in this way, two things happen, so I changed this. It will be locked. It will be in contact. And you can see that the string is facing that direction. In other words, the contact zone will be shorter. This is not good. Therefore, to make the racket like that, I will change the technique of take back. Yes, I know that there is a difference between female players and male players. Women often take back the racket like this, and this kind of racket lag occurs. However, since women use different muscles, they don't top spin as much as men. So it's okay for women to swing in the same way. Women swing the tip of the racket high and swing it like this. Men swing the tip of the racket like this, facing the side fence, and then tilt it back 45 degrees and use the racket lag. It's okay for men. There are many male players who use this technique, but if you want to top spin strongly, this is not the best choice. However, it gives a lot of power to the shot. In other words, it depends on what kind of play you do. There has been racket lag for a long time. However, as I said at the beginning, it depends on the grip and play style. However, there has always been a swing like a racket that is not as extreme as racket lag. Everything is related to technology string. If you use racket lag, you can top spin more. So they change the grip and take a more open stance. That's right. That's why racket lag is more popular than in the 80s in tennis now, but racket lag was still there at the time. It is important to relax your arms, forearms, and shoulders. If you do that, it will work. If you mosh the ball hard, it won't work. This is a continental grip. If you look at this trajectory, it is still racket lag, but it is easier to control, and it doesn't take that much top spin. This is a good stance. Racket lag is still there. The ball takes a little spin. Then there is a semi-western grip that I would recommend to players. Racket lag becomes stronger and the spin becomes stronger. I don't like western grips, but they are not particularly suitable for juniors and beginners. But if you become a senior, you can use this grip. But I don't like it because the choice of shots is limited. So be careful with that grip. With this grip, racket lag becomes even bigger and the spin becomes even stronger. As you can see, another thing to consider is that when you hit a high ball, the racket lag becomes less. So if I go up to here and try to hit a ball here, the racket lag becomes less. In other words, it is the racket lag necessary to go here. So if I go down and push my butt up here, the racket lag becomes less. So when you hit a ball, it becomes a flatter shot. Sometimes you can also go up like this. Go down a little and go up. In particular, if you are standing behind here, the racket lag is not so big. It becomes flatter like this. Let's check the important points to grasp the racket line again. First of all, don't try to do it. You can do it naturally. Next, take back is everything. There is enough space between the body and the racket. If the racket is writing the same orbit here, it will be a racket lag. It's okay if you don't tighten the grip too much, but you can't be too loose. If it's too loose, it will be like this. In other words, it is not that it is very loose, but it is necessary to have a certain degree of hardness. In other words, if you take back here, the gravity will work when I am rotating here. The racket goes down naturally and you can get a racket lag. In other words, if you try to get a racket lag by moving your arms like this, you can get a little, but it will be harder. Did you understand? In other words, you need to use the entire movement chain. When you are here, start from here and use your shoulders and bat cap to pull towards the ball. This is how to get a racket lag. As I said earlier, this is lacking because I do this when I go back here. This is a common mistake. If you rotate the racket head in this direction, the racket lag will not be taken. If you move the racket from this position in this direction, it will be difficult to get a racket lag. Please have this posture and turn your palms down. I'm holding a service grip, but I'm lowering this angle so that I can drink a cup of water. In other words, lower this angle. And grab the racket lag. In semi-western, turn your palms down. In eastern, this is 45 degrees. Lower this angle. Then it becomes a rectangle. It's very easy. It's not complicated. It's not something I want to practice, but it's something I want to achieve with stroke, so I didn't want to take this video. Please take a video. If the stroke doesn't go well, see what happens in this position. If you roll, the racket head is facing this way. If you swing the racket, it certainly spins and increases power. So I want players to use the racket lag consciously. It's the same with backswing and serve. If you hit it correctly, the racket lag will come out to some extent, but you don't have to force it. Please tell me your impressions of this video in the comments section. If you haven't subscribed yet, please subscribe. 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