(Sept 17/2014) Sorry, I am joining late on this instructional video. I saw a boy yesterday practicing this shot with his instructor, he was literally ripping the ball and finishing the forehand with the racquet around his back. My question would be: can this shot be tried from the baseline and midcourt also? The first thing would be to recognize a “high ball” in relation with the height of the net. With the ball one meter above the net shall we apply the same concept?

Orlando
South Carolina
U.S.A.

Yes, Jon, it’s OK. There are no laws or rules on how we need to hit the ball – the only thing that matters is what works and what doesn’t. So yes, you will hit a high ball with some side spin.

Just do the most natural swing regardless of the ball height and let the racquet hit the ball at any angle that might happen at that height.

You’re very welcome, Ravi, thanks for sharing.

Ever since I stumbled upon your videos I have improved my game and been having so much fun on the court. After watching the video I could able to hit well on my one handed backhand especially the idea of hitting horizontally is great, always tried either to hit down or try to generate a top spin by hitting up and ending in a home run. I tried to apply the same on my forehand by preparing higher and diagonal contact point, Infact I was waiting for some of the shots to raise up, previously been under pressure or trying to avoid those high balls. Thanks for posting these great instructional videos.

Regards,
Ravi

Thanks Tomaz,
I wanted to add a few when you have the time in addition to the one where I asked for an ideal tennis backhand contact point, after doing the ideal tennis forehand contact point. I realized another issue is what to do when in hitting for practice when someone attempts to use pace or spin or both to overload a particular wing, forehand or backhand, how to deal with it and counteract.
Ryan

Thanks, Ryan, I will keep your questions in mind for future articles.