53 Drills For Better Tennis

More and more of the pros are hitting what is called the "Reverse Forehand." Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova and Pete Sampras have mastered this stroke. John Frausto demonstrates how to hit this shot.

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[soccer13soccer]

Do not do what that man is showing you unless you wanna completely ruin your shoulder.

[topspintennis]

@soccer13soccer , thanks for your comment. The purpose of this drill is demonstrate how the "reverse forehand" is a VERTICAL stroke. I do appreciate your feedback, please let me know if I can answer any of your questions.

John Frausto

Topspin Tennis.Com

[trentman]

why do you need to teach people this? isn't it sort of a natural physical reaction when you're late on the ball?

[topspintennis]

@trentman It's probably one of the easiest ways to learn topspin. The vertical nature of the stroke creates good topspin and teaches "feel." Thanks for your question.

John Frausto

Topspin Tennis.Com

[panicyupp]

I started doing this years ago in hitting sessions with a friend and we would also hit backhands this way. We developed tremendous spin and net clearance. It really evolved my my strokes and raised my level of play.

Take a look at my videos playing ambidextrous with 2 rackets. On youtube, type in "ambidextennis"

Roger Garland

[topspintennis]

@panicyupp, Roger, that's exactly why we teach this shot. It's a great way to learn TOPSPIN. I will look at your video. Thanks for the comment!

John Frausto

Topspin Tennis.Com

[crschain]

this isnt the reverse fh.............

[evilmunki54]

There's hardly any upper body motion, during a match that ball would be a moon-ball, all topsin and no pace or depth.

Copying your technique could result in an injury, better the imitate Nadal's over the head finish at least to effectively decelerate the racket (combined with upper body rotation to get racket-head speed).

[ilmelangolo]

'STA ROBBA NUN SE PO' GGUARDA'!!

[soccer13soccer]

@topspintennis Ok just make sure to mention that because it can really injure your arm. I used to do it that way thinking it was correct until my coach told me not to unless im using it for a defensive shot and to swing threw but let the racquet come up

[topspintennis]

@trentman, it's important to be "mindful" of the reverse forehand. You are correct that the natural swing path is more vertical, especially when the ball is late. Thanks for your comment.

John Frausto

Topspin Tennis.com

[GueorguiJoukov]

@IULENZA

Yes, since his technic is horrible. I think he's making it on purpose to show how to get the feel for the contact point and the timing before performing an actual forehand.

Anyway, when you are at the point you need to learn this shot, it means that you have already have a decent forehand drive and top spin forehand- both classical and windshield wiper. You should actually be good enough to get it right away and it is always better to teach a full motion - it avoids robotic swings.