Could be the camera wide angle but it looks like you are on your back foot almost moving backwards on forehand. Your closed stance backhand looks OK though so its probably just a weight transfer thing. Easiest way to put the body weight behind the forehand is to make sure you move your left leg forward (you are lefthanded) after the stroke. If you do, it's impossible to not move forward.
Yeah it's not camera angle, i have the bad habit of falling back when hitting my forehand. You're definitely right, I'll focus on bringing my left leg around more. Sometimes I'm able to do it when I'm thinking about it but when I don't actively think about it I revert back to my old ways unfortunately. I have to figure out a way to be more consistent with that. Thanks for the comment! I appreciate the advice!
good luck in the tournaments during the summer, i also found some stability in my backhand the last couple of weeks, mostly because i started working on making my swing longer, starting it earlier than usual, and driving the racket for a longer period of time before contact point... now i'm keeping a lot more balls in play from the backhand side and as a result i make less unforced errors and play closer matches (when i lose now it's like 4:6 or 5:7 or 6:7, not the usual 2:61:6 etc.) so i'm slowly getting there, keep grinding bro 💪
Thanks man i appreciate! That's great, love to hear that you're improving too. For me I still consider my backhand my weaker side so I know that my timing has to be on point, as well as my footwork and take back. So I'm a lot more focused each time I get a backhand, i make sure that I take the extra step if needed i look at the ball right up until contact point, make sure to bring my racket back to get that power from my body rotation. Ironically my forehand has always been my stronger shot so I'm less focused in general cause I know that even if I'm a little off I'll still be able to hit it well enough. Now i just have to put the effort to improve my forehand to the same degree.. Thanks for the encouragement, it really means a lot!
Could be the camera wide angle but it looks like you are on your back foot almost moving backwards on forehand. Your closed stance backhand looks OK though so its probably just a weight transfer thing.
Easiest way to put the body weight behind the forehand is to make sure you move your left leg forward (you are lefthanded) after the stroke. If you do, it's impossible to not move forward.
Yeah it's not camera angle, i have the bad habit of falling back when hitting my forehand. You're definitely right, I'll focus on bringing my left leg around more. Sometimes I'm able to do it when I'm thinking about it but when I don't actively think about it I revert back to my old ways unfortunately. I have to figure out a way to be more consistent with that.
Thanks for the comment! I appreciate the advice!
good luck in the tournaments during the summer, i also found some stability in my backhand the last couple of weeks, mostly because i started working on making my swing longer, starting it earlier than usual, and driving the racket for a longer period of time before contact point... now i'm keeping a lot more balls in play from the backhand side and as a result i make less unforced errors and play closer matches (when i lose now it's like 4:6 or 5:7 or 6:7, not the usual 2:6 1:6 etc.) so i'm slowly getting there, keep grinding bro 💪
Thanks man i appreciate! That's great, love to hear that you're improving too. For me I still consider my backhand my weaker side so I know that my timing has to be on point, as well as my footwork and take back. So I'm a lot more focused each time I get a backhand, i make sure that I take the extra step if needed i look at the ball right up until contact point, make sure to bring my racket back to get that power from my body rotation. Ironically my forehand has always been my stronger shot so I'm less focused in general cause I know that even if I'm a little off I'll still be able to hit it well enough. Now i just have to put the effort to improve my forehand to the same degree..
Thanks for the encouragement, it really means a lot!