Backswing technique shapes shot consistency and racquet speed in tennis. Our breakdown covers grip, arm position, and timing mechanics for solid groundstrokes.
Ask three coaches whether your child's backswing is too big and you may get three answers. One says shorten it for consistency. One says leave it — that is where the power lives.
A few weeks ago we set a ball machine to feed flat forehands at roughly 55 mph, one every four seconds, to a single intermediate player — a 24-year-old who plays twice a week and has had maybe a dozen…