It is called the UNIT TURN in Tennis. The unit turn is also called the separation turn where you turn your upper body beyond the hip turn (the unit is the upper body). The hip turns about 45 degrees, and the upper body (as visualized by the turn of the shoulder) to 90 degrees. As the hip turns, energy transfers to the upper body, and the upper body turns, creating the "catch up" mechanism that generates massive amount of rotational power from the body. This video from Performance-Plus Tennis explains unit turn the best: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ruB0lNiKm7zOZYk.html Notice that for tennis players, given the longer racket, the shoulder rarely turns more than 90 degrees. But for pickleball players, given the racket is smaller, the upper body (as visualized by the shoulder) can turn slightly more than 90 degrees and can still handle it easily. Therefore, the "catch up" mechanism is more profound.

Your in-depth and detailed analysis of a power forehand shot is much appreciated. I always gain a deeper understanding to whatever topic you are covering when I watch your videos. You are a special gift to left-brained individuals!

Wow!! Bang on analysis...Actually it's start from your mind,... Deciding to whip a stronger than usual shot. Next, get footwork in place. The 'coil' stance turned, relaxed and let fly the torso twist combine with wrist 'whipping action'. Low body rising and forward follow through. (Hitting ball at right arm distance and in front).. More eastern grip ( right hander) for top spin means your shot begins sideway to court, (body stance) finishing with arm finishing at 3-4 o'clock angle to left of court.

Excellent and clear analysis of this video makes it easy to see the difference. As a senior athlete (some limited mobility and speed) , I believe I and others would benefit from a ‘light’ version of the DD full course (aimed at young atheletes). If that ever is a possibility, I would jump on it. Your video breakdowns are the best, clear, not rushed plenty of comparisons of the point you are making. I know that must take much time and effort but they are beyond compare. Best regards.

Killer video! Loved every second

Universal Motion, From Martial Arts, Baseball, Golf etc. Using your hips and the Split Step you showed, I now understand. Thank you very much! A Great Fan of Your Page! JS

Just one word. GREAT! Thanks Nicole.

Less than a minute into the video, I must pause and say I wish I could hit the ball like Taylor BEFORE his work with Nicole. OK, back to the video.

I can’t love this enough-great “recipe” with clear analysis and visuals to illustrate what made the difference.

Nicole thanks again for your insight and great observations

Great info, great breakdown. Love your instruction videos Nicole.

Good reminder of using the kinematic chain! I have a couple of questions though... Comparing the "weaker" and "stronger" forehands, isn't the bigger problem NOT speed but rather that it's not deep enough? For example, if those shots are emulating 2nd shots (return of serves), the "weaker" and shorter shot is problematic because the opponents can then hit a lot of different shots with a lot of angles with great accuracy since they will be able to take a couple of steps forward to hit the 3rd shot. Doesn't speed on the 2nd shot sometimes work against you since it gives you less time to get to the net and get set? If you have to choose between hitting it hard or hitting it deep on the 2nd shot, isn't hitting it deep almost always the better choice? Sure, hard AND deep might be even better but even from my tennis days there was always a tradeoff between speed and accuracy (including depth accuracy). I'm somewhat surprised you like his elbow position. It's pretty bent which doesn't matter much on the backswing but it's still bent as the forward part of the motion begins. Doesn't a bent elbow at that point decouple the lower arm, wrist and paddle from the rest of the kinematic chain? The elbow then straightens and then the kinematic chain is complete but it seems to me that the transition from decoupled to coupled could detract from both consistency and power. It is a little hard for me to compare the two swings. The "stronger" swing starts with a step back and stopping the backward motion seems to put his body in a good position to naturally load the chain. The "weaker" swing starts with a forward step and his timing and positioning don't look great to me - not a great start to a swing and a much harder place to start a powerful kinematic chain swing from. Are there tips to swinging when the ball is out front? I mean I guess get there, get set, get weight on back foot, etc., but I do find it a lot harder than swinging from lateral and backwards motions.

Taking the paddle back way more in the stronger forhand. That makes his shoulders turn more.

Nicole---another excellent analysis of a particular stroke. One question though, if he is hitting that with full power, in order for it to land inside the baseline, doesn't he have to have some major top spin on it? Even if it clears the net by just an inch, it looks to me like it would go long??

Great capture of shots!

you missed the main reason for the increase in power. It comes from your off hand, if you notice in the more powerful shots, his off hand followed the ball much further twisting his hips and shoulder and then the follow through you can see his left hand finish much further away twisting his core. All your power comes from the kinetic chain starting in your off hand/arm

Thanks coach! You’re the best !

Thank you so much my forehand has be so weak over the years . To see a lot of women out hitting me on my forehand which was very deflating. My brother really pointed that out to me .

Outstanding instruction and break down here.

Good stuff

It’s basically just a matter of using your body with the motions versus just using mostly your arms. It’s a 3-minute video, not a 3-minute introduction followed by 7 minutes of saying the same thing over and over. KZfaq creates so much waste with creators feeling like they have to get to that magic 10 minutes mark. You’re a good content creator and I understand why you do it.

One thing others have been mentioning and is something I do, which was lessening my speed and depth on my power drives, is holding the paddle in a continental grip when driving. This lessens the speed in drives. We should be using an eastern grip when we drive hard, correct?

The lag is the same as in golf. His stance is also more open for him to clear on the follow through.

Is paddle lag something you can practice or a result of doing other things correctly? It only seems to be mentioned in passing in other videos and it seems people act like it's something that just happens.

pickleball lol phew!

Maybe I'm speaking out of turn, but I feel like I intentionally hold myself back for fear that I'm going to hit the ball out of the court. With more confidence, I feel like hitting hit harder is definitely more possible.

Summarized, simply bigger backswing and adding in more wrist.

Stronger forehand seems to require bigger backswing which we're told is bad. ??? Also am I wrong that this wouldn't be the best return of serve because it greatly reduces the time you have to get to nvz?

How to prevent the ball from hitting out of the court? Every time I hit it hard it goes way out.

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old stuff , just bc you r too inexperiences

He is not using his body to coil and uncoil thats why the drive is weak...He is using just his hands and arms.....