Do not snap your wrist…he isn’t

@@ajollypanda4175 you need glasses. Also look at Dimitrov s forehand in slow motion. He is not making contact with the ball with the the wrist in complete lag. The racket is accelerating relative to the wrist Before the contact.

​@@jflow5601 It's not from "snapping" the wrist. It's more like a bounce or rebound from the energy being put through the arm.

@@ared18t snap, bounce, whip, flexion, whatever. The racket head is accelerating to catch up with the wrist at contact.

try only using three fingers to hold the racquet to get a feel first on how not to hold the racquet too tightly.

The key is loosening the hand. If your grip is tight, your entire arm is tight. make a tight fist and see what it does all the way to the shoulder, and even down that side of your back. On a scale of one to ten, grip stength on the racket handle should be about a two.

I think that's a semi-western grip.

I think that's a semi- western grip.

Strong semi western

that should always be the case, look at 6:46

Ricky Maci is (half) old school.

There is a reason US tennis has underachieved for twenty years. USTA influence is one of them, as well as a high school and college system more about winning meets for the school than about player development.

Grip is standard semi-western. Index knuckle is directly on bevel 4. Novak is partway between Western and Semi-western, on the edge between the bevels.

It's probably the playstyle that's being pushed on players from a young age by coaches. A recipe for success, i guess, but it is fucking boring with the lack of variation.

@@hehehehehahahaha2025 you got that right - we have cookie cutter grips and swings and tactics - I can't stand this ... thank God for vintage matches ... let's not forget that all the fist pumps even look alike every game they are pumping not even after just a set win

In many ways his game differs. If you look at Sinners tactics vs Medvedev it was completely different. He came into the net a lot. They adapt according to the other players game style. Sinner started bringing in a lot more volleys in this year. I spoke to a coach at my club and he says Americans train a different game style than the Europeans. In regards to technique of the shots Sinner and Djokovic couldn’t be more different. Sinners has a very unique forehand technique. The new rackets and strings and fitness level of the current pros are on another level compared to 20-30 years ago. Those rackets couldn’t produce the same power and speed. That reduces the reaction times a lot and harder on volleys. I watched some Becker vs Sampras and it was noticeable and noticeable certain shots they didn’t even attempt to chase down where current players would get or go for. One can also see the players dont have the same athleticism. The speed of the ATP final courts make it very hard to craft some of the point that normally would. You loose split seconds which I think is hard to adjust to. I was hitting some balls against a local pro coach and it must have been the fastest balls I ever hit against and I had so little preparation time. Made me realize how tough it can be at that speed and then times X that for pros. I watch tournaments throughout the whole year. It was good year for tennis. Volleys are back much more. Guys like Shelton who have good slice use it more often. Slice is a defensive shot just to give yourself more time. It rarely make the other guys make mistakes on their level. At the end TV doesnt really do their playing justice. You sit at US Open and you cant actually believe how much faster it all happens. Mind blowing. Even WTA players. Lastly playing a match can easily be playing 180+ points. Its hard to make every play so special. Matches are won by 2-5 point many times, so consistency becomes keys for these guys. Back in the day players like Sampras and Becker would come to net every serve. Not much tactics. Todays players would just crush those tactics these days at the net. If every point was that predictable. The players of those days also played amazing points like today and I am sure there were many boring matches those days. We just tended to watch finals and semis.

Shelton has changed his forhand technique this season to cut down on the horrendous errors that have cost him matches. That long, flat swing takes too much time against ATP players, an if it's late to the ball it lacks headspeed and spin, thus losing control of the ball. (Serena Williams found out the same thing as she got older and the competition got better. That boring Naomi Osaka forehand rushed her over and over again, and long errors were the result.) Federer--that's right, Federer--had to shorten his forehand to stay competitive with the top guys. And a 2800 rpm. 80 mph ball is not a defensive shot, any more than a split-fingered fastball is.

In the 3rd video, it looks full western.

@@adamh8433 textbook western

Exactly. It’s past SW. almost full western

It's western ...that's why his elbow can't straighten at contact...due to the grip...like novak

It is not a western, it is a semi-western as his knuckle is on the 4th bevel. You could say a strong semi as it maybe a little more than 4. I stood 5 feet from hitting in Indian Wells and it was pretty clear. Sock and Khachanov have full westerns and there is an obvious difference to Sinner.

semi western for sure

Definitely not semi western. It’s past SW and very close to full western

​@@bournejason66 No way! Just look at the first still image in the beginning of the video, Sinner is holding the racquet with the semi-western grip. For the western grip, check the videos of Iga Swiatek.

@@strongbrain3128 nah.. if you look at the last image after contact, his index finger knuckle is past bevel 4. It’s in between SW and full western

@@bournejason66 You are blind. Look at the grip at 3:59, his index finger knuckle is exactly at the bottom, it is standard SW. Nothing to do with Western G. Also confirmed by this: (google search) Jannik Sinner Forehand Analysis (google search) wikipedia

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