in an open or semi open stance forehand as i push off the right leg (im right handed) sometimes my left leg goes backward. i still get left shoulder to right shoulder rotation. other times the left leg stays and i sort of pivot on it . i am not in the air. this does not occur on neutral stance hits . my left foot going backward caught the eye of my pro and didnt like it. is this flawed technique?
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From another thread, I posted these videos of Federer doing just that...the whole thread might be of interest to you at:
Fernando Gonzalez: Open Stance w/ body torquing around vertical axis of (roughly) the spine (and w/ some counter-rotation of left leg).
https://www.tennisplayer.net/tp_play...ando-gonzalez/
Agassi: Neutral Stance w/ body torquing around vertical axis of left hip
https://www.tennisplayer.net/tp_player/andre-agassi/
Now here are some odd ones:
Federer in neutral stance, but w/ axis of rotation in right hip, and w/ left leg moving back from neutral stance:
https://www.tennisplayer.net/tp_player/roger-federer/
Federer semi-open stance w/ axis of rotation in right hip and left leg moving back after hit
https://www.tennisplayer.net/tp_player/roger-federer/
(is this a consequence of a lack of counter-rotation of left leg?)
Federer open stance w/ axis of rotation in center (spine), but w/ so much total rotation that even w/ brief counter-rotation of left leg, that leg still gets whipped around to land behind, rather than in front of him.
https://www.tennisplayer.net/tp_player/roger-federer/
Same for Fed, but offensive shot (when he lands on retreating left leg it's not always defensive and sub-optimal, sometimes a function of so much rotation that the left leg's gotta go back after it goes forward, just like the racket follow-through)
https://www.tennisplayer.net/tp_player/roger-federer/
More normal Fed w/ open stance--left leg lands moving forward (at least a little).
https://www.tennisplayer.net/tp_player/roger-federer/
Last edited by oliensis; 03-25-2009, 07:25 AM.
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