Interactive Forum September 2010: Soderling: Serve, Forehand, Backhand Volley

[slamjammer]

Solderling Strokes

On his serve, the toss arm does not stay up long but he still gets incredible torque, perhaps from his deep knee bend and leap forward-he lands well into the court. On forehand take back, his racket is pointed toward the left fence it's so far, and he is moving forward, forward, forward on all shots.

[stroke]

Robin's FH is quite the contrast to the ones like Federer or Querry who have virturally no backswing and extreme racquet head lag as the racquet head is virtually slapped into the ball. I was watching tennis channel one time and during the broadcast, one of the commentators mentioned that the uniquely brutal Soderling FH is not one that could be taught. I thought at the time that was a good evaluation of it. On a side note, it is always a pleasure to listen to the tennis channel commentators, especially after having to get through a match with someone like Mary Carillo.

[John Yandell]

Give me Robbie and Doug anyday over all the rest...