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The Whip Forehand: Weapon of Choice in the 1990s

by Jim McLennan

  Whip Forehand Elements

• Good shoulder turn, and a pronounced take back of the left (non dominant arm). The wrist appears loose, lazy.
• The backswing is long, and well up.
• The first element of the whip is the sudden unwinding of the left arm without much movement of the racquet.
• As the racquet approaches the ball, note the buttcap pointing at the ball. I am pulling on the racquet much as you would pull on a whip.
• Racquet head acceleration from the forearm not the wrist. The kids call this the windshield wiper drill
  

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