• Good ready ready position with feet a little wider than shoulder width, knees flexed, torso straight, and racquet at waist level pointing straight ahead.
• This is the hitting arm position at the completion of the preparation or turn. The elbow on the top, dominant hand is relaxed and tucked in toward the side, almost touching the body. The wrist is laid back so that the tip of the racket is pointing to the back fence. The butt of the racket is "taking a picture" of the opponent.
• The palm of the hand and the back, left shoulder have pushed the racket forward to the contact point with the hitting arm position unchanged--elbow in and wrist back. Note the contact well in front of the body--the laid back wrist is the key. The shoulders and hips rotate into the shot naturally.
• At the completion of the stroke the wrist reaches eye level and remains laid back. The plane of the racket is now perpendicular with the right shoulder and the shaft of the racket is straight up and down. Replicating these three positions using your internal mental images just might give you the same kind of depth, power and confidence of the top players who follow this model so beautifully!

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