How to Hit a Tennis Forehand

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name's Lincoln Ward. I'm a USPTA certified teaching pro here in Austin, Texas with Lone Star Tennis Company. Today we're going to talk about how to hit the tennis forehand ground stroke. The most important part about your ground stroke on the forehand side is your grip. You want to hold it--you want to hold your racket in either an Eastern grip or a Semi-Western grip so you can get underneath that ball and drive through it. First thing you do once that ball bounces on your side is turn your upper body and take your racket back. You almost want to point your racket to the wall behind you. When the ball bounces in your side, you're going to follow through to make contact right over your front foot, afterwards driving through the ball and taking your racket up to your shoulder. You want to finish with two hands on the tennis racket, and your elbow just in front of your chin. The key in tennis is low to high. That's generally the cardinal rule. My name's Lincoln Ward, and that was how to hit a forehand ground stroke in tennis. Thanks a lot."