Forehand topspin stroke

Sky Orachorn Asked 2 years ago

Dear Coach Alois,

Great talking to you after a while. I have improved a lot since watching Pingskills.  I have a question on my Forehand Topspin. My coach says that my start and finish positions are all correct and also that I can play the stroke with lots of speed and power. I can execute it effectively and pretty consistently and hit winners in matches. But how can I get a lot more spin on my forehand topspin while still maintaining the speed and power?

Thank you and Best regards,

Sky

Alois Rosario Answered 2 years ago

Hi Sky,

Good to hear that you are making improvements in your game.  Well done.

To add more spin while maintaining speed you need to just think about a slightly finer contact on the ball.  If you make the contact too fine then you will lose speed so it is a matter of small degrees.  Don't focus too much on the fine degrees, just think about generating more spin by brushing the ball.