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You shouldn't swing over the top of every ball, nor should you swing up on every ball. Your body needs to shape your arm for the exact situation you are facing.

I understand what FruitLoop was doing with his advice. He thinks that fastmover needs to rotate better, which will result in swinging forward and over the ball more. He's possibly right and he's prescribing an overcompensation learning technique. It's quite legit if it's understood and accepted by the player.

I'm just saying that you should shape your body and arm together to deal with every individual ball. This will always include a combination of fold/unfold and hip rotation.

But fastmover is clearly a very logical guy

If you want to watch me swinging forward watch this point (from the same match BTW).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIVd0Fb09Mg&t=477

Why did I swing forward? Because the ball was high enough to do so. Why did I swing all upward during the point you were chewing over and over? Because the ball was low and it was too dangerous to generate forward momentum. Form follows function. There is no single forehand fitting all situations. So what are you trying to fix? My forehand against a low heavy ball? Against a not so heavy net-height ball? Or my counterloop?

Of course I am very logical. The reason for this is that once I took some well-meant advice and it ruined my game which then took a lot of time to fix. So if I am implementing anything in my training, I have to be sure it is 100% right and I have to understand it completely. So far the most sensible thing I've read here was to try staying low right after the first shot, and I am working on it whenever I have a chance to train. Also wilkinru was right about having my right foot not quite in FH-oriented position after the serve recovery.

Done!

Note the right foot placement and the new finishing position. That's what everyone has been getting at for the past week. Over 500 combined man hours have been spent on this topic and it could have all been explained in another fastmover drawing. Sorry it took so long to get this finished.

It's 1am in at my new home in Patiala and I'm trying to fix this thread!!! I've read several pages about fastmover's forehand and I've been exposed to multiple animals eating popcorn. I should be spending some time on finding all of Ma Long's weaknesses.

When the ball drops below the table, you need to fold/unfold like there is no tomorrow. When the ball is higher, you need to turn the hip around with some micro fold/unfold.

Do rabbits actually eat popcorn? I need to know.