At the point of contact on the forehand drive, where should your weight be?

Question

A. on the rear foot

B. on the front foot.

C. moving from the front to the back foot

Answer 1

definately B, on the front foot.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

B. Upon swinging from back to front, all forces must move in front & meet the ball upon impact. This will have an efficient transmittal of power on the ball, otherwise, there will be loss of power if done incorrectly.

Answer 4

B.  on the front foot.

Your weight should have already shifted forward.  

Any attempt to produce power at this point or after this point is too late.  After ball contact, it's really irrelevant.  Good form after contact is an indicator that you did things right -- it is the result, but not the cause.

Your weight should have actually already shifted forward for some time before contact.  Your weight transfers power to your shoulders which transfers power to your racquet... then the racquet collides into the ball.

If you're on the run at contact and don't have time to shift your weight into the shot, then it's too late to try to hit an attacking shot.

Contact is too early to start shifting your weight back for a recovery shot, and would really rob you of power.  And it is way too late to load the back foot to power the shot.

Federer hits off the front foot, and he's the smoothest most efficient player.

If you are hitting with a open stance, your weight would be on the back foot and most of the power comes from the rotation of the hips and shoulder,

One of the answerers said off the back foot, but I would advise against that...

A) WORD OF CAUTION HITTING OFF THE BACK FOOT... hitting off the back foot and using hip rotation to power the ball doubles the stresses on your hips and legs, and in the long term, could lead to hip injuries and problems.  This is what happened to Gustavo Kuerten -- he's had multiple hip surgeries, and he's never been the same player since.  This is also why Nadal doesn't last on Hardcourt, and he's always injured in the hardcourt season.  Clay is fine for this, because clay is forgiving.

Answer 5

d) None of the above. If you hit topspin forehand with open stance, your weight is on your back foot, moving upward to your leg, then hip, then shoulder, transferred to your arm and then racquet in a kinetic chain movement and at the point of impact the weight is transferred to the ball. your follow-up ends by transferring the weight to the front leg.

If you do the linear transfer of weight from your back leg to front leg then you will need your front leg as an anchor to the ground. this in time will bring more and more pain to your front knee and ankle because most of the weight is transferred to that point. be advised that prolonged action like this ends in sprained ankle or knee injuries. if possible avoid this linear move and change it to the more rotational move.

hope it helps :)

oh poor baby, federer and nadal hit most of their best strokes with their feet lifted up in the air (if you watch closely enuf) because of this more efficient rotational movement. it's about transferring weight from your back foot upward through your whole body to your racquet, if you do this correctly you will end up hitting the ball with your feet about an inch or so up in the air in a very natural way. it saves your front knee and ankle. land softly on both feet and use good tennis shoes which provides sufficient cushioning. you will avoid the waist and hip problems... cheers!