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Before: Very good swing trajectory and great free rhythm. The base is solid for a good forehand.
Serving: it's a decent swing, but her back bends after contact. The back should remain straight, and the bend occurs only in the hips. The hinge should be at a 45 degree angle with the head still up.
Calvin Betton
< strong>Right: She obviously plays quite a lot and has been coached. I always analyze technique in three categories: footwork, racket work, and bodywork.
Footwork: It's OK. She has the basics somewhat correct. All three of her forehands are different. In the first, she takes a neutral stance and places her feet correctly, but then does not turn forward during or after contact, which would help to time and recover from the shot.
Secondly, she takes an open stance and does a decent back turn (in which you spin on your back foot and land on your opposite foot), which is good as it allows you to maintain balance and control.
On the third forehand, she has pretty good footwork right down to the shorter underball, and she adapts her backswing to that, showing decent agility. She hits with her right foot in front, which is a very decent technique for low balls inside the backline.
Racquet handling: She has really decent rhythm with the racquet – you need rhythm from slow to fast to contact, so finishing is the fastest part of the swing and she has decent skill in that regard.
It could be better, but that's ok. She also starts her swing close to contact, which is good – most rookies and club players swing too far back and slow down on contact, so they miss.
Again, it could have been better, but not bad. On the last shot, it adapts the swing well to the bottom ball and increases the racquet's trajectory from low to high, which shows good agility and adaptability when hitting awkwardly.
The Princess of Wales has been Patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club since 2016. Photo: Getty Images/Thomas Lovelock. Her swing is only a hand, and there is no rotation or slow-fast momentum in her body during or after contact. Her body is face to face during and after contact. This will affect timing. This will lead to a slap. However, it is easy to improve if the coach knows what he is doing.
Serving: hard to tell because it starts slow and then speeds up. Again, this is decent enough technique, but there is no body momentum and the racket rhythm is not that good. She does not let go of the racket, which indicates that she stops too often on contact. Instinctively, she thinks that by placing the racket on the ball she will create control, but this is not the case.
You need a spark on contact, and she doesn't have any. Letting go of the racquet, improving racquet rhythm and body momentum, sparking on contact are things she needs to improve.
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