Forehand to the Fore

I've been working on more forehand for a few months now, and it's still a work in progress. After checking a wide variety of forehands in slow motion, most of the modern players hit the topspin forehand the same way. The problem is duplicating that motion on the court.

The first video talks about using angular momentum and focuses on the body at the waist and below. In particular, the phrase "sit and lift", which means to bend on the right knee and then lift up and rotate counter-clockwise (i.e., toward the direction of right to left). The guy's racquet movement is pretty good, as you can see.

The second video, which is, alas, of poor production quality, focuses on the stroke itself, where the guy suggests holding the racquet with two fingers to get a natural motion.

The great thing about tennis is that people are always trying to figure out how to get you to visualize what to do, and there is a lot of creativity in all of that, so I listen and give it a try. Most of the times, I don't get a big benefit from it, but occasionally, I hope something clicks and works magically on the court.