Straight arm

In a practice session this morning, I hit a few sweet forehands when I was able to prepare early and hit with my arm almost straight, in front of me, the wrist laid back, head down, eyes looking down the arm. Trying to channel the big guy.

On the backhand, whenever I hit with a straight arm, the shot always turned out better. One other thing: I noticed I was being lazy with my footwork on the backhand, reaching for the ball, stopping early and then bending and reaching towards it, instead of aggresively coming up to the ball.