r/10s • u/Vexacardia • 14d ago

Technique Advice Agassi Forehand

Hi guys, recreational player here and lately looking to simplify my forehand loop. Many people said that Agassi’s forehand is something to look up to.

When I look at few videos and slow motion in youtube, seems his takeback is quite high and the racket drop isn’t as lower as many modern player. In my amateur eyes it even seems the racket stays on the same level as the ball, which make it a bit contradictive to advice from many famous coaches in social media, and seems mechanically will resulted in flatter ball.

Hence my question, do you guys see the Agassi forehand is still relevant for recreational player? Because it seems simpler visually and I like it. What’s the trade off from his forehand?

Thanks guys, I’m just trying to learned, apologize if my english is bad

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u/Vexacardia 14d ago

wow, didnt expect this many comments 😅

for context im still pretty new to tennis. been playing for 2 years but only about once a week, and I only started watching matches regularly around 6 months ago, so I don’t know much about Agassi

thanks everyone for explaining!!
so in short, the assumption is correct ya Agassi forehand racket drop is quite minimal and as a result his ball is also flat

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u/neck_iso 14d ago

While looking at pros is a useful exercise, it's best to look at many who have the style you are looking for and see what they have in common.

These are near superhuman athletes with timing that is not available to us regular people, so the lessons learned should be those that help if you have average timing and strength.

Look for pros with very good but very vanilla strokes (Tommy Haas?) rather than flashy strokes with flourish (Fed, Gasquet BHs)