1. Hold the racket with a continental grip. The non-dominant hand holds the ball using the fingertips. Line up sideways to the net with feet body width apart. Your leading foot is pointing diagonally to the baseline and the back foot is parallel to the baseline.
2. Toss the ball up and fully extend the tossing arm. Take the racket back behind your head. Look up to the ball. Bend your knees, coil your trunk and turn and tilt the shoulders.
3. Launch up to the ball with your legs by pushing off the ground with your feet. Take the racket to the back scratch position by cocking the wrist back fully. The elbow goes up and extends, followed by the wrist which pronates the forearm to contact the ball. At this point, the arm and wrist are both fully extended. The shoulders and trunk uncoil.
4. Follow through by continuing pronating the forearm and extending the arm out toward the target before coming around and finishing on the opposite side of the body. Land with the leading foot as weight transfer is completed.
