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Photo Lesson: The Inside-Out Forehand

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Point of Contact

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The key to aiming the ball in the inside-out, crosscourt direction is to have your wrist still laid back somewhat on contact with the ball. In contrast, if you were hitting crosscourt from your forehand side, although your wrist would have been similarly laid back on the backswing, it would have flexed forward much farther at this stage in the swing.

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