Fast and slow forehand topspin swings

Hi alois,

I did a little experiment. I noticed when doing the forehand topspin, whenever I try to speed up my arm to hit harder, the ball has less spin and usually goes out. But it I pass through the ball slowly, I can generate a lot of spin.

Is it the contact of the rubber and ball who cause this effect? How I look is that because when you have a fast swing and hit the ball hard, you are applying a lot of force on the ball. Therefore, the ball leaves your bat too quickly for you to brush the ball. But with a  slower swing, the ball spends more time on the rubber, therefore allowing the ball to sink into the rubber and generating more spin.

Is that correct?

Because I also notice this not only on the forehand topspin.even on serves, if I contact with a slower swing, the ball has more spin then a fast one

Hi Eugene,

It is important to keep the same fine contact when you are brushing the ball faster.  The finer you contact the ball the less distance it will travel both with the topspin shots and serving.