Hi Deep, this is a good topic you bring up here and I’m going to make a video on this now you’ve mentioned it and reminded me!
There are a few key things when pivoting around for a forehand,the first is how capable you are with your backhand side, which youbseem to be pretty confident with and the second is how good is your movement and recovery. As you said if you pivot too much or in the wrong ball yoh will get caught out of position. I definitely wouldn’t say it’s pre-meditated but you need to anticipate and realise when there is an opportunity quickly. It does enable tou to olay stronger with the forehand and with more power to try and finish the point.
When yiu pivot it’s important you do it after a positive and good quality backhand or other shot so the opponent is under pressure and has less time to think and play a good return. Too many times people pivot after a weak shot and the opponent canbplay strong into the backhand and make it hard to pivot or catch you wide in the forehand,so be sure it’s a good shot before you pivot.
By the sounds of your style I don’t think you need to over do pivoting and do it too much if you are confident with the backhand, in the modern gane it’s more important to be comfortable changing direction with the backhand than chasing around too much to play forehands. So I’d say limit it to when you are confident you can get around and play a very strong ball or finish the point.
Also where you play to when you pivot is important, try not to play into the opponents backhand side or into the bat. The best place is to try and find the crossover or elbow so they have to move and adjust and it’s less likely they van counter attack or play a fast block.
I will definitely make a video going into detail onand explaining this topic but I hope that’s helpful for now.
Cheers, Tom
