Answer for The use of shoulder in forehand topspin

The shoulder definitely shouldn’t move too much, it’s mostly just to stabilise the shot and as you said it’s the snap from the elbow and a small amount of wrist. Of course during the shot the shoulder may naturally move a very small amount but it shouldn’t be used to generate the shot as this movement is too big, hard to recover and can cause injury too.

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