After the turn, James has his shoulders perpendicular to the net. He can turn another 30, or 40 degrees more. To do that he needs to stretch his left arm more on the power position and he needs to open his stance more and getting his left knee lower. Notice how on his last step, James steps forward with his left foot. Instead he could have stepped towards his left increasing his open stance and getting lower, ready for the forward swing. Of course to do that he would need to move in closer to the ball.
This second video is an interesting footage. This is the video James needs to watch to know where to go next. This was the only forehand that I've recorded that James had a shoulder turn of about 110 or 120 degrees to the net and his hips were perpendicular to the net on the power position. Although James didn't really attacked the ball and his swing seems to be a bit too big because the position of his right hand is too far to his left side, its still a great shot and the one that going to change every forehand that James will hit in the future.
On this forehand James has elevated much more his right elbow, roughly shoulder high. He kept the left hand on the racquet longer and he had a much bigger turn. His shoulders went much more than perpendicular. Just before the power position (moment before the forward swing) his left arm is back because he kept it longer on the racquet while turning his shoulders. If James can have roughly the same sort of turn with the left arm straight for the power position would be even better. And again the left foot is too close to the right foot while striking the ball and as a consequence he is too upright and unbalanced.
The third forehand resembles a bit the first one. The elbow was a bit lower. The left hand got away from the racquet earlier and the turn wasn't as big as on the second shot. One improvement from the first forehand was that on this shot James used his left foot, on his last step, to increase his stance. Although the left foot went too far back which makes it very difficult for James to have his hips perpendicular to the net.
This is another point where James can be aware on his forehands. Compare the hips position on his forward swing on all of the videos. On the second video the hips were perpendicular to the net, but videos 1 and 3 weren't.
On this last video, James started with a higher elbow, but not as high as the second video. James again couldn't have the same turn as on that 2nd shot and his hips didn't get perpendicular to the net.
After having a good look at James's forehands we know already with more certain what James needs to do next.
James future forehands will have the same shoulder turn of video 2 , his hips will be perpendicular or more at the start of the forward swing, his left arm will be stretched out and he will have a wider stance. Besides, he will be hitting his forehands with his right hand more on the right side of the body.
This next picture is from shot 2. Watch the shoulder turn and hips perpendicular. If James can have the same turn while having the left arm out and straight his forehands will get extremely hot! Watchout!
This is me on the power position. Check the shoulder line, hips, left arm, left knee.
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