After recording my forehands two months ago I've noticed (thanks to Richard!) that when making contact with the ball that my head wasn't still and my eyes were not on the contact point. As a consequence of the head movement forward at the time of contact I was loosing extension throughout the line of the shot.
The greatest thing I've just realized now is that for us to have an efficient extension and therefore creating more effortless power, we need to slow down the rotation of the shoulders just before and just after contact. Maybe when we see the shoulders slowing down just before and after contact is not a conscious thing that the pros try to do when executing the shot, but it is due in part because during that contact phase the racquet head is accelerating much faster than shoulders. Because I was rotating my shoulders forward too quickly around the contact point, or I wasn't generating enough acceleration with my racquet head, I was getting less extension.
These are by far my best shots recorded on video.
My older shots just for comparisson:
10/04/08
18/07/11
Although the first shot it seems that my head is still forward and my eyes are not on the contact point it is just an illusion that has to do with the angle of the footage. Check Djokovic's forehand from the side view.
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