I’m always interested in tools that can help me improve my tennis. That is why I was keen to do this TopSpinPro Review.
The TopSpin Pro is, like the name suggests, a tool to help players generate topspin. The game of tennis has evolved into a sport that is mainly centered around the topspin shot, but it is not a technique that comes naturally to a lot of players. The idea of the TopSpinPro is to teach players how to naturally angle their racquet to create more topspin. This will, in turn, allow for a greater margin of error. If you learned way back when tennis balls were mainly hit without a lot of spin and underpin (slice) was more popular than topspin, this tool might actually help you, but I think it is mainly intended for new players to the sport. So the short form of this TopSpinPro review would be to say that this is a great teaching tool for coaches.
I got interested in this tool for personal reasons. Over the course of a year or so, I’ve tried to transition from an Eastern (almost Continental grip) towards a Semi-Western forehand. The reason being that I could hit flat shots well, especially on the rise, but I often struggled with consistency in matches when the arm got tight. I am not a hundred percent there yet and the struggle “has been real”, but I’m finally getting closer to a more solid and reliable forehand. If I had this tool at the beginning of my forehand transition journey, it would probably have been a lot easier.
I’m actually so impressed by this training tool that I have signed up to be an affiliate of TopSpinPro (I only do this with products I believe in). So if you’re interested in the product, please consider purchasing it through this link where a small commission goes towards supporting Tennisnerd. Thanks.
TopSpinPro Review
Let’s look at some practical details of the TopSpinPro.
- It’s portable and easy to assemble but weighs enough (4kg) to be stable when hitting.
- If something breaks on it after wear and tear, you can buy replacement parts.
- It costs €129 (buy it here)
- It has a 5-star review average from 127 reviews.
I really find it useful for getting my technique back together after switching racquets all the time and playing around with the technique. I’m sure that building a solid foundation of topspin will help you hit fewer errors and enjoy tennis more.
Have you tried this product? What are your thoughts?
Jonas, your observation that TopSpinPro helps players learn the correct racket angle gets to the heart of an interesting question:
**What physically teaches that angle?**
The spinning ball provides feedback, but the critical element is the guidance system that establishes the racket’s relationship to the ball.
The path creates alignment. Alignment allows the player to repeatedly meet the ball at the intended angle. That is what makes controlled spin teachable.
This question is particularly important to me because I developed and patented a tennis training system built around the relationship between a ball and a physical racket guide years before TopSpinPro.
My U.S. Patent **7,435,195** was issued in 2008. Phillip Hofmeyr’s later TopSpinPro U.S. Patent **9,623,312** cites my earlier patent.
That citation alone doesn’t establish infringement, so I invite patent professionals, coaches and engineers to examine the two patents themselves.
The question isn’t who invented topspin.
**The question is who developed the guidance methodology that teaches the racket where to travel and how to align with the ball.**