[BerntR]

Agree with bear about the pivot.

You build the total motion from ground up to the hands. Then you build a command & control system from your hands and down towards the feet.

In my opinion, to play the pivot controlled hands game requires a stroke where you can control the lag pressure all the way through impact. No freewheeling through the ball and no discontinuity in the down stroke. When you have that control, you can just take dead aim and simply think about how you want to hit it and how hard you want to hit it. You need to focus on the lag pressure that you can feel in your hands to get there.