@paulyuen6374 Thanks for the encouragement! I use Solinco string Hyper G and normally string at around 50 lbs. I like Hyper G because it lasts a long time even when hitting with lots of spin and it has good feel! Best wishes and keep playing points!
Great video, really enjoyed it! One question that occurred to me though: If you get the racket down into the "pet the dog" position earlier, and hold it there, aren't you creating a break in the kinetic chain and breaking the momentum of the racket? Losing any racket head speed gained in the racket drop? I always thought it was one smooth motion?
@Mrmelody85 - thanks a lot for your question - it's very insightful! Essentially, the answer is yes you do lose momentum. However, there are 2 things to keep in mind. (1) I would suggest that making contact with the ball out in front does more to give you power than maintaining momentum. And what frequently happens when you try to do the swing in 1 motion is you end up making contact closer to your body because you don't have enough time to extend. The technique I suggest makes it far more likely you make contact in front. (2) Many people instead advise that you pause in the unit turn position (ruclips.net/video/603D0f8mLs8/видео.html - Carlos Alcarez does this) but you are still losing momentum if you pause here. So I would suggest simplifying the swing as much as possible to ensure extension and thus contact in front. Thanks a bunch for your question! Best wishes and keep playing points!
As I coach myself, with all due respect to Point Play Tennis, I really advise you do not go into pet the dog early--it hinders not only momentum but movement to the ball, timing, and even contact--lets say you pet the dog by your hip, but once you get to the ball, its much higher or lower than you realized.
@petersills5716 thanks for sharing your perspective! It's great to get another thought. Great point about the height of preparation being too high or too low. In general, I've rarely found that students ever go too low - normally it's too high and thus their swing ends up being flat. Even if you do go too low as long as your swing isn't just up but also forward towards the opposite side of the court you should still be able to make good contact. Best wishes and keep playing points!
@@PointPlayTennis If I'm understanding correctly, you're saying that the benefits of bringing it down early outweigh the negatives associated with breaking the fluidity of the swing, especially at a recreational level? Because the contact is cleaner?
@mineworld5482 thank you so much for the idea! Definitely a lot more videos in the works and I'll definitely make one on serving! Best wishes and keep playing points!
Great video Dude, I’ve always done the unit turn well but sometimes too late dropping or bringing the racket back, great tip to do it sooner allow for fast balls coming !
Stopping at the racket drop would disrupt the fluidity and continuity of the swing . Momentum is lost on the forward accelerative phase therefore sacrificing power. Only Serena and Venus were successful with that technique.
@mirianbauto6023 thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! You make a very good point. My thought is that it is better to have a clean contact in front than to maintain your fluid motion and hit it close to your body (due to timing). Even the top pros (e.g. Alcarez) has a pause before he begins his forward acceleration. Best wishes and keep playing points!
Bit misleading to say all pros always follow through over their shoulder. As a coach myself, I see this tip screws up beginners more than any other because they're so anxious to do it they start pulling the racquet away from contact, over their shoulder before they've even hit the ball! Lotta shanks, lotta leading with the bottom edge, lotta balls sent flying long, and no spin, no rolling the back of the ball. Follow through should be a natural extension of the swing, imo. what do u think?
@petersills5716 thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! It's great to get another coach's insights! I totally agree that you should fit any coaching to the individual student and ensure that it's comfortable and natural for them. However, I definitely think the vast majority of top pros (I believe every pro in the top 10 right now) finishes their swing with their wrist over their shoulder. Even Taylor Fritz, who's forehand follow through is more non-traditional, if you watch in slow motion you'll notice that his wrist finishes above his shoulder. So I think it's what all players should be working towards but I definitely agree that you may need to help players get there slowly. Thanks again, best wishes, and keep playing points!
@systemx4 thanks for sharing your thoughts! I've had a number of individuals express this concern - and it's very valid. In the end however - my contention is that perfectly timing a swing happens very rarely to never (maybe for Federer). Thus instead of trying to be so dependent on how my timing is that day I want to ensure that I make clean contact, in front, every time consistently. And I believe this is important enough to have a pause in your swing even though this may disrupt the flow. Best wishes and keep playing points!
@speedymr thank you so much for your comment! You bring up a really good point! In a previous comment @Mrmelody85 brought up a similar concern. Take a look at my reply then let me know if you have any more questions. Best wishes!
First of all thank you for your excellent video. But I do think that taking small choppy steps to get to the ball is ineffective. It's more optimal to take regular steps or even bigger steps to the ball and small choppy steps for adjustment. If the ball is near then it would make sense to use smaller steps. So respectfully it depends on the distance of the ball. I hope you make more videos this one was. awesome
@hermtennis thanks a bunch for sharing your thoughts and for your encouragement! Definitely lots more videos to come! Great point about steps - if you read through my conversation with @MichaelSienkiewicz who also commented on this video you'll see he raised a similar concern. In the end my answer is there are absolutely times when you have to take big steps. However, I also think if you're in the right position you shouldn't have to sprint for as many shots as you may think. Thanks again, best wishes, and keep playing points!
@MichaelSienkiewicz thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! I'm not familiar with Dr. Kovacs - what are his reasons for taking larger steps? In term of pros I totally agree that many pros have their own unique approach. However, if you notice in the video I include a clip of Roger in a point scenario which I believe shows him taking small balance focused steps in between his shots. The primary reason to take small steps is for balance and I believe you'll find that taking small steps to keep balance is common in many sports (e.g. basketball when defending, soccer when attacking or defending, football to dodge defenders, etc.). Thanks again for commenting and keep playing points!
@@PointPlayTennis He's one of the top tennis coaches in the world. You can google or throw his name into RUclips and find his stuff. Have to take big steps to cover ground, tennis is too fast so you'll never cover the corners or move up and back fast enough taking tiny steps. Someone like Djokovic covers the corners so well because with his flexibility he can take huge steps. There are scenarios like a mid-court floater where you have plenty of time for small adjustments steps. But it's only maybe 5% small steps, 95% large steps.
@MichaelSienkiewicz great points and thanks for explaining your thoughts further! I definitely agree that if you need to cover a lot of ground then you should definitely take bigger steps. However, I would say at most levels of tennis (even to some degree at the pro level) most shots shouldn't require a large amount of ground coverage especially if you're anticipating the next shot well and thus in the right position. For example, you shouldn't ever stand in the middle of the court you should stand slightly to the left or right based on where you hit the last ball. This will help reduce the number of step you need to take. Thanks again for sharing and best wishes!
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Thankyou your video what size tension u use and what kind string u use.thankyou.
@paulyuen6374 Thanks for the encouragement!
I use Solinco string Hyper G and normally string at around 50 lbs. I like Hyper G because it lasts a long time even when hitting with lots of spin and it has good feel!
Best wishes and keep playing points!
Great video, really enjoyed it! One question that occurred to me though:
If you get the racket down into the "pet the dog" position earlier, and hold it there, aren't you creating a break in the kinetic chain and breaking the momentum of the racket? Losing any racket head speed gained in the racket drop? I always thought it was one smooth motion?
@Mrmelody85 - thanks a lot for your question - it's very insightful!
Essentially, the answer is yes you do lose momentum. However, there are 2 things to keep in mind. (1) I would suggest that making contact with the ball out in front does more to give you power than maintaining momentum. And what frequently happens when you try to do the swing in 1 motion is you end up making contact closer to your body because you don't have enough time to extend. The technique I suggest makes it far more likely you make contact in front. (2) Many people instead advise that you pause in the unit turn position (ruclips.net/video/603D0f8mLs8/видео.html - Carlos Alcarez does this) but you are still losing momentum if you pause here. So I would suggest simplifying the swing as much as possible to ensure extension and thus contact in front.
Thanks a bunch for your question!
Best wishes and keep playing points!
@PointPlayTennis Thanks very much for such an informative answer, really appreciate it! Will try to incorporate this into my playing.
As I coach myself, with all due respect to Point Play Tennis, I really advise you do not go into pet the dog early--it hinders not only momentum but movement to the ball, timing, and even contact--lets say you pet the dog by your hip, but once you get to the ball, its much higher or lower than you realized.
@petersills5716 thanks for sharing your perspective! It's great to get another thought.
Great point about the height of preparation being too high or too low. In general, I've rarely found that students ever go too low - normally it's too high and thus their swing ends up being flat. Even if you do go too low as long as your swing isn't just up but also forward towards the opposite side of the court you should still be able to make good contact.
Best wishes and keep playing points!
@@PointPlayTennis If I'm understanding correctly, you're saying that the benefits of bringing it down early outweigh the negatives associated with breaking the fluidity of the swing, especially at a recreational level? Because the contact is cleaner?
Thanks so much, can you please make a tutorial on how to get power and control on you serve?
Great vid btw
@mineworld5482 thank you so much for the idea! Definitely a lot more videos in the works and I'll definitely make one on serving! Best wishes and keep playing points!
Great video Dude, I’ve always done the unit turn well but sometimes too late dropping or bringing the racket back, great tip to do it sooner allow for fast balls coming !
@user-px2re7mx3f thanks a lot for the encouragement!
Best wishes and keep playing points!
Appreciate sharing your thoughts. If you are in CA Bay Area I would like to hit with you if you are available
@pencilcheck that sounds super fun! I'm currently based in TX but if I ever make it out that way a hit would be great!
Excellent info!
@howardgill2309 thanks a bunch!
Very helpful.
@actonwang8007 super glad! Thanks for the encouragement!
Thank a ton
@osamasoliman9757 - absolutely!
Stopping at the racket drop would disrupt the fluidity and continuity of the swing . Momentum is lost on the forward accelerative phase therefore sacrificing power. Only Serena and Venus were successful with that technique.
@mirianbauto6023 thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! You make a very good point. My thought is that it is better to have a clean contact in front than to maintain your fluid motion and hit it close to your body (due to timing). Even the top pros (e.g. Alcarez) has a pause before he begins his forward acceleration.
Best wishes and keep playing points!
Woweee! Very informative ❤
@ameliagill8102 thanks! :)
Nice video 👍
@pintadotennistraining1513 - thanks for your encouragement!
Bit misleading to say all pros always follow through over their shoulder. As a coach myself, I see this tip screws up beginners more than any other because they're so anxious to do it they start pulling the racquet away from contact, over their shoulder before they've even hit the ball! Lotta shanks, lotta leading with the bottom edge, lotta balls sent flying long, and no spin, no rolling the back of the ball. Follow through should be a natural extension of the swing, imo. what do u think?
@petersills5716 thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! It's great to get another coach's insights!
I totally agree that you should fit any coaching to the individual student and ensure that it's comfortable and natural for them. However, I definitely think the vast majority of top pros (I believe every pro in the top 10 right now) finishes their swing with their wrist over their shoulder. Even Taylor Fritz, who's forehand follow through is more non-traditional, if you watch in slow motion you'll notice that his wrist finishes above his shoulder. So I think it's what all players should be working towards but I definitely agree that you may need to help players get there slowly.
Thanks again, best wishes, and keep playing points!
Dont stop the motion, you lose power doong this.the best shots come from timing the swing perfectly
@systemx4 thanks for sharing your thoughts!
I've had a number of individuals express this concern - and it's very valid. In the end however - my contention is that perfectly timing a swing happens very rarely to never (maybe for Federer). Thus instead of trying to be so dependent on how my timing is that day I want to ensure that I make clean contact, in front, every time consistently. And I believe this is important enough to have a pause in your swing even though this may disrupt the flow.
Best wishes and keep playing points!
Appreciate your effort, but to many invalid points in this video, several accurately commented on by others.
@luckysteerroper thanks for your thoughts! What are some of the main areas you feel are invalid?
Best wishes!
Sorry but this doesn't make sense. You're stopping your motion and totally ruin your fluidity.
@speedymr thank you so much for your comment! You bring up a really good point! In a previous comment @Mrmelody85 brought up a similar concern. Take a look at my reply then let me know if you have any more questions.
Best wishes!
First of all thank you for your excellent video. But I do think that taking small choppy steps to get to the ball is ineffective. It's more optimal to take regular steps or even bigger steps to the ball and small choppy steps for adjustment. If the ball is near then it would make sense to use smaller steps. So respectfully it depends on the distance of the ball. I hope you make more videos this one was. awesome
@hermtennis thanks a bunch for sharing your thoughts and for your encouragement! Definitely lots more videos to come!
Great point about steps - if you read through my conversation with @MichaelSienkiewicz who also commented on this video you'll see he raised a similar concern. In the end my answer is there are absolutely times when you have to take big steps. However, I also think if you're in the right position you shouldn't have to sprint for as many shots as you may think.
Thanks again, best wishes, and keep playing points!
Dr. Kovacs vehemently disagrees with the small steps points and watching pros play, they do not take small steps on 95% of shots.
@MichaelSienkiewicz thank you so much for sharing your thoughts!
I'm not familiar with Dr. Kovacs - what are his reasons for taking larger steps? In term of pros I totally agree that many pros have their own unique approach. However, if you notice in the video I include a clip of Roger in a point scenario which I believe shows him taking small balance focused steps in between his shots. The primary reason to take small steps is for balance and I believe you'll find that taking small steps to keep balance is common in many sports (e.g. basketball when defending, soccer when attacking or defending, football to dodge defenders, etc.). Thanks again for commenting and keep playing points!
@@PointPlayTennis He's one of the top tennis coaches in the world. You can google or throw his name into RUclips and find his stuff. Have to take big steps to cover ground, tennis is too fast so you'll never cover the corners or move up and back fast enough taking tiny steps. Someone like Djokovic covers the corners so well because with his flexibility he can take huge steps.
There are scenarios like a mid-court floater where you have plenty of time for small adjustments steps. But it's only maybe 5% small steps, 95% large steps.
@MichaelSienkiewicz great points and thanks for explaining your thoughts further!
I definitely agree that if you need to cover a lot of ground then you should definitely take bigger steps. However, I would say at most levels of tennis (even to some degree at the pro level) most shots shouldn't require a large amount of ground coverage especially if you're anticipating the next shot well and thus in the right position. For example, you shouldn't ever stand in the middle of the court you should stand slightly to the left or right based on where you hit the last ball. This will help reduce the number of step you need to take.
Thanks again for sharing and best wishes!