I have watched 100’s of YT to improve my game. Fundamental Tennis blows them all away. My husband..excellent tennis player...refuses to watch YT,s....until catching one from Fundamental Tennis. This has upped his game. J teaches to all learning styles...which amazes me, as I have been teaching for over 22 years. I’m not too old to continue my extreme competitive ways....and J is helping me to do just that.. Everyone spread the word about FT and get J more subscribers. He certainly has proven his worth. Thanks J.
THIS IS SUCH A CRUCIAL TOPIC, thank you for bringing it to our collective attention. I was aware of my poor ball-reading skills, but because nobody was talking about it, I didn't think it was so important. That or I thought I was abnormal or defective and everyone else had zero problem with it. I think I have worse ball-reading skills than the average Joe/Josephine, all the more reason to work on it and, hopefully, all the more improvement I should _garner_ once I get it _up to snuff_ . [Oooo, that cuts me off at a very bad point in the sentence. Namely, right after I say "once I get it up". Unfortunate.] Wow, two old-guy sayings in one sentence! Time to sit down (in my rocker), button up the ol' cardigan and take my Geritol. And go to bed (it is presently 11:00 am). Nighty night!
This is amazing. This video has explained this concept in such good detail. Using these strategies leave with about twice the time to plan my shot. It's made a huge impact on my game.
Yes, major problem to a lot of players. Many players do not work on drill about watching the ball. Well, you may add what type of spin applied on the ball as part of reading...should also know how to counter return.
This is great. I can tell you're passionate about the effectiveness. Could probably do the same thing with the width of the ball. (mid, wide, stretched...or something like that)
Hi sir, I have a doubt. While saying 1,2,3 and hit, the time of hit also depends on your position I.e near service line or base line. What do you say about that?
Hello, Jeremy. Thank you for your very useful videos. I want to start channel for Russian tennis players. May I ask your permission for translating your videos into Russian and uploading them to my channel?
I've been watching all your videos... I went outside in 30 degrees weather to practice your toss lesson and it really helped me!!! thank you. regarding this lesson... my son also plays tennis and he says he has a tough time reading the ball, in terms of whether the coming ball is coming to his backhand or forehand side... While this lesson is great, you didn't touch base on reading where the ball is going to. I would love to hear from you regarding this one specific issue. Thank you again!
lamson nguyen hello, there is no magic wand or words of information that will get a player to immediately read the ball earlier. These drills expedite the learning curve. It takes practice and drills to quicken the learning curve. To answer your question you must read the 5 ball characteristics (height, speed, depth, spin and direction). Your son seems to be having trouble with reading the direction of the ball. Try this drill: every time he receives a ball he must call out left, middle or right. Put cones or anything to make 2 lines from the net to the baseline. These lines will divide the court into 3 vertical lanes (left, middle, and right).
FYI, Tomaz Mencinger @ Feel Tennis has this tip, which is designed to address 'intention' i.e. where you're going to hit your next shot, which he feels is key to better tennis. You call out 'backhand' or 'forehand' IMMEDIATELY once you recognize which side your opponent's shot is coming to, the earlier the better. He claims (and I believe him) that this will improve your PREPARATION subconsciously and automatically, *but you gotta yell it out loud, that's part of the drill* It seems too simple, but if done right it should really help your son with his left/right shot recognition and subsequent racket preparation (as a free bonus!). In any case, I sincerely hope it helps - JD, Canada
There's more to high, medium or low balls-specifically there's High short, Medium short, low short, High deep, medium deep, low deep. Then there's high top spinned short, high top spinned deep, high sliced short and on and on..... and we're not even talking about angles yet
Great video! I can get to and attack short balls that are floaters but I have trouble identifying rally balls that land short. I should be attacking them, but instead, I end up hitting them late around knee level. I'm guessing that the last progression of the 1-2-3-hit drill will help with this and you're supposed to read whether a ball is short from the height over the net? Do you have a drill that practises identifying and attacking short balls?
Great, as usual, but this seems to apply to ground strokes. How do you apply these principles to volleys and overheads? Also, you mention briefly spins such as slices; I usually can get near a short, sliced ball, but I am baffled by hte funny bounce. What is the cause of this problem?
Chris Constable the cause of the slice problems question is your not reading where the ball is going to go after it bounces. This is because you need to improve your awareness of your opponents technique. Called technical anticipation. Meaning watching their swing path and racquet face angle at contact and how fast they swing. Just requires some quality reps to read the ball better. As for volleys and overheads you can do the height drill (call out the height of the ball). Or the speed drill (call the speed of the ball). Another option is to call out forehand or backhand meaning will u hit a forehand or a backhand. Try to make your first step before the ball crosses to your side of the net.another drill is to have someone feed balls in which they change the height and speed of the ball and you decide whether to let it go or hit it. Let the ball go if u think it will land out and hit the ball if u think it will land in. Start with these 👍
@@FundamentalTennis Fundamental Tennis awesome lesson. I had to circle back in your archives to find this one. Since then I've actually put of the ringer bell. Can you do a video on racket and body preparation once you start reading the ball? I realized my inability to read the ball was more of an issue then my poor mechanics, like you said.
I remember seeing in one video that you were undefeated in high school and were nationally ranked in college, but it there more biographical information and also how to take lessons in person? Thanks!
Jeremy, the problem with this exercise is that I can easily identify the height and speed of the ball by reading the stroke of the person feeding even before the ball is hit but this stroke is different than a ground stroke. A better approach would be to design an exercise that forces the player to read actual ground strokes.
Wally Friend hi Wally, what your speaking of is much too advanced for the majority of players. Technical anticipation is a skill that should be worked on much further down the road of development. Thanks for your thoughts.
Novak Djokovic if you’d like to come to the dc area I’d love to play a match against you. I competed and won matches against players whom are now on the pro tour and I went undefeated in high school. I could say more but I’m not a big talker 😂 No idea how u can judge someone from a teaching video lol I think this may be the only negative comment I have ever had so it’s about time. Let me know if there’s something else you’d like me to cover in the future. Thanks for the support 👍
Jeremy, this is a sign you’re getting big. The keyboard commandos come out (and they ALL have better forehands than you do) lolol. Pay ZERO attention to these guys
@@FundamentalTennis If you pay for my travel and motel costs, I'd happily come and spank you in person. Didn't you see what I did to Federer at wimbledon?
I have watched 100’s of YT to improve my game. Fundamental Tennis blows them all away. My husband..excellent tennis player...refuses to watch YT,s....until catching one from Fundamental Tennis. This has upped his game. J teaches to all learning styles...which amazes me, as I have been teaching for over 22 years. I’m not too old to continue my extreme competitive ways....and J is helping me to do just that..
Everyone spread the word about FT and get J more subscribers. He certainly has proven his worth.
Thanks J.
Excellent video!
Very true!!!
Clearly the most beneficial info ever gleaned from a tennis video. Never in numerous lessons has this ever been mentioned. Thank you 😊
After recording myself, I notice that way too often, I don't react to the incoming ball until the ball is past the net. Not good.
ur one of the best instructor in youtube thanks
THIS IS SUCH A CRUCIAL TOPIC, thank you for bringing it to our collective attention. I was aware of my poor ball-reading skills, but because nobody was talking about it, I didn't think it was so important. That or I thought I was abnormal or defective and everyone else had zero problem with it. I think I have worse ball-reading skills than the average Joe/Josephine, all the more reason to work on it and, hopefully, all the more improvement I should _garner_ once I get it _up to snuff_ .
[Oooo, that cuts me off at a very bad point in the sentence. Namely, right after I say "once I get it up". Unfortunate.]
Wow, two old-guy sayings in one sentence! Time to sit down (in my rocker), button up the ol' cardigan and take my Geritol. And go to bed (it is presently 11:00 am). Nighty night!
This is amazing. This video has explained this concept in such good detail. Using these strategies leave with about twice the time to plan my shot. It's made a huge impact on my game.
when you can read the ball and get in the right position for the ball, it makes everything else so much easier and better
I notice some courius thing,i see you are preparing the raquet not before the bounce is specialliy the highest bounce ones
I totally agree when You only wait doing nothing else the ball get arrives to You ,then You are screwed
The simplicity of your explanation is amazing. Read height over net and speed of ball. So simple.
Yes, major problem to a lot of players. Many players do not work on drill about watching the ball. Well, you may add what type of spin applied on the ball as part of reading...should also know how to counter return.
Great respect to you bro! You have great idea to to present details in simple way.keep doing great work
Vikramaditya Kumar thanks so much!
This is great. I can tell you're passionate about the effectiveness. Could probably do the same thing with the width of the ball. (mid, wide, stretched...or something like that)
Jeremy these are great disciplines, keep the good work. Gordon
Thank you so much! This is exactly what I needed!
He reminds me of Jenson Brooksby
Having watched hundreds of tennis videos (most of them quite good), I'd put this lesson in the top 5. Thank you!
What are your other top 5?
Young man you have hit the nail on the head. Thanks
Hi sir, I have a doubt. While saying 1,2,3 and hit, the time of hit also depends on your position I.e near service line or base line. What do you say about that?
Vaibhav Malipatil yes, that’s one of the beauties to the drill!
I like these coach!
Wow, I wish I had this years ago
Hello jeremy!! Video like.. how to hit angles..thanks 🎾🎾🎾
Can you also do video on how to read your opponent's serves ?
Jin Jin yes, hope to do so in a future video!
Hello, Jeremy. Thank you for your very useful videos. I want to start channel for Russian tennis players. May I ask your permission for translating your videos into Russian and uploading them to my channel?
read the 2 second earlier ? WOW. that is an eternity in tennis.
the best lesson in tennis.
Anticipation schould be a subjekt in anny session. These drils are extremly important. Thanks a lot Olaf Copenhagen Denmark
I've been watching all your videos... I went outside in 30 degrees weather to practice your toss lesson and it really helped me!!! thank you. regarding this lesson... my son also plays tennis and he says he has a tough time reading the ball, in terms of whether the coming ball is coming to his backhand or forehand side... While this lesson is great, you didn't touch base on reading where the ball is going to. I would love to hear from you regarding this one specific issue. Thank you again!
lamson nguyen hello, there is no magic wand or words of information that will get a player to immediately read the ball earlier. These drills expedite the learning curve. It takes practice and drills to quicken the learning curve. To answer your question you must read the 5 ball characteristics (height, speed, depth, spin and direction). Your son seems to be having trouble with reading the direction of the ball. Try this drill: every time he receives a ball he must call out left, middle or right. Put cones or anything to make 2 lines from the net to the baseline. These lines will divide the court into 3 vertical lanes (left, middle, and right).
FYI, Tomaz Mencinger @ Feel Tennis has this tip, which is designed to address 'intention' i.e. where you're going to hit your next shot, which he feels is key to better tennis. You call out 'backhand' or 'forehand' IMMEDIATELY once you recognize which side your opponent's shot is coming to, the earlier the better.
He claims (and I believe him) that this will improve your PREPARATION subconsciously and automatically, *but you gotta yell it out loud, that's part of the drill* It seems too simple, but if done right it should really help your son with his left/right shot recognition and subsequent racket preparation (as a free bonus!). In any case, I sincerely hope it helps - JD, Canada
Excelent information about footwork thanks
There's more to high, medium or low balls-specifically there's High short, Medium short, low short, High deep, medium deep, low deep. Then there's high top spinned short, high top spinned deep, high sliced short and on and on..... and we're not even talking about angles yet
REBS76 yep 👍
Thank you. Great tennis video.
Hey dude! Your tennis videos are awesome! Could you do something like gym training pls thanks a lot!
Great video! I can get to and attack short balls that are floaters but I have trouble identifying rally balls that land short. I should be attacking them, but instead, I end up hitting them late around knee level.
I'm guessing that the last progression of the 1-2-3-hit drill will help with this and you're supposed to read whether a ball is short from the height over the net? Do you have a drill that practises identifying and attacking short balls?
Kevin Law hello, all of these drills can certainly help you out with seeing the short balls early
My god. This is so eye opening!!
Great, as usual, but this seems to apply to ground strokes. How do you apply these principles to volleys and overheads? Also, you mention briefly spins such as slices; I usually can get near a short, sliced ball, but I am baffled by hte funny bounce. What is the cause of this problem?
You mean funny bounce on clay courts/skidding on lines? Keep your eye on the ball until contact :)
Chris Constable the cause of the slice problems question is your not reading where the ball is going to go after it bounces. This is because you need to improve your awareness of your opponents technique. Called technical anticipation. Meaning watching their swing path and racquet face angle at contact and how fast they swing. Just requires some quality reps to read the ball better. As for volleys and overheads you can do the height drill (call out the height of the ball). Or the speed drill (call the speed of the ball). Another option is to call out forehand or backhand meaning will u hit a forehand or a backhand. Try to make your first step before the ball crosses to your side of the net.another drill is to have someone feed balls in which they change the height and speed of the ball and you decide whether to let it go or hit it. Let the ball go if u think it will land out and hit the ball if u think it will land in. Start with these 👍
Many thanks for the great videos! Liked and subscribed.
Max Renn my pleasure! Thanks for the support.
Great drills. What is the motivation behind the 123hit drill?
Yiming Zhang good question. It is to get you to focus on the ball. It’s good for rhythm/timing as well 👍
Thanks for the vital información. Thanks jeremy 🎾🎾🎾💪do not abandon us we need you😊😊
Jose Sanabre thanks! I’m not going anywhere!
@@FundamentalTennis Fundamental Tennis awesome lesson. I had to circle back in your archives to find this one. Since then I've actually put of the ringer bell. Can you do a video on racket and body preparation once you start reading the ball? I realized my inability to read the ball was more of an issue then my poor mechanics, like you said.
Practiced the tips today, awesome results!
EAT A BAT
Very true!!!
This is honest teaching and a very valuable lesson
Ram Rai thanks for the compliment!
Thanks for the vital info.
Best wishes.
Chandrakant Halgali my pleasure!
Thank you! Great information!
sarah tan my pleasure!
Your videos are awesome.
lamgefyoutoob Thanks so much!
I remember seeing in one video that you were undefeated in high school and were nationally ranked in college, but it there more biographical information and also how to take lessons in person? Thanks!
lamgefyoutoob hi, come to the Washington DC area for time on court with me.
Jeremy, the problem with this exercise is that I can easily identify the height and speed of the ball by reading the stroke of the person feeding even before the ball is hit but this stroke is different than a ground stroke. A better approach would be to design an exercise that forces the player to read actual ground strokes.
I would think that a considerable number of viewers are still in the habit of sometimes shanking lollipop returns back into the net.
Wally Friend hi Wally, what your speaking of is much too advanced for the majority of players. Technical anticipation is a skill that should be worked on much further down the road of development. Thanks for your thoughts.
At 02:37 in this video, you demo some forehands, that can't be your real swing can it?
You want to teach tennis with a forehaand like that? cmon bro
Novak Djokovic if you’d like to come to the dc area I’d love to play a match against you. I competed and won matches against players whom are now on the pro tour and I went undefeated in high school. I could say more but I’m not a big talker 😂 No idea how u can judge someone from a teaching video lol I think this may be the only negative comment I have ever had so it’s about time. Let me know if there’s something else you’d like me to cover in the future. Thanks for the support 👍
Jeremy, this is a sign you’re getting big. The keyboard commandos come out (and they ALL have better forehands than you do) lolol.
Pay ZERO attention to these guys
@@winningtennis4914Another "ONLINE TENNIS TRAINER" who looks like he'd lose to the 12 year olds in my local park.
@@FundamentalTennis If you pay for my travel and motel costs, I'd happily come and spank you in person. Didn't you see what I did to Federer at wimbledon?
Novak Djokovic 😂😂😂😂