Im 45yo and just started playing tennis and I needed this, i cant wait to practice on my own. Thnx a Lot. Ive been watching ALL your vídeos . Hello from Brazil.
This lesson is pure gold. Clear solid structure of the lesson: from fundamentals to the detail, from basic to complex. I didn't have an idea about most of the nuances here. The title is not a clickbait, this is truly a lesson for self-practice. Bravo!
Excelent tips. Loved the 45° analogy in backswing and followthrough. Also, instead of the classical "early preparation", with the racquet pointing at the back fence, now it's a relaxed vertical position of the racquet with a relaxed arm and wrist. The racquet is still "taken back" but in a more relaxed position, ready to drop and "lag" when you start the forward rotation of the body. Balancing the butt of the racquet on the pinky finger is an excelent tip. Now we not only can practice serve with a basket of balls, we can train the forehand also. Thanks for the great video.
Really like this video with the foot to arm sequence and the focus on the comfort. I cannot wait for a video with the same concept applied to 1-handed backhand
Always solid advice from you Tomaz. I use your ideas with my own game and with teaching. Honestly anyone can improve their tennis game by watching your videos. You teach the basic concepts that many people tend to skip or simply overlook. If you go to pro level tournaments....(even the men )you can at times see coaches simply dropping balls for their player. There's a reason for that!
@@feeltennis Very difficult indeed, a lot of coordination is required, among other skills. You have a nice state of mind. You could as well have made a paid program including such a video. It's nice from you.
Bro this channel is such a godsend. For someone like me who really doesn't have the opportunity to play with many people OR afford lessons, I really can't ask for much more from a content creator. Thanks a lot :D
Great to see you posted a new interesting video in the beginning of this year. Hope to see you posting more like this. You are an awesome instructor. The best!!
Tomaz is an ace in teaching tennis with an extraordinary new approach I acknowledge but just in one important key factor about the forehand I guess is not quite right: Indeed the best and efficient image-conceptulization is that for a fraction of time IT IS a circular centrifugal-driven stroke. Carlos Alcaraz especially, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic prove it Of course the fh can be hit forwardly, linearly but you won't produce various enormous advantages by getting the above.
Tomas, hi, I'm 72.5yy. Been "playing tennis" once every few years with a friend who plays 3x per week. 2 are lessons. A week ago, I took part of a lesson with him, and got the bug. Didn't know what to do, or where to go. Ended up here. Watched the video a few times, wrote down the points, went to an empty court with an old racket that he gave me, and a bag(my hopper) of balls he gave me. At the end of 1 & 1/4hrs, following your directions, I was getting the ball in the opposite box, at least 50% of the time. Thanks so much for this video. Don't know where to go next, but I'll just stay here for now. Work on form and technique, right?
Amazing set of insights on the forehand, Tomaz! ... There's always something new I learn from every new video of yours. Great job, keep it going :) One follow up question - would it be fair to say that neutral stance is more prevalent and suitable for low/med balls, while the open stance is more comfortable/suitable while playing high balls that have a lot of top spin? Thanks Arvinth
Wow, amazing explanation, when I heard the reasons that you've explained makes a lot of sense to me and it will help me to find errors (In fact I paused the video and made some shadowing in my apartment, and instantly get better sensations and balance. If you dont know how and why (and when!) hardly you can improve). Really really valuable lesson here, thank you so much!
Thank you for the new tips in 2020. It seems I relearn again all those mistakes and when shifting to right leg- weight or left leg-weight for the strokes. It really is helpful to relearn the balance, hip transfer, follow-through, hand relax, wrist relax, racket tipping back, roller coaster swing... I can put those tips into practice soon.
Thanks, Tomaz. Medvedev does the wrap around the neck follow through with his forehand -- I think it looks pretty strange at the professional level. Of course he does have an ATP ranking of #4, so it does work for him.
This selftraining video are very important because it makes you to be undependand of having a opponent to hid with, and you have time to do it slow and right .
Just coming across your content. I learn primarily from coaches on RUclips. I've never seen instruction on the footwork as you have shown it, along with all of the other helpful details. Definitely going to spend time with these fundamentals.
Hi Tomaz, what an awesome video another good one for beginners even for the advanced also. I been following you for past 2 years, you always had a very good content and helping players like me. My apologies not to thanking you but I been sharing your videos to my friends helping with their tennis. Thank you and please share more tips for us. Appreciate it.
Semi open stance is basically an open stance that can be played in the same two ways: with or without weight transfer. You shouldn't really know or think which stance to use during play, they just happen. But in your mind / body needs to be "installed" the right way to execute such stances and that we do in such practice sessions or footwork specific sessions.
This was such a great video explaining everything. Now I can practice the fundamentals on my own by breaking it down into the steps you’ve shown! The stances and balance is what I wanted to work on!
Amazing video. The detail relative to the hip turn and the relationship to the feet is eye opening. Does the turn of the hip initiate the wrist lag? Would love to hear your thoughts on the sequencing.
Yes, starting the stroke with body rotation makes the wrist lag if it's relaxed. Drills like this develop this naturally: ruclips.net/video/GeElHXkCG7g/видео.html
Great instruction that I wish I had long ago. Learning to play with my left hand after hurting my dominant right hand. Many parts for each stroke, just as I found in swimming, but with more options for breathing! 🙂 Liked and subscribed!
Sir Tomaz coach is a very detail RUclips coach. He is amazing and good coach for beginner like me. I play much better swing get his good lesson..easy to understand the right way of playing tennis. I wish I can meet him in person to learn from him 🤗
Excellent video. Loads of tips. Thank you. Can you please advise tips to ensure the ball stays close to net height when delivered to the opponent. Vs it taking a high swing as soon as you swing the racket. Thanks again.
Great lesson! Thanks a lot for that. Another way I practice on my own is with a wall. I don't know how common is that but could you make a video of things to monitor when playing with a wall
Excellent instruction all very clear should help me considerably. Two questions first is I use a continental grip for my forehand a western grip feels totally wrong for me and after over 50 yrs of using this grip I won’t change it. Does this mean I have to make adjustments to hitting a topspin forehand as per your instruction? Secondly I saw another coach say is most important tip was to put the non hitting hand on the neck of the racket to encourage the shoulder turn and keep the racket vertical. I preferred your approach as it is freer any comments ? Thanks Tomas.
Your insightful tutorial has taken me back to the ground again after I have ruined my techniques by trying all the fancy things. Thank you. One question: Is it even possible to practice and improve *without a ball*? I'm curious if that's even possible because there are times that my work gets crazy that I just can't go to the court for a week or even weeks.
You can't find this valuable information even if you hire a coach face-to-face. We're lucky Tomaz uploading great videos. Priceless..
Latino from USA. Tomas has such a great set of videos on tennis technique and prectices. I play these videos often to catch each gem of wisdom.
thank you. for truly free tennis lesson. most do not have the money to pay for a coach. Please keep all your tennis teaching truely free for all .
As an adult intermediate, appreciate the real teaching experience of a great lesson.
Perfect lesson. Just perfect fundamentals.
Im 45yo and just started playing tennis and I needed this, i cant wait to practice on my own. Thnx a Lot. Ive been watching ALL your vídeos . Hello from Brazil.
This lesson is pure gold. Clear solid structure of the lesson: from fundamentals to the detail, from basic to complex.
I didn't have an idea about most of the nuances here. The title is not a clickbait, this is truly a lesson for self-practice. Bravo!
Thank you very much for the feedback!
Tomaz has an engineering mind that he uses to dissect the small nuances of succesful tennis strokes and make the concepts understandable. Brilliant.
Excelent tips. Loved the 45° analogy in backswing and followthrough.
Also, instead of the classical "early preparation", with the racquet pointing at the back fence, now it's a relaxed vertical position of the racquet with a relaxed arm and wrist. The racquet is still "taken back" but in a more relaxed position, ready to drop and "lag" when you start the forward
rotation of the body. Balancing the butt of the racquet on the pinky finger is an excelent tip. Now we not only can practice serve with a basket of balls, we can train the forehand also.
Thanks for the great video.
This is amazing. I’ve paid for classes where I haven’t learned a quarter of what you have offered to us for free here. Thank you.
Really like this video with the foot to arm sequence and the focus on the comfort. I cannot wait for a video with the same concept applied to 1-handed backhand
Ditto on the one-handed BH
Best instructor online. Thanks Thomas.
Hi Thomas,
Fantastic coaching & ur spoon feeding ,also well spoken & a gifted teacher.
Thx
Always solid advice from you Tomaz. I use your ideas with my own game and with teaching. Honestly anyone can improve their tennis game by watching your videos. You teach the basic concepts that many people tend to skip or simply overlook. If you go to pro level tournaments....(even the men )you can at times see coaches simply dropping balls for their player. There's a reason for that!
Thanks Thomaz. I am looking for this content for a long time.
This is brilliant instruction! So well presented and easily understood. Thank you!
Thanks a lot for all your videos.
Thank you for this video
Congrats for the time taken to help players. Sounds you're really passionate about teaching 🙂
Tennis is in my view the most difficult sport a recreational player can play and they need all the help we can provide.
@@feeltennis Very difficult indeed, a lot of coordination is required, among other skills. You have a nice state of mind. You could as well have made a paid program including such a video. It's nice from you.
Bro this channel is such a godsend. For someone like me who really doesn't have the opportunity to play with many people OR afford lessons, I really can't ask for much more from a content creator. Thanks a lot :D
Congratulations Tomaz for keeping this amazing work. Another great video!
Thank you for the great details! Excellent content!
Watched again after long time.. Always fantastic lessons from my best coach in the world... Thanksss a lot Tomaz
Thanks again!
Like that zoom in. Thanks for filming this video!
Really well explained. Thanks for posting
Thanks for explaining the two weight-shift ways in the open stance forehand! I have been confused by this for a long time!
no one teaches the fundamentals better than you tomaz!
another gem Coach Tomas ...thanks
Thankyou!!!! Wonderful master class!!! Very well explained.
Excellent video on how to hit a forehand from the ground up in a low pressure situation. Thanks. I will try this tomorrow when warming up.
Great to see you posted a new interesting video in the beginning of this year. Hope to see you posting more like this. You are an awesome instructor. The best!!
Tomaz is an ace in teaching tennis with an extraordinary new approach I acknowledge but just in one important key factor about the forehand I guess is not quite right: Indeed the best and efficient image-conceptulization is that for a fraction of time IT IS a circular centrifugal-driven stroke.
Carlos Alcaraz especially, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic prove it
Of course the fh can be hit forwardly, linearly but you won't produce various enormous advantages by getting the above.
I worked on part one today - just the basic footwork. Already a major improvement in my swing! Thanks again!
Tomas, hi, I'm 72.5yy. Been "playing tennis" once every few years with a friend who plays 3x per week. 2 are lessons. A week ago, I took part of a lesson with him, and got the bug. Didn't know what to do, or where to go. Ended up here. Watched the video a few times, wrote down the points, went to an empty court with an old racket that he gave me, and a bag(my hopper) of balls he gave me. At the end of 1 & 1/4hrs, following your directions, I was getting the ball in the opposite box, at least 50% of the time. Thanks so much for this video. Don't know where to go next, but I'll just stay here for now. Work on form and technique, right?
Thank you for the share, u are one of the best coaches.
I have Tomaz’s full FH course (highly recommended btw) bu I return to this video too regularly. Great advice here thank you Tomaz.
Much appreciated!
The best video I have seen on forehand fundamentals. Can you do a similar video for a single handed backhand?
Thank you.
Absolutely brilliant and exactly what I needed! Thanks Tomaz, keep 'em coming!
Excellent video. The details about balance and hip rotation were especially helpful. Thanks.
THANK YOU as always
Greetings from Spain!
Never had lessons before. This is so helpful. Didn't realize how much mistakes I was making! Thank you so much, I will practice each thing gradually
You're so welcome!
Why u r a best tennis teacher. Mind blowing. ❤️❤️❤️
That’s the most complete and helpful video teaching about forehand! Thank you so much!
Amazing set of insights on the forehand, Tomaz! ... There's always something new I learn from every new video of yours. Great job, keep it going :)
One follow up question - would it be fair to say that neutral stance is more prevalent and suitable for low/med balls, while the open stance is more comfortable/suitable while playing high balls that have a lot of top spin?
Thanks
Arvinth
This video blew my mind
Great summary of forehand, stances and positions needed for drop feeds.
Another great video Tomas,you really know your stuff. So much knowledge just from hand feeding yourself!Great stuff👍💪
Thank you so much for the detailed explanation.
Best video ever on forehand, but I didn't realize it immediately, took me some time
Wow, amazing explanation, when I heard the reasons that you've explained makes a lot of sense to me and it will help me to find errors (In fact I paused the video and made some shadowing in my apartment, and instantly get better sensations and balance. If you dont know how and why (and when!) hardly you can improve). Really really valuable lesson here, thank you so much!
This guy is the best teacher😄
Very solid and effective teaching!
Wonderful in depth video. Thank you very much sir
I just start playing tennis and this vidio is very nice to help me.. thanks a lot and HELLOO from Indonesia 🙏🏻
Excellent lesson thank you 🙏
Very good basics lesson for those of us who need to break bad habits and for beginners and intermediate players
Great teacher. Keep presenting these type of excellent videos
Thank you for the new tips in 2020.
It seems I relearn again all those mistakes and when shifting to right leg- weight or left leg-weight for the strokes.
It really is helpful to relearn the balance, hip transfer, follow-through, hand relax, wrist relax, racket tipping back, roller coaster swing...
I can put those tips into practice soon.
This is awesome! Thanks so much!
Thanks, Tomaz. Medvedev does the wrap around the neck follow through with his forehand -- I think it looks pretty strange at the professional level. Of course he does have an ATP ranking of #4, so it does work for him.
This selftraining video are very important because it makes you to be undependand of having a opponent to hid with, and you have time to do it slow and right .
Thank you, so helpful 😊
Excellent explanation of forehand mechanics. Thanks for posting,
Great details, thanks
Just coming across your content. I learn primarily from coaches on RUclips. I've never seen instruction on the footwork as you have shown it, along with all of the other helpful details. Definitely going to spend time with these fundamentals.
Happy to help!
Love your video! Can’t wait to try everything out tomw!
Thank you so much for this video. I tried it and hit about 100 balls - nearly 80 were perfect imo. No high balls anymore ☺️
Amazing. Best exercices. 👍
Hi Tomaz, what an awesome video another good one for beginners even for the advanced also. I been following you for past 2 years, you always had a very good content and helping players like me. My apologies not to thanking you but I been sharing your videos to my friends helping with their tennis. Thank you and please share more tips for us. Appreciate it.
Excellent video. As always very helpful.
Could you also comment on the semi-open stance?
Semi open stance is basically an open stance that can be played in the same two ways: with or without weight transfer. You shouldn't really know or think which stance to use during play, they just happen. But in your mind / body needs to be "installed" the right way to execute such stances and that we do in such practice sessions or footwork specific sessions.
Excellent. Thank you! Really helpful. Great details.
Top-notch instruction!!!!!!!!
Brilliant , thanks for all the great videos , you are the best
Thanks for this great video. From Malaysia
Very good lesson.
This was such a great video explaining everything. Now I can practice the fundamentals on my own by breaking it down into the steps you’ve shown! The stances and balance is what I wanted to work on!
Thank you.. you are an excellent instructor without a doubt ..
Amazing tips
Thanks, i finally understand mystakes:hip, hip, hip!!
Excellent details...
Great instruction, as always.
agreed!
Thx real science & Physics for forehand.
Prince
Awesome instruction!
Wow! Tremendous clarity here. I've saved this one!
Do you ever come to the US? Maybe Atlanta? :-)
Thanks a lot! Please make the same video for the one-handed backhand.
Amazing video. The detail relative to the hip turn and the relationship to the feet is eye opening. Does the turn of the hip initiate the wrist lag? Would love to hear your thoughts on the sequencing.
Yes, starting the stroke with body rotation makes the wrist lag if it's relaxed. Drills like this develop this naturally: ruclips.net/video/GeElHXkCG7g/видео.html
Excellent tips and explanation! Greetings from Poland :)
great points thanks
Excellent! thanks Tomaz
Great instruction that I wish I had long ago. Learning to play with my left hand after hurting my dominant right hand. Many parts for each stroke, just as I found in swimming, but with more options for breathing! 🙂
Liked and subscribed!
Sir Tomaz coach is a very detail RUclips coach. He is amazing and good coach for beginner like me. I play much better swing get his good lesson..easy to understand the right way of playing tennis. I wish I can meet him in person to learn from him 🤗
Excellent video. Loads of tips. Thank you.
Can you please advise tips to ensure the ball stays close to net height when delivered to the opponent. Vs it taking a high swing as soon as you swing the racket. Thanks again.
Great lesson! Thanks a lot for that.
Another way I practice on my own is with a wall. I don't know how common is that but could you make a video of things to monitor when playing with a wall
Yes, that would be great.
Nice presentation and practice session))
Excellent instruction all very clear should help me considerably. Two questions first is I use a continental grip for my forehand a western grip feels totally wrong for me and after over 50 yrs of using this grip I won’t change it. Does this mean I have to make adjustments to hitting a topspin forehand as per your instruction? Secondly I saw another coach say is most important tip was to put the non hitting hand on the neck of the racket to encourage the shoulder turn and keep the racket vertical. I preferred your approach as it is freer any comments ? Thanks Tomas.
It's very interesting and useful
Very Good Video Man 👍
Your insightful tutorial has taken me back to the ground again after I have ruined my techniques by trying all the fancy things. Thank you.
One question: Is it even possible to practice and improve *without a ball*? I'm curious if that's even possible because there are times that my work gets crazy that I just can't go to the court for a week or even weeks.
Excelent way to clean your forehand step by step...
very informative and helpfull, thank you