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I have been teaching tennis for over 30 years now and this is one of the best videos I have seen. It breaks down the stroke to make it easy to understand and most importantly, it accentuates the importance of relaxing the arms throughout the execution.
I sometimes just have matches where I lose all confidence in my forehand. And struggle with control and consistency. It’s not that I over hit the ball, I just think it’s a mental thing, where I lose confidence and just forget how to hit the shot I can usually hit consistently no matter whether it’s hitting a low ball or one on the bounce. I really think this video will help me and thank you. I feel I just must remind my self of the technique and practise. Hopefully this will get me my forehand back and give me confidence.
I choked on the forehand for a long time in matches and I found out it was because I don’t accelerate enough in matches to make the shoulder rotate. I learned the open stance forehand and now get the power from the leg and hip rotation making the shoulder rotate and I’m playing better
Same I was like that. I usually tried to hit the ball as hard as I could which generally loosened everything up and allowed me to gain control over my forehands. Yes, it’s a mental thing
this was so helpful I started shortening my swing and was wondering why I was losing power and spin so now I do a bigger swing while utilizing racket lag and it’s been an incredible feeling thank you!
I began playing in the 1950s when I don't ever recall seeing anyone hitting a two-handed backhand. Now that I'm a slightly older player, l've been working on hitting a two-hander. The transition hasn't been easy for me--it's been coming along slowly but miss the power I once had using much of the power, control , comfort. What can I do to make the one-hander to a two-hander transition easier?
Thank you! I've only been playing a year and this has helped. My boyfriend is a tennis coach; I can't let him teach me but I have to play with him. Aside from watching him closely, these videos have helped me with form and technique. You break it down well, touching on all the key points that I can tie in from my other sports knowledge.
Love what you said about "tieing it with my other sports knowledge." That's the key for accelerating the learning process. I learned the game quite fast with this mentality. Being an ex baseball player I learned the serve in a few weeks implement the throwing motion and extrapolate the racket as an extension of my hand. The flat serve = fast ball the slice= slider, power slice= a cut fast ball oddly the kick resemble the change up with an inside out delivery. You can adapt whatever skills you learned into tennis whether it be nimble footwork of soccer or the footwork and leverage of boxing ( leaning into a punch= leaning into a tennis shot) etc etc. Creativity is the key. I even think a pro dancer has a great foundation for tennis if they possess any hand to eye skill/ co~ordination. That said follow these guys instructions as they cover everything tennis A to Z.
Simon, I was trained back in the wood racket era with a very flat swing. Even helped my high school coach do beginner/intermediate lessons. This method was so ingrained it has been a true struggle to adopt to today’s more powerful rackets where topspin in necessary if want any pace on the ball. I find your simple five step method to have such clarity that I am much more confident I can consistently use this forehand stroke with the topspin I need to keep the ball in. Best description and demonstration I have seen, including several different clinics and lessons I have had. Kudos to you!! You are making the game simpler for me once again.
Great advice. Thank you If you watch Federer in slow motion, you see that both his eyes and head stay down even after he's followed through. It's incredible. It's as if, or really is that, he is not looking where he is hitting. Complete balance/stability Tip for all players: keep your eyes on the ball and keep your head steady all the way through your follow-through
That's amazing but I think the guys had a lesson where they show some pros eyes don't stay down all the way till contact. Tennis is tricky and sometimes the internet teachers will show a guy hitting a taylor made ball coming perfectly in the guys strike zone and say this is how ya do it. Simon and Alex teach a cohesive style that recognizes different techniques for different problems. I listen to these guys and when you see them hit you know they're for real. They're break downs are amazing and I love the many varied strokes, tactics, etc they cover. But at the end of the day tennis is just two guys hitting the ball back and forth across the net till one misses. That's all🤣😂😎💯
thanks much; really love this channel have started playing tennis seriously of late and this is my first (and last) stop for doing things correctly in tennis learned quite a bit from your video on how to serve and this video on how to get the forehand right is yet another on those lines am a natural at most racket games and am sure this channel will help me get better at tennis in double-quick time thanks once again!
I am a believer! I watched this video and implemented these steps for the first time during a match and my forehand was already so much better and felt more smooth and natural. I wish someone had told me these things so long ago!! Thanks!! 😊
Truly helpful video not only for beginners but also for competing junior players! Appreciate Simon for such a dedicated and in-depth explanation of the mechanics of possessing a damn great forehand. Keep making more of such great videos🤙
Thanks Simon, thou I have not played so much tennis for last 20 years, but today you made me realize in most simplest way to prevent wrist injury while playing tennis.
That was well done. I am from the McEnroe era and it’s crazy how the forehand has so radically changed in the past 35 years. I have a 6 year old son/prodigy who Ioves the game and this really helps me understand how to help the process. The mechanics of the shot and even the grip (the semi-western w/ index finger on the 4th bevel) was extremely rare if not non-existent back when I played competitive tennis.
Haven‘t played in 5 years and just started playing again. I can‘t remember why I stopped practicing this beautifull sport, but thanks to a friend of mine - who wanted to watch 2018 Laver cup with me - I realised how muc/ I miss playing tennis. This video had great instructions and is very helpful to improve. Thanks alot and have a great day :)
1. Good ready position with the racket higher than the grip level which is creating the leverage right from the start of the stroke. 0:19 2. The unit turn. The use of the left shoulder to start the preparation of the swing. 3:10 3. Reaching a good power position. 4:47 4. Creating the racket lag by allowing it happen in a relaxed way. 7:27 5. Having a good follow-through wherever that may be. 10:12
Wow, is that the Simon himself? This video and the other one for return shots improved my skills instantly. My friedns were a bit surprized. Thank you so much!
Tennis stroke mechanics is progressive & changing. Good to see it broken down into bite size segments. My game has gotten better by watching a lot of videos recently.
Did a Forehand drill session this morning and got very disappointed as I wasn't hitting it right at all. Came on RUclips to search for a tutorial and found this one. I'm glad to say that I've immediately recognize my problem! Thank you very much. (This would have been 2 hours worth $160 with a coach but you sir have not only helped me save my money but also explained everything in 15 minutes)
Thanks for the advice, everything makes sense. When I am not playing tennis for weeks I forget all this technics. Keep going you are doing a great job.
I have been struggling to add power to my forehand strokes while also sometimes struggling with my grip rotating as i make contact with the back. Will try this five step approach tomorrow when I play and see how it goes
Thank you so much for the tips and tricks to help me dominate my opponent on the court. I will make sure to recommend your tips and tricks to everyone I play. Thank you and you are a man of god.
Thx, this really helped. At first all i could do is simply tap the ball over the net and now i can do this. Good job giving examples of proffesional players on slo motion, shows people how to do a proper, fast and accurate forehand. Anyway thx alot and can not wait for more helpful videos. I won a tournament yesterday because of you. I can't thank you enough.
Thanks for replying and hearting, its my first time! Cant believe you still check this after 2 years! Not really sure, because i have watched all ure content. Mabye what rackets u use and the best ones to buy? Thanks a lot, you have a new subscriber and ive turned on notifications! Well done.
Hi Simon, I would love to see a video from you guys that would focus on the correct use of the kinetic chain, as in correct rotation movement originating from the legs, then hips, then shoulders, then elbow and wrist going along until the finish. All this is summed up in this video by the intuitive concept of "racket lag", but I would love to see more details on how exactly this unfolds.
Hi Tharkun92, I'm a coach in Canada and teaching the kinetic chain is particularly difficult compared to most things. One reason for this is that it requires the entire body to be coordinated, and in balance, in order to recruit as many muscles as possible, to help support the shot. The other reason is that you have a very small window of time in which you can start the swing and be on time enough to FEEL the connection (about 0.05 - 0.15 seconds depending on speed of ball); anything outside of that window will feel like you're reaching or jammed. One thing you can do to teach your body the feeling of coordinating is to grab onto something sturdy with your racket hand in the forehand position (bottom right for right-handed) and to try to pull it without pulling with your arms. You can lean forward, you can push with your legs, you can torque your abs, but don't use your biceps, lats, traps or pecs. We naturally recruit all of our muscles when trying to move heavy objects, and the trick in sports is to figure out how to use the same fundamental motions while moving at high speeds I find timing and position to be the biggest issue here. You could do everything right but if you're 6 inches out of position or .1 seconds late/early you won't feel it. Your window of time to hit this shot is the amount of time it takes you to go from a loaded position to fully extend your legs. Watch the pros, 97% of the shots they hit, they make contact right in the mid-point of their leg extension, it's beautiful!
Started really playing tennis seriously through this whole covid nonsense and this is by far the best RUclips coaching channel, really helped me beat players I previously couldn't
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial I'd like to learn how to drop shot but I imagine you've probably covered this. I will subscribe to the channel, thank you again.
Thanks heaps Coach Simon! Very well-explained and helpful. I have seen a huge improvement in my Forehands from practicing and applying this technique. Keep it up!
Whenever I need to improve something about how I play tennis I always come here and my coach has been after me about my forehands for a year and I can’t wait to show up to my game tomorrow and watching this video and practicing this for three hours
I used to play tennis for years and as soon as quarantine began and a bit before then I stopped playing and now I am regaining my knowledge of the sport and this totally helps.😅
Thanks for this video! For me, I find it hard to stick with one forehand grip because my grip changes when I go through with my forehand stroke. I've been working on fixing it, but I really need to work on my consistency. Thanks again!!!
I realized that steps 1, 2, 3 and 5 were very easy to do once you get the ideas. However, only step 4 (creating racket lag) takes practice, because you can't force it. In my immediate trials, when my arm was stiff, I often had no racket lag at all with the racket being straight to my arm, like a stiff bar as a whole. It was very uncomfortable to hit a ball with a stiff arm. Also, it was natural to have a contact point at the side of the body with a stiff straight arm and wrist, because that's where the racket faces the front. I noticed that having a relaxed arm, wrist, hand and fingers seemed necessary to create a racket lag. That's probably why you can't force it. Only a relaxed arm can work like a whip, which seems to create a racket lag naturally. Also, with a racket lag, the contact point must be somewhere like 60 degrees from the front of the body, because at the side of the body the racket is still lagging behind the arm and facing sideways. Perhaps, a racket lag can be seen as a good indicator of a relaxed hitting arm. Actually, they have other videos just about racket lag (this fact simply highlights the importance of racket lag): Tennis Forehand Technique - How To Stay Loose Like Roger Federer ruclips.net/video/896_TAzFGd4/видео.html Simple Tennis Forehand Power Trick | Tennis Forehand Lesson ruclips.net/video/OW9bUB5C5tA/видео.html
I am curious how a thousand people thumbs downed this video. As an amateur, I watched this once and my forehand instantly felt far more natural, effortless and effective.
Very helpful - some pros do and some do not leverage their hips for power - presumably based on control of the swing trajectory or perhaps just the situation for that one shot. Almost all power shots in tennis rely on efficiency of your body and the hips turning gives a free ride to your torso turning so adding power from hips then shoulder while hips still turning a bit after starting and so on to arm - like a 3 stage rocket (hips -> shoulders -> arm) so do not discount your hips in starting your motion.
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial Hi Simon, appreciate the response...Not sure if you have a video on The Grip. That you could possibly link...I am really trying to understand the grip in Tennis (all aspects of it)...I am a beginner, I believe I have the forehand grip correct, but everything else I am not too sure...I need to improve a lot in my game... I'm a scratch golfer and understand how important the grip is in Golf, and want to make sure I don't develop any bad habits...Once again thank you for all the free content! Oh and I guess another thing would be understanding the Serve toss, I have trouble understand where I should be hitting the ball and tossing to sync with my body...( probably more of a practice/repetition thing)
Simon, thank you for these tips. I was stunned to discover how much holding the racquet vertically with my left hand helped everything. My first match trying this method was today in a round robin tournament. I hit far fewer balls into the net and nearly every stroke was smoother and more controlled with less arm speed needed. It even helped with my backhand which I normally hit late. Because it was a tournament match I wasn't aware of how well I was doing on steps 3 - 5. I think step 1 - racquet vertical with opposite hand holding the racquet - nicely facilitates step 2 of turning the left shoulder. I will be focusing next on making sure the butt of the racquet points toward the ball. That has always been a counter intuitive position to me - especially on the forehand. But, watch the pros, as you showed in the video and you see it clearly. One way to sum this up is to say these tips will bring one's groundstrokes up to a higher, more consistent level or help the beginner not fall into bad habits or positions. Think about it - how hard is it to hold the racquet vertically in front of you as a matter of habit. In the words of Sherlock Holmes - it is simplicity itself. Good work Simon!
I just joined the Girls' Tennis at my school, and man did this help a lot! Being a beginner, there's a lot of things that I should know about techniques like this, and you did an amazing job explaining them! Thank you so much!
I just stood in my room and practiced the forehand over and over with this form, I really needed a refresher I feel a lot better about myself now thank you
Trying to learn tennis on my own and through a friend and this video is great to understand how to make the shot because i like detailed explanations which the video provides. It tells you what to do and WHY. Thanks for making this. I hope I come back for more content as I progress. Cheers!
Top Tennis Training - Pro Tennis Lessons. Thnx for replied. If possible, a vid of how to predict the returning ball as a receiver or even during rally in general will be the best. Thnx
Great explanation. I just started with lessons and noticed that I need to change some grip forehand and backhand. I love to hit hard but also precise. This will help some.
this video plus a lot of practice completely transformed my forehand from a loopy western to a flatter consistent eastern with depth. thank you so much Simon.
11:55 "I want to be accelerating through the contact point". Is this exactly true? Should the racquet head speed after contact really be greater than during contact? I would have thought the contact point belongs at the point of maximum racquet head speed, because that means you get maximum power out the stroke. But that would mean that we accelerate up to contact and then DEcelerate from it, but do neither during contact. Or am I wrong here?
The racket doesn't slow down during the contact zone. It's better to be speeding up during and after contact than slowing down after contact, of course eventually you run out of space so you slow down before you hit your shoulder/back etc but you have that racket head speed during the contact zone. A good guide is to feel like you are finding the ball before contact and then speed up once you've found it on the strings. Thanks for watching All the best Simon
It’s different for each player. Djokovic uses a bent elbow, Federer an extended one. I would experiment with both and see which one suits you more 👍 All the best Simon
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial ya for sure, I'd like both a deep lesson on stop volley technique (to me one of the difficult shots in tennis) and one hand backhand 👍😁
Well done. However, I would mention concentration on the present moment, that is "without thinking" learning technic is one, but focusing on the present shot is another. Simple way to say, I should program my subconscious mind, when I execute the shot there is no thinking only feeling. We should emphasize that. Thinking compromise the execution, suppressing the feeling of the ball on the racquet. Players have tendency to think when they play, professionals strive (creating if they now how environment for the zone to be born) to get into the zone or under zone and that is something else.
The end goal is to make all of these fundamentals a habit, that happen on auto-pilot whenever you play. However in order to do that, you must firstly know the technique you want as a habit and you must do drills and progressions in order to make it a habit. That's where our premium courses come into play. Inside them we break down the stroke into smaller chunks, easy to follow progressions with drills to do until that section of the stroke becomes a habit. The pros have mastered these fundamentals through years of focused training, not by chance. Thanks for watching Ivan. All the best Simon
Very good video! I play at the club level (3.5-4.0), and the most common error I see other players doing is not following all the way through, which of course results in less topspin, power, and unfortunately injuries down the road, as the author points out in the video.
Over 25 years ago I last played some tennis, thinking to start again this summer/now, never too late, only 51 now. I am more of a cricket player, but love it when I land the ball right at the toe of my opponent, amazing feeling and enjoyment when the return is perfect. Summer by summer i gave up on tennis, time to restart, this is the first video i watch in that adventure. thanks.
The best forehands video, love how he breaks it down. Simple with tons of details. No video covered all variables of forehands like this. Keep going bro
My backhand has always been my confidence shot and much more reliable than my fh. But thanks to this video I now I see what I've been doing wrong! I think a couple of these tweaks will do wonders for it
Thank you! This was so helpful, my shots have way more power now... however my accuracy is not that great, could please give me some tips on how improve my accuracy?
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I have been teaching tennis for over 30 years now and this is one of the best videos I have seen. It breaks down the stroke to make it easy to understand and most importantly, it accentuates the importance of relaxing the arms throughout the execution.
That mean you are not a very good coach.
I sometimes just have matches where I lose all confidence in my forehand. And struggle with control and consistency. It’s not that I over hit the ball, I just think it’s a mental thing, where I lose confidence and just forget how to hit the shot I can usually hit consistently no matter whether it’s hitting a low ball or one on the bounce. I really think this video will help me and thank you. I feel I just must remind my self of the technique and practise. Hopefully this will get me my forehand back and give me confidence.
Good luck with the matches.
Thanks for watching
All the best
Simon
I choked on the forehand for a long time in matches and I found out it was because I don’t accelerate enough in matches to make the shoulder rotate. I learned the open stance forehand and now get the power from the leg and hip rotation making the shoulder rotate and I’m playing better
Mark Winckley I completely agree I was so nervous and completely bombed my tennis tryouts
Same I was like that. I usually tried to hit the ball as hard as I could which generally loosened everything up and allowed me to gain control over my forehands. Yes, it’s a mental thing
I sing a song quietly when I start overthinking things. It gets my mind and body back to feeling relaxed.
this was so helpful I started shortening my swing and was wondering why I was losing power and spin so now I do a bigger swing while utilizing racket lag and it’s been an incredible feeling thank you!
Thank you for watching 👍
Are there any lessons you would like to see in the near future?
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Simon
I began playing in the 1950s when I don't ever recall seeing anyone hitting a two-handed backhand. Now that I'm a slightly older player, l've been working on hitting a two-hander. The transition hasn't been easy for me--it's been coming along slowly but miss the power I once had using much of the power, control , comfort. What can I do to make the one-hander to a two-hander transition easier?
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial❤🎉
Also could you guys do a video analysis of Verdasco's forehand sometime?
Let's get 100 likes on this comment and consider it done
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@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial Simon, 108 likes!
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I've been in a forehand slump this really helped
Marco Villarreal same nigga.
Rin is always watching you....
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Same and slumping sucks
@@guccigang6984 wtf wld u say that...??
3 years later and this videos is still helping people 😁 I have a tournament this Sunday 🤪🥳😔 Great video thank you
Thank you for the support and good luck in the tournament
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Thank you! I've only been playing a year and this has helped. My boyfriend is a tennis coach; I can't let him teach me but I have to play with him. Aside from watching him closely, these videos have helped me with form and technique. You break it down well, touching on all the key points that I can tie in from my other sports knowledge.
That’s great to hear, and thank you for the support 🙏
Are there any lessons you would like to see in the near future?
Simon
Love what you said about "tieing it with my other sports knowledge." That's the key for accelerating the learning process. I learned the game quite fast with this mentality. Being an ex baseball player I learned the serve in a few weeks implement the throwing motion and extrapolate the racket as an extension of my hand. The flat serve = fast ball the slice= slider, power slice= a cut fast ball oddly the kick resemble the change up with an inside out delivery. You can adapt whatever skills you learned into tennis whether it be nimble footwork of soccer or the footwork and leverage of boxing ( leaning into a punch= leaning into a tennis shot) etc etc. Creativity is the key. I even think a pro dancer has a great foundation for tennis if they possess any hand to eye skill/ co~ordination. That said follow these guys instructions as they cover everything tennis A to Z.
Simon, I was trained back in the wood racket era with a very flat swing. Even helped my high school coach do beginner/intermediate lessons. This method was so ingrained it has been a true struggle to adopt to today’s more powerful rackets where topspin in necessary if want any pace on the ball.
I find your simple five step method to have such clarity that I am much more confident I can consistently use this forehand stroke with the topspin I need to keep the ball in. Best description and demonstration I have seen, including several different clinics and lessons I have had.
Kudos to you!! You are making the game simpler for me once again.
Great to hear Steve.
Thank you for watching.
Are there any videos you'd like to see from us in the near future?
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Simon
Great advice. Thank you
If you watch Federer in slow motion, you see that both his eyes and head stay down even after he's followed through. It's incredible. It's as if, or really is that, he is not looking where he is hitting. Complete balance/stability
Tip for all players: keep your eyes on the ball and keep your head steady all the way through your follow-through
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That's amazing but I think the guys had a lesson where they show some pros eyes don't stay down all the way till contact. Tennis is tricky and sometimes the internet teachers will show a guy hitting a taylor made ball coming perfectly in the guys strike zone and say this is how ya do it. Simon and Alex teach a cohesive style that recognizes different techniques for different problems. I listen to these guys and when you see them hit you know they're for real. They're break downs are amazing and I love the many varied strokes, tactics, etc they cover. But at the end of the day tennis is just two guys hitting the ball back and forth across the net till one misses. That's all🤣😂😎💯
@@willkittwk hahaa yes that is tennis in a nutshell. so what did the guys say about the pros' eyes that don't stay down? where do they look?
This guy is really helping my tennis game. I feel like the other videos I've watched stress all the wrong points. well done sir.
Thanks for watching.
All the best
Simon
Everything you said not to do, I've been doing. So this has been a really big help for me in figuring out what I've been doing wrong! Thank you
Thanks for watching
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Simon
You are a very good teacher for sure, I havent seen better and clear describing. Bravo!
Thank you for watching Serkan
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Simon
thanks much; really love this channel
have started playing tennis seriously of late and this is my first (and last) stop for doing things correctly in tennis
learned quite a bit from your video on how to serve and this video on how to get the forehand right is yet another on those lines
am a natural at most racket games and am sure this channel will help me get better at tennis in double-quick time
thanks once again!
Thanks for watching
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Simon
I am a believer! I watched this video and implemented these steps for the first time during a match and my forehand was already so much better and felt more smooth and natural. I wish someone had told me these things so long ago!! Thanks!! 😊
Thank you for watching 👍
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got so much growth in one year starting from this video, thanks!
Truly helpful video not only for beginners but also for competing junior players! Appreciate Simon for such a dedicated and in-depth explanation of the mechanics of possessing a damn great forehand. Keep making more of such great videos🤙
Thank you for watching and for the support Yeasir!
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Thanks Simon, thou I have not played so much tennis for last 20 years, but today you made me realize in most simplest way to prevent wrist injury while playing tennis.
Thank you for watching
Are there any lessons you would like to see in 2021?
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Simon
Why do people dislike these videos I mean I really can't find anything bad about this video
Those are the same people who say "haha Women's tennis is so bad and dumb" as if they are good enough to be on the ATP
It might be because there are too many ads.
Trolls will be trolls
the guys are very informative, ignore the trolls there not serious
that's true
That was well done. I am from the McEnroe era and it’s crazy how the forehand has so radically changed in the past 35 years. I have a 6 year old son/prodigy who Ioves the game and this really helps me understand how to help the process. The mechanics of the shot and even the grip (the semi-western w/ index finger on the 4th bevel) was extremely rare if not non-existent back when I played competitive tennis.
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Haven‘t played in 5 years and just started playing again. I can‘t remember why I stopped practicing this beautifull sport, but thanks to a friend of mine - who wanted to watch 2018 Laver cup with me - I realised how muc/ I miss playing tennis. This video had great instructions and is very helpful to improve. Thanks alot and have a great day :)
Thanks for tuning in.
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1. Good ready position with the racket higher than the grip level which is creating the leverage right from the start of the stroke. 0:19
2. The unit turn. The use of the left shoulder to start the preparation of the swing. 3:10
3. Reaching a good power position. 4:47
4. Creating the racket lag by allowing it happen in a relaxed way. 7:27
5. Having a good follow-through wherever that may be. 10:12
Bingo.
Thanks for watching.
All the best
Simon
Wow, is that the Simon himself? This video and the other one for return shots improved my skills instantly. My friedns were a bit surprized. Thank you so much!
Glad to hear.
Yes this is the notorious Coach Simon haha
Tennis stroke mechanics is progressive & changing. Good to see it broken down into bite size segments. My game has gotten better by watching a lot of videos recently.
Thank u, the season just started and I haven’t got much pre season prep so my forehands are rusty
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Simon
Did a Forehand drill session this morning and got very disappointed as I wasn't hitting it right at all. Came on RUclips to search for a tutorial and found this one. I'm glad to say that I've immediately recognize my problem! Thank you very much. (This would have been 2 hours worth $160 with a coach but you sir have not only helped me save my money but also explained everything in 15 minutes)
I usually play golf but need to try tennis this year thanks for your advice.💕👍
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Thanks!
Thanks for watching
Thanks for the advice, everything makes sense. When I am not playing tennis for weeks I forget all this technics. Keep going you are doing a great job.
Thank you for watching Ovidiu!
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This video is very informative. Thank you 🙏🏾. Can you please give me any tips on how to increase my power of forehands?
Here you go - ruclips.net/video/xcseRwZUqjU/видео.html
Excellent tutorial! Seriously you’re a natural teacher, well done
The efforts that you took to add how best players do it made the video very impactful.thanks
I have been struggling to add power to my forehand strokes while also sometimes struggling with my grip rotating as i make contact with the back. Will try this five step approach tomorrow when I play and see how it goes
Great to hear and good luck
Thank you so much for the tips and tricks to help me dominate my opponent on the court. I will make sure to recommend your tips and tricks to everyone I play. Thank you and you are a man of god.
Many thanks for the support 🙏
That lesson is amazing. I am having some struggles hitting with my forehand and this training helped a lot :)
Thank you for watching Maria
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Simon
The instruction is clear, precise and comprehensive. Excellent coaching.
Thanks for watching
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Simon
It’s simple with good explanation of basic steps of forehand ground stroke, thank you
Thanks for watching.
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Simon
Thx, this really helped. At first all i could do is simply tap the ball over the net and now i can do this. Good job giving examples of proffesional players on slo motion, shows people how to do a proper, fast and accurate forehand. Anyway thx alot and can not wait for more helpful videos. I won a tournament yesterday because of you. I can't thank you enough.
Awesome to hear Jame, well done!
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Simon
Thanks for replying and hearting, its my first time! Cant believe you still check this after 2 years! Not really sure, because i have watched all ure content. Mabye what rackets u use and the best ones to buy? Thanks a lot, you have a new subscriber and ive turned on notifications! Well done.
Thank James,
I'll keep those ideas in mind
Ok, thanks a lot and never stop making those good videos!
Sensational explanation from start to the end clean , clear and confident well done
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OK, I have been watching a lot of tennis videos online lately, but this channel really is A one sauce!!!
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@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial I would love to see a lesson about the reverse serve. :3
Hi Simon, I would love to see a video from you guys that would focus on the correct use of the kinetic chain, as in correct rotation movement originating from the legs, then hips, then shoulders, then elbow and wrist going along until the finish.
All this is summed up in this video by the intuitive concept of "racket lag", but I would love to see more details on how exactly this unfolds.
Hi tharkun92, thanks for the suggestion, we'll keep that in mind. We cover it slightly in this video - ruclips.net/video/mnKk4xu6DP4/видео.html
Hi Tharkun92, I'm a coach in Canada and teaching the kinetic chain is particularly difficult compared to most things. One reason for this is that it requires the entire body to be coordinated, and in balance, in order to recruit as many muscles as possible, to help support the shot. The other reason is that you have a very small window of time in which you can start the swing and be on time enough to FEEL the connection (about 0.05 - 0.15 seconds depending on speed of ball); anything outside of that window will feel like you're reaching or jammed. One thing you can do to teach your body the feeling of coordinating is to grab onto something sturdy with your racket hand in the forehand position (bottom right for right-handed) and to try to pull it without pulling with your arms. You can lean forward, you can push with your legs, you can torque your abs, but don't use your biceps, lats, traps or pecs. We naturally recruit all of our muscles when trying to move heavy objects, and the trick in sports is to figure out how to use the same fundamental motions while moving at high speeds
I find timing and position to be the biggest issue here. You could do everything right but if you're 6 inches out of position or .1 seconds late/early you won't feel it. Your window of time to hit this shot is the amount of time it takes you to go from a loaded position to fully extend your legs. Watch the pros, 97% of the shots they hit, they make contact right in the mid-point of their leg extension, it's beautiful!
Started really playing tennis seriously through this whole covid nonsense and this is by far the best RUclips coaching channel, really helped me beat players I previously couldn't
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@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial I'd like to learn how to drop shot but I imagine you've probably covered this. I will subscribe to the channel, thank you again.
Thanks heaps Coach Simon! Very well-explained and helpful. I have seen a huge improvement in my Forehands from practicing and applying this technique. Keep it up!
That’s great to hear 👍
Have seen thousands of forehand video... This is Absolutely the best one. Thank you TTT
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Whenever I need to improve something about how I play tennis I always come here and my coach has been after me about my forehands for a year and I can’t wait to show up to my game tomorrow and watching this video and practicing this for three hours
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This video of yours really helped me improve my forehand. It gave me so much power that I could defeat my opponents easily. Thank you!
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very helpful. 5 steps can discipline the way one plays. many thanks
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I used to play tennis for years and as soon as quarantine began and a bit before then I stopped playing and now I am regaining my knowledge of the sport and this totally helps.😅
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Thanks for this video! For me, I find it hard to stick with one forehand grip because my grip changes when I go through with my forehand stroke. I've been working on fixing it, but I really need to work on my consistency. Thanks again!!!
You can do it!
This is the best forehand explanation on YT! Well done!
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This guy can be a teacher l mean he's very good at this
Thank you, I've been teaching tennis for 14 years now and have been playing for 30 years.
I've been getting lessons the last couple weeks and this is really helpful to remember some of the fundamentals before i hit balls alone
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I realized that steps 1, 2, 3 and 5 were very easy to do once you get the ideas.
However, only step 4 (creating racket lag) takes practice, because you can't force it. In my immediate trials, when my arm was stiff, I often had no racket lag at all with the racket being straight to my arm, like a stiff bar as a whole. It was very uncomfortable to hit a ball with a stiff arm. Also, it was natural to have a contact point at the side of the body with a stiff straight arm and wrist, because that's where the racket faces the front.
I noticed that having a relaxed arm, wrist, hand and fingers seemed necessary to create a racket lag. That's probably why you can't force it. Only a relaxed arm can work like a whip, which seems to create a racket lag naturally. Also, with a racket lag, the contact point must be somewhere like 60 degrees from the front of the body, because at the side of the body the racket is still lagging behind the arm and facing sideways.
Perhaps, a racket lag can be seen as a good indicator of a relaxed hitting arm.
Actually, they have other videos just about racket lag (this fact simply highlights the importance of racket lag):
Tennis Forehand Technique - How To Stay Loose Like Roger Federer
ruclips.net/video/896_TAzFGd4/видео.html
Simple Tennis Forehand Power Trick | Tennis Forehand Lesson
ruclips.net/video/OW9bUB5C5tA/видео.html
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I like detailed and clear explanations. Thank you. I recommend any beginner to look at this.
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I am curious how a thousand people thumbs downed this video. As an amateur, I watched this once and my forehand instantly felt far more natural, effortless and effective.
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Haters gonna hate as they say
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I've got a course work test tomorrow and this helped me so much!! I'm gonna do really great! Thanks a lot!
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Before: Im so bad at Tennis
After watching the Video: IM A champion!!
Great comment!
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Yes Please
Yes good point on not stressing that lag, which causes wrist pain. Will try your tip of keeping racquet upright.
Best forehand video I’ve seen
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This video es pure Gold. I´ll be practicing my forehand with this improved technique. Thanks Simon!
Hitting the ball above my waist was a problem for me I’m so glad this video exists
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Very helpful - some pros do and some do not leverage their hips for power - presumably based on control of the swing trajectory or perhaps just the situation for that one shot. Almost all power shots in tennis rely on efficiency of your body and the hips turning gives a free ride to your torso turning so adding power from hips then shoulder while hips still turning a bit after starting and so on to arm - like a 3 stage rocket (hips -> shoulders -> arm) so do not discount your hips in starting your motion.
100% correct Marc. Something we’ve covered in many of our forehand lessons on the channel and our online courses on our website
Thank you for posting free content. I did enjoy it!
Thank you for watching,
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@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial Hi Simon, appreciate the response...Not sure if you have a video on The Grip. That you could possibly link...I am really trying to understand the grip in Tennis (all aspects of it)...I am a beginner, I believe I have the forehand grip correct, but everything else I am not too sure...I need to improve a lot in my game... I'm a scratch golfer and understand how important the grip is in Golf, and want to make sure I don't develop any bad habits...Once again thank you for all the free content! Oh and I guess another thing would be understanding the Serve toss, I have trouble understand where I should be hitting the ball and tossing to sync with my body...( probably more of a practice/repetition thing)
Very well explained an helpful. Allows options to suit style of play while focusing on important steps.
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This is a great detailed forehand video. A little more practice and I feel like I will have that ATP forehand :)
Thanks for watching Jojo
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Thank you. Excellent instruction. My forehand has been off lately and now I know why. 👍
Simon, thank you for these tips. I was stunned to discover how much holding the racquet vertically with my left hand helped everything. My first match trying this method was today in a round robin tournament. I hit far fewer balls into the net and nearly every stroke was smoother and more controlled with less arm speed needed.
It even helped with my backhand which I normally hit late. Because it was a tournament match I wasn't aware of how well I was doing on steps 3 - 5. I think step 1 - racquet vertical with opposite hand holding the racquet - nicely facilitates step 2 of turning the left shoulder. I will be focusing next on making sure the butt of the racquet points toward the ball. That has always been a counter intuitive position to me - especially on the forehand. But, watch the pros, as you showed in the video and you see it clearly.
One way to sum this up is to say these tips will bring one's groundstrokes up to a higher, more consistent level or help the beginner not fall into bad habits or positions. Think about it - how hard is it to hold the racquet vertically in front of you as a matter of habit. In the words of Sherlock Holmes - it is simplicity itself.
Good work Simon!
You are the only one who did not get a heart and a comment from Simon
I just joined the Girls' Tennis at my school, and man did this help a lot! Being a beginner, there's a lot of things that I should know about techniques like this, and you did an amazing job explaining them! Thank you so much!
Bella Mangano I just started playing too, I can't get my forehand down, but my backhand and serve are fine
I just stood in my room and practiced the forehand over and over with this form, I really needed a refresher I feel a lot better about myself now thank you
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Trying to learn tennis on my own and through a friend and this video is great to understand how to make the shot because i like detailed explanations which the video provides. It tells you what to do and WHY. Thanks for making this. I hope I come back for more content as I progress. Cheers!
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Really helpful. Damn, so hard to find some one good at explain tennis in RUclips like you. Thnx
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Top Tennis Training - Pro Tennis Lessons. Thnx for replied. If possible, a vid of how to predict the returning ball as a receiver or even during rally in general will be the best. Thnx
Great explanation. I just started with lessons and noticed that I need to change some grip forehand and backhand. I love to hit hard but also precise. This will help some.
Best forehand instructional video I’ve ever seen. Really well done ina simple format that’s easy to take to the courts
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Great video! I just missed the legs explanation. I tried to mimic the steps, but I was not sure about how do position my legs.
For the legs, you can use the open stance, semi-open stance or the neutral stance
This video was such an educating and enlightening.
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this video plus a lot of practice completely transformed my forehand from a loopy western to a flatter consistent eastern with depth. thank you so much Simon.
11:55 "I want to be accelerating through the contact point". Is this exactly true? Should the racquet head speed after contact really be greater than during contact? I would have thought the contact point belongs at the point of maximum racquet head speed, because that means you get maximum power out the stroke. But that would mean that we accelerate up to contact and then DEcelerate from it, but do neither during contact. Or am I wrong here?
The racket doesn't slow down during the contact zone.
It's better to be speeding up during and after contact than slowing down after contact, of course eventually you run out of space so you slow down before you hit your shoulder/back etc but you have that racket head speed during the contact zone. A good guide is to feel like you are finding the ball before contact and then speed up once you've found it on the strings.
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Thank you for uploading this, I’ve been practicing against the wall and it’s finally clicked with your help.
Great to hear
Congrats for the content! Very didactic and simple to understand. Now it's time to practice! Keep teaching us!
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THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
I had the best forehands of my LIFE thanks to this 😊❤
My pleasure 🙏
Really really helpful lesson. Thank you so much and congratulations on your job!
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Thanks for your video tutorials, I wanted to clarify how it is better to hit, with the elbow bent or extended?
It’s different for each player. Djokovic uses a bent elbow, Federer an extended one.
I would experiment with both and see which one suits you more 👍
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thanks for the answer
Wonderfully explained. 👍 I am so looking forward to practicing.
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Thank you so much, I'm doing this camp for school this year and I'm really rusty and this helped me know why lol hopefully I'll make the team 😅
Good luck 🤞
Best forehand class I ever have, good job!
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One of the best dissertations on tennis forehand. Keep it up!
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@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial ya for sure, I'd like both a deep lesson on stop volley technique (to me one of the difficult shots in tennis) and one hand backhand 👍😁
Well done. However, I would mention concentration on the present moment, that is "without thinking" learning technic is one, but focusing on the present shot is another. Simple way to say, I should program my subconscious mind, when I execute the shot there is no thinking only feeling. We should emphasize that. Thinking compromise the execution, suppressing the feeling of the ball on the racquet. Players have tendency to think when they play, professionals strive (creating if they now how environment for the zone to be born) to get into the zone or under zone and that is something else.
The end goal is to make all of these fundamentals a habit, that happen on auto-pilot whenever you play.
However in order to do that, you must firstly know the technique you want as a habit and you must do drills and progressions in order to make it a habit.
That's where our premium courses come into play. Inside them we break down the stroke into smaller chunks, easy to follow progressions with drills to do until that section of the stroke becomes a habit.
The pros have mastered these fundamentals through years of focused training, not by chance.
Thanks for watching Ivan.
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Thx for reply. To teach how to get player into the zone is the future of the coaching not in the game of tennis.
Very good video! I play at the club level (3.5-4.0), and the most common error I see other players doing is not following all the way through, which of course results in less topspin, power, and unfortunately injuries down the road, as the author points out in the video.
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Wow simply information but massive result what we got...Thanks a Lot...
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Over 25 years ago I last played some tennis, thinking to start again this summer/now, never too late, only 51 now. I am more of a cricket player, but love it when I land the ball right at the toe of my opponent, amazing feeling and enjoyment when the return is perfect. Summer by summer i gave up on tennis, time to restart, this is the first video i watch in that adventure. thanks.
You should!
It's a great sport
The best forehand online tutorial ever
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The best forehands video, love how he breaks it down. Simple with tons of details. No video covered all variables of forehands like this. Keep going bro
Thanks Simon, this video has tremendously improved my forehand. Much appreciated. Bless you.
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Great tips
Many thanks 🙏
really helpful, you said everything my everything my instructor has been getting me to do
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By far the best explanation I found in more than 50 videos...great job. TTP is unquestionaly the best tennis channel!
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My backhand has always been my confidence shot and much more reliable than my fh. But thanks to this video I now I see what I've been doing wrong! I think a couple of these tweaks will do wonders for it
I was not turning my shoulder and doing all that prep stuff I should’ve been doing, but now the muscle memory is coming hack
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Top Tennis Training - Pro Tennis Lessons hm maybe one on timing your hit?
Thank you! This was so helpful, my shots have way more power now... however my accuracy is not that great, could please give me some tips on how improve my accuracy?
Focus on the racket face at contact. Accuracy is controlled by where the racket is facing when you make contact
thanks , I had improved my forehand
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i'm a beginner and this Channel is truly so helpful! thank you very much :)
That’s great to hear. Good luck with the tennis, take it a day at a time 🙏
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