You can try to take the ball earlier on forehand : for example you let the very 1st ball to fall down (same for the ball on 0:15). i think you can take it on highest point. so if you see, that the ball is short and comes slow, try to go to the ball and take it earlier. on backhand you possibly (?) can rotate you shoulders more. may be you can bend less(just a little bit) you right arm. so that can allow you better shoulder rotation. PS May be you can make the swing on forehand little bit shorter : you have high shoulder during the swing. so it make difficult to take the ball on rise,because you need a time to drop you racket head. Alcaraz or Djokovic dont have high shoulder on forehand. Zverev has
I changed forehand grip a couple of years ago from western to semi - was really challenging, but tennis is now way more fun. You will have access to way more easy power and control if you make the change. If you practice new swing each day at home without a ball you can accelerate the awkward learning stage - if you put time you can make the change in 1-2 months. Only other advice id give is try not to have your body weight moving backwards when hitting - if the ball is deep, try to get back fast and then have body weight move forward during the shot
@@sebtennis Fair enough! You could do it when you have the chance. My coach told me 10,000 swings and you will have learned the new swing path, contact point ect. And you can do these at home with a mirror You should only change if you are having issues with your forehand - I struggled with depth, framing a lot of shots, struggle to redirect hard balls ect. You look like you have very good timing, and some pros have this grip so you could keep it - but trust me, its crazy how much power you can get from massaging the ball with a more open racquet face I think if you do make the change, you can end up with a really technically sound forehand - when we learn new techniques as adults it can actually work better than learning as kids, as we are more conscious about getting everything right (eg Steph Curry spent a summer changing his shooting form in high school) Just watched you serve as well - looks good. I do feel like there is maybe some power that is not being transferred into the ball. My favourite cue for serve is "shoulder over shoulder". You already do this, but I think it you could exagerate this more/pause for 0.1sec more in this position, you could get more explosive power into the ball - ruclips.net/video/TWXPxuY5AtY/видео.html Video explaining shoulder over shoulder. You serve technique is similar to Ben Shelton, look at photos of him serving and notice how much he is "shoulder over shoulder" Also remember that you are possibly better than me and others commenting, so take it all with a grain of salt 🤣
Like everyone else said. Switch to semi-western. I’d also lose the giant loopy take back with the racquet head pointed down/forward. It’s an inefficient hitch and you won’t have time for it against better players.
Change your forehand grip, you will prob generate more pace and depth with a more conventional semi western. Person with good timing will abuse your slower forehands. Low balls will be easier to handle too. Spacing on your backhand is a bit inconsistent, but that'll get better with time. You let your racket go too early, look at slo-mo's of Wawrinka and Federer's backhands. It's pretty much an 'assisted' 1 hander, and not a full 1 handed. Their other hand is on the racket all the way through the racket drop until right when they swing outward. You let go right before you drop your racket. For ur serves, ur trophy position, the tip of your racket is pointed towards top of side fence. it should be pointed towards the sky so it's easier to drop, though you do a good job with your 'throwing' motion afterwards. I can only imagine it'll add a sliver of extra power, since right now there's more time needed for your racket to 'drop' from your trophy position
I’d say only thing my forehand lacks is that it doesn’t go through the court as much. It’s pretty fast and has good depth. Takes a lot more energy to hit though. Preciate all the advice 😁
Don't listen to everyone talking about your grip, your grip is your grip. Have you watched videos of Iga Swiatek's forehand? ruclips.net/video/iX1lo8VPJAQ/видео.html Watch this video of her hitting forehands and put the video of you side by side? She has the same grip as you. Pay close attention to her take back, and how her racket head faces the back fence when she takes her racket back before she swings. When you do your take back your racket face is facing forward, which means your racket has to travel farther and awkwardly to the slot position. Also when you watch her video and yours, pause her video at 4 seconds, and yours at 9 seconds, notice how you are wind-shield wiping the racket kind of early, which kind of stops your swing from moving forward more towards the target. On your back hand, it seems like you are hitting the balls really close to your body. It sort of looks like you are getting a little jammed. Try to think "close then away" when you swing. ruclips.net/video/ZUsHMZAwsj0/видео.html Watch this video of musetti, fast forward to 1:32 seconds, and watch how his racket gets close to his body, and then swings out away from his body. Let me know if any of this helps.
I think my grip is a bit more western. Her forehand looks a much more like my forehand in older videos. I’ll definitely try the changes next practice. Preciate the advice
WHat's crazy is when I look at your grip, I actually think you hold the grip on panel 2! Maybe I'm all flipped around haha. So not western at all, but the opposite.
Which is the opposite of western, its continental, which would explain why your racket face face forwards during yout take back. Check out the taylor fritz video I linked because the guy in the video explains the panels and the grips at 1:30.
@@sebtennis okay I swear this is the last response, I finally figured out why your forehand looks unique. Forget everything else I said, you don't have a western forehand grip, you have a continental grip! panel 2, and then when you hit you hit the ball with your hand backwards!!! I have a friend who destroys me who kind of does a similar thing with his one handed backhand, he holds the racket on panel 4 and then he hits his backhand backwards. He's like the best tennis player I know, so you can probably get away with hitting the way you do just fine. Its just different. Keep it up!
@@sebtennis True, but I'd think about changing to at least a less aggressive western to prevent long term damage. I'm saying this bcs I got close to messing up my wrist because sometimes I felt a little pain, which became regular pain after a few months.
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You can try to take the ball earlier on forehand : for example you let the very 1st ball to fall down (same for the ball on 0:15). i think you can take it on highest point. so if you see, that the ball is short and comes slow, try to go to the ball and take it earlier. on backhand you possibly (?) can rotate you shoulders more. may be you can bend less(just a little bit) you right arm. so that can allow you better shoulder rotation.
PS May be you can make the swing on forehand little bit shorter : you have high shoulder during the swing. so it make difficult to take the ball on rise,because you need a time to drop you racket head. Alcaraz or Djokovic dont have high shoulder on forehand. Zverev has
I changed forehand grip a couple of years ago from western to semi - was really challenging, but tennis is now way more fun.
You will have access to way more easy power and control if you make the change.
If you practice new swing each day at home without a ball you can accelerate the awkward learning stage - if you put time you can make the change in 1-2 months.
Only other advice id give is try not to have your body weight moving backwards when hitting - if the ball is deep, try to get back fast and then have body weight move forward during the shot
Thanks for the advice. Only thing is, I don’t have 1-2 months😅
@@sebtennis Fair enough! You could do it when you have the chance. My coach told me 10,000 swings and you will have learned the new swing path, contact point ect. And you can do these at home with a mirror
You should only change if you are having issues with your forehand - I struggled with depth, framing a lot of shots, struggle to redirect hard balls ect.
You look like you have very good timing, and some pros have this grip so you could keep it - but trust me, its crazy how much power you can get from massaging the ball with a more open racquet face
I think if you do make the change, you can end up with a really technically sound forehand - when we learn new techniques as adults it can actually work better than learning as kids, as we are more conscious about getting everything right (eg Steph Curry spent a summer changing his shooting form in high school)
Just watched you serve as well - looks good. I do feel like there is maybe some power that is not being transferred into the ball. My favourite cue for serve is "shoulder over shoulder". You already do this, but I think it you could exagerate this more/pause for 0.1sec more in this position, you could get more explosive power into the ball - ruclips.net/video/TWXPxuY5AtY/видео.html Video explaining shoulder over shoulder. You serve technique is similar to Ben Shelton, look at photos of him serving and notice how much he is "shoulder over shoulder"
Also remember that you are possibly better than me and others commenting, so take it all with a grain of salt 🤣
@@ABC123UIDF😂you can learn something from everyone bro. Maybe in the offseason I might try something out
@@sebtennis LOL just saw your channel, you are *definitely* better than everyone commenting, but props to you for being open to advice anyway
Like everyone else said. Switch to semi-western. I’d also lose the giant loopy take back with the racquet head pointed down/forward. It’s an inefficient hitch and you won’t have time for it against better players.
Change your forehand grip, you will prob generate more pace and depth with a more conventional semi western. Person with good timing will abuse your slower forehands. Low balls will be easier to handle too.
Spacing on your backhand is a bit inconsistent, but that'll get better with time. You let your racket go too early, look at slo-mo's of Wawrinka and Federer's backhands. It's pretty much an 'assisted' 1 hander, and not a full 1 handed. Their other hand is on the racket all the way through the racket drop until right when they swing outward. You let go right before you drop your racket.
For ur serves, ur trophy position, the tip of your racket is pointed towards top of side fence. it should be pointed towards the sky so it's easier to drop, though you do a good job with your 'throwing' motion afterwards. I can only imagine it'll add a sliver of extra power, since right now there's more time needed for your racket to 'drop' from your trophy position
I’d say only thing my forehand lacks is that it doesn’t go through the court as much. It’s pretty fast and has good depth. Takes a lot more energy to hit though. Preciate all the advice 😁
Bro that forehand grip is so western it's basically a reverse continental 🤣
nice one-hander btw
It is basically 😂. Thanks I work really hard on my backhand
Don't listen to everyone talking about your grip, your grip is your grip. Have you watched videos of Iga Swiatek's forehand?
ruclips.net/video/iX1lo8VPJAQ/видео.html
Watch this video of her hitting forehands and put the video of you side by side? She has the same grip as you. Pay close attention to her take back, and how her racket head faces the back fence when she takes her racket back before she swings. When you do your take back your racket face is facing forward, which means your racket has to travel farther and awkwardly to the slot position. Also when you watch her video and yours, pause her video at 4 seconds, and yours at 9 seconds, notice how you are wind-shield wiping the racket kind of early, which kind of stops your swing from moving forward more towards the target.
On your back hand, it seems like you are hitting the balls really close to your body. It sort of looks like you are getting a little jammed. Try to think "close then away" when you swing.
ruclips.net/video/ZUsHMZAwsj0/видео.html
Watch this video of musetti, fast forward to 1:32 seconds, and watch how his racket gets close to his body, and then swings out away from his body.
Let me know if any of this helps.
I think my grip is a bit more western. Her forehand looks a much more like my forehand in older videos. I’ll definitely try the changes next practice. Preciate the advice
WHat's crazy is when I look at your grip, I actually think you hold the grip on panel 2! Maybe I'm all flipped around haha. So not western at all, but the opposite.
Which is the opposite of western, its continental, which would explain why your racket face face forwards during yout take back. Check out the taylor fritz video I linked because the guy in the video explains the panels and the grips at 1:30.
@@sebtennis okay I swear this is the last response, I finally figured out why your forehand looks unique. Forget everything else I said, you don't have a western forehand grip, you have a continental grip! panel 2, and then when you hit you hit the ball with your hand backwards!!! I have a friend who destroys me who kind of does a similar thing with his one handed backhand, he holds the racket on panel 4 and then he hits his backhand backwards. He's like the best tennis player I know, so you can probably get away with hitting the way you do just fine. Its just different. Keep it up!
How in the actual f*ck would you possibly think of even hitting a forehand with that grip?
For a good bit of time I didn’t even realize I switched 😅. Wouldn’t recommend
WTF is that forehand. Hurts my eyes.
Hurts my arm too
@@sebtennis if it hurts, why don't you switch back to semi western?
@@miguelmattos6430 it only hurts once every blue moon. Plus that is too drastic of a change
@@sebtennis True, but I'd think about changing to at least a less aggressive western to prevent long term damage. I'm saying this bcs I got close to messing up my wrist because sometimes I felt a little pain, which became regular pain after a few months.
@@miguelmattos6430coaches have warned me about wrist pain but I’ve never had it