By far the biggest improvement I made with tennis was when I finally realised/accepted that you had to play with a loose grip. Once you do that, pretty much everything else falls into place automatically - the forehand lag, racket drop on the serve, etc. In fact, if you have any decent technique, the only way you can prevent those things happening naturally is if you have a firm grip. Play loose and suddenly you will be generating the effortless power from the swing and not trying to "hit" or manipulate the ball. As I say, total transformation in my game.
Your mechanics on both backhand and forehand are almost identical to mine - we're both clearly striving for simplicity and rock-solid mechanics. I'd say the *_only_* difference is that you slightly pronate on the backhand backswing - whereas I'm focusing as hard as possible to be 'neutral' when I takeback (eg a la Dimitrov or Musetti or Lajovic). Your lessons are very high level
After watching only 1 video from Vincent my forehand become 20% better which was great, and I guess I need couple of weeks to get muscles memory on this. Bought his course/videos for my 9y old dotter and she will learn from this guy, her couch agree. Mouratoglu was source nr1 for me until I found this guy and his videos. Amazing explanations, simple but cover every detail and any question you might ask yourself. Bravo
I've seen Vincent's forehand tutorial multiple times. But my motion never seemed to look like his until I realized this: I needed to change my grip with the index finger knuckle on bevel 3 of the grip. Also, the index finger has to be separated from the rest of the fingers at a diagonal position. It's really a Federer forehand.
Have seen some people mention to create separation between the hips and shoulders. In that the hips turn a bit but the shoulders keep turning then the hips start to unwind then the shoulders. Like some type of countertrend movement at the change of direction hips going forward while the shoulders are still going back which creates a slingshot like effect if this makes sense.
Are you consciously initiating the windshield wiper with your shoulder or does it happen naturally as a byproduct of a loose arm and a proper kinetic chain?
Hi Vincent, thanks again for your video. When I'm on a real match, I try this technique but I'm still backwards on semi open stance. Do you have any ideas to move forward and do the forehand without tension as well ?
Coach, I have one question here that I haven't heard from any other coaches. Should I focus on starting my rotation from my non dominant shoulder or arm pulling my dominat arm with the racket to hit the ball or just pull the racket from the dominant leg, hip and so forth
Nice videoes... may I suggest a second camera angle so we can see where the swing is in relation to your body? At this 45 degree angle it is hard to see the takeback and the contact point. Ideally it would be a camera straight at the baseline or a sideways camera looking straight at the other side. Cheers
Hi Vincent, great vid. When serving on a pinpoint stance, and with front foot at a 45 degree angle to the baseline as you explain in your latest vid, in what direction should the ball be tossed?
@@Tennisdoctorofficial thank you very much for your reply, I appreciate the feedback. Would you be able to do a video breaking down the serve technique for pinpoint and platform stance?
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By far the biggest improvement I made with tennis was when I finally realised/accepted that you had to play with a loose grip. Once you do that, pretty much everything else falls into place automatically - the forehand lag, racket drop on the serve, etc. In fact, if you have any decent technique, the only way you can prevent those things happening naturally is if you have a firm grip. Play loose and suddenly you will be generating the effortless power from the swing and not trying to "hit" or manipulate the ball. As I say, total transformation in my game.
Your mechanics on both backhand and forehand are almost identical to mine - we're both clearly striving for simplicity and rock-solid mechanics. I'd say the *_only_* difference is that you slightly pronate on the backhand backswing - whereas I'm focusing as hard as possible to be 'neutral' when I takeback (eg a la Dimitrov or Musetti or Lajovic). Your lessons are very high level
Simple and focused approach particularly for senior players
After watching only 1 video from Vincent my forehand become 20% better which was great, and I guess I need couple of weeks to get muscles memory on this. Bought his course/videos for my 9y old dotter and she will learn from this guy, her couch agree. Mouratoglu was source nr1 for me until I found this guy and his videos. Amazing explanations, simple but cover every detail and any question you might ask yourself. Bravo
I meant every word, you are amazing coach.
I've seen Vincent's forehand tutorial multiple times. But my motion never seemed to look like his until I realized this: I needed to change my grip with the index finger knuckle on bevel 3 of the grip. Also, the index finger has to be separated from the rest of the fingers at a diagonal position. It's really a Federer forehand.
Have seen some people mention to create separation between the hips and shoulders. In that the hips turn a bit but the shoulders keep turning then the hips start to unwind then the shoulders. Like some type of countertrend movement at the change of direction hips going forward while the shoulders are still going back which creates a slingshot like effect if this makes sense.
Are you consciously initiating the windshield wiper with your shoulder or does it happen naturally as a byproduct of a loose arm and a proper kinetic chain?
This is a really good video to watch. Thank You
Hi Vincent, thanks again for your video. When I'm on a real match, I try this technique but I'm still backwards on semi open stance. Do you have any ideas to move forward and do the forehand without tension as well ?
Coach, I have one question here that I haven't heard from any other coaches. Should I focus on starting my rotation from my non dominant shoulder or arm pulling my dominat arm with the racket to hit the ball or just pull the racket from the dominant leg, hip and so forth
Nice videoes... may I suggest a second camera angle so we can see where the swing is in relation to your body? At this 45 degree angle it is hard to see the takeback and the contact point. Ideally it would be a camera straight at the baseline or a sideways camera looking straight at the other side. Cheers
Hi Vincent, great vid. When serving on a pinpoint stance, and with front foot at a 45 degree angle to the baseline as you explain in your latest vid, in what direction should the ball be tossed?
Parallel with the baseline if you can straight up and down or you can toss on a diagonal if you can't turn your shoulders as much
@@Tennisdoctorofficial thank you very much for your reply, I appreciate the feedback. Would you be able to do a video breaking down the serve technique for pinpoint and platform stance?
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Who is this guy
someone whos advice comes from a player who plays at a high level not a coach....this is great advice