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You would have been safe if you hit an inside out forehand

The inside in shot big mistake

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The spin came from racquet and string u need to search fir highest note on topspin u found in reviews.

The same mistake I make! Hitting central too much and gave him control of the point. He didn't have to move much so he had an easier time setting up for his backhand, even if it may be his weaker shot.

You gotta hit the ball, you stopped hitting it

The dipping return taken below the net and slow surfaces prevent or at least makes very difficult the aggressive volleys necessary for successful serve and volley. This leads to singles players who cannot volley very well.

I think the greater problem is the loss of the variety of shot and play style Which has resulted from the combination of slow courts, slow balls, and poly strings which killed serve and volley tennis and the all court game. Volleys, half volleys , lobs, and overheads have become only minor components of the game. Net play in general has seen a minor resurgence due to the increasing frequency of drop shots, underhand serves, and other trick shots that drag reluctant players to the net. The quality of net play you then see is commensurate with the amount of practice time modern players spend on it. It makes it all rather boring.

You keep hitting the ball right at hom instead of moving him

You had an easy serve plus one situation. You should have stepped in, took the backhand early and moved forward, expecting a short ball or easy volley from a defensive shot 👌🏽.

Slice forehand? Easy for the opponent to attack?

It already is

why lol

Sliding?

You are hitting to center, and he isn't having to run

I dont know

I honestly think 99% of modern forehands are doing it way wrong; they hit the ball way to early, forcing them to be low and wide. Prime example of correct timing is steffi graf who did neither of these things; why? because she hit the ball actually correct timing which enabled her to have the best tennis movement bar none; but I guess it's different when you're literally an olympian level runner, which no tennis player currently is even close to being

And this also can't be overstated, don't overstep it

Try bending ur hands & wrist and adding extra acceleration on the hand instead of relying more on shoulders on fast pace game

You are half right. And it really depends on where you are exactly on the court and how fast the ball is going that is hit to you that you are receiving. Not to mention how many times you are hitting a week, how long you have been playing, and what your level is. I am ATP level with over 40 years of tennis. Do it like Federer if you played all your life and are currently hitting at least 5 times a week. The rest should not. I tilt the racket back when I am taking a volley from the service line to the baseline only or closer to the net if it is going slow. If it has speed coming to you then no tilt. If it is hit to you slow and you need it to be hit faster then you back tilt the hit on both sides.

After all that, the ‘best’ example of his ever was a fault 😂😂

And again, what I would do to teach a player, is to have them serve for a few weeks in their own way, then make adjustments. One problem is overloading beginners with too much information.

Interesting. There are elements of your before that highly resemble Ruusuvuoris forehand (very compact and efficient). While fundamentally I agree, more distance from the slot to contact = more power, he still manages generates pace incredibly well.

I think if the ball is really low a half volley is better

Get a ball machine, set it right, and practice half volleys AND half groundstrokes daily consistently until you can do both

Try two handed backhand,one handed looks better but two handed is better in general if u want to win.

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Nice point! If you could drive forward more with your body on the FH, it would be nasty!

Also he stepped too far into the 2nd shot, it's subtle but if you move too far you give your opponent too much room. It's a game of footwork. Look at where he's standing cross legged in that doubles line.

I love the little subtle fake to cover the line. Not much time to do it, but he manages to get in a super-quick fake to keep Ruud from going down the line. It really is a beautiful poach. So well-timed.

His serve is quite uncommon because of the low toss. He hit the ball at the peak of the toss, the ball has not even begin to drop. On your video the ball has drop a little, but I've seen other slow motion video where he hit the ball at the peak. That makes him hard to read by the other players, and give him a more fast serve (considering he is 6'0 tall)... but really a not forgiven motion for him, he doesn't have much time/space and it's more risky. But when it works it really works !🔥He actually change his serve motion for the beginning of 2024. The video at the left of the screen is from beginning of 2023 and the video at the right of the screen is begining of 2024 (he did talk in United Cup about the change in his serve). He has never toss the ball high but even less high since begining of 2024 and since now it did gives good results. Nice video BTW !

1. Slice it back to not give them pace which they want or 2. serve and volley as well as chip and charge which is what I used to do to avoid having to hit a lot of backhands.

Do you feel I’ve gotten anything wrong in this video?

There are few things I like more than a bit of pseudo-science in a yt tennis 'instruction' video - always makes me chuckle. Guys that have NO training in mechanics, biomechanics, physics coming up with batsh*tcrazy explanations make me chuckle... Keep it up, Guys!

Hit the ball deep, if opponent hits short ball then can run around and hit forehand to take control of the point. Easier said than done but its doable strategy since it doesn't involve high risk unless you hit to corners close to sideline.

Have Doubles players always used oversize rackets? Dodig looks like he's using a 98 or perhaps even a 97

He arches his back too much for most players to copy. His body can handle the high stresses in the lower back. Many people’s lower backs would be injured trying to copy that technique.

We tell them, because they in fact are not high level player, they tend to forget to engage their legs at all

Nice video, there are not perfect formulas, look how tennis and the way we play changed in the last years. You have a good body balance and the feet are working well too, your forehand is good and your new way have a very good thing makes you turn more your shoulders also makes you pull the racket back a bit more before the impact and that's great makes you generate more power also makes a change on your feet position, about the racquet position I will say between the old and new version will be better just keep the same shoulder rotation, feels you don't have to lower it as much even to generate top spin, in some cases you can bend a lil more the knees too and keep the racquet head just a lil up. But that's what seems like looking from outside, sure you have to do it the way your body tells you and feels more natural, fluent and better and also when you see the best result, on the end that's what counts. Along the time the gear changed a lot but also the way we play, those who try new ways and had the courage to get out of what the old books say were the ones that made tennis to have a natural evolution and the true is... its better than ever. Great video. We love tennis :) by the way great left-hand too :)

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Great analysis. What´s your opinion to Korda´s new forehand, do you think now the penetration increases? He changed his forehand takeback (low takeback now)....ua-cam.com/video/HEA3UG6IpoM/v-deo.html

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Hi, another great video. Could you do another video for Medium-high intermediate level to advanced level so that we can build up a few videos on each other?

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I think your low to high in the After is way *too* low, someone without a western/deep semiwestern grip will shank too much. you also probably aren't getting as much compression on your ball with that much low to high. Your "before" is still low to high when you look at it but it's probably more of a driving shot. The compression with slightly low to high movement gives more top spin than a brushing extreme low to high! If you always keep your hitting hand the same height as the ball all you have to do to get more topspin is have a more steep racquet drop with a looser wrist, you don't have to drop the whole arm.

Imo, the change makes sense, but there could also be some cons lke you get more power, but sacrificing some speed and putting in more effort by going so low with the racquet head - extra energy required to always go up with the racquet. But I guess it's all well if you can play a fast paced match with this technique.

I think smaller players playing on uneven surfaces need to reduce unforced errors & inversion will increase the likelihood of these if conditions above are set. Still, inversion can be good esp. on slower balls (to generate more power).

I'm a 5.0 player. I tried what you are doing. I couldn't get the racket flip consistent especially with the racket so below the contact. I kept shanking forehands and my racket face kept opening sending the ball out. What is the feeling you get when you start moving your hand forward? What is the feeling you get when you hit the ball? Is is light brushing, cheese grating or hitting thu the ball? When I'm hitting my best forehands, it is like butter. I don't even notice any impact in my hand as I hit the ball. Those times are rare...

I think my forehand is pretty similar to yours new forehand, and they have the same issue. We are lowering the racquet head earlier and lower than it should be, losing momentum and penetration (at least in my case).