Forehand Analysis - Why You're Getting Jammed
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- Опубліковано 29 кві 2024
- Exploring how pulling and throwing can alter your contact point
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It seemed to me that the underlying issues were both the spacing and the timing. He was a little too close, but he was also starting his swing too late. You can't throw the racket into the the ball if you start the swing late and it's too far back.
Encouraging him to swing away from his body rather than pulling into his body may help him to get the contact further away to achieve that goal. In the second part of the video I discuss spacing. Since he's signed up for unlimited analysis, once he sends his next video, we'll assess if this adjustment has made a difference, and I can provide further advice accordingly.
Ime, lowering your centre of gravity (aka bending the knees, keeping a wide stance) accomplishes to crucial factors:
1) you naturally get your arms further from your body, making it easier to have the proper distance to the ball
2) it becomes easier to rotate your hips and shoulders, i.e. it's easier to "screw" and "unscrew" your lower and upper body, compared to standing straight.
3) you react faster, compare to standing straight, where you first have to bend before accelerating.
Many thanks to your student for allowing to share your analysis of his FH. Great advices: 1) throwing not pulling 2) space 3) the distance (esp. the higher the ball the further the contact). 👍
"The higher the ball the further you need to get away from the ball".. Now that might just just be the answer to my problems. Thanks much coach🙏🙏
Good stuff Tom. I tell as many people as I can about your channel.
Great video. I think a good way to get away from the linear pull is to get them to envision a hula hoop cut in half, that shows the racquet path in three dimensions starting at the slot. Moving away from the body towards the right as it moves forward and up and eventually comes back in the body after contact. A pull is always linear, or near. A swing is like a spiral. Three dimensional.
Yes, the understanding that tennis is a rotational sport is key. Especially on serve and forehand. Thanks for the great comment.
Great analysis Tom
Thank you, good detail. Interesting how analogies can make a massive difference.
This is a great video - it is very useful when returning faster balls from higher-rated players.
Watching your lesson for some times, found very useful coach.
Practice hitting inside out FHs to help fix the jamming issue.
I throw overhand and sidearm just fine, but the second I have a racquet in my hand, everything just feels different. On the FH, the forearm is more supinated in the lag phase than when throwing sidearm. It's the same when serving: just before elbow extension on the serve, the forearm is again more supinated than when throwing. The difference occurs because good throwing form requires keeping the index and middle fingers behind the ball.
In the movie "Moneyball" the coaches discussed "throwing the head of the bat at the ball".
Tbh his biggest problem was he was hitting closed stance (something both pull and throw encourage). On all the balls he looked jammed it was because they were a bit higher and it's hard to hit them closed. If he learned to hit most balls open to semi open and only hit the low ones in front of him closed he'd find it easier.
Letting the tip lead the beginning of the swing instead of the elbow would help him get to the load earlier and then get contact out in front more readily.
I like to think as if my body and arms are like a Drum Twist Rattle Instrument
that's a pulling motion - that drum twist rattle... throwing the racquet (skipping a stone, throwing a frisbee sidearm) would require a different mechanic than a twist drum toy
You get anything out of that? Let me know.
I love the video analysis examples. I always learn a lot from those.
I "feel" like the beginning of the stroke is a pull and the middle/end is a throw, especially from an open stance. For me closed/neutral feels more throw
Also is that the prince racquet that's two halves kind of glued together? I've been trying to find the name of that...that takes me way back
I really like the client video analysis. It seems to me that the internet is full of the lag videos that everyone is trying to copy and causes the recreation players to get this tightness you mention. That is certainly what my problem has been. The stroke looks like weight lifting rather than swinging.
Imo, the (early) pull of the hand is a result of kinetic chain breaking down, as the hand starts to pull as the shoulder should have taken the relay. I find that this shoulder movement can be seen as a shoulder drive forward and equally a pulling force on the rest of the arm. If the shoulder is executing this movement into contact, the arm and wrist are relaxed, and can execute the proper acceleration.
Thanks Tom. Being jammed is one of my biggest faults and just like your student in this video, I tend to hit better shots on low balls. Would love to get feedback on two observations for my own benefit:
1) Not much of a unit turn here. Should there be more focus on getting the left shoulder back in preparation?
2) Would your comment from other videos on adding intentional separation between racket and body at the end of the unit turn going to help this student (and me) not get jammed?
Pull throw and swing all seem so muddled to me.. If we are talking about a throw - is it when you decelerate the shoulder and elbow and allow the other parts to speed up (hand etc)? For a swing its all moving at the same speed? How is it different from a pull?
Tom, regarding spacing, do you believe that the beginning of the swing...the initial move most pros make where they get their arms away from their body and start to turn the shoulders back...do you believe that will guarantee or at least help promote better spacing? I feel like getting the arms out and away from the body triggers the brain to position the body in the ideal spot so that the hitting arm will have room.
Certainly not guaranteed. Will help.
Is it possible to "pull" or lead with the lower body and still make contact with hips and shoulders facing toward the net? And still have that wrist lag ?
I’m not sure how you pull with the lower body
It is a pull, but you got it backwards. The pull happens with the left hand with creates a powerful throw. Regardless the feeling is definitely a powerful pull.
I’m not talking about this though. And I’m not addressing this being mentioned by anyone else. This is a different subject.
love every forehand video!