One of my favourite forehand tutorial. Few key points, easy to remember and zero hyper complicated informations that are useless for a beginner. I keep coming on this video to refresh fundamentals. Thanks for the excellent work coach.
00:37 1) First thing u do after u notice where the ball is going is TURN SHOULDERS ALL THE WAY (both shoulders, non dominant hand ) 01:27 2) SET UP YOUR BODY PERFECTLY: -open stance facing the net (or even semi-open stance with right foot a little bit behind of the left foot) -racket head up (tip can be even higher than ur head, angle is a bit vertical with the head tipped towards the side fence) -non dominant hand is supporting the racket on the racket's triangle with it's elbow up & away from body. Non dominant shoulder should feel stretched. -elbow of the dominant hand should be away from the body , a bit elevated like ur nudging someone , -forearm roughly parallel to the ground -elbow pointing straight back to the back fence ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) SWING 02:15 -separate non dominant hand from the racket for eg. when the ball is about to bounce (the goal here is u want to separate LATE bc if u separate too soon ,the swing will not be fluid & u can not focus on what matters - contact point with the ball) TIP: invert ur non dominant hand so that the palm is facing away from body. This allows us to use the weight of nondominant hand by keeping elbow up & rotating with the swing, generating more unwind power 03:11 -backswing (aka elbow extension with palm facing down like Federer) - every player does this completely intuitively ... u dont have to worry about ur backswing! WOW !!!! 05:52 -it is absolutely necessarily to focus so that the contact point is in front of the body. contact point on every type of modern forehand is with the dominant shoulder in front! the modern forehand has a lot of upper body rotation. compared to the classic forehand! -what u do have to worry is that ur wrist is loose. Being loose , it automatically gets into a locked position=fully extended wrist. This is a very stable position, yet wrist is loose. you do not want to intentionally lay back the wrist before the swing.... it gets automatically into extension when u swing ... because it is loose it flips into the locked position. at contact point u want the stable wrist! Note for me: for me personally ,not having the fully relaxed & fully extended wrist causes the face of the racket to open up (ball goes up&out) 06:19 -after contact, dont hit in front trough the ball (bc u dont want to disconect the ball from the body's core rotation) 07:15 -the swing should be across ... when the elbow passes ur trunk ,start to USE that forearm muscle and make it big&fat like federer's (if ur weak muscle then move ur grip uper on handle) we keep the ball longer on our strings resulting more "feel" (we control and feel the tip of the racket) we keep strings positioned towards the target for as long as possible resulting more "control" we keep the racket connected to our core rotation & rotate forearm (use forearm muscle ,NOT WRIST) resulting more "top spin & power added after contact" TIP: place ur grip with index finger a bit spread ... so u can use the forearm muscle more intensely! Next is a quote from your video entitled "Hit Through The Ball? - Part 1 - The Forehand" The confusion is that there are some players who have extension throughout the entirety of their stroke. Players such as Federer Nadal etc will extend the arm upon the racquet drop and now the arm will be straight at contact and then will remain straight. However, the majority of players worldwide play the forehand with a bent arm in the preparation phase, at contact and on the finish. In other words you will never see somebody like a Djokovic make contact with the bent arm and then continue to extend forward ,it simply will not happen. He's gonna start bent , he's gonna remain bent through the entirety of the shot.
Love your videos and tip! I have been trying to fix my forehand for many many years and have not succeed until I saw your video. I feel for confident now and looking forward to practice more. Thank so much!!
Helpful and easy to follow basic tennis instructional video by a professional. Slow motion to emphasize proper technique is useful. Seen other videos and this is by far my preferred instructor - it is simply an excellent tennis class and not a "show" to attract viewers. Thank you.
Thanks to you Niko, I’m finding that I’ve been doing everything wrong in the last 30 years. But it’s a good thing. As I’m watching you and listening to you, I’m watching myself go through the motion mentally and spot where my mistakes are. For me, it’s a great way to re-learn everything ..... correctly! 👏. You’re knowledge and explanations make so much sense. Thank you!!🙏🙏
After separation and you rotate your core, the racquet lags behind and drops on it own assuming that you’re relaxed during that phase. What no other online coach I’ve seen talks about us the dominant shoulder being slightly in front of the non-dominant one at contact. Contact therefore has to be made out in front unless you’re late and in that case it would feel unnatural and probably not feel too great. I found that tip about the shoulder alignment to be of great help - thanks !
One year ago I started play tennis and watch all of your beginner videos and the shape of my FH is what it is because of you and your progression drills. Thank you very much from Brazil!
Great video, Nik. A few questions about forehand. 1. What part of the body does initiate backswing rotation? Looks like non-dominant hand, correct? 2. What part of the body does initiate forward rotation: knee, core, or non-dominant hand? 3. I see from videos of most pro players when they separate hands they spread fingers of non-dominant hand keeping tension in non-dominant hand. Why they do so?
@@IntuitiveTennis What initiate the forward swing: feet, knee, torso, or non-dominant hand? I have seen and heard different points of view. What's your view on the issue?
good stuff, I like hitting flat forehands hard, your video on that was excellent too, when I did try this form I got a sore wrist as it does look like the windshield wiper form at contact, I did make good shots using this form when I executed properly but 55 years old, playing a lot in Florida puts a lot of stress on wrists, but I will use your advice on the flat forehand as at times I swing forward too much, my wrists also get sore on the tap the dog backswing too swinging with a semi closed racket face, so my execution needs to be spot on with my eastern grip forehand
Nick, where you really hit the nail on the head is hitting hitting across the ball, not through it. That's a unique and useful teaching tip. Also, the separate timing of the initial turn while moving to the ball, from the complete unit turn to initiate the proper timing and flow of the swing. I think two problems with the typical recreational forehand is the lack of elbow separation from the body and the lack of arm and elbow extension on the backswing. If you examine all the best pro forehands, the players move the racquet upward on the backswing, separating the elbow from the body, then extend the arm, straightening the elbow (not locking it straight out), as they drop the racquet slightly below the ball and swinging slightly upward and across the ball, not through the ball, as you so correctly describe. The elbow separation from the body and elbow extension prevents short-arming the ball. With the elbow in toward the body and the arm too much bent, there is no leverage into the shot and this kills power. Also, a low backswing can cause players to swing too much upward on the ball and too often to hit it long. The elbow separation and arm extension creates a natural leverage through the shoulder, down the arm, and to the racquet, giving power. The arm extension also creates a natural lag of the wrist as the arm moves forward, adding to the whipping forward motion for more power. Watch slo-mo videos of pro forehands and you'll see what I mean. High backswing with elbow separation, arm/elbow extension, forward motion causing leverage through the shoulder, wrist lag and whip across the ball.
Thank you for the way the footwork is to start. I heard all top player hit contact at 45 angle to the net. This way you have shoulder quickly to hit both shot cross court or down the line
Amazing video - this video has improved my forehand a lot. I am more aware of my shoulders and rotation and realized how this is key for a consistent and powerful forehand. Take care! advice on minute 7:20is was mind-blowing to me! A new whole world has opened up! !
Hi Niko. My coach taught me to follow through the ball and continue the swing forward. And when I see the pros, that's what they do. Lok at Federer, his arm continues forward with the natural momentum of the movement. This is an old video. Do you still teach it this way? I searched for your forehand lesson because your on-handed backhand lesson was perfect! Thank you!
Always enjoy your video, particularly the natural bent to it. If I might add a view on 'why hitting across and not forward' as you said? The power and balance comes from balance from the feet, the last thing that moves is the racquet. The racquet is merely following the natural circular motion of the body. At the contact point though, the energy is going 'forward' through the ball, but like a dancer on stage, balance is maintained and the arm follows the structure of the bodies circular movement, around. thanks for your great perspective on tennis.
Oldie but goodie. I had a dependable forehand as a beginner but as I advanced I tried to hit like the college or pros forehand. Now I’m all messed up. My forehand is not dependable and I have no confidence. I will practice the tips from this video. Great tip from you to focus on contact and not worry about the take back technique.
Excellent video, you really do know what you're talking about! A great video for you to do would be to talk about footwork preparation as this is one of the most important parts of setting up for the stroke.
Thank you so much for your videos man! they are the best ive seen in youtube. I have a question, my backswing is very simple and i just take the racquet back like say... blake, kachanov, cuevas, etc. should i focus on changing it? because i have tried to change the backswing but i just get frustrated, its very difficult. As for the rest of what ive learned from you, i improved a lot.---Manuel.
Great Lesson Coach: But I wish that you recommend a way to perform the back swing. I'll try to experiment hitting across the body with Neutral stance. Thank you again for great lesson.
1) I've watched a few of your videos and you definitely have a very good technical knowledge of tennis but I would recommend that you take a peek at a few videos from Feel Tennis Instruction and study his style of instruction briefly. He has a different approach than you but I think it would complement your instruction very nicely to have multiple styles of explaining a shot or tactic. You are very technical, he is well, feel based, and I think mixing in a bit of that would make an awesome addition. 2) On your forehand steps, found a lot of the things helpful but I feel you left out a critical part of the shot. Watching great players you see extension out of the lead leg into the shot. Driving up through the ground into the shot is a staple of professional forehands and something that you should cover (perhaps you have at some point I have not seen all your stuff!). Take care!
When you say to hit across the ball do you mean from 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock, from 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock, 5 to 11 or what? Great instructions by the way. Thanks!
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Helpful because i get a jolt in my shoulder because of the distance from the ball , my contact is either too far or too close and I use shoulder to push the ball. Will do shadow practice at it!!
Hi Nikola, great videos, I've been through many videos, but I can't find definition on 'hitting' the ball. Can you do a video about that? Every body talks about rotation, but my coach says you have to hit with hand. What drives the hand forward, when hip initiation stepis in, is the hip prior the hand (shoulder joint) on not or you should do it all together? what is the proper mindset? the diference between what we think are we doing and what is actualy happening when 'hitting'? Thanks! (p.s. why right shoulder infront of left?)
I dont remenber if i have already asked if you have produced a training series on the forehand topic or if you have in mind to do it in the future. I saw that online you have already produced some regarding the serve volley and overhead topics.
What about the legs? Besides using legs to be at the right place on the court, and hitting the ball at the comfortable height by bending the knees, do leg play the role in generating power?
Hello! I have seen a lot of your videos. I saw that in the serve you teach to hit the ball not at its peak, but when it is slightly coming down. In the groundstrokes, forehand and backhand, and also slice if you want, the best tip is to hit it at its maximum height when its coming up or to let it come down a little bit too? I know that if the ball is too high you have to let it come down a little bit, but in the normal balls, the way to do it is hitting it in its maximum height or letting the ball coming down a little bit? Thank you for all the videos you upload!
what I was taught is to hit the ball at whatever height it is when it reaches you at the baseline. If you move forward or back to meet the ball you're just wasting steps and are more likely to be late or rushed. Of course if the ball is very short then you have to move in!
You are not letting the racquet head “go” at the contact point as Tomaz from FT would say it. That’s what I had noticed and there’s not much coiling happening either. But great explanation on the contact point.
Letting the racquet head go as you say is not what happens on high level forehands (look at slowmo of pros). The wrist is stable and passive at contact. And from a teaching standpoint a student should never think to let the racquet head go. Control is of the upmost importance in tennis and letting the racquethead go, relaxing and hitting thru are some of the major contributors to errors at the rec level. As far as coiling: Coiling or the unit turn is not a manufactured process, but rather a byproduct of the player holding the racquet with both hands and moving in the direction of the intended shot. The pros do not know what coiling or the unit turn is and have never heard of this term. This is a completely intuitive process.
Thanks! what is acceptable most arm/elbow extension after FH, how far in front of you face your wrist might go on the strong shot ? in this video it's very mild/kind of short. My coach made me special drill for this extension. Tx
The great American tennis player Chris Evert, did she hit across the ball or did she hit through it? How about John Mcenroe and Jimmy Connors? Did they hit across the ball or through it? I just feel that if you place too much emphasis on only hitting across the ball it will make your forehand sit up too much with not enough depth or penetration. I also believe this can be the case when you are working with beginners and even intermediate players.
wait a sec the last part to finnish across?? what is the physics about it? my coach tought me exactly the other thing you told not to do to extend my arm more foreward and that way i get better control. it did not feel that good to me but it looked like it gives results.now i am totaly confused.....across happens naturaly because hand is attached so has to go back to the body:) greetings from croatia
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Hello! It is a great video! My mistake most common is that I don´t measure well my distance to the ball. And many times I hit the ball too close to the body and I need to correct with my wrist. Is there any excercise I can do to correct this problem? Thanks a lot!
Hi Nick, for a player who is starting playing tennis, do they need to learn the backswing first or should they just focus on the contact as indicated in the video?
I noticed that you don’t bring your racket strings to face the ground at the beginning of your forward swing, which is something that the pros you mentioned do by ‘dropping’ the racket. You obviously have a great forehand, but because I have the same motion as you, I want to ask if one should ideally drop the racket and if there are advantages to it? Or is it just one of the things one can’t really control or consciously decide to do? Thanks for the great videos they’re an enormous help
Before quarantine, my forehand was smooth and felt great, but now my forehand is almost rolling over after hitting. The racquet feels like it is out of control after I hit the ball, and my racquet changes grips when I finish. I’m hitting very weak and balls tend to hit the net. I have a pretty prominent wrist lag, but not sure what’s going on. Any tips?
Do you use a western grip? Also do you have any videos on being able to hit high bounce balls? I’m a short player and I always make bad hits because of higher bounces.
Hi Nick, when starts the acceleration in the backswing? Is it when the elbow starts straightening or a Little bit later when the top of the racket is dropping in the backswing?
Whenever I am trying to hit inside out forhand I am musing a top spin.. It is more flat shot even though I am trying to topspin it. Do you think you could or you already made a video about this?
One thing I dont think ive seen in your vids yet, is where i look when hitting a forehand. Im an interrmediate beginner. Currrently i've done what comes natural to me - follow the ball and as it gets closer to me and begin to look where its meant to go before i make contact. Should i be watching the ball the whole way onto the racquet? I often hit the rim of the racquet. Im sure in time i will improve but would like to know if i should try follow the ball for longer or if that will create a bad habit.
I hit eastern forehand grip and have a take back like Lendl. I am only 170 cm tall. How do I handle high bouncing topspin balls? How do I get most topspin out of my grip?
I just started playing tennis and I think I use more of my wrist than my forearm and following through with the swing which led to my wrist hurting. My own fault but I’m hoping it will go away after this video.
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One of my favourite forehand tutorial. Few key points, easy to remember and zero hyper complicated informations that are useless for a beginner. I keep coming on this video to refresh fundamentals. Thanks for the excellent work coach.
00:37 1) First thing u do after u notice where the ball is going is TURN SHOULDERS ALL THE WAY (both shoulders, non dominant hand )
01:27 2) SET UP YOUR BODY PERFECTLY:
-open stance facing the net (or even semi-open stance with right foot a little bit behind of the left foot)
-racket head up (tip can be even higher than ur head, angle is a bit vertical with the head tipped towards the side fence)
-non dominant hand is supporting the racket on the racket's triangle with it's elbow up & away from body. Non dominant shoulder should feel stretched.
-elbow of the dominant hand should be away from the body , a bit elevated like ur nudging someone ,
-forearm roughly parallel to the ground
-elbow pointing straight back to the back fence
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3) SWING
02:15 -separate non dominant hand from the racket for eg. when the ball is about to bounce (the goal here is u want to separate LATE bc if u separate too soon ,the swing will not be fluid & u can not focus on what matters - contact point with the ball)
TIP: invert ur non dominant hand so that the palm is facing away from body. This allows us to use the weight of nondominant hand by keeping elbow up & rotating with the swing, generating more unwind power
03:11 -backswing (aka elbow extension with palm facing down like Federer) - every player does this completely intuitively ... u dont have to worry about ur backswing! WOW !!!!
05:52 -it is absolutely necessarily to focus so that the contact point is in front of the body.
contact point on every type of modern forehand is with the dominant shoulder in front! the modern forehand has a lot of upper body rotation. compared to the classic forehand!
-what u do have to worry is that ur wrist is loose. Being loose , it automatically gets into a locked position=fully extended wrist. This is a very stable position, yet wrist is loose.
you do not want to intentionally lay back the wrist before the swing.... it gets automatically into extension when u swing ... because it is loose it flips into the locked position.
at contact point u want the stable wrist! Note for me: for me personally ,not having the fully relaxed & fully extended wrist causes the face of the racket to open up (ball goes up&out)
06:19 -after contact, dont hit in front trough the ball (bc u dont want to disconect the ball from the body's core rotation)
07:15 -the swing should be across ... when the elbow passes ur trunk ,start to USE that forearm muscle and make it big&fat like federer's (if ur weak muscle then move ur grip uper on handle)
we keep the ball longer on our strings resulting more "feel" (we control and feel the tip of the racket)
we keep strings positioned towards the target for as long as possible resulting more "control"
we keep the racket connected to our core rotation & rotate forearm (use forearm muscle ,NOT WRIST) resulting more "top spin & power added after contact"
TIP: place ur grip with index finger a bit spread ... so u can use the forearm muscle more intensely!
Next is a quote from your video entitled "Hit Through The Ball? - Part 1 - The Forehand"
The confusion is that there are some players who have extension throughout the entirety of their stroke. Players such as Federer Nadal etc will extend the arm upon the racquet drop and now the arm will be straight at contact and then will remain straight.
However, the majority of players worldwide play the forehand with a bent arm in the preparation phase, at contact and on the finish. In other words you will never see somebody like a Djokovic make contact with the bent arm and then continue to extend forward ,it simply will not happen. He's gonna start bent , he's gonna remain bent through the entirety of the shot.
Hey Nic! Your videos are the best. You articulate the intricacies of tennis so well. I'm looking forward to more lessons.
Love your videos and tip! I have been trying to fix my forehand for many many years and have not succeed until I saw your video. I feel for confident now and looking forward to practice more. Thank so much!!
Helpful and easy to follow basic tennis instructional video by a professional. Slow motion to emphasize proper technique is useful. Seen other videos and this is by far my preferred instructor - it is simply an excellent tennis class and not a "show" to attract viewers. Thank you.
sfbusinessfinancing, thank you 💪💪
Thanks to you Niko, I’m finding that I’ve been doing everything wrong in the last 30 years. But it’s a good thing. As I’m watching you and listening to you, I’m watching myself go through the motion mentally and spot where my mistakes are. For me, it’s a great way to re-learn everything ..... correctly! 👏. You’re knowledge and explanations make so much sense. Thank you!!🙏🙏
Thank you 🙏
Same here. He has me moving around more and defending contact points, etc. i want to move slowly and hit hard….
REALLY well done - I hope I can translate this into a solid forehand this summer!!
After separation and you rotate your core, the racquet lags behind and drops on it own assuming that you’re relaxed during that phase.
What no other online coach I’ve seen talks about us the dominant shoulder being slightly in front of the non-dominant one at contact. Contact therefore has to be made out in front unless you’re late and in that case it would feel unnatural and probably not feel too great.
I found that tip about the shoulder alignment to be of great help - thanks !
Definitely one of the best forehand explanation ever well done from start to the end, well done
Jovan, thank you
Backswing part of this coverage is exceptional, Nik 👍😊
Omar, Thanks my friend
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One year ago I started play tennis and watch all of your beginner videos and the shape of my FH is what it is because of you and your progression drills. Thank you very much from Brazil!
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Great video, Nik.
A few questions about forehand.
1. What part of the body does initiate backswing rotation? Looks like non-dominant hand, correct?
2. What part of the body does initiate forward rotation: knee, core, or non-dominant hand?
3. I see from videos of most pro players when they separate hands they spread fingers of non-dominant hand keeping tension in non-dominant hand. Why they do so?
Curious-Tell-me-more Please The feat initiate all the strokes. Lower body far more important than upper body
@@IntuitiveTennis What initiate the forward swing: feet, knee, torso, or non-dominant hand?
I have seen and heard different points of view. What's your view on the issue?
@@IntuitiveTennis Thanks, Nikk.
Will try next time!
good stuff, I like hitting flat forehands hard, your video on that was excellent too, when I did try this form I got a sore wrist as it does look like the windshield wiper form at contact, I did make good shots using this form when I executed properly but 55 years old, playing a lot in Florida puts a lot of stress on wrists, but I will use your advice on the flat forehand as at times I swing forward too much, my wrists also get sore on the tap the dog backswing too swinging with a semi closed racket face, so my execution needs to be spot on with my eastern grip forehand
Thanks man! I've been watching your videos lately and their top quality. I love you are a geek of the technique.
Haha thank you Armando, I am a geek for technique 🤓
Great video. Sounds like Oscar Wegner's Modern Tennis Methodology
Nick, where you really hit the nail on the head is hitting hitting across the ball, not through it. That's a unique and useful teaching tip. Also, the separate timing of the initial turn while moving to the ball, from the complete unit turn to initiate the proper timing and flow of the swing.
I think two problems with the typical recreational forehand is the lack of elbow separation from the body and the lack of arm and elbow extension on the backswing. If you examine all the best pro forehands, the players move the racquet upward on the backswing, separating the elbow from the body, then extend the arm, straightening the elbow (not locking it straight out), as they drop the racquet slightly below the ball and swinging slightly upward and across the ball, not through the ball, as you so correctly describe. The elbow separation from the body and elbow extension prevents short-arming the ball. With the elbow in toward the body and the arm too much bent, there is no leverage into the shot and this kills power. Also, a low backswing can cause players to swing too much upward on the ball and too often to hit it long. The elbow separation and arm extension creates a natural leverage through the shoulder, down the arm, and to the racquet, giving power. The arm extension also creates a natural lag of the wrist as the arm moves forward, adding to the whipping forward motion for more power. Watch slo-mo videos of pro forehands and you'll see what I mean. High backswing with elbow separation, arm/elbow extension, forward motion causing leverage through the shoulder, wrist lag and whip across the ball.
Thanks James, you make some important points
Thank you for the way the footwork is to start. I heard all top player hit contact at 45 angle to the net. This way you have shoulder quickly to hit both shot cross court or down the line
Amazing video - this video has improved my forehand a lot. I am more aware of my shoulders and rotation and realized how this is key for a consistent and powerful forehand.
Take care!
advice on minute 7:20is was mind-blowing to me! A new whole world has opened up!
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Tremendously helpful Nik, not a word wasted in this forehand tutorial. Thank you. Gordon
ripleygordon, I appreciate it, thank you 🙏
Nick, thank you so much for this video!! I have being struggling with my forehead lately. This is my to go forehand sequence!!
Natachi, good luck finding your forehand again. It will come back.
Be patient
Hi Niko. My coach taught me to follow through the ball and continue the swing forward. And when I see the pros, that's what they do. Lok at Federer, his arm continues forward with the natural momentum of the movement.
This is an old video. Do you still teach it this way? I searched for your forehand lesson because your on-handed backhand lesson was perfect!
Thank you!
Check my forehand playlist and yes this video is consistent with my teaching methodology
easy instructional video. Thank you Nik
Camad, 🙏
Thank you for an excellent video. You break it down beautifully.
Michael, thank you
Thank you Nick. Really good explanation.
You are such a nice coach!
Thank you
i wish i had this video 5-10 years ago! :)
Never too late to improve LaBamba
@@IntuitiveTennis b..but i could've been improving much earlier! thanks for the great lessons Nik.
The best coach ever. 🙏🙏
Great coaching Nik!
Thanks Ronnie
Finally a thorough explanation
Always enjoy your video, particularly the natural bent to it. If I might add a view on 'why hitting across and not forward' as you said? The power and balance comes from balance from the feet, the last thing that moves is the racquet. The racquet is merely following the natural circular motion of the body. At the contact point though, the energy is going 'forward' through the ball, but like a dancer on stage, balance is maintained and the arm follows the structure of the bodies circular movement, around.
thanks for your great perspective on tennis.
To be honest just the clearest coach on the internet. Love all videos
Thanks for tip coach
Great video Nick👍👏👏
Thank you Alexander 🙏
Just got to your channel, will use it today with my partner Mr wall
Awesome advice when we hit across the ball ,more connected to our body more controll more power!
Thanks
You are the best
Thank you Justin
I was struggling with my forehand for some part of last year, and these were the tips that helped me! Great video!
Tennis Sisters, glad the video was helpful
A wonderful and enlightening tennis coach. Thanks Nik
Congratulations teacher. very good.
Oldie but goodie. I had a dependable forehand as a beginner but as I advanced I tried to hit like the college or pros forehand. Now I’m all messed up. My forehand is not dependable and I have no confidence. I will practice the tips from this video. Great tip from you to focus on contact and not worry about the take back technique.
🙏🙌
Excellent! Thk you
Excellent video, you really do know what you're talking about!
A great video for you to do would be to talk about footwork preparation as this is one of the most important parts of setting up for the stroke.
Thank you! Yes I have a video already finished about open stance vs closed stance on the forehand specifically. It’ll be up in a couple of weeks.
I decided Folw yor vedio and learn technique tennis forehand
U R Great man
Thx very much Niko
Thank you so much for your videos man! they are the best ive seen in youtube. I have a question, my backswing is very simple and i just take the racquet back like say... blake, kachanov, cuevas, etc. should i focus on changing it? because i have tried to change the backswing but i just get frustrated, its very difficult. As for the rest of what ive learned from you, i improved a lot.---Manuel.
Great video
Great Lesson Coach: But I wish that you recommend a way to perform the back swing. I'll try to experiment hitting across the body with Neutral stance. Thank you again for great lesson.
Thank you! I will go into detail on the forehand backswing in a future video. I have 2 videos planned, on just the forehand backswing.
A truly great video!
YK, thank u 👍
Thanks. Great explanation.
1) I've watched a few of your videos and you definitely have a very good technical knowledge of tennis but I would recommend that you take a peek at a few videos from Feel Tennis Instruction and study his style of instruction briefly. He has a different approach than you but I think it would complement your instruction very nicely to have multiple styles of explaining a shot or tactic. You are very technical, he is well, feel based, and I think mixing in a bit of that would make an awesome addition.
2) On your forehand steps, found a lot of the things helpful but I feel you left out a critical part of the shot. Watching great players you see extension out of the lead leg into the shot. Driving up through the ground into the shot is a staple of professional forehands and something that you should cover (perhaps you have at some point I have not seen all your stuff!).
Take care!
When you say to hit across the ball do you mean from 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock, from 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock, 5 to 11 or what? Great instructions by the way. Thanks!
Clock analogies are confusing. ua-cam.com/video/nyHjMCFuctw/v-deo.html
This was so helpful as a beginner thanks you so much Nick!
My pleasure
Well expained!
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Bravo Care!
Puno hvala 🙏
@@IntuitiveTennis Gledam puno tvojih videa i super su. Puno puta ostali instruktori pokušavaju objasniti tehniku kao da smo svi mi profesionalci ali ti to tako pojednostaviš da je onda jako lako za razumijeti. Samo nastavi tako i dalje pa da se i mi ostali možemo nastaviti razvijati 😀👍
Hvala Dubravko, nastavit cu 💪💪
Helpful because i get a jolt in my shoulder because of the distance from the ball , my contact is either too far or too close and I use shoulder to push the ball. Will do shadow practice at it!!
Hi Nikola, great videos, I've been through many videos, but I can't find definition on 'hitting' the ball. Can you do a video about that? Every body talks about rotation, but my coach says you have to hit with hand. What drives the hand forward, when hip initiation stepis in, is the hip prior the hand (shoulder joint) on not or you should do it all together? what is the proper mindset? the diference between what we think are we doing and what is actualy happening when 'hitting'? Thanks! (p.s. why right shoulder infront of left?)
I dont remenber if i have already asked if you have produced a training series on the forehand topic or if you have in mind to do it in the future. I saw that online you have already produced some regarding the serve volley and overhead topics.
Hi Alessandro, possibly by the fall. Next one will be on the forehand...
@@IntuitiveTennis glad to know i will wait for it
good stuff !!
Thank you for watching!
Nick
What about the legs? Besides using legs to be at the right place on the court, and hitting the ball at the comfortable height by bending the knees, do leg play the role in generating power?
Indirectly yes.
Hello! I have seen a lot of your videos. I saw that in the serve you teach to hit the ball not at its peak, but when it is slightly coming down.
In the groundstrokes, forehand and backhand, and also slice if you want, the best tip is to hit it at its maximum height when its coming up or to let it come down a little bit too? I know that if the ball is too high you have to let it come down a little bit, but in the normal balls, the way to do it is hitting it in its maximum height or letting the ball coming down a little bit?
Thank you for all the videos you upload!
what I was taught is to hit the ball at whatever height it is when it reaches you at the baseline. If you move forward or back to meet the ball you're just wasting steps and are more likely to be late or rushed. Of course if the ball is very short then you have to move in!
Best tennis coach on UA-cam.
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Its so helpful for me😍 thanks🌹
extraordinaria explicacion de como se debe pegar la derecha...felicidades.....
Wow, 3 years ago before ballroom dance lessons. A completely different Nik! =)
You are not letting the racquet head “go” at the contact point as Tomaz from FT would say it. That’s what I had noticed and there’s not much coiling happening either. But great explanation on the contact point.
Letting the racquet head go as you say is not what happens on high level forehands (look at slowmo of pros). The wrist is stable and passive at contact. And from a teaching standpoint a student should never think to let the racquet head go. Control is of the upmost importance in tennis and letting the racquethead go, relaxing and hitting thru are some of the major contributors to errors at the rec level. As far as coiling: Coiling or the unit turn is not a manufactured process, but rather a byproduct of the player holding the racquet with both hands and moving in the direction of the intended shot. The pros do not know what coiling or the unit turn is and have never heard of this term. This is a completely intuitive process.
Thanks! what is acceptable most arm/elbow extension after FH, how far in front of you face your wrist might go on the strong shot ? in this video it's very mild/kind of short. My coach made me special drill for this extension. Tx
Can you add some more details on how to hit the ball flat with a semiwestern forehand grip?
The great American tennis player Chris Evert, did she hit across the ball or did she hit through it?
How about John Mcenroe and Jimmy Connors? Did they hit across the ball or through it?
I just feel that if you place too much emphasis on only hitting across the ball it will make your forehand sit up too much with not enough depth or penetration. I also believe this can be the case when you are working with beginners and even intermediate players.
great coach👏🏻
Excellent content. Ty
wait a sec the last part to finnish across?? what is the physics about it? my coach tought me exactly the other thing you told not to do to extend my arm more foreward and that way i get better control. it did not feel that good to me but it looked like it gives results.now i am totaly confused.....across happens naturaly because hand is attached so has to go back to the body:) greetings from croatia
Intuitive Tennis hvala puno na odgovoru:)....mozda to onda i radim ispravno.uglavnom u tenisu ima dosta savjeta koji zvuce kontradiktorno.moj trener je upravo pokazao sto ste vi rekli da se ne radi;) svidja mi se dio sa ritmom koji sam krivo radila i to sam sama shvatila a jako je bitno da se reket ne otvara prerano i onda zaustavlja na pola puta
hrabmv, Jako je važno da se reket ne zaustavlja na pola puta i to se često događa kada igrači pokušavaju udarati kroz loptu!!
Hello! It is a great video! My mistake most common is that I don´t measure well my distance to the ball. And many times I hit the ball too close to the body and I need to correct with my wrist. Is there any excercise I can do to correct this problem? Thanks a lot!
Intensity and ball recognition ua-cam.com/video/i4DnhbW93Tw/v-deo.html
Hi Nick, for a player who is starting playing tennis, do they need to learn the backswing first or should they just focus on the contact as indicated in the video?
As a beginner skip the backswing
@@IntuitiveTennis Thank you very much. Your video is very helpful and your response is also timely. I really appreciate it.
Excellent. But.. And the feet? Which foot should be forward? Which foot should bear the weight when hitting?
How the left hand should be: soft or stiff ?
In between
I noticed that you don’t bring your racket strings to face the ground at the beginning of your forward swing, which is something that the pros you mentioned do by ‘dropping’ the racket. You obviously have a great forehand, but because I have the same motion as you, I want to ask if one should ideally drop the racket and if there are advantages to it? Or is it just one of the things one can’t really control or consciously decide to do? Thanks for the great videos they’re an enormous help
This is good for hitting forehand at knee to waist height. What technique is use to hit a forehand at chest height
how do you adjust you're stroke path if you need depth or less depth on the shot ?
Before quarantine, my forehand was smooth and felt great, but now my forehand is almost rolling over after hitting. The racquet feels like it is out of control after I hit the ball, and my racquet changes grips when I finish. I’m hitting very weak and balls tend to hit the net. I have a pretty prominent wrist lag, but not sure what’s going on. Any tips?
Dear Sir, Namaste please upload forehand shots in slow motion and fast .........please Sir
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wow great video!!
Karla Holt thanks Karla
I wish you were my tennis coach. Do you still give lessons and if so, how much and where?
How bent is your elbow supposed to be when you swing/during contact?
Hi Nick, what about split step? Isn't this the first thing you do?
very good!
Thank you
i work with Alek who was at uni with you,do you know Alek?
Mitric
Don’t know him
Great tutorial! Does it apply to all grips, from continental to full western?
Yes
Do you use a western grip? Also do you have any videos on being able to hit high bounce balls? I’m a short player and I always make bad hits because of higher bounces.
Hi Nick, when starts the acceleration in the backswing? Is it when the elbow starts straightening or a Little bit later when the top of the racket is dropping in the backswing?
Whenever I am trying to hit inside out forhand I am musing a top spin.. It is more flat shot even though I am trying to topspin it. Do you think you could or you already made a video about this?
Sure
One thing I dont think ive seen in your vids yet, is where i look when hitting a forehand. Im an interrmediate beginner. Currrently i've done what comes natural to me - follow the ball and as it gets closer to me and begin to look where its meant to go before i make contact. Should i be watching the ball the whole way onto the racquet? I often hit the rim of the racquet. Im sure in time i will improve but would like to know if i should try follow the ball for longer or if that will create a bad habit.
Never mind! I just found your vid on this very topic!
But I am often told that I am not taking the racket back far enough. Or maybe I am preparing too late?
Why are the lights turned outwards?
Hurricane
@@IntuitiveTennis OMG wow. I guess they are made to do that so they don't come crashing down.
Ur personality is so diff now . U r like a robot here and nervous . Now ur more natural relaxed and funnier
I hit eastern forehand grip and have a take back like Lendl. I am only 170 cm tall. How do I handle high bouncing topspin balls? How do I get most topspin out of my grip?
High bounce 👉 ua-cam.com/video/Q_K8WAImaNg/v-deo.html
Topspin grips 👉 ua-cam.com/video/gB6gfBb767o/v-deo.html
@@IntuitiveTennis thank you coach these tips are very helpful!
Yikes. I don’t get “feel”. Sure if I have gut mains it feels differently. I get touch shots, etc. is it just clean hitting?
i struggle to make contact on sweetspot, spacing with between body and ball, and overhit the ball
I’ll cover that Sanjay
@@IntuitiveTennis thanks for reply sir, I thought u might be having video on making good contact everytime on forehand.
@@sanjaykietme1 try this 👉ua-cam.com/video/LbFEmpfYMhA/v-deo.html
Where do u live ? I like to take lessons from you.
I’m in Palm Beach FL
Nvm, I live in CA
damn. didn't see this earlier.
Would you please elaborate the LIFT factor (in accordance with the ROTATIONAL factor) & the feet’s position of Unit turns? Thanks
I just started playing tennis and I think I use more of my wrist than my forearm and following through with the swing which led to my wrist hurting. My own fault but I’m hoping it will go away after this video.
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Tomorrow is my match... Wish me luck
Good luck