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I started to notice not so long ago these 3 things to improve my forehand. Hitting the ball a bit in front of you, hitting when the ball it's on its highest point and doing the full swing. Instant improvement. So watching this vid now is great to know there is a reason for it 🙂
Don't let the ball in your house is so brilliant. We can all hear our old coaches in our head saying "don't crowd yourself" or "hit the ball in front of you" or "you are late, prepare earlier"... This one thought point takes care of all of those in a more simple manner. Really smart. Thank you for your thoughtful content!
I love the image of not letting the ball into your house, especially since I tend to try to hit with the ball too close to me. You're great and so generous.
Anything you post is gold bro. Whether it's new things that we may not know before, things we know already but you give it a little twist and perspective, or things that we already know and you're reinforcing it... they're all very useful. Thank you, keep up the wonderful work!
Another amazing video Karue! Very informative and it's always great seeing how other coaches coach and perceive things, great insight for other coaches as well!
This is the kind of stuff I need - the mindset when hitting the ball. I like a video on how hard you feel like you’re swinging, when in the stroke do you feel you are putting in the most energy, how you get your racket to follow through and not stop (things like that).
The bit about *"entering" and "exiting"" the contact zone* is so good! Never heard that before, I think it has the potential to REALLY help me make good contact! Liked, subscribed, and commented - the least I could do for all your help - JD, Montreal
Great advice offered here, for certain! My frustration today was that my rally ball all week was peaking and gaining strength. However, in games today, I was hitting balls into the net. My takeaway is to get more game time in during the week too. Maybe I'll start rally ball with serves. Thanks much for your valuable knowledge!
Hey Karue...for me, this vid combined with your recent 90%/10% rule has really helped me to play my best tennis on my tennis journey...thank you!!...Walter's advice of protecting your house, the ball will dictate your shot and problem solving and learning thru entry and exit is a simple concept I can always take to the courts...I bought more apparel from TW this week with your link to support MTHQ...keep up great work...thanks again.
this is a great video. not many videos talk about this, but I've always focused on this as well. main difference between our game and golf is exactly this point. ball is not stationary so each shot is different. what we want to do is get into the right position so that we can make it as close as possible to that ideal contact point position so that it is like a stationary ball.
Great stuff. I think that this is a really good topic which is often overlooked in comparison with "technique". I look forward to seeing more keep it up!
These are the absolute best videos from you guys. Karue your instructional videos are so great. My favorite on youtube for sure. I finally have a BH thanks to you!
As usual..absolute gold Karue (and Walter)! Love the format: in depth breakdowns with super memorable nuggets of wisdom. Consistent forward contact point is so fundamental. Now I will always try to tell myself not to let the bomb enter my house!
I wish you all the best with the channel. You and Intuitive Tennis really share so much good information for free it is incredible! You improved me a lot:) Thank you, stay healthy and good luck at the AO! All best!
I like what you say about focusing on what's in front moreso than what's behind you. Thinking about behind technique to much can cause paralysis by analysis. I'm taking your advice and concentrating on how my stroke is entering/exiting contact zone. Focusing more on things in front like; speed of incoming ball, direction, spin, depth, height, bounce, spacing etc... Thanks coach. 👍😊
Good, solid points, Karue. I think that the most important thing you said was towards the end of the video: learn how to distinguish what you are doing right and what you are doing wrong. Obviously, you can't always have a coach on the court with you so you need to develop the ability to self-diagnose and self-correct.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Karue, you are on to something. You have a that special something that makes it easy to listen to you, some might say, humility. I love the instructional videos. But I really love the various drills you bring to the table to help make learning tennis fun. Thank you, so much for your efforts. It's really appreciated.
Great video! You’ve been very upfront and honest about the skills necessary to play tennis at a higher standard. Most people simply don’t have the time or skills to hit the ball at an advanced level. But they can improve by addressing core contact and movement fundamentals. How important is wrist extension/layback in your forehand? Does it create lag in your opinion?
Great point about focussing on what's happening in front. If I stop to think about my take-back, my shot is never as good as when I focus on the ball and where I want it to go. The take-back takes care of itself.
For any video showing two different angels of stroke, it worth a thumb up. To have a better mindset of making contac in front of body, taking a open stance and anchor more on right foot is a good tip, because u are almost parellel to the baseline.
Thanks for this. I am not a coach but I have used your videos (and Brian Daubuls) to coach my wife, a beginner, into hitting a very good consistent forehand.
I'm going to show this video to my students. This is holy grail type of info for achieving consistency. Shout out to Walter for the analogy. I know ya'll were trying to be sensitive to those experiencing harsh realities. Just a classy effort man.
Thanks Karue. Your videos have helped a lot. The "nothing ball" ball videos especially. I play club/rec level matches, and your information and drills help me really exceed in winning. Chhers
I love this format! Not only as a player, but as a coach it gives me new perspectives and ideas how to explain/work on this specific topic! Loved the bomb/house metaphor! Keep up the great work man, love it! :)
I'm really enjoying this new style of tennis channel format and content. I see a lot of open stance forehands here, when we have time to setup, when do we decide between closed or open stance forehand?
Great video and the format is nice! One suggestion: it’s useful to think about entering and exiting the “strike zone”. When talking about the point of contact, people usually have the idea of a point in space. Actually, what contributes to a clean contact is the smooth movement of the racket through the entire strike zone and what is key is the acceleration of the racket head from the start through the end of the strike zone. Thanks for idea of addressing the topic of clean contact with the ball; producing quality strokes is actually the essence of the game of tennis, in my opinion. Keep up the good work!
Awesome video, really enjoying it and then watching how the pros replicate during the Aussie open. One question though, how much tension do you suggest both in the wrist and hand before, during and after contact? Thanks
I like the house analogy - great for kids learning the game. I also like a “box” analogy. Pretend there is a box in front of you to help visualise your contact zone. How does racquet enter the box and exit the box. Walter is great too!
Watched this video for the third time in 48hrs. Can you give me some advice on how to avoid racket face open at contact? I’ve been struggling with this problem. Thanks 🙏🙏🙏🎾❤️
Great video! I have a tendency to miss hit the forehand so much it’s quite annoying... 😅 I hit w a more extreme semi western grip lots of topspin (maybe too much)... but I desperately need to improve my cleaner consistent contact, then my game would improve a ton..
It's sad that I hit 'like' immediately then watch the video and am not able to hit 'like' again! I struggle with my contact point and my racquet entering the same it's been a long work in progress, thank you for this video.
Thanks for the awesome content as always! I have a doubt regarding the clean contact... I use an esastern- semi western grip to hit my forehand, the thing is that I sometimes feel more confortable going more in the eastern side and when the aceleration or intensity of the hitting goes up, I tend to go more on the semi western side, is this something that happens to you guys or I have to stick to the exactly same grip always to escalate my level?
Really good. When covid is in the past you should do workshop in London, i'll sign up. More on single handed backhand and first step for returns... Great!!!!
Simple guide, simple approach, hard to get. Just focus “in front” and adapt synchro. Very important to recognize the incoming ball, right? Can you bring me some exercises so that my brain can better recognize incoming balls to my backhand? I think that's my problem. Thanks Karüe! 💪🎾
Thank you for another excellent video! Sorry if I missed it in another video but what about racket angle at contact? It looks like you use a semi-western forehand grip which appears to gives your racket a slight tilt ( / ) at contact but it's very hard to see even in slow motion.
Man you got it right. Honestly everybody else on the internet should leave and let you have the whole thing to yourself. There would be far better players today and tomorrow out here. Thank you so much bravo bravo
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I ordered strings and racket
Man, this video is close to perfection! The format is excellent. Keep doing these videos! Amateurs like me are really grateful
Thanks for the feedback! Will keep doing videos like this for sure
@@MyTennisHQ Beautiful location. Where is this court?
Walter's concept of not letting the ball enter your house is a great way of visualizing this. Thanks for your hard work in making these videos!
You are welcome!
I’m watching a coach that’s having his coach explain what his old coach told to him
Inception. You'll remember everything we said 😂
True 😂
Great video. We always have things that we learned from our coachs, and why not have them in the videos and explain to your viewers. I love it!
Lmao😂
I started to notice not so long ago these 3 things to improve my forehand. Hitting the ball a bit in front of you, hitting when the ball it's on its highest point and doing the full swing. Instant improvement. So watching this vid now is great to know there is a reason for it 🙂
Don't let the ball in your house is so brilliant. We can all hear our old coaches in our head saying "don't crowd yourself" or "hit the ball in front of you" or "you are late, prepare earlier"... This one thought point takes care of all of those in a more simple manner. Really smart.
Thank you for your thoughtful content!
Solid advice. It always comes back to the ball.
I love the image of not letting the ball into your house, especially since I tend to try to hit with the ball too close to me. You're great and so generous.
Awesome staff! Great format! Thank you! Gonna keep on watching you!
Anything you post is gold bro. Whether it's new things that we may not know before, things we know already but you give it a little twist and perspective, or things that we already know and you're reinforcing it... they're all very useful. Thank you, keep up the wonderful work!
Another amazing video Karue! Very informative and it's always great seeing how other coaches coach and perceive things, great insight for other coaches as well!
This is the kind of stuff I need - the mindset when hitting the ball. I like a video on how hard you feel like you’re swinging, when in the stroke do you feel you are putting in the most energy, how you get your racket to follow through and not stop (things like that).
Yes love these instructional video's! Welcome to the channel Walter!
Excellent coach and your words on entering and exiting are golden!
Enjoying the format. Thanks for sharing your experience and insights...
Hidden GEM of the video. Very helpful. Thanks, Karue!
The bit about *"entering" and "exiting"" the contact zone* is so good! Never heard that before, I think it has the potential to REALLY help me make good contact!
Liked, subscribed, and commented - the least I could do for all your help - JD, Montreal
This guy has one of the smoothest, most effortless swings I have ever seen. Wow.
Thank you so much!!! The best tennis lessons I have ever seen!!! 😍😍😍
Great video as usually. Good to catch Walter on screen. He is a great guy!
Great advice offered here, for certain! My frustration today was that my rally ball all week was peaking and gaining strength. However, in games today, I was hitting balls into the net. My takeaway is to get more game time in during the week too. Maybe I'll start rally ball with serves. Thanks much for your valuable knowledge!
Hey Karue...for me, this vid combined with your recent 90%/10% rule has really helped me to play my best tennis on my tennis journey...thank you!!...Walter's advice of protecting your house, the ball will dictate your shot and problem solving and learning thru entry and exit is a simple concept I can always take to the courts...I bought more apparel from TW this week with your link to support MTHQ...keep up great work...thanks again.
Great video and instructions on tennis fundamentals. Love all your lessons.
this is a great video. not many videos talk about this, but I've always focused on this as well. main difference between our game and golf is exactly this point. ball is not stationary so each shot is different. what we want to do is get into the right position so that we can make it as close as possible to that ideal contact point position so that it is like a stationary ball.
Great stuff. I think that this is a really good topic which is often overlooked in comparison with "technique". I look forward to seeing more keep it up!
These are the absolute best videos from you guys. Karue your instructional videos are so great. My favorite on youtube for sure. I finally have a BH thanks to you!
Thank you! I'm glad to hear you are improving your backhand!!
Thank you !!! Your videos are great and helpful to me.
yayyyyy, I'm loving the constant content
The ball is a bomb...keep it out your house. Genius!!! Im gonna use it, thank you both! 🙏
Excellent. Will take your practice ideas to my next practice with pleasure....Thanks for inviting us into the pro world.
I love the tongue sticking out in the slo-mo! It really is the true sign of talent.
Thanks Karue. You are awesome, dude! Your videos are a perfect compliment to my tennis training. No bombs in this house! :)
Amazing useful tips and coaching...thank you guys
Outstanding content Karue !!!! Love the fundamentals of your forehand 💪. So smooth and effortless.
Thank you!
Another crucial tutorial everyone should know. Thanks
As usual..absolute gold Karue (and Walter)! Love the format: in depth breakdowns with super memorable nuggets of wisdom. Consistent forward contact point is so fundamental. Now I will always try to tell myself not to let the bomb enter my house!
Love to hear it!! Thank you
Great video. Really clear footage and explanations. Thank you!
My favorite tennis channel. So clearly explained. Thank you.
Appreciate the support!
This is amazing and perfect for us. Thank you for sharing and yes more!
Glad you enjoyed it
I wish you all the best with the channel. You and Intuitive Tennis really share so much good information for free it is incredible! You improved me a lot:)
Thank you, stay healthy and good luck at the AO!
All best!
Thank you for the kind words!
I like what you say about focusing on what's in front moreso than what's behind you. Thinking about behind technique to much can cause paralysis by analysis. I'm taking your advice and concentrating on how my stroke is entering/exiting contact zone. Focusing more on things in front like; speed of incoming ball, direction, spin, depth, height, bounce, spacing etc... Thanks coach. 👍😊
I am going to steal paralysis by analysis from you, just FYI lol
Np... It's yours...😁
Good, solid points, Karue. I think that the most important thing you said was towards the end of the video: learn how to distinguish what you are doing right and what you are doing wrong. Obviously, you can't always have a coach on the court with you so you need to develop the ability to self-diagnose and self-correct.
exactly what ive been waiting for! I also gave head lynx tour a try like you recommended and its the only string i use now, its too good
So good huh
Thanks for the great video. Keep up the good work 🎾💪💪
Yes. Yes. Yes. Karue, you are on to something. You have a that special something that makes it easy to listen to you, some might say, humility. I love the instructional videos. But I really love the various drills you bring to the table to help make learning tennis fun. Thank you, so much for your efforts. It's really appreciated.
We definitely want to keep it fun!
I like the calm approach. Really fun and inspiring to follow.
Awesome!
Great video! You’ve been very upfront and honest about the skills necessary to play tennis at a higher standard. Most people simply don’t have the time or skills to hit the ball at an advanced level. But they can improve by addressing core contact and movement fundamentals.
How important is wrist extension/layback in your forehand? Does it create lag in your opinion?
Excellent video. Thanks so much.
Great point about focussing on what's happening in front. If I stop to think about my take-back, my shot is never as good as when I focus on the ball and where I want it to go. The take-back takes care of itself.
Yep we have to focus on what is happening in front of us
Thank you this is phenomenal, good content
For any video showing two different angels of stroke, it worth a thumb up. To have a better mindset of making contac in front of body, taking a open stance and anchor more on right foot is a good tip, because u are almost parellel to the baseline.
Hahab appreciate it
Gracias por tus excelentes explicaciones, y por tu generosidad... saludos desde Paraguay
Excellent! Thank you!
Thanks for this. I am not a coach but I have used your videos (and Brian Daubuls) to coach my wife, a beginner, into hitting a very good consistent forehand.
That is so awesome to hear. Appreciate it
hands down you have the best tennis content! really good refresh from the boring outdated 80s style of old coaches around here
Appreciate the feedback and support! More to come
love this video thank you. so helpful
I'm going to show this video to my students. This is holy grail type of info for achieving consistency. Shout out to Walter for the analogy. I know ya'll were trying to be sensitive to those experiencing harsh realities. Just a classy effort man.
Appreciate the kind words. Happy we could help
Wow! I watched this video twice. But only now do I understand and absorb the concept. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Glad it could help!
Thanks Karue. Your videos have helped a lot. The "nothing ball" ball videos especially. I play club/rec level matches, and your information and drills help me really exceed in winning. Chhers
love to hear it! More lessons coming soon
You've changed my game so much from just watching your videos. Amazing Job!!
thank you!
Really really helpfult! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for this video!
I love this format! Not only as a player, but as a coach it gives me new perspectives and ideas how to explain/work on this specific topic! Loved the bomb/house metaphor! Keep up the great work man, love it! :)
That is awesome to hear! Coaches can be weird about sharing their knowledge but I like to pass along all the things I learn
@@MyTennisHQ love the mentality! Me aswell, i think discussion and exchange is so valuable in teaching in general :-)
Fantastic. Thank you
This is good content. More like this
Hey man, even though you went to the wrong school, I love your channel and make sure that I support your channel!
The intro is 🔥🔥🔥
I'm really enjoying this new style of tennis channel format and content. I see a lot of open stance forehands here, when we have time to setup, when do we decide between closed or open stance forehand?
I love this channel
Great stuff 👏👏👍
Great video and the format is nice! One suggestion: it’s useful to think about entering and exiting the “strike zone”. When talking about the point of contact, people usually have the idea of a point in space. Actually, what contributes to a clean contact is the smooth movement of the racket through the entire strike zone and what is key is the acceleration of the racket head from the start through the end of the strike zone. Thanks for idea of addressing the topic of clean contact with the ball; producing quality strokes is actually the essence of the game of tennis, in my opinion. Keep up the good work!
Appreciate the support! Definitely strike zone is what I should have said hahah 💪🏻
great video dude, thank you
Yooooooo Walter! 💪 great coach
Very honest said! "I am good because I play hours a day for years"
I am big fan of your channel! Good Video like others
Hahah thank you!!
Sir, your video is simply amazing! Thankyou
Thank you!
Awesome video, really enjoying it and then watching how the pros replicate during the Aussie open. One question though, how much tension do you suggest both in the wrist and hand before, during and after contact? Thanks
My Tennis HQ está se tornando o melhor canal de informação sobre tênis na internet. Parabéns Karue!
Muito obrigado!!
thx so much for another excellent video, learned so much
You are welcome!
Great idea to focus on
clear, simple, accurate with effective cues
That's our goal!
I like the house analogy - great for kids learning the game. I also like a “box” analogy. Pretend there is a box in front of you to help visualise your contact zone. How does racquet enter the box and exit the box. Walter is great too!
Sometimes all we need is a simple analogy hahah
Watched this video for the third time in 48hrs. Can you give me some advice on how to avoid racket face open at contact? I’ve been struggling with this problem. Thanks 🙏🙏🙏🎾❤️
Great video! I have a tendency to miss hit the forehand so much it’s quite annoying... 😅
I hit w a more extreme semi western grip lots of topspin (maybe too much)... but I desperately need to improve my cleaner consistent contact, then my game would improve a ton..
Boa Karue!! Nota dez! Podia colocar alguns amistosos, seria massa te ver em ação mais vezes!
It's sad that I hit 'like' immediately then watch the video and am not able to hit 'like' again! I struggle with my contact point and my racquet entering the same it's been a long work in progress, thank you for this video.
Hahah appreciate the support!
Thanks for the awesome content as always! I have a doubt regarding the clean contact... I use an esastern- semi western grip to hit my forehand, the thing is that I sometimes feel more confortable going more in the eastern side and when the aceleration or intensity of the hitting goes up, I tend to go more on the semi western side, is this something that happens to you guys or I have to stick to the exactly same grip always to escalate my level?
Learn how to learn is awesome advice for anything in life
Right? Will preach that more and more
Appreciated the video...
Great video
Wow. perfect video ever
Really good. When covid is in the past you should do workshop in London, i'll sign up.
More on single handed backhand and first step for returns...
Great!!!!
That would be really fun! We are also establishing an online coaching platform at the moment, will announce it soon
@@MyTennisHQ That will be helpful. It may be a good especially if 1-1 can be done through video etc.
Keep this content coming brother!!
Will do
great lesson
Simple guide, simple approach, hard to get.
Just focus “in front” and adapt synchro.
Very important to recognize the incoming ball, right? Can you bring me some exercises so that my brain can better recognize incoming balls to my backhand? I think that's my problem.
Thanks Karüe!
💪🎾
How do you customize your head speed pro? Thanks for the videos, they really help my game 💪🏼🎾
fab bro!! thanks!!
Thank you for another excellent video! Sorry if I missed it in another video but what about racket angle at contact? It looks like you use a semi-western forehand grip which appears to gives your racket a slight tilt ( / ) at contact but it's very hard to see even in slow motion.
how to work your way tto net when playing singles. THis was a good video with a good message. Nobody enters the house!!!
That 👏 at the intro 😂
Man you got it right. Honestly everybody else on the internet should leave and let you have the whole thing to yourself. There would be far better players
today and tomorrow out here.
Thank you so much bravo bravo
Haha appreciate the kind words. But there are lots of good instructions out here. I just want to help you guys find good swing thoughts