I had a lower back strain and had to take 4 weeks off Jeff when I came back I had lost confidence in my forehand jeff. Watching you learn here and pointing out tips for yourself is so helpful, I will try this and also look to add the technique to drop the racquet into the slot. Thx again
Great humble instruction Jeff. I like that jiggle move you used to get the "feel" for what you wish to accomplish on the forehand. A key for me, when I do that racquet jiggle, is to really feel the racquet head weight. If you grip too tight, you certainly cannot feel the racquet head weight. I think gripping down as low as you can can also be helpful. The 2 best forehands in tennis, Nadal and Fed, almost have the butt of the racquet grip inside their palm as they grip so low on the grip. Warming up gripping the racquet handle with only the 1st 2 fingers and the thumb can be helpful getting a feel also for the desired outcome.
That's a great video. Ernest Gulbis changed his flying eagle forehand. Your forehand even before the change is worldclass. Top 100 in the world....think about that. That's amazing. Most of the world is like 3.5 or less and only 99 dudes ranked higher than you were. We are lucky to have you share with us. Thank you.
Really Enjoyed this video. Hopefully people get what you were trying to explain here. Having a learning strategy is equally as important as knowing what to do in the first place.
Thanks Jeff, I like your explanation of how to hit an optimum forehand. Just curious what elements you focus on when your in a rally and receive return that is inside baseline and service line after you hit a deep return? What are you altering in swing to keep pace adequate, yet still keep ball in court? Seems a fine line between overhitting causing ball to go out and under hitting, where ball sits up for returner?
Would love a current status update video on this - your efforts here have inspired others to take a look and work on it, so an update as to "how it is going" with your change would be appreciated.
important to keep the forearm muscles loose through out take back and focus on the hip rotation at the start of the fwd swing... Tats key to proper lag n snap
I’d like to see a video addressing the serve toss. Many videos illustrate the straight arm at release, the extended arm upward, etc but no video on the “kinetic chain” so to speak What body parts are engaged and in what way to produce a consistent toss? Just like you wouldn’t use just your arm to swing the racquet on a ground stroke, I’m sure the legs and torso are part of the toss as well
What helped me is that on the take-back, I made my non-dom hand hold the racquet LONGER to PLACE the racquet down more horizontally for my hitting hand to take over BEFORE releasing the non-dom hand from the racquet! This also forces a fuller rotational loading of my shoulders before starting the forward stroke. Anyway, just my "solution" for doing this groundstroke re-build.
Do the people on the adjacent courts know that it’s Jeff Salzenstein next to them, or do they just think it’s some dude in his 40’s hopelessly practicing a forehand? I salute Jeff’s straightforwardness about the deficiencies in his game. If I was there, I would have been trying to pick your brain about how to win matches and set up points. Thank you Jeff for putting yourself out there and maintaining a passion for tennis.
On forehands you hit where you dont come off the ground, do you ever struggle with front hip soreness on your right hip, I am a lefty too and after working on starting my swing with hips for better hip shoulder separation I am hitting a much more powerful forehand but because I am 60 and dont jump I believe my front foot on the ground even facing forward causes right front hip pain.
Don’t worry about parallel. If you drop the racquet and get full elbow extension as or while you are beginning to swing forward you’ll get the full lag and snap effect for that amount of racquet drop. Flexing or extending the wrist to try to get the racquet parallel has very little effect. The real question is have you since managed to incorporate it into your hitting and into matches? It has to be hard as a teaching pro because it isn’t the swing you want to use for feeding.
Hi. What about the wrist? It seems Tiafo and Kachinov have a really lax wrist and opposite from the way your wrist seems to be. Your right hand, have you thought about pointing the right palm toward the contact point? Lastly Sinner doesn’t seem to have much time in the slot at all when he cranks one Thanks for all you do and good luck with your new FH.
For older players, it may be difficult to have enough racquet speed even with a good hip turn in such a short distance. For myself, 45 degrees with the baseline works better.
You’re basically just doing tap the dog my man. When we’re older it’s hard to change things up. You’re old forehand is like mine now and looks fine IMO. Also tried the tap the dog and it was a challenge being consistent
Of course his old forehand was fine, he was top 100 in the world! But the whole point in the video is to explain the process of how to learn and modify technique - focus one or 2 key things that you need to address, then work on it.
I love your content in general and admire your drive to improve. But honestly I feel like this is such an amateur mindset. We all try to model the pros and tinker constantly with our technique. But honestly if you have a top 100 forehand, you have nothing to change or improve. This type of messing with something that is top in the world can only lead to bad things. We amateurs can have something good that is consistent and working, but then we do stuff like this and really mess ourselves up.
Hope you hit 100k real soon. I learnt a ton from your video. Thank you very much
I had a lower back strain and had to take 4 weeks off Jeff when I came back I had lost confidence in my forehand jeff. Watching you learn here and pointing out tips for yourself is so helpful, I will try this and also look to add the technique to drop the racquet into the slot. Thx again
You're welcome! Thank you for watching. Glad you're back on the court!
Great humble instruction Jeff. I like that jiggle move you used to get the "feel" for what you wish to accomplish on the forehand. A key for me, when I do that racquet jiggle, is to really feel the racquet head weight. If you grip too tight, you certainly cannot feel the racquet head weight. I think gripping down as low as you can can also be helpful. The 2 best forehands in tennis, Nadal and Fed, almost have the butt of the racquet grip inside their palm as they grip so low on the grip. Warming up gripping the racquet handle with only the 1st 2 fingers and the thumb can be helpful getting a feel also for the desired outcome.
Thank you Jonathan! Well said and explained, thanks for sharing.
That's a great video. Ernest Gulbis changed his flying eagle forehand. Your forehand even before the change is worldclass. Top 100 in the world....think about that. That's amazing. Most of the world is like 3.5 or less and only 99 dudes ranked higher than you were. We are lucky to have you share with us. Thank you.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
Great to see you continually challenging yourself Jeff, thank you for this.
Thanks, appreciate your valuable feedback! Always seeking to get better ;)
very helpful and thank you
You’re welcome! Glad to help.
Really Enjoyed this video. Hopefully people get what you were trying to explain here. Having a learning strategy is equally as important as knowing what to do in the first place.
I hope some folks get it too:)
@@TennisEvolution Great to see two super coaches interacting amicably! Thx guys!
@@Johnstage You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
this is what I am looking for I will try this tips
Thanks
You’re welcome! Glad to help.
Great instruction Jeff. And emphasizes the need for people to video and review.
Thank you, appreciate your nice comment!
Thanks Jeff, I like your explanation of how to hit an optimum forehand. Just curious what elements you focus on when your in a rally and receive return that is inside baseline and service line after you hit a deep return? What are you altering in swing to keep pace adequate, yet still keep ball in court? Seems a fine line between overhitting causing ball to go out and under hitting, where ball sits up for returner?
Great lesson Jeff. Love the breakdown format. Strongly considering getting a Slinger
Thanks! It'll be a great investment, highly suggest it.
Great video. I am working on this concept for the forehand. Have you tried a similar approach for the one handed backhand?
Would love a current status update video on this - your efforts here have inspired others to take a look and work on it, so an update as to "how it is going" with your change would be appreciated.
Thanks for watching Jaco. It is going well so far. Got to trust the process!
important to keep the forearm muscles loose through out take back and focus on the hip rotation at the start of the fwd swing... Tats key to proper lag n snap
Well said!
I’d like to see a video addressing the serve toss. Many videos illustrate the straight arm at release, the extended arm upward, etc but no video on the “kinetic chain” so to speak
What body parts are engaged and in what way to produce a consistent toss? Just like you wouldn’t use just your arm to swing the racquet on a ground stroke, I’m sure the legs and torso are part of the toss as well
Thanks for watching. Check out these two lessons I did on the toss
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ua-cam.com/video/uCb_8zrhcy0/v-deo.html
Great video ..Jeff
Thanks!
What helped me is that on the take-back, I made my non-dom hand hold the racquet LONGER to PLACE the racquet down more horizontally for my hitting hand to take over BEFORE releasing the non-dom hand from the racquet! This also forces a fuller rotational loading of my shoulders before starting the forward stroke. Anyway, just my "solution" for doing this groundstroke re-build.
I like that!
Great video, could you do something similar also for two-handed backhand?
Thank you! Check out this lesson
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Nice!
Thanks!
Can you recommend a hitting “intention” that would cause the correct racquet drop vs trying to hit certain positions in the swing?
Do the people on the adjacent courts know that it’s Jeff Salzenstein next to them, or do they just think it’s some dude in his 40’s hopelessly practicing a forehand?
I salute Jeff’s straightforwardness about the deficiencies in his game. If I was there, I would have been trying to pick your brain about how to win matches and set up points.
Thank you Jeff for putting yourself out there and maintaining a passion for tennis.
On forehands you hit where you dont come off the ground, do you ever struggle with front hip soreness on your right hip, I am a lefty too and after working on starting my swing with hips for better hip shoulder separation I am hitting a much more powerful forehand but because I am 60 and dont jump I believe my front foot on the ground even facing forward causes right front hip pain.
Don’t worry about parallel. If you drop the racquet and get full elbow extension as or while you are beginning to swing forward you’ll get the full lag and snap effect for that amount of racquet drop. Flexing or extending the wrist to try to get the racquet parallel has very little effect. The real question is have you since managed to incorporate it into your hitting and into matches? It has to be hard as a teaching pro because it isn’t the swing you want to use for feeding.
Hi.
What about the wrist? It seems Tiafo and Kachinov have a really lax wrist and opposite from the way your wrist seems to be. Your right hand, have you thought about pointing the right palm toward the contact point?
Lastly Sinner doesn’t seem to have much time in the slot at all when he cranks one
Thanks for all you do and good luck with your new FH.
Jeff, I’m a solid 4.0 player age 62. Please discuss cost/benefit for someone like me who is considering teaching myself this new forehand technique.
I think it depends on where you are at with Your forehand. Your current technique including grip. How tour body works and how much time you practice
Dear Jeff, which grip you use for forehand
Hi , thanks for watching. I use a semi-western forehand grip.
For older players, it may be difficult to have enough racquet speed even with a good hip turn in such a short distance. For myself, 45 degrees with the baseline works better.
Thanks for sharing John, appreciate your opinion.
You’re basically just doing tap the dog my man. When we’re older it’s hard to change things up. You’re old forehand is like mine now and looks fine IMO. Also tried the tap the dog and it was a challenge being consistent
Tap the dog creates a pause and a disjointed feeling. That’s why I am describing it This way
Of course his old forehand was fine, he was top 100 in the world! But the whole point in the video is to explain the process of how to learn and modify technique - focus one or 2 key things that you need to address, then work on it.
@@TennisHacker spot on! Looking forward to collaborating!
I love your content in general and admire your drive to improve. But honestly I feel like this is such an amateur mindset. We all try to model the pros and tinker constantly with our technique. But honestly if you have a top 100 forehand, you have nothing to change or improve. This type of messing with something that is top in the world can only lead to bad things. We amateurs can have something good that is consistent and working, but then we do stuff like this and really mess ourselves up.
tight ones look - late.
So the Tennis Forehand Solution is no longer relevant?
It’s always relevant. I like tho give different options. Not everyone can fit into one style
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