PRO-LEVEL FOOTWORK Simplified So You Can BOOST YOUR GAME - 4.5 Now What Lesson!
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
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Footwork doesn’t have to be so scary. In today’s lesson, we simplify it for you. Keep motion in mind and you’ll be moving better in no time!
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Coolest thing about this concept is that it saves a ton of energy because it feels like you are just gliding around instead of sprinting hard and stopping short over and over again. Also it results in a loose and more relaxed hitting technique in the upper body. Amazing video.
Such a power move from Karue to play with his left hand for this segment at 1:24. Still hits cleaner than me though 😬
Love the "Feel vs Real" mentality. Sounds like something out of "Inner game of tennis".
This is one of the best footwork tips I've ever heard and no one else has talked about this before!
If you look at the pro's, they are always in motion and are never stationary whilst the balls in play.
The best example of this is probably Fed as he had the most fluid footwork and movement I've ever seen.
Kudos Karue👍
Exactly the point of the video. High level tennis is played in motion, you are always on the move. Quickest way for an amateur to level up is through moving better and more efficiently
@@MyTennisHQ I couldn't agree more. One of my issues is I set too early and it just blows my timing with the stroke.
Fluid footwork and focusing on a great contact are the easiest to improve fast👍
I tried this in my last hitting. I moved much more fluid and was able to generate effortless power. thanks Karue! 👍
This concept was actually a HUGE revelation when I first got it. This + trying to time the split step makes everything feel slower and you have more time to get to the ball vs if you're stationary between strokes. Love it.
My man Karue about to get some ATP titles!
I think this is one of the best pieces of advice I have ever seen. Almost every club player until 4.5 or maybe a strong 4.0 player has this problem. Being too stuck and stationary when hitting his shots. I put so much attention in my lessons on the improving swing path of my racket and very rarely on my footwork because it looked complicated and scary to start changing it as a senior player. It is difficult for me to start thinking about constant incorporation of split steps which takes attention from focusing on the ball if it is not your habit already. But I just tried this great Karue advice of constantly moving when preparing and hitting the ball and for the first time I started to create unexpectedly certain problems for my 5.0 teacher when we were practicing rallying the balls in the lesson. And it feels so great to improve your footwork! Thank you so much Karue for taking your pro level knowledge of tennis and trying to simplify the concepts for us the amateurs!
I feel attacked
- practically every player's reaction.
lol good. Everyone who feels attacked knows they are moving poorly!
@@MyTennisHQ - This in my opinion is a massively important statement.
Haha Winston sounds like a troll
@@MyTennisHQ😂
Another great video!
Thanks Karue!
Excellent point, one of my coaches had told me " you need to move constantly, if I see you playing from the outside without the ball, it should look like you constantly move around"
This is an daily reminder for my son. Usually I give him the example of moving like a boxer in between strokes. Boxer, split steps turn and strokes. The fundamentals should start from footwork and strokes instead of just strokes in some coaches lessons, like my son’s experiences with his first couple of coaches. Obrigado meo irmao!
This works like a charm like you are floating on the course. My downfall is that I forget it when I play against weaker players and then I make unforced errors when they play short or slower pace balls. Keep up the good work!
This is what I was looking for. A very helpful video. Thank you .
This is one of best pieces of advice I have heard in a while my friend. I find myself stationary sometimes and I have to use speed to recover from being flat footed. I have been working on that with mini cones. Thank you for the advice and great job on the video Coach.
Thanks! Finally! So is not just the split! But keep moving all the time! Thanks!!!!!! From Argentine! Thanks!!!!!
Nice video, Carue. One aspect of this that I think will help viewers as well is the pivot step. The "in-motion" hitting described in this video largely comes from forward movement into the court and pivoting your back foot in a neutral stance forward. Very helpful technique for rotation as well.
Thank you for your lesson ! I am gonna try this
More on this problem coach, we need this
great video. One of the most overlooked concepts in tennis
Karue, thanks! great as always! I would find it very interesting if you shared a pro's physical preparation, like type of work out exercises, like sort of the "routine". I haven't seen anyone talk about that . Saludos!
Really good explanation, exactly what I was looking for
excellent video Karue 🙏
Great stuff. I am going to go out there and do it
I was a squash player before tennis and my mantra on the court was "float, float, float!" I would repeat it to myself during matches, and it is how I would look back at my matches; how well did I float?
Tennis gained a lot by focusing on the split-step, until it became the cult of split-step. So much of the online discussion of tennis footwork claims the split-step as the starting point, almost as if the player was standing still waiting to do the split-step. Its hard to slit-step if you have gone flatfooted.
Great tips. Thanks
Amazing video, thanks 👍
I think I just had a small epiphany when you mentioned "getting to the ball too quickly and setting your feet too early" at the start. Been playing off and on for 9 years (played a ton for the first 4) and have always had more than enough pure speed for my level, so this has happened to me quite a lot, and I think it might actually have something to do with why my groundstrokes tend to feel smoother and be more consistent against opponents who hit pretty hard and give me less time than those who don't. Consciously adjusting my movement speed up or down for each ball so that I'm always still in motion when I swing might be a gamechanger. So thanks!
careful, the pros keep moving but they get in position as soon as possible... very quickly
The idea of motion is great explanation. Tennis is movement. We play with movement. Keep the body in motion. Cool. Thanks.
VERY VERT inspiring video. Thank you so much for your insight.
I love this, thanks boss.
The thing that you are saying at 5:28 , if anyone wants to learn tennis has to understand that and listen to it for hundred times until they can't play otherwise. I was playing without moving to the ball and couldn't reach a higher level for maybe like 5 years. Thank you very much for pointing this out I still try to master it as much as I can 😊
I've never thought about it but yeah, 'tightness' really comes from the legs! This is my biggest weakness. I never feel comfortable with shots even when my swing technique looks okay. Thank you very much for this!
brilliant tips
This is the type of content we come here for 👌💪🙌
Great video Karue. You mentioned in the video that when you are a beginning player there is a lot of stationary hitting. Do you think it would be helpful to add movement into the practice when you are beginging your tennis journey?
Excelente conteúdo! O professor torna temas complexos simples de entender. Agradeço por compartilhar seu conhecimento de forma tão clara. 👏🙌"
Tenho apreendido muito com vc
Obrigado ❤
You provide the best tennis knowledge. I can so much relate to what you say. If only it was easier to put it to practice. While watching the video it makes total sense, but on the court, I forget :)
This is insanely incredibly helpful for me. It’s the 1 last tip I needed to get my forehand kenetic chain right
Thanks this is what I’m missing in my game … will work on it
Great seeing you competing! But if you get back to lessons, could you do something on slices or drop shots?
Your left handed game is looking good thanks for vid
Karue, your 2HBH looks so smooth. How relaxed are you arms? I have the impression that relaxed arms are key for good strokes
another great video! conveying the feeling one should aim to attain instead of givinga a detailed technique lesson is underused!
Footwork is the key.
Hi Karue, as always love the video! I happened to just pause the video at 9:11 and you're in a perfect position of racquet lag, I want to ask about the position of your shoulders. Your left shoulder is higher than the right. Growing up and learning tennis did anyone of your coaches direct this?
Tennis is a sport of a lifetime. This video will help keep the interest in a great sport of a lifetime.
Karue you've mentioned in comments about timing weight transfer during stroke, can plz make video on it? I mean weight transfer from back leg to front leg, weight transfer of whole body like throwing body to the shot, etc.
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The Roger Pros are on point with the video. Roger has, in my opinion, the most fluid footwork
Brilliant concept! How to apply it when at the net and playing a second volley for example (after approach and initial volley when I'm already close to the net and don't really need to move in any particular direction but just being set up for the next ball)?
Hey Karue, what are your thoughts on the Roger shoes? Many thanks
Could you please do a video to train this footwork and get used to this motion?
I know its not super efficient, but just reminding myself to stay on my toes before my opponent hits the ball and retutning towards center court, always improves my playing.
Do you still use a leather grip on your Vcore now?
Hi, which tension of poly tour pro?
Is this in Torrance? Looks like the club I hit at!
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! me and my dear practice partner watched this video and focused on it for a good 2 hours the other day and it was like we both went a level up. It felt absolutely amazing to be in the right place at the point of the contact. This is the most useful video of the year for me. All of a sudden I'm catching a ton of balls on the rise to my normally fragile one handed backhand and returning heavier balls more easily. It's like I'm always in the right place and contact is much cleaner. So it's not all coming together yet but I feel like I'm pushing off the ground much often and getting effortless power. It like triggers the big uncoil to have the feet "firing" at the right moment which is only possible if they're in motion and not planted.
I feel ashamed of myself for working as hard as I do on my tennis and not figuring this out.
That is awesome to read. Sometimes the least sexy (and watched lol) lessons are the most important ones. Staying and feeling in motion really allows for easy weight transfer and the feeling of being loose! Keep working on it, it will become second nature
@@MyTennisHQ this needs millions of views. It's such an easy concept to implement and yet essential. Even in 90 degree heat in LA yesterday it was less effort to stay in motion than to stop and melt into the court.
Nice calves bro
Can you make videos for being defensive like what should be the mindset and what kind of shots to hit in that moment?
Hit middle, hit with height and hit with depth. Playing defensive is all about trying to slow things down so you don’t feel like you are running like crazy. High deep ball with topspin or a deep slice will help with that
He made the "Attack and Defend" video and the "shot election" video if that helps.
@@MyTennisHQ thanks I get it, I often feel that I need to hit as hard as possible when I run so I don't get the ball back and when I try to defend by hitting slow I often miss hit, but thanks for this
Any particular reason to be moving the feet alternating (like jogging baby steps) versus simultaneously (mini hops with both feet together) just before swinging?
It just really depends on the shot that is hit to me. Shots more in the center of the court I need more adjustment steps, for me the mini hopes help with that. Shots that are more towards the corner require more of a jog towards it. It’s all about timing that weight transfer
Uncoupling lower from upper really speaks to me. Does your movement and hitting (usually) feel as rhythmic as it looks?
I try to be as rhythmic as possible. I like to play with momentum, that’s why playing with motion is hugely beneficial to my game. It is all about timing that weight transfer properly
It also feels like when you have good footwork and automatically start to incorporate more of your body into the shots it becomes less important what your hands are doing during the swing. Often with less than perfect swing you are still hitting very good balls.
Any suggestions on how to make fluid motion automatic? Tips or drills?
Just practice, until its in your muscle memory
Never be on your heels. Always on your toes. Always moving. Practice the feel of being in motion until you don’t have to think about it anymore. Anything you do on court, do it in motion, not stationary
So great advice!
When are you going to showcase your new K-Pro string?
i love you Karue god damn it
"the ball doesn't move perfectly to you, so you have to move perfectly to the ball."
What strings are you now using in your Yonex? Yonex Pro Poly Tour?
My own string line, the K-PRO. It will be back in stock soon toroline.com/products/mthq-k-pro
This is exactly my problem. I stop my feet and look very stiff hitting the ball.
Can you show the fluid motion with some no power short shots with almost no bounce, and also some floaty loopers without spin. That's the kind of garbage 3.0-3.5 players have to deal with 75% of the time.
Do you do footwork excercises or just play? 🙂
No exercises. There is a lot of stuff online. The idea is that anything you do (drills, rallying, playing) you can do in motion. Avoid at all costs training to play stationary. That’s not tennis
@@MyTennisHQ ok thanks karu. I have noticed when I move and load well, it drains my legs really fast 😃
@@ajkorras At 50+ it only gets worse even if you are fit and HPW. (height proportional to weight)
who taught you this? was this a coach? Did you just come up with it? Its genius
It’s just from feeling. Feeling stuck on the ground vs feeling fluid and in motion
@@MyTennisHQ this and 90/10 rule have seriously impacted my game. They are obviously very closely related. thank you Karue
Have you tested the Babolat pure strike vs, if so what were your thoughts on it?
This video is meta
I'm not sure this is accurate. Djokovic and Alcaraz are both static in the splits after doing a jump backhand passing shots. They remain very still watching on as their opponents will to win fades away 🤣
Maybe there are some additional nuances how to optimize your footwork on higher levels but this is probably true only when you mastered well all your fundamentals.
With the LEFT?!? Actually, it would be a nice way to show learners when you have to do something outside your comfort zone.
I’m getting out of breath thinking about how much I have to move.
I can think of 2 low lvl tennis youtubers who would benefit a bunch from this video.
You have to be more specific than that 😄
float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
This all makes a lot of sense until I do it for 5 min and am out of breath lol
If you know you know.
Love it, Obg Karue
I see way more people moving too much and never gaining balance before they hit
Well if you pay close attention to when I say accelerate and slow down that should solve that issue as well
@@MyTennisHQ makes sense! Go then slow!
You make it look too easy.
That's the smallest tennis court I've ever seen. Do you have to come to a gentlemanly agreement not to hit angles before playing?
"Motion is Lotion" 🧴
Lolled