The key details Kevin explained in a few minutes is worth years of experience that most "regular" tennis coaches never mention in clinics for one reason or another.
Not only does Kevin have deep domain knowledge in tennis coaching, he also has such great communication skills to translate those knowledge in an understandable way to recreational players like us!
Kevin Garlington!!!! You’re explanation, demonstration, and overall communication is impressively clear, concise, and constructive!! Love the car metaphor and the analogy of the steering wheel for the racquet face along with the importance of foot work being the wheels enabling the car to drive and the pun-intended power of the body being the engine revved up by the Uni-turn! Great great great info and insight edited in an engaging and absorbable way! Way to go Kevin!!!
I am glad you are back to making your own videos under your own company. You didn't need that other organization in the first place, you always do a great job. With that said it's time to come home to Huntsville and set up shop. There is plenty of room for you and your tennis significant other.👍
@@TotalTennisDomination I coached for fifteen years and wish I could have had the privilege to have taught with you for just one of them! Keep going man: strong coach game, strong coach game.
Excellent video! Thanks for using terms about stances, "open" vs "neutral" correctly, and stating to avoid the "closed" stance. Many videos on UA-cam use the term "closed" when referring to neutral stance...
Very pleasant young man, and a fantastic instructor. I've recently returned to tennis after a 4-year hiatus, and have watched a number of his instructional videos.
Stop trying to lag and snap~ so true! It’s all a natural by product of fluid natural intentions (on all strokes)being executed...well naturally fluid 😊👍 Hey Kevin so glad that you and your wife are back grind (ttd)and doing content of an extremely high level. Keep up the brilliance 🎇
Omg! this is the video that I've been looking for. Kevin, thanks so much for going into detail about how to control the racquet face. I'm in FL, we have hurricane Ian passing through our state right now, so I'm at home binge watching your videos and absorbing all these concepts that you share. I can't wait to go out and practice them
I've watched countless coaching videos, forehand slow mo videos from pros and this was the only person/video that made me see and realize what I was doing wrong in my forehand! amazing video
I have a hard time serving, after seeing this video, it’s Very helpful to me. I will go to the court and practice. Please have short video with tossing the ball with the serves
This is the perfect explanation video I have come across. Second time watching it, after practicing I seem to learn something new whenever I rewatch it. Thanks Kevin.
Kevin, you're an amazing teacher. You explain both how and why. I feel like Neo in The Matrix - suddenly everything is in slow motion and makes sense. Bravo!
This video is great, especially the bit around the racket face. That explains the outcome quite well and something that has been bugging me for a long time, years! Thanks mate
All of his videos are great and he's one of the best online coaches because of his ability to articulate and demonstrate what he is teaching. He's helped me a lot! Does anyone know what state he teaches in?
This really helped me because every time I’m at clinic they always show me how to hit it with the racket, they don’t show those key details in the body.
Lieber Kevin, Vorerst Gratulation zu deinem tollen Kanal. Für mich ist dies mit Abstand der detailierteste Tennis Kanal den ich gesehen habe. Deine Art zu erklären ist klar und gut zu verstehen. Auch die exakte Analyse der einzelnen Schritte ist für mich sehr hilfreich. Von mir gibt es auf jeden Fall ein Abo - vielen Dank für deine Arbeit. Für mich als Tennis Neuling ist das sehr hilfreich und sehr fördernd beim Lernprozess. Lieber Gruß aus Österreich und weiterhin viel Erfolg. Gruß, Dali 👍
This video and your other video entitled “what Novak Djokovic taught me about my forehand” helped me see the flaw in my forehand. My racquet arm was pushing my hips and left shoulder rather than my hips and shoulders pulling my racket arm across the ball.
Great break down. I get what you're saying. About everything is important to be consistent but the main thing is your racket face at contact to pull off the right shot. How often a pro hits a great shot not in the optimal position or even technique but executed it by instinct and jockeying his strings in the right position/ angle. But this is reinforcement of the main achievement of a shot together with the various component build up.
After decades playing tennis, and nearly two decades of wondering why and how some players use that extreme western grip, I know - FINALLY - understand/know!!! Thanks buddy : )
I learned many new things. Awesome lesson! Thank you. What I like the best was to relax and appropriately rotate the hips, that will generate the power. Fantastic
I love u already. I knew in the beginning of vid that this gonna be fresh. I'm practicing forehand a lot and today in court I managed to hit some 4-5 rly hard winners. I'll keep learning. My problem is when people focus too much on details in Forehand teachings, I like your very holistic approach bcz hitting it in practice requires a holistic technique.Thanks!
Great video. I've seen most of these concepts but this is the first time that it was put together and then their relationship with each other were explained and which are more important to an effective result. Thank you.
The best dissection of the forehand, esp. the last point; making sure to control the angle of the racquet face, doesn't matter how good the rest of the stroke is. Seems obvious, but it isn't. I haven't heard that point made on other channels.
Brilliant again! I've been helping some people who have struggled and tell them many of the great points you make here. So many people get confused with "all the other stuff". Thank you for breaking it down so clearly!
Hi Kevin, I used an Eastern grip forever but lately, especially when trying to get some top spin, I send the ball long. So I switched to a semi-western grip and routinely sent the ball into the net. THEN I watched this video and everything changed! Most of what you talked about I've heard many times before until you said "the stance you want to AVOID is the closed stance" and I said umm, what?? Following all of the instruction online about unit turn with racquet up, racquet drop, swinging low to high was all excellent information but it naturally put me in a closed stance. I strongly suspected my issue was a late contact point so my racquet face wasn't square to the ball. With a closed stance, to contact the ball out in front, the ball is just too far away and with attempted top spin...disaster ensues. When you said to avoid a closed stance, I took some air practice in my living room with an open and neutral stance, and THAT felt great! I could tell right away that the contact point will be further back in relation to my swing so my racquet face would be square at contact. I took that out to the court and, with my semi-western grip, just ripped the ball!! It was brilliant! As long as I remembered not to chicken out and SWING at the ball, it was awesome. I sooo wish that the point of not having a closed stance would be hammered home as much as unit turn, racquet drop, etc. I found it to be absolutely crucial! Thanks for this brilliant help! -Andrew-
That’s interesting. I think you could also say that rotation is only possible with an open stance because in a closed stance you’re already on your front foot when starting the swing.
Best online video in my opinion. I watched lots of videos but your videos are always excellent and watchable to the very end. I felt directing the ball point based on approach and face position went a little fast. Please make a video on that. We always struggle controlling direction and end up sending it to the middle. When a direction change is attempted it flares out. These are common mistakes by amateurs
The key details Kevin explained in a few minutes is worth years of experience that most "regular" tennis coaches never mention in clinics for one reason or another.
Took me 10 years to get a forehand like that
Regular coaches need to coach you maybe that's why...
I will go out and practice but boy there is so much to learn.
Tennis coaches job, Is to make sure you take more lessons, so Your coach did a great job
Not only does Kevin have deep domain knowledge in tennis coaching, he also has such great communication skills to translate those knowledge in an understandable way to recreational players like us!
I have seen over a dozen videos on how to have a good forehand for beginners and this is by far the best one in UA-cam, thank you!
Kevin Garlington!!!! You’re explanation, demonstration, and overall communication is impressively clear, concise, and constructive!! Love the car metaphor and the analogy of the steering wheel for the racquet face along with the importance of foot work being the wheels enabling the car to drive and the pun-intended power of the body being the engine revved up by the Uni-turn! Great great great info and insight edited in an engaging and absorbable way! Way to go Kevin!!!
I am glad you are back to making your own videos under your own company. You didn't need that other organization in the first place, you always do a great job. With that said it's time to come home to Huntsville and set up shop. There is plenty of room for you and your tennis significant other.👍
Such a great explainer of the game. Every. Time.
Thanks Doug!
@@TotalTennisDomination I coached for fifteen years and wish I could have had the privilege to have taught with you for just one of them! Keep going man: strong coach game, strong coach game.
Excellent video! Thanks for using terms about stances, "open" vs "neutral" correctly, and stating to avoid the "closed" stance. Many videos on UA-cam use the term "closed" when referring to neutral stance...
This is the best video on the forehand which is a great weapon to achieve success.
This Coach goes straight to the point Concerning the forehand Technique in Tennis tournaments and Circles,
Might be the best lesson on the forehand I've ever seen. Two thumbs up!!
Very pleasant young man, and a fantastic instructor. I've recently returned to tennis after a 4-year hiatus, and have watched a number of his instructional videos.
Finally someone talking some serious stuff without trash. Awesome you deserve more subs
Indeed thank you for helping in upgrading my understanding - my game has changed. Now the effort is mine :)
Beginner here, I really like your in-depth teaching style, it perfectly compliments my instructor's words, thank you, just subscribed!
Stop trying to lag and snap~ so true! It’s all a natural by product of fluid natural intentions (on all strokes)being executed...well naturally fluid 😊👍 Hey Kevin so glad that you and your wife are back grind (ttd)and doing content of an extremely high level. Keep up the brilliance 🎇
Absolutely different than other forehand videos. I definitely learned something new.
This is the best instruction I’ve seen re any technique in tennis.
Outstanding instruction. It’s excellent how you break it down into specific, manageable lessons. easy to understand, and apply the technic. Thank you.
Kevin, I like your no bs coaching but also very effective. Thank you...
Hey you are absolutely right. Most forehand videos don't mention this last crucial part you focus on at the end. Thank you!
Best tennis videos I’ve stumbled on on UA-cam
Car comparison made it easier to understand & retain it during execution, thank you very much for the clear explanation
Omg! this is the video that I've been looking for. Kevin, thanks so much for going into detail about how to control the racquet face. I'm in FL, we have hurricane Ian passing through our state right now, so I'm at home binge watching your videos and absorbing all these concepts that you share. I can't wait to go out and practice them
I've watched countless coaching videos, forehand slow mo videos from pros and this was the only person/video that made me see and realize what I was doing wrong in my forehand! amazing video
Wish u were my coach😕 The way u explained, was perfect!!!!!
Thannk you so much, Kevin. This is by far the best explanation for a forehead I've seen! As a beginner, this is gold!
Thank you sooo much. My teacher sent this video to me and I'm so happy he did, as a begginer trying to improve my forehand it was extremely helpful.
I have a hard time serving, after seeing this video, it’s Very helpful to me. I will go to the court and practice.
Please have short video with tossing the ball with the serves
Kevin, thank you so.much from Colombia, south america. I am studying all your videos so I can coach my kids. Priceless man, god bless you.
This is the perfect explanation video I have come across. Second time watching it, after practicing I seem to learn something new whenever I rewatch it. Thanks Kevin.
Kudos, Kevin! I started playing recreational tennis last year, Thanks for the lessons ❤
Kevin, you're an amazing teacher. You explain both how and why. I feel like Neo in The Matrix - suddenly everything is in slow motion and makes sense. Bravo!
very nice mate. the racquet face at contact is really the key. ty
This video is great, especially the bit around the racket face. That explains the outcome quite well and something that has been bugging me for a long time, years! Thanks mate
This is so much better than Ryan from 2minute tennis! A lot more effective and easier to execute especially for high level tennis.
All of his videos are great and he's one of the best online coaches because of his ability to articulate and demonstrate what he is teaching. He's helped me a lot! Does anyone know what state he teaches in?
This really helped me because every time I’m at clinic they always show me how to hit it with the racket, they don’t show those key details in the body.
Watching this video once a week. Great work.
Lieber Kevin,
Vorerst Gratulation zu deinem tollen Kanal.
Für mich ist dies mit Abstand der detailierteste Tennis Kanal den ich gesehen habe.
Deine Art zu erklären ist klar und gut zu verstehen.
Auch die exakte Analyse der einzelnen Schritte ist für mich sehr hilfreich.
Von mir gibt es auf jeden Fall ein Abo - vielen Dank für deine Arbeit.
Für mich als Tennis Neuling ist das sehr hilfreich und sehr fördernd beim Lernprozess.
Lieber Gruß aus Österreich und weiterhin viel Erfolg.
Gruß, Dali 👍
This video and your other video entitled “what Novak Djokovic taught me about my forehand” helped me see the flaw in my forehand. My racquet arm was pushing my hips and left shoulder rather than my hips and shoulders pulling my racket arm across the ball.
Great technique development instruction...
The best forehand video ever
I thought this was an Essentials Tennis video lmao. Happy to see one of my favorite online instructors.
Your actually demonstrating teaching what I try to teach people.
Kevin, you are simply the best video trainer out there. You explain things better than anyone else. Thanks and please keep going!! 👍👏
Thank you sir... Love you so much for making this video to play perfect....
Outstanding video Kevin. The racket face explanation is the difference between many videos I've watched and yours. Thank you.
the racket face concept is so helpful. I'm still trying to figure out the western and semi western grip
Great break down. I get what you're saying. About everything is important to be consistent but the main thing is your racket face at contact to pull off the right shot. How often a pro hits a great shot not in the optimal position or even technique but executed it by instinct and jockeying his strings in the right position/ angle. But this is reinforcement of the main achievement of a shot together with the various component build up.
Hi Kevin great explanation i learned so match thank you very match from Switzerland 🇨🇭👍👍ol the best for the future
After decades playing tennis, and nearly two decades of wondering why and how some players use that extreme western grip, I know - FINALLY - understand/know!!! Thanks buddy : )
well done, rellay loves the explantation loud and clear
thanks for the simple to understand pointers.
Kevin - you rock! I wish i could take lessons from you
One of the best tutorial. especially the face of the raquet at contact point, and the stance. thank you very much.
The best way expalined on the internet. Super kev I'll remember this
this guy is the best
best forehand video ever.
Great vid man! You're a very good presenter.
I learned many new things. Awesome lesson! Thank you. What I like the best was to relax and appropriately rotate the hips, that will generate the power. Fantastic
ALl good stuff, Clear explanation. All makes perfect sense. Must check out more videos
Great explanation, very specific and following progressions.
Great explanation using the car analogy. Also, I like how you connect the forehand to other shots by showing what slight adjustments you need to do.
This video is a gem, thank you so much.
I love u already. I knew in the beginning of vid that this gonna be fresh. I'm practicing forehand a lot and today in court I managed to hit some 4-5 rly hard winners. I'll keep learning. My problem is when people focus too much on details in Forehand teachings, I like your very holistic approach bcz hitting it in practice requires a holistic technique.Thanks!
Perfect explanation, Perfect speaking, Perfect mouth
Amazing, simple, logic and very helpful thank u so much
I only play pickleball but knew a good tennis instructor would be able to explain the fh better thank you
Great video. I've seen most of these concepts but this is the first time that it was put together and then their relationship with each other were explained and which are more important to an effective result. Thank you.
The best dissection of the forehand, esp. the last point; making sure to control the angle of the racquet face, doesn't matter how good the rest of the stroke is. Seems obvious, but it isn't. I haven't heard that point made on other channels.
Great video, one of the best forehand videos I've seen. Thanks Kevin.
Underrated channel
Awesome video. Really useful and informative. Thanks!
Im new to the game and he makes this so easy to understand…well done.
Thanks for sharing! Great Job!!
I appreciatevery much your presetation
Better than most forehand videos!! Thanks so much, it's gonna help me enormously!
Great to hear that it's will make a difference! Thanks
Best youtube teenis channel ever
Another tremendous video from Kevin. Thank you very much.....Love the humor at 9:20 !!!
Brilliant again! I've been helping some people who have struggled and tell them many of the great points you make here. So many people get confused with "all the other stuff". Thank you for breaking it down so clearly!
Great teaching. Concise and accurate. And interestingly. Thank you! You are awesome!
These techniques has helped me to level up rapidly, thank you kevin, your vdos are great help !
It was a great learning !!!!!! THANKS
Thank you Kevin🎉
This guy has got to best tennis instructor youtuber
You are the BEST tennis instructor!!
This is great stuff! Thanks for making your videos!
Hi Kevin,
I used an Eastern grip forever but lately, especially when trying to get some top spin, I send the ball long. So I switched to a semi-western grip and routinely sent the ball into the net. THEN I watched this video and everything changed!
Most of what you talked about I've heard many times before until you said "the stance you want to AVOID is the closed stance" and I said umm, what?? Following all of the instruction online about unit turn with racquet up, racquet drop, swinging low to high was all excellent information but it naturally put me in a closed stance. I strongly suspected my issue was a late contact point so my racquet face wasn't square to the ball. With a closed stance, to contact the ball out in front, the ball is just too far away and with attempted top spin...disaster ensues. When you said to avoid a closed stance, I took some air practice in my living room with an open and neutral stance, and THAT felt great! I could tell right away that the contact point will be further back in relation to my swing so my racquet face would be square at contact. I took that out to the court and, with my semi-western grip, just ripped the ball!! It was brilliant! As long as I remembered not to chicken out and SWING at the ball, it was awesome.
I sooo wish that the point of not having a closed stance would be hammered home as much as unit turn, racquet drop, etc. I found it to be absolutely crucial! Thanks for this brilliant help! -Andrew-
That’s interesting. I think you could also say that rotation is only possible with an open stance because in a closed stance you’re already on your front foot when starting the swing.
Best online video in my opinion. I watched lots of videos but your videos are always excellent and watchable to the very end.
I felt directing the ball point based on approach and face position went a little fast. Please make a video on that. We always struggle controlling direction and end up sending it to the middle. When a direction change is attempted it flares out. These are common mistakes by amateurs
Best tutorial!! I’m ready to practice these tips. Thank you 😊
It's like Kevin knows my tennis on a personal level & is generously talking about all the key points.
Great instructions and explanation. Thank you.
Great video, as usual.
Very good explanation and details. I’ve watched a few of his videos, and the only thing better would be some one on one lessons!
Excellent, thanks!
Your videos are very helpful. Thank you
Great video and advice
Very helpful tips! Thank you!
Great video, thank you
Best of the best.❤