Hi Mr. Intuitive Tennis. First of all, I'm from Turkey and I discovered your channel like 7 months ago, this is my first comment. Actually I go to a tennis club in my city; but their main concern is just taking my money from my pocket... I realized that I learn every possible trick from you, not from my tennis club. You have a very special place in my heart because I feel that you are such a hardworker and the most important thing; the best teacher... Besides, I like your attitude and approach to your students. I wish I was a student of you. I recommend your channel to my tennis lover friends. I hope you don't lose your motivation and feed every tennis fan with these videos. Finally, I'm sure that you are gonna be a coach like Patrick Mouratoglou, actually much better whether you want to be or not. Love from Turkey. I hope that some day you come to Turkey and visit me and my family...
Nick- this is crazy. I have been learning tennis for past 6 months. Every time I get stuck somewhere, I see you post a video on the same topic that day. My wrist has started to hurt really bad and I completely lost on my forehand last night due to pain - same issue as you pointed in this video - wrong grip and I have been over trying to generate the top spin with my wrong grip. Just in time as always !!
Great lesson Nick. I am an old school player ( leaned to play in 1970’s) who has constantly evolved. However my even back then my teaching pro made many of the same recommendations. Like spreading the finger, index finger extended, pinky back at the butt, flexing the wrist and long take back. I use an Eastern forehand grip and adjusted my stance towards a modern open stance. Being able to hit cross court and down the line but give the same look to my opponent has won lots of points. You don’t have to be a big player to hit big shots. You just need solid technique and great footwork.
Hey nikola, Another great lesson. Lagging the wrist behind together with the exact way of gripping the racket you teach in this vídeo was fundamental to get to play tennis better. To think some teachers still assured me that that uncomfortably rígid hammer-like grip the buddy was doing at first was the right way to do it!! Thanks again for the vídeo! Nicola
changing the game with just one lesson ) thank you the time and efforts you put into your channel! your videos help a lot. your explanations are technical, on point, and logical at the same time.
Hey Nick great video! If you get a chance, could you show us a close-up still shot of the grip as you described it; showing the angle of the hand and placement of the thumb and pinky?
Fantastic class Nick, best coach on UA-cam. Keep up the awesome work. This beginner classes are super interesting for people starting like me. Thanks for putting out so much knowledge in a super clear way.
More great stuff Nick. I use all your techniques as checkpoints in my forehand to create lag. It's getting there :) I never heard that tip on separating the index finger from the middle finger.
Nick, nice to watch your lessons. I like this videos so much. Since i learn something from u I always win against my rivals on the court! Good tips, good job und vielen vielen dank!
Amazing pointers. This is precisely what I'm working on at the moment. I need to point the racket to the back fence and let the racket head drop naturally to allow the wrist to lag for a more fluid motion. I have the tendency to stop mid-flow during a forehand and slap the ball wildly to Timbuktu. Ironically, the longer the backswing, the less time I have to break the rhythm of the stroke! I look forward to consistently applying these reference points on court. Your passion for teaching the sport is a pleasure to experience.
A very important thing to consider is the grip size: a large grip naturally tends to induce a "locked" grip, while a thinner grip tends to induce a looser hold, with the knuckles going at an angle and spread index finger.
I saw myself almost immediately. I have the same forehand and I have problem with acceleration (racket head speed) and topspin. I wish to practice with Nick.
Hey Nick, awesome video. i struggle to get drive on my forehand- It just has loads of tospin.. To make the ball reach close to baseline i feel it takes too much effort.. I guess this grip change and wrist lag is the answer to get effortless power and depth.. As i already have good heigh over the net because of topspin impart on ball.
This is great info!! I don't really concern myself about lag since I have a full western grip but I do have my thumb on my middle finger though. Also I do have separation between my pointer and the rest of my fingers too.
This is such a huge issue with most recreational players. Millions of players are faking wrist lag and coaches can’t tell the difference. It’s frustrating to see.
Thanks, Nik. You mentioned fixing the amount of rotation on the back of the stroke. Can you explain that more? Or make a new video for that? Appreciate it.
does the thumb rest ON the middle finger or does it simply go beside it? Your videos explaining the knuckle alignment and creating the space between the index finger and the other fingers when hitting a forehand has made something click in my game. But where does the thumb go?
I think you just explained why I injured my wrist. I usually pick up the racquet like Bremen at the beginning of this lesson. I have tendonitis in the posterior ulnar tendon. I have now been almost two months off the courts because of it. I will try this change when I return, hopefully soon....
@@maxpowers4436 Thank you very much. Yes, I am visiting a physiotherapist, and he has indicated some excersices. I have just purchased a powerball, too.
Hi Nick I really like this tip as it loosens up the wrist without losing control but in the last before/after pic it seems that the hand position for Nick hasn't changed ( fingers r still closer together rather than more spread out ) but his racket is going back further on his swing and his contact is better. Am I missing something in the visual on the way he is gripping the racket? could it be that his grip is in almost the same position but he is not squeezing it as hard and allowing the better swing to happen ? Thanks !
Nic, in the “after”, on the take back I notice he’s dropping the racquet on edge with the strings more open than he was in the “before”. Shouldn’t he avoid that and try to keep the strings more closed with the wrist flexed but steady and swing that forward to contact out front of his dominant shoulder?
Excellent video and explanation. Do you have any similar video for double handed backend explaining (1) fingers positioning in holding racquet and (2) Should have similar wrist lag for more power? Thanks in advance.
Hi, is the wrist lag ONE of the styles? My instructor didn't teach me like that. My forehand is basically a reverse backhand, if that makes sense. It's a curve. High to low, with top spin. Thanks
Hi, I wrote a comment maybe 1 year ago and requested for a few session training class like this guy, but no response. Could I have a class in person like this?
I don't think can achive such wrist lag with eastern/semi-western grip. Some players can bend wrist in negative angle somehow. Never felt that my racket goes more than 90 degrees back. How to achieve this?
nick is instructing personally. do you have specific advice on matches? i have a decent serve, but i feel it breaking down after some amount of games. then i'm mentally trying to propel the serve.
Dude that is almost everyone not only you. You just need to used to playing more matches. Think of matches as just serve practice. You have guy at the other end of the court to get the balls back to you. Dont care if you win or lose. Just think of it as practice.
It can think of two reasons for that.. 1) Your game is very dependent on your serve. If you happen to not serve great, you get broken 2) Your strategy after the serve is not the best. It happened to me also. I serve huge, and missed when returned. This creates a lot of pressure on hitting winner serves all the time, and I got broken because of that. I'm fixing that by trying to not rush for the winner, and play with a lot of margin. If you serve well, that might be enough to control the point and forcing many errors on your rivals.
4.0 with little-to-no wrist lag? Aside from MEP, I'd never seen this before. His forehand looks like a high 3.0 to me. Must be a supreme pusher if he's playing USTA 4.0.
instant improvement ? absolutely! NTRP 4.0 ? Noooo way. His technique is still well below standard: need more core rotation, follow-through is not high enough (hence not enough top spin ), no bodyweight transfer (from back to front ). His swing is not smooth, kind of clumsy. I would rate him 2.0-2.5 at most.
It might appear as if Tomic doesn’t lag, however, if you freeze his forehand in the initiation of the forward phase you’ll see the tip of the racquet pointing straight back ie wrist lagging behind.
I cant believe the student played for 3 months, took 5 years off and now is 4.0. He obviously must have very good body mechanics from playing other sports. At least he can out last most players from his stamina, this is just my guess.
I don't think he's actually 4.0 And we've only seen his forehand at this point, too early to say his rating. But that being said, his forehand looks more 3.5 to me
@@stackems666 Yeah sounds like based on someone’s recommendation he self rated at 4.0. Of course we didn’t see any other stroke like serve backhand volley etc. Regardless of ranking, he is fit and has a positive attitude and with Nick’s coaching I bet he can get to 4.5-5.0 with time.
I have used always a semi-western with all closed fingers and never had a problem with wrist mobility. The only moment I open up the index finger is during serve to get more grip
@@sergiosimbula NGL, first serve all closed fingers was kinda hard to do, but kick and slice were easy. Now I'm trying to change this bad habit at least on the serve
Part 2 👉🏻 Backhand Lesson with Bremen
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Hi Mr. Intuitive Tennis. First of all, I'm from Turkey and I discovered your channel like 7 months ago, this is my first comment. Actually I go to a tennis club in my city; but their main concern is just taking my money from my pocket... I realized that I learn every possible trick from you, not from my tennis club. You have a very special place in my heart because I feel that you are such a hardworker and the most important thing; the best teacher... Besides, I like your attitude and approach to your students. I wish I was a student of you. I recommend your channel to my tennis lover friends. I hope you don't lose your motivation and feed every tennis fan with these videos. Finally, I'm sure that you are gonna be a coach like Patrick Mouratoglou, actually much better whether you want to be or not. Love from Turkey. I hope that some day you come to Turkey and visit me and my family...
Keep Going 🙌🙌 glad you find the content useful
I’ve never been to Turkey but it’s in my list
Nick- this is crazy. I have been learning tennis for past 6 months. Every time I get stuck somewhere, I see you post a video on the same topic that day. My wrist has started to hurt really bad and I completely lost on my forehand last night due to pain - same issue as you pointed in this video - wrong grip and I have been over trying to generate the top spin with my wrong grip. Just in time as always !!
Forehand improvement is day in night. He went from full effort/robotic to effortless/smooth. You are the best Nick!
Nick, I absolutely love the full lessons. Hope you keep up this format. I also learned I need to separate my index finger on my forehand.
Great lesson Nick. I am an old school player ( leaned to play in 1970’s) who has constantly evolved. However my even back then my teaching pro made many of the same recommendations. Like spreading the finger, index finger extended, pinky back at the butt, flexing the wrist and long take back. I use an Eastern forehand grip and adjusted my stance towards a modern open stance. Being able to hit cross court and down the line but give the same look to my opponent has won lots of points. You don’t have to be a big player to hit big shots. You just need solid technique and great footwork.
Lovely to see this transformation Nick and witness Bremen's obvious delight with his new, liquid forehand.
Hey nikola,
Another great lesson. Lagging the wrist behind together with the exact way of gripping the racket you teach in this vídeo was fundamental to get to play tennis better. To think some teachers still assured me that that uncomfortably rígid hammer-like grip the buddy was doing at first was the right way to do it!!
Thanks again for the vídeo!
Nicola
Nice to see you assessing a new student Nick! Always fun tonwatch
changing the game with just one lesson ) thank you the time and efforts you put into your channel! your videos help a lot. your explanations are technical, on point, and logical at the same time.
Hey Nick great video! If you get a chance, could you show us a close-up still shot of the grip as you described it; showing the angle of the hand and placement of the thumb and pinky?
Fantastic class Nick, best coach on UA-cam. Keep up the awesome work. This beginner classes are super interesting for people starting like me. Thanks for putting out so much knowledge in a super clear way.
Thank you 🙏
Wow! That's coaching at its absolute finest. And great job following instruction as well.
More great stuff Nick. I use all your techniques as checkpoints in my forehand to create lag. It's getting there :) I never heard that tip on separating the index finger from the middle finger.
Impressionante o que você conseguiu fazer em apenas uma aula.
Os dois estão de parabéns 👏🏼
Nick, nice to watch your lessons. I like this videos so much. Since i learn something from u I always win against my rivals on the court! Good tips, good job und vielen vielen dank!
Nice and passionate lesson! So helpful! Thank you!
this is pure gold! thank you coach !!!
Super session Nick. He learned in quick time.
Beautiful forehand racket pathway. Excellent job!
what a gifted athlete. great instruction. looking forward to trying this tonight
Nick... WOW. Wrist lag last evening dramatically improved my control, depth, and spin. Less straining, more power while having way better feel.
Nick, you are a hell of teacher man, congrats!
Thank you 🙏
Amazing pointers. This is precisely what I'm working on at the moment. I need to point the racket to the back fence and let the racket head drop naturally to allow the wrist to lag for a more fluid motion. I have the tendency to stop mid-flow during a forehand and slap the ball wildly to Timbuktu. Ironically, the longer the backswing, the less time I have to break the rhythm of the stroke! I look forward to consistently applying these reference points on court. Your passion for teaching the sport is a pleasure to experience.
🙏
Absolutely useful video for beginners like me. This should be a part of every forehead tutorial video. Thanks coach ❤
wow, great video, as always your instructions are clear ,concise and so surgical.
Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge on Tennis, you are the best on explaining them
Well done Coach. 👏
Amazing vídeo!!!!! Congrats!!!
A very important thing to consider is the grip size: a large grip naturally tends to induce a "locked" grip, while a thinner grip tends to induce a looser hold, with the knuckles going at an angle and spread index finger.
Perfect explanation, sir!
I'll try it ASAP!
Many thanks, and I send a huge to you from Barcelona!
Nice simple transformation👍
I saw myself almost immediately. I have the same forehand and I have problem with acceleration (racket head speed) and topspin. I wish to practice with Nick.
Love that you always rock the throwback Nike tennis kicks!
so is he a 4.0 or more like 3.0?
incredible progression.. can't believe the change.
Hey Nick, awesome video. i struggle to get drive on my forehand- It just has loads of tospin.. To make the ball reach close to baseline i feel it takes too much effort.. I guess this grip change and wrist lag is the answer to get effortless power and depth.. As i already have good heigh over the net because of topspin impart on ball.
Thanks for this lesson!
Great stuff 👍👏
Superb tennis lesson
Guy at end of session: "coach...u said I had the body of a 7.0....we should have drinks tonight *wink" 🤣 joke
This dude should be in body builder competitions sheeeeeesh
Brilliant.
thank you so much
wow, this is very cool video series stuff.
This is great info!! I don't really concern myself about lag since I have a full western grip but I do have my thumb on my middle finger though. Also I do have separation between my pointer and the rest of my fingers too.
I think that the lag is more easy to generate with the eastern grip. I changed to SW recently and my forehand got stuck exactly like the Bremen.
This guy come in shape! didnt forget workout
This is such a huge issue with most recreational players. Millions of players are faking wrist lag and coaches can’t tell the difference. It’s frustrating to see.
Hey NIck great video. Does this also apply on the backhand?
Love the video. Nick is this eastern grip right but with correct and not too tight position?
This guy will become a high level player if he wants to. Judging by his 7.0 body, he has the discipline and work ethic to achieve anything! 💪👍🎾
He has potential to get better 🙌
Thanks, Nik. You mentioned fixing the amount of rotation on the back of the stroke. Can you explain that more? Or make a new video for that? Appreciate it.
does the thumb rest ON the middle finger or does it simply go beside it? Your videos explaining the knuckle alignment and creating the space between the index finger and the other fingers when hitting a forehand has made something click in my game. But where does the thumb go?
Rests on middle finger
@@IntuitiveTennis wow you blew my mind. playing 4 years noone ever corrected this... ty!
I think you just explained why I injured my wrist. I usually pick up the racquet like Bremen at the beginning of this lesson. I have tendonitis in the posterior ulnar tendon. I have now been
almost two months off the courts because of it. I will try this change when I return, hopefully soon....
@@maxpowers4436 Thank you very much. Yes, I am visiting a physiotherapist, and he has indicated some excersices. I have just purchased a powerball, too.
Holy shit, that was such a difference...
Hi Nick I really like this tip as it loosens up the wrist without losing control but in the last before/after pic it seems that the hand position for Nick hasn't changed ( fingers r still closer together rather than more spread out ) but his racket is going back further on his swing and his contact is better. Am I missing something in the visual on the way he is gripping the racket? could it be that his grip is in almost the same position but he is not squeezing it as hard and allowing the better swing to happen ? Thanks !
Nic, in the “after”, on the take back I notice he’s dropping the racquet on edge with the strings more open than he was in the “before”. Shouldn’t he avoid that and try to keep the strings more closed with the wrist flexed but steady and swing that forward to contact out front of his dominant shoulder?
Excellent video and explanation. Do you have any similar video for double handed backend explaining (1) fingers positioning in holding racquet and (2) Should have similar wrist lag for more power? Thanks in advance.
Next video with Bremen is 2-H BH
How can we book a class with this legend UA-cam coach? I'd love to try once and get his feedback on my game
Hi, is the wrist lag ONE of the styles? My instructor didn't teach me like that. My forehand is basically a reverse backhand, if that makes sense. It's a curve. High to low, with top spin. Thanks
If you pauze on the end slowmo, hand is still firm and knuckles aligned, or is it me
Loose grip & wrist -> racquet head drop -> racquet lag & butt forward -> effortless whip swing. Isn't it's a natural chain action, starting from loose grip?
Hi Nick, does the separate index also go to one hand backhand ?
Tnx
Not on 1-H BH
and what about the serve grip? noticed that pros have pretty big differences in the continental grip angle as well 🤔
Hi, I wrote a comment maybe 1 year ago and requested for a few session training class like this guy, but no response.
Could I have a class in person like this?
I don't think can achive such wrist lag with eastern/semi-western grip. Some players can bend wrist in negative angle somehow. Never felt that my racket goes more than 90 degrees back. How to achieve this?
Nick, is this student really a 4.0?. He looked like a 3.0/3.5 max to me.
nick is instructing personally. do you have specific advice on matches? i have a decent serve, but i feel it breaking down after some amount of games. then i'm mentally trying to propel the serve.
Dude that is almost everyone not only you. You just need to used to playing more matches. Think of matches as just serve practice. You have guy at the other end of the court to get the balls back to you. Dont care if you win or lose. Just think of it as practice.
It can think of two reasons for that..
1) Your game is very dependent on your serve. If you happen to not serve great, you get broken
2) Your strategy after the serve is not the best.
It happened to me also. I serve huge, and missed when returned. This creates a lot of pressure on hitting winner serves all the time, and I got broken because of that. I'm fixing that by trying to not rush for the winner, and play with a lot of margin.
If you serve well, that might be enough to control the point and forcing many errors on your rivals.
..i dont think hes a 4.0... He seems to be more beginner. 4.0 have solid fundamentals....
What you can say about tsitsipas grip ?
So this guy has been playing tennis only for 7 months in total? How is it possible to have such a great technique?
In exchange, This guy should coach you how to get ripped 😅 great forehand lesson
"How to get rid of the Bierbauch"? 😀
So he got more lag by separating fingers?
🙏👑🙏
👍
where do you live in usa ?
4.0 with little-to-no wrist lag? Aside from MEP, I'd never seen this before. His forehand looks like a high 3.0 to me. Must be a supreme pusher if he's playing USTA 4.0.
In 25 years no pro has ever said ONE WORD ABOUT THIS
that's really a tragedy and I'm really pissed
instant improvement ? absolutely! NTRP 4.0 ? Noooo way. His technique is still well below standard: need more core rotation, follow-through is not high enough (hence not enough top spin ), no bodyweight transfer (from back to front ). His swing is not smooth, kind of clumsy. I would rate him 2.0-2.5 at most.
and we're not even talking about serve and return, match playing, tactics. just hand-feeding the ball. He has a long way to go before he reaches 4.0
They probably talking about doubles rating.
I need to find the coach that rated this guy 4.0 lol
his previous forehand reminds me of Bernard Tomic's...
It might appear as if Tomic doesn’t lag, however, if you freeze his forehand in the initiation of the forward phase you’ll see the tip of the racquet pointing straight back ie wrist lagging behind.
@@IntuitiveTennis thanks and good to know! his forehand is unorthodox though, the swing back and the racket path is unique...
"You won't find a top level player" ... and then there's Mannarino.
Wrong. Mannarino’s forehand lags (racquet tip points straight backwards in the initiation of the forward phase). Plenty of slowmo footage on YT
Mannarino aint top level either. Top 10, now we're talking.
@@IntuitiveTennis Stand corrected then. HIs forehand looks awkwardly short motioned.
@@knotwilg3596 he is a counterpuncher with shorter strokes. No doubt about that
I cant believe the student played for 3 months, took 5 years off and now is 4.0. He obviously must have very good body mechanics from playing other sports. At least he can out last most players from his stamina, this is just my guess.
I don't think he's actually 4.0
And we've only seen his forehand at this point, too early to say his rating. But that being said, his forehand looks more 3.5 to me
@@stackems666 Yeah sounds like based on someone’s recommendation he self rated at 4.0. Of course we didn’t see any other stroke like serve backhand volley etc. Regardless of ranking, he is fit and has a positive attitude and with Nick’s coaching I bet he can get to 4.5-5.0 with time.
@@topspin1715 absolutely! Love seeing these new students, hopefully he can get Bremen to play a match with Shamir
His forehand looked 3.0-3.5 at a push. No way he was winning a match against a legit 4.0
Love this Nick, but the only fault in this video is stating this player is a 4.0... more like 3.0 Rest I agree with ^_^.
Exactly. He’s a 3.0. From this low level it’s easier to make quick improvements.
The best way to do this is with a wrist-lag racket handle.
That is defends how you hold the racket.
Next is to work on his non dominent hand. It's kind of flopping on his side. The wrist is way better.
I have used always a semi-western with all closed fingers and never had a problem with wrist mobility. The only moment I open up the index finger is during serve to get more grip
I mean …
@@ST-ek6lf you mean? 😅
@@sergiosimbula NGL, first serve all closed fingers was kinda hard to do, but kick and slice were easy. Now I'm trying to change this bad habit at least on the serve