How to unlock the full potential of your forehand

In this Tennis Masterclass, the focus is on refining forehand technique through meticulous hand control and strategic body positioning. Muratoglu begins by addressing common issues of inconsistency in tennis strokes, particularly focusing on the forehand, which often suffers due to excessive body movement.

It's a diagnostic approach, identifying the player's dominant eye and explaining how it affects stroke stability. Drawing parallels to precision shooting, Muratoglu emphasizes the importance of isolating hand movements during the stroke to ensure accuracy and improve shot techniques.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:13 - Identifying the Dominant Eye
0:54 - Hand Dominance and Stability
02:20 - Forehand Technique
04:16 - Shot Direction
05:58 - Improving Shot Technique
07:16 Body Movement While Shooting
10:38 - Drills
12:25 - Slice Technique

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THE COACH
Patrick

[ildarb]

Thank you, Mr. Mouratoglou. This was a very important lesson!

[youknowwho]

It's funny how tennis has changed. When I was a kid, coaches (who themselves tended to have learned with wooden rackets) taught a completely different movement. Stiff wrist, hips move first, power comes from torso rotation, not the arm. It's nearly the exact opposite to what's state of the art today.

[joezhou]

Keep shoulder close and hands closely together will help hitting hand swings a bit early. Every player has different issue to be worked on. Patrick is a great coach to tailor the needs of players

[huangwee]

Best instruction. Patrick. Most other coaches teach using body and hip turn to drive the arm hence ball with reason to create lag: my experience was that it creates chaotic coordination between arm and shoulder hence no control and power.

[xupac]

i am confused. thought you initiate the kenetic chain from foot hip to arm which is coming along for the ride. he seems to say you are initiate kinetic chain with hand first to have more stability?

[harryo]

I just watch Alcaraz forehands in slow motion, and he does 100% precisely completely the opposite of what the coach is saying here. Alcaraz start the movement with his legs, the energy blasts up through the hips into torso into his shoulders then finally into his arm creating a bazooka. So I am baffled by this video.

[patrickmouratoglou_official]

What technical adjustments have improved your forehand the most?

[julius.h]

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND LEARN THAT HOW I DO TEACH KIDS NOT ONLY A TENNIS BUT ALSO A WAY OF LIFE

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i find it very weird that tennis has always come so natural to me, it's not like i'm a pro or anything but i'm very consistent and never got any training or nothing didn't even get to play much growing up other than gym class its been like 7 years since i last played and i hit the court lately and still with me 100% wish my family would have had me in some league when I was real young so i could be playing pro nowadays its so much fun and itf I could have had a future in it I would have pursued it to the max everyday

[mistal]

Can anyone advise about the grip pressure during contact with the ball when the game has slower pace? Loose arm, loose wirst, solid base but what about the grip during contact point.

[Yoofi]

I like the instruction of throw your racquet

[samenthaAnyie-iiql]

hi patrick i have a question who is roping the tennis racket of most player in atp tour

[mikechan]

What I don’t understand is when I initiate the swing with my “hand” or arm, and not my hips and body, my racquet face opens and the ball is gone long.

[rdvanbayburt]

34 / 5.000
Congratulations. It could be better.

[Keepontruckin]

Thank God they recorded it. That lesson cost the kid $7, 500. Sadly there’s a bunch of technical flaws that never got addressed. Just “use your hand”. Sure let’s go with that today. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[tennisjourney]

If he got a hold of Meddy as a kid we would not have the legend of the Octopus as he is today 🐙

[hagacreative]

just tested my dominant eye, i think it's 50:50, is that possible? 😮
I still can see with both my eyes even though it moves a little bit.

[watcher]

No matter how hard Patrick tries to make the kid to whip with the hand only, he can’t do it because he’s so used to swinging the whole arm the WTA style. Not easy stuff.

[DiegoArtolaCopywriting]

This exercise dropping the ball so slowly I can't do it, impossible for me.

[aaditya]

I have a question why you hit with your arm bent instead of full extension as there is loss of power in it