How To Deal With High Balls (Forehand and Backhand)

How To Deal With High Balls (Forehand and Backhand)
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When you want to hit the ball at shoulder level be sure to stand much farther away from the contact
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When the ball is low it’s ok to be pretty close to the ball
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But when hitting high forehands and backhands, be sure to stand more to the side to give your arm and racket more room to for in between your body and the ball
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[MinuteTennis]

How to deal with high balls (forehand and backhand)

[nickomo]

Wish all tennis coaches were like you . So nice explanations and tips every time, so helpful to improve in the game

[jeanb.]

Great tip. I would also add that the more upright you stand (as most beginners do), the harder and more unnatural it is to extend the arms / get proper distance to the ball. By lowering the center of gravity, you get a natural upper body inclination (athletic stance), which again makes it easier and more natural to get the arms away from the body, and get the correct distance to the ball.

[promitc]

Absolutely great tip. Didn't realise this at all until you pointed it out. I would add as well, is to try and hit the ball down a little bit instead of following your normal trajectory.

[LucasAlexK]

What a great tip! Loving this short format videos 🎉

[-Munditimum-]

Brilliance with no limits. Rare tips that are incredibly important. Way to go Ryan!

[westmartin-patterson]

Game changer...have been hit or miss on high balls. Sometimes a weapon other times inconsistent. Was so excited to practice this today. Great tip!

[IgorBomtempo]

Great tip! I had never seen any video suggesting this solution! Thank you very much!

[kongfucius]

Wow, this is exactly what I was needing. Thanks 😊

[sainellore]

Absolutely brilliant observation and tip, Ryan! You never seem to run out of ideas in helping people improve their tennis!

Most of your tips make us go "oh! why didn't I think of that?". Only an astute tennis mind can see these things and only a person like you even thinks of giving away all this practical knowledge for free, spending so much of your time creating and sharing these priceless videos with the world! Thank you once again!

[TheJhtlag]

That is useful, one of those gross adjustment thoughts that clear up those fine adjustment issues.

[nmbarr]

All your videos are a great help for me as a beginner. Thank you.

[CRAIGLSANDERS]

Excellent instruction on a very difficult issue, i.e., the high groundstroke!

[brodieboy]

You also need to alter your swing path - starting higher & a little further to the side & swinging across with a slightly closed face - rather than low to high.

On the FH side especially it's usually easier to hit high balls using an open or semi-open stance. It can also help to shift your grip a bit to be able to get on top of the ball & allow more natural top spin on the shot as you swing across the ball so as to bring the high ball back down into the court.

In my case, on the FH side I move my eastern grip a little towards semi-western on high balls where I start up high and swing across my body imparting topspin & a perhaps a little side spin.

[Richibald]

Arrrgggh of course Ryan so simple, yet so vital. Cheers man can't wait to see the difference thak you 👍👍 Oh a tip I got for high balls as well as length of arm. Don't use topspin use side spin from outside in to keep pace on your return. Ok I won't text bomb any more of your videos but this is very useful, much appreciated 🎾

[mihiracharya]

Are you reading my mind or what?
I was just thinking about high balls
Thanks for the tip Ryan, can't wait to try this tomorrow 🙌🏻

[TheWanko]

Oh now I get it!!! I was tooo close to the ball. Thanks!!

[harryherman]

Amazing tip! Really needed this one because my brother is Captain Moonball and he's getting lots of points because I didn't know this!

Could you do a video on topspinning high balls?

[idontknow]

Great advice! I wish you can show us some video footage examples

[newcoverhaha]

woww!! That's new content i am waiting for :D. I always love secret tip words like "birthday hat, big nose, waitress tray, open the armpit" it can help me to remind and better improvement exactly.