STOP trying to follow through! (tennis technique)

You've heard it before!

"Finnish your follow through"

"Make Contact out in front"

Things your coach and other players are always telling you, but for some reason it doesn't seem to be helping. It's because that if the result or effect of doing something properly, not what you should ACTUALLY be doing! You need to have a proper unit turn and use your body correctly. Having a proper connect chain movement is key to having not just a proper forehand, but every stroke in tennis.

#tennis #forehand #lesson
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[furiobisotti]

I love your choice of an aged, passionate player. It's really nice to see an amateur getting advantage of your skills. I will try to follow your hints on the court

[photobearcmh]

I've not talked to anyone who had video used in lessons. It's crazy, I got much better using it on myself than taking lessons. Once you get over the shock of seeing your real swing, it's a super useful tool. Golf has been doing this for decades, I don't know why it isn't more prevalent in tennis.

[gmoney]

I’m 54, athletic and started playing tennis 2 years ago and when I started I struggled just trying to keep the ball in play during rallies with my brother and during doubles matches I’d just botch up everything etc.
Now for the last six weeks Ive been fixing my forehand using video via my lobster and hitting 300-500 balls 4-5 times a week. I’ll video every other session and quickly see that there’s “another thing to fix”. I’m getting there tho and have seen Major improvement thanks to videos such as these.

Video yourself and grow!!!

I also just ordered the book.

Thx Ian!!!

[sheeftz]

What an amazing set of tennis lessons. I wish I watched it 5 years ago.

[trapattoni_]

This might be the most insightful tennis lesson video I've ever watched. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge!

[rajatisivan]

Thanks to all the coaches for teaching how to hit the right way. I have transitioned from arming the ball to hitting with the body. Here is my perspective of a student about the difficulties in making the transition. When I was arming the ball, I could get away with poor rhythm (bounce-hips-hit) and poor spacing (ineffective use of left hand). All that mattered was making sure the racket is put in the way of the ball at the correct angle regardless of how the racquet got there. But to hit it with the body, the trigger needs to be pulled a lot earlier, and spacing has to be spot on (within a much narrower range of feasible options that allow for a hit with the body). And to get to the right position and time, the read has to be much better. Meaning, reading the opponents body, positioning and racket face. The split step has to spot on with a solid first move. So the transition was really hard, since I had to do a lot of other things much much better to be able maintain the right swing technique. It is relatively easy to mimic the correct swing path in a controlled setting in a relatively slow ball feed. But to that in a live ball drill, a whole host of skills needs to be perfected. A lot of students get frustrated when they think they got it, and find out they are now losing to opponents that they used to beat easily before. This takes a lot of time and practice. Short term pain, but long term gain

[allenmiller]

Hi Ian,
I've been teaching this for years. I call it "hit with your hips" emphasizing using your body to pull the racquet around and extending through contact. I also focus in using an "inside-out' swing path to get away from the linear or "straight-ahead" swing that comes from getting too close to the ball or arming it. Add this notion to your excellent approach and descriptions here, and you've got a complete package of body mechanics and swing path. The result is tremendous racquet acceleration with very little effort.

[mauricioreginato]

I really liked"when you said "exaggerate a bit", so that the player can fix that in the brain... I tottally agree and I have done it myself and it's different from everything I had learnt so far. It works. Good lesson!

[crosscourtrabbitcompletetennis]

I agree with everything you say, including the need for greater use of videoing when coaching/teaching the game. Just over a decade ago I made the transition from the old, essentially linear strokes I learned as a kid to the more rotational modern strokes, and I dd it largely by videoing myself and comparing those videos to videos of the pros. We don't fully understand what we are doing until we see ourselves doing it.

[boxingvb]

Good advice. To improve contact point also would recommend keeping eye contact with the ball until as late as possible (ideally till it hits the racquet) - check out slow motion videos of the big folks on the tour. They are not just looking at the ball, but actually turning their head following the ball.

[Sweeney-Kubach]

Coach Ian I agree with everything you said, I started playing tennis again after an 25 year hiatus, due to injuries that made me disabled. I have been back at tennis for about 3 months and I record all my practices, and use your videos, and boy Coach Nicks videos to improve my game and performance. When I played tournaments and leagues in the 80s, and 90s video was a rare tool in teaching. Agassi’s coach N was using video back in the 80s, and his coaching produced at least 4 world champions Agassi, Samprass, Selles, Courier. The video coaching helped those world champs see their mistakes in live time and fix the problem instantly. Great job on the video my friend.

[christianmoller-hansen]

I instantly felt like I was doing something wrong when you show the example of uncoiling and stretch first.
Just by doing a couple of shadow swings it feels much more effortless and I like the fact the shoulder can't be too far behind anymore.
Thank you very much

[brahimjamal]

videos are a good the best witness of a tennis player placement, movement and technic . The more you see yourself the more you tend to adjust all weaknesses. Your analysis of the ground strokes is 100% preparation is absolutely true and to the point. Nice presentation!

[alejandrohualdez]

Coming from a golf background, and being a latecomer to tennis, I'm amazed at the lack of video use in club tennis coaching!!!
It's so much easier to correct a swing fault once you can see what you're doing.

[mattiasledunger]

Thanks coach! This is some truly useful input. It is even possible to remember and hopefully implement!😃

[IndranilBhattacharyaDhanbad]

Such a simple but super effective explanation of the techniques to use the body to lead the shot making. Will focus on this and come back with how it is working - thank you so much for your guidance

[Zenon-fgdw]

This is the best coaching ever. Thank you!

[JoelMitchell-tpyk]

Video is so important and you are so clear in your teachings. Thankyou

[BN]

I thought this video was someone trying to "disrupt" tennis coaching techniques that's been working for decades and showing something useless but what you've said is spot on that all of these things are a biproduct of leading with the body first. Great video!

[quentincrisp]

Instead of stating moving you body first be more specific and state moving or firing your hip which is the main body part that starts the chain reaction. Still the best video I've seen on these chain of events for the FH!