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I'll bet getting the shoulder out front also has the added benefit of increasing power. It ensures that torso rotation is integrated into the swing, instead of just the arm movement. When I teach punching, I often tell students "The arm is fast, the torso is strong, and strength plus speed equals power." 3:16-3:24 You can clearly see his shoulders load and turn a full 180˚ on both demo swings.

@Playyourcourt

2 жыл бұрын

"The arm is fast, the torso is strong, and strength plus speed equals power." 💯 🙌

Easiest way to fix a jammed contact is to initiate the swing earlier. Surprised Nate didn't mention this

@Playyourcourt

3 жыл бұрын

Very true. We've talked about early racket prep a lot in previous vids so we just went a different direction with it. Thanks for the feedback and for watching!

@richieortiz5

3 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily as people like me who have less than ideal fundamentals tend to always be jammed up because it’s just a habit I haven’t been able to break whether consciously or not.

@davelee6002

3 жыл бұрын

That solution alone hasn't worked for me, I've struggled for about a year, and needed a bit more progression and guidance to improve it.

Thank you for that amazing tip. I have been trying to improve my contact point. Never has it explained so well.

@Playyourcourt

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome, happy to hear it helped!

Love these videos of yours, Nate. Such calm tempo and digestable explenations. Keep it up!

@Playyourcourt

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tim, appreciate that!

Thank you I am a Japanese amateur player Aiming to win the tournament Your play was very helpful I would like to continue watching your videos and practicing

@BarChordA

2 жыл бұрын

How did the tournament go?

As usual from Nate...Brilliant! Loving that BH! Thanks for the upload!

@Playyourcourt

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks much appreciated as always! Backhand is coming along sloooowly but surely.

I love the videos, simple one focussed objective per video

Great to get back to the fundamentals. The forehand, and backhand, are linear strokes. The racket face extends into the court towards the target. This has been lost in "modern tennis teaching." Too often today players on the forehand focus on getting the racket over the non-hitting shoulder, resulting in a "circular stroke." They miss the linear extension. Their balls rarely go deep into the opposing court. Often they do not reach the service line.

@Playyourcourt

3 жыл бұрын

Well said my man. Thanks for watching and the support!

Thanks, i'll keep this in mind always.

@Playyourcourt

3 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure, glad it helped!

this new 3d white board action figure is an awesome addition

YES! I needed this!! I am i correct in assuming i can apply the same principal to the 2HBH?

I just clicked the bell 😊

0:00 "Wow, Scott looks different. And did y'all coordinate those shoes?" 7:04-8:07 Extremely satisfying rally (great video, audio, and music)!

@Playyourcourt

2 жыл бұрын

Thank ya sir! Scotts looking a little younger huh? Shoes were an accident but it made for a good laugh.

Nate gave Scott a great lesson in hitting the ball out in front!!💪

@Playyourcourt

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I was working with Aiden but yes Scott needs a lesson on better contact as well 😉 . Thanks for watching and the support!

I'm confused. Patrick mouratoglu was saying contact point is when the ball between the legs.

Thanks Nate. Would this mean the chest needs to be fully open or even past open at contact? There are some teaching that advocate keeping the chest slightly closed, ie facing the contact point and not parallel to the net. What is your thought?

@Playyourcourt

3 жыл бұрын

Great question. The variation of how much the chest closes at contact largely depends on the stance the player is hitting from, ie: Open vs. Closed. Regardless the chest should remain slightly closed at contact. The shoulder will still remain out in front with the chest remaining slightly closed. The only time the chest is fully open is out of necessity when under complete duress and defending a wide ball. Hope this helps, appreciate you watching!

Great Nate! Amazing video! Gotta a pretty bad habit of leaving my non-dominant arm (right one) stuck along my body instead of following the swing. Any tip? I was thinking about using phones when training with a message in loop that sounds something like this "Don't leave your right arm stuck!!" LoL

@Playyourcourt

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Roberto, glad you enjoyed the instruction. Checkout the linked video, as itmay help with your non-dominant arm kzread.info/dash/bejne/naqumK2fn93PYrg.html

@robertocolombari906

2 жыл бұрын

@@Playyourcourt Awesome! Thanks :)

Nate, 1-handed backhand looking nice! Are you switching, or are you just doing the tennis pro thing of doing it just so you can hold balls in your left hand? Also, were you purposely trying to not hit a forehand?

@Playyourcourt

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew, appreciate the kind words. Made the full time switchto the one-hander 8 months ago due to a wrist injury. Had lots of years hitting a very mediocre one while instructing though so the switch wasn't horribly painful. Def took advantage of getting some extra backhand reps here in this vid, while stepping around some forehands. 😉

Hey Nate, my forehand is messed up real bad. I am hitting the ball close to the body and I end up with just a top spin, short ball with no power. It has become my default action how can I fix it?

@Playyourcourt

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear of the troubles. Check out the link to a video we did on how to improve your timing. Should help with your contact point and get the ball deeper in the court with some pop! Hope it helps. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZWZkuNSKpMTgl7g.html

Nate - you've probably been asked this before, but what do you wear on the wrist of your racket arm?

@vinodshenoy5764

3 жыл бұрын

Weak, damaged wrist. He sometimes uses a product called the wrist widget on top of this. Probably a TFCC injury.

@Playyourcourt

3 жыл бұрын

I'm trying not to be offended with my wrist being referred to as weak and damaged lol. But Yes it's weak and damaged due to a TFCC tear. Spot on!

@Playyourcourt

3 жыл бұрын

Its medical tape to help secure a TFCC tear in the wrist.

Did you two coordinate outfits or was that just a happy accident?

@Playyourcourt

3 жыл бұрын

I would like to say I'm Aiden's hero and he emulates me but this was just a happy accident. We both cracked up arriving to the shoot seeing that we had matching outfits. Shame we weren’t filming a doubles segment 😉