All I can say is Tom taught me this and I was skeptical because my whole life I was taught that you gotta get your weight into the ball. But I always felt jammed, now I don't. And my forehand is harder and more consistent now. Also, as the clips in the video show, the pros do it too.

Hi that is a great point to make, cause the hitting arm is on one side of the body. So if you draw a line from hit arm side it is going across the middle of the weight connection if you hit off the front leg. That is why tennis looks funny sometimes

Your advice here and your other FH videos has changed my forehand technique, and I get more effortless power!

Hitting open-stance has been one of the confusions of mine. Most of the time, I don't rotate forward and the coach at my local club doesn't like that. I thought I've seen Federer rotates in-place many times. I'm glad you clarified this! Happy Holidays!

High level stuff...going to go over this with my students.

It appears the golf long-hitters have really long hair. Would that help my kinetic chain as well?

Thanks for that! I had never noticed this subtle difference. I was taught the forhand on the run which uses the cross step or the hop. I would be playing and notice that when not running I couldnt make the shot. I had also been taught that hitting going backward loses power(which it does). So I was actively fighting going backwards while trying to maintain position AND trying to rotate through (all unsuccessfully)....thats alot going on and no wonder its confusing. I think you just fixed it all! Thank you

I love golf analogies. 😊

Nice insightful videos about technique. Would be nice if you could make a video of how to slow down the stroke after hitting the ball (to prevent over-rotating). Not many videos on this but it’s a crucial part of stroke especially when hitting the ball hard. Thanks.

Well done . This is very easy to learn.

This is not only the "easiest" way to do it but also the efficient and ideal one. And the way made "popular and famous" by certain Mr. Roger Federer. Strange it hasn't been more widely used and taught explicitly as what it is: simply the best way to hit a neutral forehand. Since it is. Ask Roger if you don't believe me. 😉

I’m watching this vid for the 5th time and find something new and very useful & helpful new. I highly recommend the vid for 4.0plus Ntrp 👌🏿👏🏾👍

Great video!

Nice one Tom

I'm liking it

Is the take away to focus on rotating and less on body weight forward?

I think of it as stepping/springing off the back foot. Push yourself off from the back foot and the rotation will occur naturally without having to think about it.

I agree. High level stuff explained in a simple way!

It's a bit more subtle than hitting off the back foot and pivoting. For a brief moment, the left leg must act as a counterbalance, which is why you see many players lift that knee up. David Bailey covers this move with some excruciating detail in all its variations.

The golf analogy is quite different as the golfer needs height in order to get the longest hit, hence the back foot lift. I think there is no doubt for maximum power and speed to get straight to a target is throw your momentum onto the target. Back foot shot will work of course but it's more like a timing issue, most likely to play with more spin in order to lift the ball a little as a safer shot. Interesting topic though I could be wrong

do you have this for backhand, 1hbh and 2hbh?

what if I put my right foot a bit more in front than my left foot and still load it up on my right foot ( going a bit forward to do it). I tend to do that. :)

The golf swing ends with the weight on the front foot.

@TomAllsopp

8 ай бұрын

Correct

In the clip showing you executing this, you are moving your weight into the shot (3:13). Ime, the less weight you move into the shot, the less margin you have for both power and control. The reason most recreational players struggle with this, is timing issues due to poor footwork and slow prep. When it comes to the golf analogy, ime it's not an accurate description. The long drivers on the ATP do not move their left feet. The specialists from long drive competition do, but they're not loading on the right (back foot). They load into their front foot, but their rotational momentum is so big that the knee (in particular) can not be used as a counter force (allowing maximum transfer into the shot), bc it would be damaged. This is btw something that does happen to a lot of ATP player's knees, such as Tiger Wood. This is why they load into their front (right) foot, and release booth feet from the ground due to the momentum, similar to a top level "jumping" forehand in tennis. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iaGNzNCIo5ieebQ.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/jIGNlax7qNrRlc4.html

@TomAllsopp

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The shot I show at 3:13 shows me playing off my back foot and my left foot moving backwards. And that’s what I’m talking about. Just like all the pros are doing.

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Good for advanced players..horrible for beginners to adopt

@TomAllsopp

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Why?

@Maruman_man

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@TPA tennis because they will home their weight back and open up their body so much getting outside the ball. Like over the top in golf. Shifting to forward foot allows staying inward before the stroke. For advanced players.