How silly.... Everyone should use some lag. Otherwise you have no swing.

4y later- eye dominance matters AND -there are different techniques that benefit different dominance -there are pro players that clearly make those adjustments -vision training and brain is also good

competitive tennis vs pretty tennis, I pick pretty tennis because im never going to be an ATP player anyway, I choose to work on hitting maybe not winners but at least aggressive attack style shots and I don't care if I lose to a 2.5 player 0-6 0-6 as long as I hit a few shots I want

Using an 18 x 20 frame helps a great deal.

It’s my first year I never played before but wanted to try it got lessons practiced for 3 months still nervous lol

Helpful info, thank you. I'm noticing a difference between playing for fun vs. playing in a match. Learning how to handle the pressure of matches is another skill set for sure. Appreciate your info!

I have been taught slice backhand by 3 different coaches and it never worked until I watched the video of Roger shown at the beginning of today's video. After repeatedly watching and thoroghly analysing it for an hour, I went to the court and something clicked, it immediately started to work. My technique evolved since and it is now slightly different, but the fundamentals I spotted in this video helped me to start moving in the right direction.

Wait what almost 90% reduction in pain in an instant. Subbed

Just watched Iga do all three of these in her AO semi final warm up.

also had a pretty bad MTB crash recently. Broke the frame but i'm not hurt

Excellent!

Welcome to the lefty conversion club. Due to work related soreness I learned to play left handed a few years ago. Hitting on ball machines I adapted the strokes, within about 6 mo's ( volleys,1 handed bh, returning serves) however learning to serve required tons of hours of practice. But never had much pace.No tennis due to covid policies. Since I tought myself using the same old techniques- 1 grip (cont) I decided to modernize my game, grip changing forehand backhand allowing more tospin. Finally after more the 2 years and endless practice 4 days serving 100 to 150 balls experimenting with takeback techs I finally have about the same pace as I did right handed. Being at the ripe age of 85 now I've never been a fan of trying to emulate high profile athletes.

Wow thank you so much! So encouraging

I love the fact that you taught yourself to play left handed. Just for fun I'm trying to do a left handed serve. It's coming but slowly. The power isn't there but I'm getting spin!. I enjoy the challenge as what just feels natural right handed is now a real brain exercise. Keep them coming I like your advice and tips 😁. Cheers from the UK

The reason I follow you is that you are not going into tiny details of technique that are impossible to implement unless you are at a very high level and you just need to do some tweaks to make an improvement. For example, there is a video on another channel explaining steps for a perfect serve. I got so enthusistic and went to the court an hour after to try it. The very moment I tried it I realized that it is impossible to think of those steps while serving and that you are getting nowhere. You are not overcoaching and you focus on things that almost anyone can implement. That is highly appreciated and that is why this is my favorite tennis channel

Top job mate, keep up the great work! 💪🏻

Everytime i played tennis I would wake up the next day with my shoulders feeling destroyed. Started doing the exercises at 10:27 with a band. I dont feel the pain like I did before. Thank you richard

It's more difficult to use or learn wrist lag if you haven't been doing it since you were young. I'm 60 and i do it. I have a very heavy forehand and a great deal of pace. However, I've been doing it since I was a teenager. I still play singles with men that are much younger than me at 4.5 and 5.0 levels. If you want to try it and you can pull it off, then go for it, but yes, it's difficult to master in the later years.

Excellent insight everytime.

Thank you for this vid, I reckon I've been struggling with my mindset in tennis (almost 35 y.o) and will try these ones. We could do the same with a tennis ball for visual reference?

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Getting too close is SUCH an issue. I didn't realize how bad it was for me until I saw myself on video.

So I'm assuming the nauseous feeling goes away with more practice? Also, have you experienced full-blown vertigo at any point?

Are you saying you did these exercises before playing?

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Also new to tennis ( at 63 years ) not interested in playing with a crap technique so practicing with the wall and hand feeding on the court ( the one handed backhand ) hundreds of balls to get the ‘ feel ‘ for right height and distance etc. Certainly helps .

Thanks for the ‘ feeding tip ‘ I’ll try that.

Thanks great tips

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thank you ! I will give a try and will let you know if works

Where is this lovely court?

what about double backhand? ***edit spoke too soon. can do all you with double as well.

Brilliant

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You still seem a little stiff with you upper body and arm in the racquet drop and pulling phase. Seems that you are still off balance when you start moving your racquet (upper body not anchored by legs) so you start will less control of your swing. It’s very difficult to push into the ground in order to move and find balance because mentally we do not think it effects the control of your arm on the swing path but it is literally why Sinner’s ball striking is next level. His leg initiated balance and intentionality when training gives him that awareness and consistency, maybe skiing training that in him too

Gracias

The principle is that the hand should be as straight as possible. That way your can sub-consciously correctly estimate the point of contact to be the centre of the racquet.

Keep your head down watch the ball onto the raquet 2:32

Thanks for this and being honest how you slow even your attempts go. Good spot to see the similarities in how the drop pull is intuited between Sinner and Djokovic. It definitely has a resemblance. I have studied Sinners forehand for hours. I have implemented changes to my forehand and when I do get it right (which is not often) it feels amazing. Even my hitting partner commented that there was few shots I hit that was on another level of pace. He even said the hit had a different sound. But it's super hard to get it right often which is very frustrating. Richard have a look at how far back Sinners arm goes, almost straight, before he starts the intentional forward motion. In my studying it looks to me like that almost gives him a longer "runway" to build up speed and the extra timing. His arm goes back into the slot position then his elbow and wrist does an internal rotation getting it into a position at the beginning of the forward motion. That part is exactly like Djokovic, that rotation and position. Then to me it looks like it resembles a throw drive more like baseball or just when one would throw a stone when one typically takes a step before the throw and the arm pulls in very fast, intentionally. If you see how far back his racket is as he starts to step and pull. But I dont know if thats just me. :) Here are some vids I watched. the first has a good angle on that what is discussed. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGKbh3WKgK6IqNE then this one on his spacing as an extra kzbin.info/www/bejne/fH3WhYFvZs1jqpo

i have this lasso or fly-fishing analogy in mind when it comes to extension before the swing. You have to throw your hand backwards a little before going forwards to keep "the rope" in tension.

Interesting! I'll try it myself tomorrow.

first bend those knees, hold the racket longer by the trout with non hitting hand when inverting racket head taking the racket back in loose but long way. then throw the racket to the one o clock position leading with the elbow, while pusching of of backfoot ...i think...

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I get the point you are making in your video. Please know that @alexandermayer makes negative comments on everybody’s channels. If he is truly the former tennis professional, Sandy Mayer, then he played in the 70s and early 80s. I remember his name from back then. It’s apparent he doesn’t appreciate the value of online instruction to us 3.0 - 4.0 players. 🤔

Vision

Excellent lesson for seniors that were taught & played classic tennis strokes with a stiff wrist as was the case. I recall being in a college tournament in 1978 and seeing Ricardo Acuna destroying forehands with a 'slap stroke' that sounded like a serve. By the time Agassi's baseline game became popular, vs serve and volley, wrist lag became a thing. Cheers

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