Best Tennis Movement Tips - For Better Balance And Weight Transfer

These fundamental tennis movement tips are especially important for adult recreational tennis players since they simplify the complex footwork into just a few easy to follow tips. www.feeltennis.net/movement-t...
The first movement tip is about your posture and height as you move around the court. The rule of the thumb is that you should be around 10 cm / 4 inches lower than your usual upright height.
Players are too often moving around the court being too upright which makes it difficult to accelerate and control your balance.
The second footwork tip is looking to move into the ball in an "L" shape of movement.
That means that you first want to get really well behind the ball so that you can now transfer weight forward into the ball.
If you don't visualise moving in L shape then you will end up many times in closed stance and not being able to rotate your hips into the ball.
The third movement tips is called "moving down the slope". Tennis players tend to move around the court in a horizontal line and as they get to the ball they don't have time to load the legs.
But if you move from the beginning with the idea of moving "down the slope", then when you arrive to the ball you will already have legs loaded and you can rise into the ball.
0:00 Lower Yourself By 4 Inches
2:31 Move In The L Shape
6:14 Moving Down The Slope
11:01 Always Keep Moving

[@bbdragon43]

The L shape tip really clicked for me. I've always felt a lack of balance/power going cross on the forehand side and this explains a lot, thanks Tomas!

[@feeltennis]

Glad it was helpful!

[@CherryPova]

@@feeltennis we love the way you teach. Thank you so much ❤

[@indirajayaraman4758]

Nice tip about the slope. I didn't realize that I was doing the bending of knees automatically. Now I know the benefits of bending the knees. I keep telling my tennis students to bend their knees. Now I know the reason for it.

[@kdoublec973]

One of your best lessons. Thanks

[@vladimirgorosko]

Fantastic tips!

[@Phoniq]

Always learn something new with you! So good.

[@hkjack410]

Very nice and excellent video cut

[@jonathanchen1026]

Move in the L tip is a very good advice! I often not move in the L on the two handed backhand and my hip closed too early

[@beeth1362]

Thank you for sharing all these great concepts.

[@martinlim4967]

Thanks!

[@NamesAreRandom]

Like all those tips. On a similar vein I also like to think I move through the ball. It's easy to move up to the ball and stop which can lead to you swinging a bit flat footed and muscling the shot with your arm, but if you think of moving through you automatically expect to push off with your back leg which leads to better balance as you swing and more leg drive.

[@feeltennis]

Yes, moving through the ball is a good concept, one just has to pay attention to not losing balance but rather executing the stroke in good dynamic balance.

[@nikchow4791]

Great take on simplifying the movements toward the ball, I will definitely use your tips

[@ashwinkumart8642]

Excellent tips to always come.back to

[@ashwinkumart8642]

Good tips

[@nadernayo]

i learned a lot from your videos.. Thanks

[@nathanmiller6051]

Excellent teaching! I love it!!! thanks Coach 🙏 appreciate

[@dwaynebentley1633]

Thanks for this great tip coach. I have never learned of the L-shape movement. I will now practice this a lot

[@user-qf4eb3li3z]

Thank you, Thomas! It's really useful tips

[@feeltennis]

Glad to hear that!

[@lanlam879]

Loved this lesson! Can't wait to try the L shape and slope next time I am hitting.

[@Nina-xx1kb]

Thanks coach lots to work on and new things to try!

[@marlowe1969ify]

Likes Always super Tomaz

[@heiyiplee2800]

The best video on one of the most important elements in tennis. It does make a lot of improvements with the forward L movements.Thanks so much.

[@jinglim9168]

great instructional, something lights up my mind, thanks so much❤

[@amitkandoi4230]

Good lesson, this is new stuff for me, will definitely try out in my upcoming sessions..

[@kaikinlei9898]

Incredible tips

[@eduardosalcedo5887]

great video as usual

[@Symphonicrockfran]

I always struggled with footwork. Amazing video!

[@franciscomanrique4979]

Muchas gracias. Muy buenos fundamentos !! 👍🏻👍🏽👍🇪🇸🇪🇦🇪🇸

[@fairman1455]

Always very good, thanks in particular for the gradual slope (but no sitting in the chair)

[@Nina-xx1kb]

So important to keep moving!!

[@pablok2854]

Tomaz!!, i love your videos man, you have such a talent to teach and explain the basics of tennis. also have an amazingly simple technique for the strokes. I was wondering what racket are you using? it looks great for recreational players of any level. thanks!!

[@dass9420]

Thanks Tomaz for all the tips over the years!

[@feeltennis]

My pleasure!

[@christopherwilson1989]

Do you recommend having players work the L-shape pattern as their primary baseline footwork drill as opposed to the “Spanish X” drill for example? One thing I’ve never liked about the Spanish X is that it conditions players to immediately orient sideways. But it is so universally taught. Thoughts?

[@feeltennis]

Eventually you have to do all types of movements, moving backwards is also important to teach especially that players pivot on the back foot otherwise they lean backwards and don't rotate. So if the question is more what to teach first or what is more fundamental then I would start with L shape movement first and also the basic movement patterns that I show in this Warm Up Drills video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGi9oopsrNN-ias - and add complexity of movements moving diagonally like X later on.

[@michaelyyz1084]

“You came here to move, so move!” Ha, terrific! Great advice here, thank you Tomaz. I especially like the downward slope. A great complement to your groundstroke courses which I recommend unreservedly.

[@feeltennis]

Very much appreciated, thanks for the support!

[@gregoiremt7816]

Hello Tomasz, thank you for I'm sure another great video ! However, for some reason I can hear the sound of the introduction with the racket logo just fine, but as soon as I can see you talking there is no more sound at all. I don't understand how it is possible. I just tested with a random video from your channel and there is no problem with the sound.

[@feeltennis]

Hi Gregoire, that's very strange, it must be something on KZbin's side since so far no other viewer commented on the same problem. Perhaps give it a day for KZbin to clean up the audio?

[@pgill18]

@@feeltennis I hear the sound in stereo with the racket logo and in mono (only though right earpiece) when you are talking. If someone was using only left earpiece, they will hear nothing.

[@gregoiremt7816]

@@pgill18 Thanks, I think you nailed it. My left (or right) speaker doesn't work anymore for some reason.

[@gregoiremt7816]

So I could hear everything with my headphones! Thanks a lot about this news video, I will try to implement that next time I step on the court!@@feeltennis

[@gofish721]

What's the difference between moving 4" lower and running down the slope? Seems to be similar in terms of actual ball striking.

[@feeltennis]

The 4 inches lower tip is just a general simple idea to help the player lower their center of gravity so that they change direction better, or start the first step better. But that doesn't mean they will lower themselves even more for the shot which is in most cases necessary. So going down the slope is a slightly more complex way of thinking and moving. We need to progress from simple to more complex tips so that the player is not overwhelmed. So I would start with just being 4 inches lower and do that for a few weeks and then add the idea of going down the slope especially for low balls.

[@ubreakubuylol]

I can only hear from right ear, can you fix the sounds of this video? thanks

[@feeltennis]

Unfortunately not, Yotube won't let me edit videos. The mic was set to one channel for some reason...

[@michaellangham6234]

i prefer dolby digital 7.1.2

[@paulhaasbroek633]

So, you are effectively hitting with your legs?

[@feeltennis]

Definitely, legs needs to work much more than arms: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pV6zmoSOZrVjh7s

[@FairwayJack]

like

[@zajdlos4652]

These are all super usufull tips. The only problem is for us amateur players to adhere/remember to them😂😂😂

[@thsigman]

Thanks!

[@venktennis]

Thanks!

[@ianmacdonald5278]

Thanks!

[@feeltennis]

And thank you!

[@ianmacdonald5278]

@@feeltennis You're welcome! I'm one of those weird pickleball players(too old to learn tennis and play both now!) There is so much of your wisdom that is directly transferable to pickleball that has helped me immensely in improving my pickleball skills! (Hopefully this will not make all your tennis only fans angry!) Great, easy to understand content presented in an intuitive and logical manner. 😀

[@feeltennis]

@ianmacdonald5278 Wonderful to hear, thank you!