Emma Raducanu Forehand Technique (What To Copy To Improve Your Tennis)

[@yuactingout]

Great video. I also love the more closed stance and the position of her left hand throughout the swing. I see so many people always hitting with an open stance and the off-hand below their hip.

[@andrelamarque1009]

I absolutely love this video. As a male college player I’m going to switch from the nadal takeback to this. I used to use Raducanus takeback before I copied nadal and realized I never should’ve switched. Such clean technique. Thanks Ryan!

[@o0netennisclothing343]

Love this Ryan, her forehand is ground breaking for the women’s game 🎾

[@babbo507]

honestly filming myself is one thing but taking swings in front of a very large mirror is so much better. there were things i was doing i didnt know i was doing and thing I thought i was doing but wasnt.

[@DamianTran]

Can you do a video of Maria Sakari forehand?! I find it helps me alot on not being late and forcing me to hit out in front and good timing

[@micbeauch]

Thank you Ryan for all the the clear and insightfull stuff you put on KZbin. One point that was mentionned already is the position of the handle at contact which is higher than the racquet head. Have you ever discussed this in another video (that I would very much like to watch)? I think that when I brush the ball I am forcing early (or rushing) the racquet head upward and feel that this may not be the most effective. I wonder if the upward movement of the racquet head has to be driven mostly be handle leading up (keeping the forehand supinated until contact) or by the pronation of the forehand or both with the pronation being delayed until contact. Thank you.

[@aliciafitch1420]

Excellent video - clear and simple. Thank you!

[@javadtaba5469]

coach , what is her grip ? semi-wetstern or full western ?

[@طارقيوسف-ب6و]

Good idea Rayan doing the loop from lemited area make the loop more strong and faster

[@pakchu2]

During contact her handle is above the racket head. Is this something we should copy?

[@2MinuteTennis]

Yes. If I talked about EVERYTHING that we should copy the video would be about an hour long. Decided on about 3 things but there really are about 40 things to copy here. Thanks!!

[@vjp724]

This is very clear explanation and well presented. Every detail is nicely broken down. Very useful training video for my juniors Thank you for sharing this. 👏

[@JH-qn8bg]

How about comparing her forehand with Sinner’s ? What are the differences? Pros and cons? Thank you!

[@LGLG-mc3dt]

Thanks Ryan for the clear, nice lesson. I have a question to ask: should I use the same grip (semi-western) to handle all kinds of balls (no matter high or low, short or deep), or should I change my grip according to balls' height and depth? Best, LG

[@dj7oya]

Nice question but does anybody change their grip on groundstrokes? I'd say they'd change the follow through mechanics in those extreme situations, i.e. swing "flatter" on higher balls with less topspin, etc, but that's it. I'd only change my grip if I have to slice, smash or serve.

[@LGLG-mc3dt]

@@dj7oya thanks for your input!

[@crunchtimeeats347]

Agassi used to do it. Moved it more western if it was a short high ball to be put away. Seen it plenty of times

[@Sa1d1n]

@@LGLG-mc3dt I agree with the other poster. Be ready with your preferred forehand grip (which seems to be SW), unless you are planning on blocking the ball (e.g. on the serve). To handle a higher ball, increase the height of your set-up. Changing your grip introduces a lot of variables you probably don't want to deal with.

[@ginomarone8831]

Ryan - just saw a practice video from a few months ago and it appears that, she has further improved her FH. The takeback is now a lot shorter, and keep it even more so to the side. Might want to check it out, will link it here if I find the video.

[@2MinuteTennis]

Yep. Saw it. Ans I already made a new Raducanu video

[@ginomarone8831]

@@2MinuteTennis nice! This can only mean one of 2 things: we think alike or, I am learning to analyze technique from your videos…. 😏😏

[@2MinuteTennis]

@@ginomarone8831 haha I think it’s both Gino. Thanks so much!

[@schummy3000]

you are awesome ! i will practice and try !

[@JeremySry]

this was an awesome breakdown!! Thank you!!

[@2MinuteTennis]

thanks so much jeremy!!

[@alteroccatv]

@3:12 one caveat...[ power = mass x acceleration] therefore [the greater the loop = the greater the POTENTIAL for acceleration]

[@jorimlee7287]

Question Ryan, When she makes contact her arm is still bent, is that good for recreational players?

[@2MinuteTennis]

Yes. To me it doesn’t matter if the arm is bent or straight. Many forehands are ruined because coaches force straight arm when it doesn’t fit well for the player. I’m a bent arm hitter.

[@darrensurrey]

@@2MinuteTennis It's interesting because she's not using a "nextgen" grip where you really have to keep your arm bent to avoid wrist pain (or at least I do!).

[@johnddwyer]

it looks like she is totally lagging on the forehand. She opens her hips and the racket is left behind. What am I missing?

[@shawngregory1429]

All you’re missing is the fact that she’s a professional.

[@sciencekid7565]

If you copied that forehand, then you’d lose every first round.

[@TheJJZeeman]

I think you guys misunderstood the question. The narrator tells us she does NOT have a "lag forehand", which is when you spin your body and the arm gets pulled after a short lag. It kind of looks like she does have a lag forehand so I guess I'm missing something too.

[@eclipseaaterminator8153]

Thank you so much! I love these videos

[@TheJJZeeman]

And this is the first instructional video that made me realize I've been split-stepping poorly. THANK YOU.

[@juliano-direito-unisinos9582]

the best tennis lesson, congrats,

[@Jack74u2]

I heard a theory that some players started breaking the plane when they were little kids since the contact point is closer to the body. As they get stronger, the contact point moves further forward and the back loop stops breaking the plane. I guess there's no way to validate that. I wonder if Emma always had this mechanic at a young age.

[@2MinuteTennis]

That’s often what happens. You are correct. If you look at fed and shapo as kids their swings are nothing like now. Big loops.

[@맑은하루-n9g]

What a great video ~ thankyou very much~♡

[@Benson_Bear]

I have watched many of your videos in which you say that closing the racquetface as you start your foreward swing enables you to hit the ball with a square face and strings facing forward. I do not understand this at all. Clearly it is the path my racquet takes from that point that determines the orientation of the strings at contact, and there are a number of paths where this will not happen. In particular, whatever part of my mechanics that changes the orientation of the strings from downward to flat, straight up and down, and forward has to be timed perfectly in order for the orientation to be correct. I understand how in some sense the simplest trajectory that gets the strings into this orientation is quite optimal for both hitting through the ball and generating topspin, but I don't see how to effect that trajectory. To avoid timing problems, I have a strong urge to start off with the raquet oriented straight up and down, so the only two variables are to move it from butt-cap facing the ball to strings in correct left-right position (to hit through) and from strings below the ball to strings at the ball (to generate topspin). That is way way easier and more natural. However, it does not generate much topspin. The orientation from closed to vertically up and down, I presume, will do that. But the videos don't seem to explain how to time this, instead claiming (falsely, it seems to me), that the correct orientation will somehow naturally come about if starting from the closed face.

[@2MinuteTennis]

I’ll make a video on the subject today

[@Benson_Bear]

@@2MinuteTennis Thanks I look forward to it. On looking at what I do, I probably DO have the racquet face closed, but I open it up too early in fear of not hitting the ball square. But the face does not go beyond perpendicular to the ground, and so the ball is not sailing. Just very little topspin. I am raising the racquet face from low to high on contact, so even without the concurrent opening of the face, there should be some topspin. Probably another issue is that racquet head speed is just not high enough. Probably it gets a lot of the topspin generating speed from the opening of the face but my problem then is that insofar as the face was closed, I open it way to early for "safety" and it has no effect.

[@Benson_Bear]

@@2MinuteTennis Another elaboration on my difficulties here. And I suspect that of others. If one is stuck in a swing that wants to open racquet face too early for "safety", how can one get out of this? I tried to do this today specifically with one handed backhand, and really my partner is not going to have patience with this. Tried to keep closed face longer, and the usual result is that the ball just goes into the net since I don't get the face open enough. Can't afford the topspin pro! I will just try to go to a school wall, but the feedback from there is not very useful. Or even just hitting ball off a bounce in the court by myself. Or pay someone to feed balls I guess. Or just shadow for hours and hours. Again no real feedback from that... (I could never get spin anywhere, really. Serve, also. And clear shot in badminton, no. Even in table tennis only a little topspin. Thankfully you can play okay squash without spin and just hitting through the ball (Actually you can do not that bad mostly just blocking in table tennis as well))

[@tennis2856]

Hi coach i woul tell you that your videos are so great. Thanks you for all.

[@rizwanramzan5729]

She has amazing form!!!

[@fritzthecat6302]

great analysis.what kind of grip is she using.i trained my 12 year old son.we learn alot from u.keep ur good work up.many thx from thailand

[@darrensurrey]

Looks like semi-western - notch of the hand on side 3 of the handle. Just like Federer.

[@yakzivz1104]

@@darrensurrey federer has eastern grip. Emma has semi-western grip. Her hand is almost completely under the racket.

[@darrensurrey]

@@yakzivz1104 oh yes forgot Federer is modern. Guess Emma is next gen.

[@lqtube]

loop or not to loop... a big question..

[@frankvet1]

I would argue that the loop is "blunted", she actually stops the smaller loop and just pushes off with her feet and with her upper body twist, she just "wrists" the shot. Very very difficult to time consistently especially for a recreational player. My 2 cents. (I do agree with the loop being on the hitting side of the body FOR SURE... love this in today's faster game, but...). Cheers my friend.

[@yanfabiostudart536]

Thank you for The incredibles tips and analysis

[@laykefindley6604]

I can actually see several weak points in a forehand like this. Would love to engage in a discussion about it if you are up for it. For example, you can't swing as fast if you hold the racket away from you versus starting from a tucked in position. What would you say about that?

[@buzzbee4310]

Felt the same thing. Shouldn't the arm be somewhat fully extended ?

[@goggleboy2464]

Her swing comes in close to her then swings out away

[@laykefindley6604]

@@goggleboy2464 disagree. She starts out long, bends her elbow (brings it in), and then keeps her elbow bent. Losing lots of racket velocity.

[@goggleboy2464]

@@laykefindley6604 Given the result she is obviously not losing anything on it ..

[@laykefindley6604]

@@goggleboy2464 consistency of shot is not the same thing as full biomechanically advantageous shots. Obviously it works for her, but she also doesn't win every game. Every pro can improve, even Radacanu.

[@DeneNorton]

Hi Ryan, Weekend warrior question. My doubles partners during the week are not as keen on tennis strategy etc as I am. Hence they often are standing in the wrong place. Most evident is a marked reluctance to get involved when standing at the net. whether they are servers partners or receivers partners their main worry seems to be to prevent the opponent hitting past them in the tramlines. So they stand in the tramlines. sometimes half way back in the tramlines. That leaves 80 to 90% of the court open for me to cover. So the doubles becomes a version of singles. This prevents me from ever serving and volleying, from trying to set up the volley for my partner and often puts a lot of pressure on serve. What can I do to convince my partner to cover more court (nicely)?

[@92edro]

awesome analysis. i disagree that she does not lag the forehand. she absolutely does, as a direct result of her good preparation. the lag at best is a brief moment in time in the forehand, achieved by a loose wrist that throws the weight of the racket to the ball. she does this by only bending the wrist back as forward motion of the racket is initiated, not before as a lot of rec and even pro players do. but the key is she doesnt try to do this...its just an effect of using the racket correctly. lag should never be intentional or taught. its a result of proper timing and racket skill.

[@2MinuteTennis]

I agree with you. I didn’t make myself clear. I was trying to say she doesn’t use the same lag technique as fed or nadal. Thanks!!

[@92edro]

@@2MinuteTennis sorry to get nerdy, I'm passionate about forehands 🤣

[@pablok2854]

same swing and SW grip as Iga. Bented arm also

[@보니유니]

이해할수있게 천천히 설명되서 좋았습니다! 좋은영상이였어요^-^

[@deanme9]

Another great video. Thank you for this.

[@andrewmaddocks1006]

Hi Ryan! When do you recommend jumping for the split step? I've heard you say a number of times to land after the split step, but what's the optimal jump point? I can imagine it being hard to time the back swing, so would love a specific cue to look for.

[@hugorojasjimenez9609]

De l BBC u u y te XXI Yy

[@practicalmoderntennis4368]

She does not jump for the split step or even use the split on the majority of her forehands during matches. Focusing on the split steps can actually keep you from running to a ball when you are so focused on jumping. If players want to split step it should be done subconsciously. If you make it your focus you are going to miss out on more important things like preparing your racket face to track the ball as Wegner teaches.

[@randallchinn1850]

I agree with your comment. Ryan says you should be LANDING after the ball is hit. But this begs the question of WHEN should you start your split step? Obviously, you can be split stepping as the ball is coming at you!!

[@crosscourtrabbitcompletetennis]

Insightful and entertaining, as always.

[@yaku-tecnologia2650]

Hi! Can I hit this way with a full western grip?

[@nidhinnarayanan1078]

your stuff is absolutely amazing

[@franciscomanrique4979]

Gracias

[@2MinuteTennis]

Happy to help Francisco

[@tenniscoach]

I think emma has since changed this solid FH technique into more zverev like and headed south in her current match performance.. wonder which one of her coaches did the damage?

[@donnahibler8374]

Her grip. It looks like a semi- western? Or something more than the eastern grip. What grip is that?

[@sushs7991]

It looks to me like continental grip which is used in serve.

[@Nightrangersb]

Semi western. No way that’s continental. It would be physically impossible to hit the ball like that. There’s no player in the last 30 plus years that’s used a continental grip for a forehand topspin ground stroke. Fed and Delpo use an eastern grip and even that is highly unusual these days.

[@EE-ep8vx]

Thank you

[@steveyhw]

So good

[@2MinuteTennis]

Hey thanks so much!

[@bournejason66]

Clear racket lag there. Wonder why you said she doesn’t have it???

[@2MinuteTennis]

Was just referring to the Federer type of lag. Thanks for watching!!

[@oi3827]

Brilliant 👍 Thank you very much!!!

[@2MinuteTennis]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@fa8ster]

We got this 🥳

[@aryaveer233]

Great .. Awesome.

[@eric032]

the hold classic technic is the 1990 .... its not the nex gen technic 2022.. Alcaraz,sinner ruud etc..

[@chubbieminami3274]

I saw my forehand video and I was shocked. I did not think it was that bad...

[@2MinuteTennis]

Take one thing at a time and work on it. Nobody here is pro. We all need to improve. You got this!

[@imateapot51]

I disagree, she is lagging like the atp players do. Lagging is just a relaxed wrist (high level skill) that allows much of the racquet to keep going back as the hand/arm is rotated forward. The racquet not only lays the wrist back it rebounds like a pendulum and accelerates the racquet.

[@littledorrit6819]

These extreme western grips still make no sense to me, but I learned and played the game in the 1980s.

[@tehatte]

Ryan, that’s a typical atp lagging for me, racket head pointing at the back fence while buttcap pointing at the coming ball and racket face closing. Some wta players of this generation start copying atp forehand.

[@yajilobay]

「真似してみ」と言われて、すぐ真似できるのなら誰も苦労はしない。 個人的に難しいのは、ボールのどの位置で踏み込み足を蹴り返すのか？　それに依って打点の位置がずれ、ボールの方向がずれる。

[@chuckfriebe843]

“She doesn’t really have wrist lag”. You are absolutely wrong. She has a lot of wrist lag.

[@2MinuteTennis]

She’s has wrist lag like del potro. Which isn’t like Federer. Her wrist lag is from the acceleration of her body rotating. Not because of her technique like Federer, Nadal, shapo, kyrgios, etc. that’s what I meant. Her swing is very similar to Agassi.

[@chuckfriebe843]

@@2MinuteTennis I agree that her rotation and take back are almost identical to Andre’s.

[@anthonygibson660]

I'd say copy it all

[@bri_____1970]

Is your channel for 4.5 & above? We 2-3s aren't good enough to time this man. We are not pros, we struggle even with tracking the ball.

[@2MinuteTennis]

My channel is helpful for all levels. No different than a math KZbin channel has to teach calculus AND basic multiplication… But the split step timing is no different than jumping rope. If you can jump rope (timing your feet so you’re airborne as the rope passes under) then you can time a split step. The other two ideas are easy for any level player. Try it. You got this!!

[@UchihABitachi]

I concentrated on foot work and stroke form too much when I first started. It’s an important step, but what made me advance so much better was actually making contact with my racquet out in front of me. I used to muscle every shot bc my timing was late and I did not know that. It was not until I saw how easily the pros hit the ball during practice rallies. They’re not even trying and they’re hitting the ball harder than I ever could at full strength. That’s when I tried to relax and do the same, realized when I took the power off my shots I was shanking bc I was late. Sometimes it didn’t even matter how ugly my stroke was, just needed the racquet out in front of me as the ball was coming towards it and it would be a strong shot lol!

[@UchihABitachi]

From that point on I kept improving at a very fast rate. A lot of my friends who were better than me commented on how good my timing was and how solid my ground strokes were. Also inspired by Federer’s Neo bh, I started timing the bh on the rise as well, driving right thru shots opponents thought would give me trouble and surprising them. Hitting a ball with good timing, weight/force on the rise will def take time away from your opponents.

[@chtomlin]

What??? she clearly is doing the Congruent Tennis "Lag to Drag" the racket on her Forehand...not sure what the heck you are trying to say. And maybe mention that not crossing the plane is brought to us by Christophe Delavaut....

[@2MinuteTennis]

When I say “not lagging” I mean like the fed pat the dog. When did Christophe begin teaching this concept?

[@2MinuteTennis]

Because not crossing the plane is an idea as old as Vic Braden in the 70’s. He’s where I first learned it.

[@chtomlin]

@@2MinuteTennis I didn't mention Christophe in conjunction with "lag to drag". That is a Congruent Tennis phrase that deals with how to enter the slot and run up the slot to contact. Vic said many things and so much of it was flawed. If somewhere in all that he mentioned keeping the racket on the hitting side, he did it wrong by putting the racket back early. I found his comments using the misleading phrase of "shortening the backswing". Maybe it is short and maybe it isn't because you can have a short "wrap swing" and a longer hitting side swing... Short isn't the issue anyway, because the issue trying to get around to the ball vs ATP being much more direct to the contact. The ATP swing was taught before 1904, but even then, they didn't contrast it with a WTA swing as Christophe did so well. Back in 1904, they also taught the wrap takeback for certain shots where it works quite well. Btw, I gave you a thumbs up and thought the vid was good overall. You even did waaaay better than avg explaining why to use the ATP backswing... I'd just recommend giving more credit to others whose work you are using and maybe others will do it for you as well. Maybe you should have referenced Vic and it would have explained why you approached it this way.

[@DanielPerez-sz9lz]

3:18 forehand

[@DanielPerez-sz9lz]

3:14

[@TheWakeupsheeple]

Sorry but 4:22 is definitely a lag forehand.

[@emanuelmota7217]

Emma is friggin gorgeous. Perfect legs.

[@user-kd2ez2mb3c]

She hits like a man, don’t get me wrong I think it’s spectacular and stylish for her to pull it off. She has potential to be the next great.

[@user-kd2ez2mb3c]

@@Jeff-zc6rr Nick kyrgios

[@CurtDawg00]

Makes me think of a bent armed Delpo

[@kamals3582]

All this could have been said in a KZbin short video

[@TennisLegends-ebay]

Under pressure her forehand will often become a hit and not a swing with a snap…

[@jag3384]

Ryan, why do you say she's not using a lag forehand? She's lagging the racket like a moe-foe.

[@2MinuteTennis]

She doesn’t lag like Federer. That’s what I mean. Her acceleration is awesome so that does change her wrist position. But she doesn’t drop it to the outside of her hand (like fed), and then snap it back knot the place.

[@yakzivz1104]

@@2MinuteTennis It's probably because of the grip that she is using right?? Fed uses eastern but Emma uses semi western or western. Is this right?

[@tonytungsten4278]

Welcome gentlemen of culture.

[@waynehendricks2260]

That was a pretty long 2 minutes mate.

[@2MinuteTennis]

I completely agree!!

[@ericward1959]

Chào ⭐⭐

[@ROrneli]

MTM nothing more. Oscar Wegner already explained and teaches how to hit like this

[@Johnstage]

No lag?? What are you talking about?? Filled with idiosyncrasies, copying for the sake of copying and no biomechanical advantages explained.

[@harrypot3381]

I dont got this tho lol 😂

[@samprizeman4509]

She could do with a tip video like this, not star in one

[@2MinuteTennis]

Thanks so much Sam!

[@samprizeman4509]

@@2MinuteTennis for what???

[@2MinuteTennis]

@@samprizeman4509 I was thanking you for commenting. I had no idea what you were trying to say in your comment so I simply thanked you. You took the time to comment and I appreciate it.

[@dhyanampatel]

Result of this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/npuld3Wpq7lrrpo Thank You man.

[@chasam1234]

i wouldn't copy this it'll get you knocked out in either R1 or R2 .. if she has any chance going forward she needs to bulk up ang hit the gym as no required strength to match up that's evident today

[@birdseyeview219]

Did not do her any good,did it?No consistency,no thanks

[@2MinuteTennis]

Thanks so much!!

[@ManMoves]

Don't copy this serena and venus got coaching vids on line copy that

[@_SasaBrand_]

Ты для кого это все снимал?? Для Радуканихи??🤣🌺🤣 Никому эта херня не нужна..

[@WalkerKlondyke]

Also, she gets low. Every time.

[@2MinuteTennis]

You are correct. Thanks!!!

[@sunnytoppo7466]

She uses a an extreme western forehead

[@2MinuteTennis]

She’s uses a low semi western. Basically halfway between semi western and full western. She is not a full western or extreme full western.

[@sunnytoppo7466]

@@2MinuteTennis what about Diego?? He also uses a western.

[@Agent77X]

How about Rublev, Djokovic and Nadal? Do they not qualify as good forehands? Sampass? LOL! He only had 14 GS and never even went to semis in French Open ever! Sampass would get killed against Rubev, Djokovic or Nadal! Zverev is total only a ATP 500 and lower level tournament player! Never won a ATP 1000 and never won a GS! Sasha Zverev is a hot heat too! LOL!

[@2MinuteTennis]

Hey Harry. Not sure what point you’re trying to make. I made this video many months ago and don’t know you’re comment’s context.

[@tanquangphan]

Hiệu quả nhưng lưng cong quá, dáng đánh ko đẹp.

[@yunchan8807]

Emma的手几乎不用力 很放松

[@고고고-x5i]

too much talk!

[@2MinuteTennis]

You’re welcome for making the video.

[@smftrsddvjiou6443]

What for an ugly forehand. As all modern western forehands. Bring back wooden raquets, bring back raquets with smaller sweet spot. Less spin, more touch. I want to see tennis again, like in the 1970 th.

[@Chris_Sheridan]

Calm down! .. drink less coffee.

[@八極麻花捲]

Junk!

[@2MinuteTennis]

What’s junk?

[@mariotubegr]

If you want to improve, Raducanu can never be your model player

[@eddieteabagify]

Im not going to learn anything from Emma until she wins something without the crowd carrying her.

[@yakzivz1104]

I think that she will be back. She has great potential.

[@eddieteabagify]

@@Jeff-zc6rr lol. U have obviously never been a factor in any tournament. I personally have rallied Rajeev Ram in his singles quarter final at Delray Beach where u can hear John McEnroe say the crowd is getting Ram going. Also i was instrumental in Kohlscriebers winnover Zverev at the US Open in 2018. I suggest you go to a tournament and start yelling for a player to win, get the crowd behind you and watch what happens to the opponent.

[@BassByTheBay]

Until the US Open, she won plenty without the crowd. And it's fair to say the crowd were more behind Leylah than Emma in the final.

[@legendcanibal9642]

She is a fluke....lucky draw.

[@solomonomusic]

you have to be joking

[@tennispassionate386]

If she's a fluke then why don't you win the next Slam as well? You could be another fluke and make millions. 🤷‍♂️

[@renaudmontini5599]

Very bad analysis: not a single word on her legs! How can you imagine playing great tennis without legs… As Italians say « prima le gamble » !

[@shanteefilberte5811]

ilqha3 #von.rent