7 Tips For Fixing A Tennis Forehand On Your Own (With A Ball Hopper)

[@speedymr]

You can't find this valuable information even if you hire a coach face-to-face. We're lucky Tomaz uploading great videos. Priceless..

[@jflow5601]

Latino from USA. Tomas has such a great set of videos on tennis technique and prectices. I play these videos often to catch each gem of wisdom.

[@LifeIsGoodThankYouGod]

thank you. for truly free tennis lesson. most do not have the money to pay for a coach. Please keep all your tennis teaching truely free for all .

[@ValterJuniordalpogetto]

Im 45yo and just started playing tennis and I needed this, i cant wait to practice on my own. Thnx a Lot. Ive been watching ALL your vídeos . Hello from Brazil.

[@Playpianokey]

As an adult intermediate, appreciate the real teaching experience of a great lesson.

[@animatter1696]

This lesson is pure gold. Clear solid structure of the lesson: from fundamentals to the detail, from basic to complex. I didn't have an idea about most of the nuances here. The title is not a clickbait, this is truly a lesson for self-practice. Bravo!

[@feeltennis]

Thank you very much for the feedback!

[@ericfreeman5795]

Excelent tips. Loved the 45° analogy in backswing and followthrough. Also, instead of the classical "early preparation", with the racquet pointing at the back fence, now it's a relaxed vertical position of the racquet with a relaxed arm and wrist. The racquet is still "taken back" but in a more relaxed position, ready to drop and "lag" when you start the forward rotation of the body. Balancing the butt of the racquet on the pinky finger is an excelent tip. Now we not only can practice serve with a basket of balls, we can train the forehand also. Thanks for the great video.

[@paulkrawitz6549]

Tomaz has an engineering mind that he uses to dissect the small nuances of succesful tennis strokes and make the concepts understandable. Brilliant.

[@lex2400]

This is amazing. I’ve paid for classes where I haven’t learned a quarter of what you have offered to us for free here. Thank you.

[@LiamApilado]

Perfect lesson. Just perfect fundamentals.

[@Ed-xb2sz]

no one teaches the fundamentals better than you tomaz!

[@Prince-vj5ib]

Hi Thomas, Fantastic coaching & ur spoon feeding ,also well spoken & a gifted teacher. Thx

[@watchdog5178]

Always solid advice from you Tomaz. I use your ideas with my own game and with teaching. Honestly anyone can improve their tennis game by watching your videos. You teach the basic concepts that many people tend to skip or simply overlook. If you go to pro level tournaments....(even the men )you can at times see coaches simply dropping balls for their player. There's a reason for that!

[@garyhaughney2165]

Best instructor online. Thanks Thomas.

[@tanguyt3873]

Really like this video with the foot to arm sequence and the focus on the comfort. I cannot wait for a video with the same concept applied to 1-handed backhand

[@hooroy]

Ditto on the one-handed BH

[@carollelivelt8625]

This is brilliant instruction! So well presented and easily understood. Thank you!

[@binwu8288]

Thanks a lot for all your videos.

[@SomeGuy62121]

Bro this channel is such a godsend. For someone like me who really doesn't have the opportunity to play with many people OR afford lessons, I really can't ask for much more from a content creator. Thanks a lot :D

[@chihwaho]

Thank you for the great details! Excellent content!

[@daviddembrow6346]

Tomas, hi, I'm 72.5yy. Been "playing tennis" once every few years with a friend who plays 3x per week. 2 are lessons. A week ago, I took part of a lesson with him, and got the bug. Didn't know what to do, or where to go. Ended up here. Watched the video a few times, wrote down the points, went to an empty court with an old racket that he gave me, and a bag(my hopper) of balls he gave me. At the end of 1 & 1/4hrs, following your directions, I was getting the ball in the opposite box, at least 50% of the time. Thanks so much for this video. Don't know where to go next, but I'll just stay here for now. Work on form and technique, right?

[@josephyfho]

Thanks Thomaz. I am looking for this content for a long time.

[@ruggierojerolli]

Tomaz is an ace in teaching tennis with an extraordinary new approach I acknowledge but just in one important key factor about the forehand I guess is not quite right: Indeed the best and efficient image-conceptulization is that for a fraction of time IT IS a circular centrifugal-driven stroke. Carlos Alcaraz especially, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic prove it Of course the fh can be hit forwardly, linearly but you won't produce various enormous advantages by getting the above.

[@steveward6185]

Really well explained. Thanks for posting

[@DiegoFarias82]

Congratulations Tomaz for keeping this amazing work. Another great video!

[@Paco.m.m.1212]

I’m not a beginner and I’m learning a lot with your videos. Thank you for your great work from Spain (Cádiz)

[@feeltennis]

Much appreciated, will be visiting your country next week - Mallorca. ;)

[@TeamTennisfr]

Congrats for the time taken to help players. Sounds you're really passionate about teaching 🙂

[@feeltennis]

Tennis is in my view the most difficult sport a recreational player can play and they need all the help we can provide.

[@TeamTennisfr]

@@feeltennis Very difficult indeed, a lot of coordination is required, among other skills. You have a nice state of mind. You could as well have made a paid program including such a video. It's nice from you.

[@arslanshakoor5248]

Why u r a best tennis teacher. Mind blowing. ❤️❤️❤️

[@dorisruiz4801]

Great to see you posted a new interesting video in the beginning of this year. Hope to see you posting more like this. You are an awesome instructor. The best!!

[@angieyang8028]

Like that zoom in. Thanks for filming this video!

[@elisabethkruger8882]

Thankyou!!!! Wonderful master class!!! Very well explained.

[@LGLG-mc3dt]

Thanks for explaining the two weight-shift ways in the open stance forehand! I have been confused by this for a long time!

[@mrjriggs]

Excellent video on how to hit a forehand from the ground up in a low pressure situation. Thanks. I will try this tomorrow when warming up.

[@FairwayJack]

another gem Coach Tomas ...thanks

[@marlowe1969ify]

Watched again after long time.. Always fantastic lessons from my best coach in the world... Thanksss a lot Tomaz

[@feeltennis]

Thanks again!

[@obaidfarghani9202]

Thank you for the share, u are one of the best coaches.

[@artificiallift9110]

Absolutely brilliant and exactly what I needed! Thanks Tomaz, keep 'em coming!

[@galaxygalaxy4429]

This guy is the best teacher😄

[@olafsrensen9578]

This selftraining video are very important because it makes you to be undependand of having a opponent to hid with, and you have time to do it slow and right .

[@michaelhoma5868]

Excellent video. The details about balance and hip rotation were especially helpful. Thanks.

[@antoniomarine1567]

I worked on part one today - just the basic footwork. Already a major improvement in my swing! Thanks again!

[@Xavier-kh2qt]

That’s the most complete and helpful video teaching about forehand! Thank you so much!

[@sandiegodelmar1601]

Thank you so much for the detailed explanation.

[@michaelyyz1084]

I have Tomaz’s full FH course (highly recommended btw) bu I return to this video too regularly. Great advice here thank you Tomaz.

[@feeltennis]

Much appreciated!

[@harpy232]

Wonderful in depth video. Thank you very much sir

[@RonnieColeman80]

Best video ever on forehand, but I didn't realize it immediately, took me some time

[@tennfunn6332]

Great summary of forehand, stances and positions needed for drop feeds.

[@chicago7270]

The best video I have seen on forehand fundamentals. Can you do a similar video for a single handed backhand? Thank you.

[@johnbalaga6870]

Very good basics lesson for those of us who need to break bad habits and for beginners and intermediate players

[@cliveburks]

Excellent instruction all very clear should help me considerably. Two questions first is I use a continental grip for my forehand a western grip feels totally wrong for me and after over 50 yrs of using this grip I won’t change it. Does this mean I have to make adjustments to hitting a topspin forehand as per your instruction? Secondly I saw another coach say is most important tip was to put the non hitting hand on the neck of the racket to encourage the shoulder turn and keep the racket vertical. I preferred your approach as it is freer any comments ? Thanks Tomas.

[@lftornado]

Excellent video. As always very helpful. Could you also comment on the semi-open stance?

[@feeltennis]

Semi open stance is basically an open stance that can be played in the same two ways: with or without weight transfer. You shouldn't really know or think which stance to use during play, they just happen. But in your mind / body needs to be "installed" the right way to execute such stances and that we do in such practice sessions or footwork specific sessions.

[@stevecieri2755]

Excellent explanation of forehand mechanics. Thanks for posting,

[@carlosraventosprieto2065]

THANK YOU as always Greetings from Spain!

[@Mickey_McD]

Thanks, Tomaz. Medvedev does the wrap around the neck follow through with his forehand -- I think it looks pretty strange at the professional level. Of course he does have an ATP ranking of #4, so it does work for him.

[@MrDrawingChannel]

Thank you for this video

[@marcelocoip7275]

Wow, amazing explanation, when I heard the reasons that you've explained makes a lot of sense to me and it will help me to find errors (In fact I paused the video and made some shadowing in my apartment, and instantly get better sensations and balance. If you dont know how and why (and when!) hardly you can improve). Really really valuable lesson here, thank you so much!

[@SabbirAhmed-rl6me]

Great teacher. Keep presenting these type of excellent videos

[@AyshaBeautyBlog]

Thank you so much for this video. I tried it and hit about 100 balls - nearly 80 were perfect imo. No high balls anymore ☺️

[@viking7084]

Very solid and effective teaching!

[@dotdotzoom]

Never had lessons before. This is so helpful. Didn't realize how much mistakes I was making! Thank you so much, I will practice each thing gradually

[@feeltennis]

You're so welcome!

[@alefworku7979]

Brilliant , thanks for all the great videos , you are the best

[@robertasinger5951]

Love your video! Can’t wait to try everything out tomw!

[@rparvinthpk]

Amazing set of insights on the forehand, Tomaz! ... There's always something new I learn from every new video of yours. Great job, keep it going :) One follow up question - would it be fair to say that neutral stance is more prevalent and suitable for low/med balls, while the open stance is more comfortable/suitable while playing high balls that have a lot of top spin? Thanks Arvinth

[@bunnyponytail8519]

Excellent. Thank you! Really helpful. Great details.

[@AlexanderGr8]

Another great video Tomas,you really know your stuff. So much knowledge just from hand feeding yourself!Great stuff👍💪

[@susamruadyilak4981]

Thanks for this great video. From Malaysia

[@tynch7649]

I just start playing tennis and this vidio is very nice to help me.. thanks a lot and HELLOO from Indonesia 🙏🏻

[@nathanmiller6051]

Excellent lesson thank you 🙏

[@corlabz]

Excellent details...

[@jonathanchen1026]

This was such a great video explaining everything. Now I can practice the fundamentals on my own by breaking it down into the steps you’ve shown! The stances and balance is what I wanted to work on!

[@divakarpondala1679]

Hi Tomaz, what an awesome video another good one for beginners even for the advanced also. I been following you for past 2 years, you always had a very good content and helping players like me. My apologies not to thanking you but I been sharing your videos to my friends helping with their tennis. Thank you and please share more tips for us. Appreciate it.

[@SyedAli-ev3ou]

Thank you.. you are an excellent instructor without a doubt ..

[@antoniomarine1567]

This is awesome! Thanks so much!

[@oceanicselves3026]

Thank you for the new tips in 2020. It seems I relearn again all those mistakes and when shifting to right leg- weight or left leg-weight for the strokes. It really is helpful to relearn the balance, hip transfer, follow-through, hand relax, wrist relax, racket tipping back, roller coaster swing... I can put those tips into practice soon.

[@wilbertreytarnate7872]

Thanks a lot! Please make the same video for the one-handed backhand.

[@judylip9076]

Great details, thanks

[@Lenamo23]

Great instruction, as always.

[@tennisbyaeriel7230]

agreed!

[@Imban3z]

Great lesson! Thanks a lot for that. Another way I practice on my own is with a wall. I don't know how common is that but could you make a video of things to monitor when playing with a wall

[@glarris1]

Yes, that would be great.

[@siyasethi9155]

Excellent video. Loads of tips. Thank you. Can you please advise tips to ensure the ball stays close to net height when delivered to the opponent. Vs it taking a high swing as soon as you swing the racket. Thanks again.

[@JebsTennisJourney]

Just coming across your content. I learn primarily from coaches on KZbin. I've never seen instruction on the footwork as you have shown it, along with all of the other helpful details. Definitely going to spend time with these fundamentals.

[@feeltennis]

Happy to help!

[@ThePhmpersson]

Amazing. Best exercices. 👍

[@dhruvkumar359]

Great video!! I have a question for you. My 2 handed backhand has a lot of side spin on it. Could you tell me the biggest reason for this? I would appreciate if you do so. Thanks

[@feeltennis]

You are likely pulling across the ball (and body) too quickly. Observe Djokovic how he always extends straight forward first before finishing on the stroke on the other side: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ3QmX2Kiqt4nK8

[@S2MichEl]

Thank you, so helpful 😊

[@liliancheng680]

Very good lesson.

[@RahulSharma-oe6fy]

Hi thank you for detailed instructions. I am trying all the above methods but still I not able to hit ball straight its going side ways ! What can be the issue?

[@feeltennis]

Are you aiming or just thinking how to move your body parts? Your body doesn't know how to aim, YOU have to: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXu3nIeedrCAg7M

[@misop826]

Top-notch instruction!!!!!!!!

[@giovannimariafloris3828]

Thanks, i finally understand mystakes:hip, hip, hip!!

[@yewkokwan8011]

Sir Tomaz coach is a very detail KZbin coach. He is amazing and good coach for beginner like me. I play much better swing get his good lesson..easy to understand the right way of playing tennis. I wish I can meet him in person to learn from him 🤗

[@Prince-vj5ib]

Thx real science & Physics for forehand. Prince

[@LifeIsGoodThankYouGod]

Hello, after unit turn, should you swing down or just better to have your racket drop down via gravity ? Thank you.

[@kino9797]

Amazing video. The detail relative to the hip turn and the relationship to the feet is eye opening. Does the turn of the hip initiate the wrist lag? Would love to hear your thoughts on the sequencing.

[@feeltennis]

Yes, starting the stroke with body rotation makes the wrist lag if it's relaxed. Drills like this develop this naturally: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZaonXuOoKh6bck

[@patriciourdinez2468]

This video blew my mind

[@valcervi2742]

great points thanks

[@edgardomolina2247]

Excelent way to clean your forehand step by step...

[@nicolasdanielcieri6327]

Coach Tomaz, thanks for all the tips, but i have a question, what do you think of the "raquet lag" and the strings being cloused when you doing the drop b4 going forward? Regards from Argentina!

[@jfollas698]

Awesome instruction!

[@salmandinani9004]

Amazing video Tomaz. I noticed that the tip of the left leg foot is pointing forward (or at almost 90 deg w.r.t to right leg foot tip) while playing forehand. My both foot tips gets parallel when I turn side ways while playing the forehand shot. I think that may be the reason of pain in my left leg knee as my pelvis rotates. I will change my stance and will see what happens. Thanks again for the lesson :)

[@marcoslopesdasilva3742]

Amazing tips

[@rogeriosuguitani6279]

Excellent! thanks Tomaz

[@pupstart]

Tomaz I’m always working in on my forehand and technique and it’s come a long way I’m a solid advanced USTA player. I win usually with my consistent ground strokes and variety. What I’m lacking is a racquet speed on my forehand, the best players I compete against have forehand as a weapon with tremendous pace. Is there anyway or drills plus technique you can recommend to gain racket speed and a strong follow through?

[@jlook6070]

John, that's me too. If your technique is great and flowy then try maximize your power output. In case that isn't enough, the only recourse is to increase your base maximum potential power so you can hit harder.

[@urnotjl]

Thanks! I'm really trying to find the grounding -rhyme!