How To Consistently Crush Short Forehands (Pro Tennis Technique)

[@2MinuteTennis]

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[@bournejason66]

It looks easy at first but it’s actually not. Glad I’m not the only one who messed it up. Great tips Ryan. 👍🎾

[@michaelbrower3068]

Nice tips. The points about standing far enough away, using an open stance, hitting the ball when it is high on its arc, not letting your hand drop too far, and hitting straight out, letting gravity and spin do the work - are all excellent. Maybe it is just me, but my chief complaint about your videos (and the main reason I don't watch them more often) is they tend to be repetitive and long. Your 2-minute videos last 10 minutes or more! If you could make your main points in 2-3 minutes, without repeating yourself so much, I would eat them up. I know repetition is helpful for learning, but I can always rewind and replay a section when I want to hear it again; it's more trouble to fast forward to the next key point when I've had enough.

[@2MinuteTennis]

That’s wonderful and constructive criticism Michael. I know I talk too much. I’ll work on being better. Thanks so much for watching!

[@halilbolayrl8838]

One of the best videos you ever made. Priceless content. Thank you so much !

[@2MinuteTennis]

So glad you liked this video so much!!

[@andreaho]

I much appreciate how you put the key steps just in the description. The slow internet connection now can't stop me from being a better player.

[@applesforakbar]

Great breakdown! Could you do another with a low sitter short ball too please and thanks? :) Hope you had a good summer

[@HartmannTennis]

Very interesting concept of distance from the ball based on height of the ball, BIG info here

[@2MinuteTennis]

Thanks Mattias. Once a player knows this it helps them so much with spacing.

[@pakchu2]

One of your best videos. Some really good succinct tips

[@idontknow1919]

Really great explanations. And once again easy for me to understand.

[@stratguitarman7831]

EXCELLENT POINT ! THIS STUFF IS OVERLOOKED BY OTHERS!

[@Ragefist666]

I love your analysis and explanation! keep up

[@HartmannTennis]

Video is jam packed full of really useful ideas, nice work

[@2MinuteTennis]

Thank you again! Appreciate it Mattias

[@synhet84]

Thanks, i had no clue that i needed to stay away from the high weak balls ! I always feel as you described, tense, forced, and always hitting cross court

[@ismokirkkopelto4792]

Hi, Ryan Nice that you found my countryman Emil to this excellent video of yours to show us how to crush the short ball 👏

[@andrewtaylor6286]

Brilliant, brilliant video. I've struggled with mid-court high balls. Watching this, I was able to put in straight into practice. Thanks

[@watcher687]

Ryan, another video for short balls that you can’t contact above net height would be greatly helpful. Thanks.

[@2MinuteTennis]

Does video help you? kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqbRZYigrLFrr5osi=ksgW5G_deX8ElIFE

[@watcher687]

@@2MinuteTennis That’s what I was watching right now😀. Thanks a lot, Ryan.

[@jayrussell26]

Great video Ryan, many good points - that radius picture made so much sense. Would you also add the following - contact on the high ball the racquet wasn’t 100% horizontal but had an angle pointed up (maybe 30 degrees or so)?

[@GeorgeT370]

Thats very well explained....thanks...

[@TNToncourt]

Another great video Ryan. Thank you!

[@nabeenhussain524]

Lots of great pointers. You should consider writing a book. “The 2 minute Manual”. I need that on the court. Thing is, if I took great notes, I’d have it already!!!

[@cxmyes]

I really need all this tips.

[@9r393]

all good tips. hope I can remember it all😄

[@kubiroquai]

Very useful tips from you Ryan as always! I always struggle with these type of balls and tend to hit deep which usually ends up long. I will definitely remember keeping the distance. One question; I am not very tall (176 cm) and sometimes I find the ball above my head and in the heat of the point I try to attack to finish earlier. In such balls, what is your recommendation? Should I adjust my steps to get a few inches back to let the ball drop or should I jump & hit earlier when the ball is higher?

[@kmcclarney]

Have you done a video on recognizing a short ball? I'm a 3.0 player with only 2 years experience. My weaknesses is I'd let that ball drop.

[@vsanthosh4u]

Great video! Sreegan’s dad here. Can we use this technique from baseline too? At young youth level tennis, kids tend to give a lot of topspin and hit the ball high up in the air. So the bounce is also high. Sreegan and I always have discussions around whether to let the ball drop or take it high. Looking forward to your suggestion.

[@kenzhang1725]

This makes a stupid amount of sense... Thank you for the video!

[@earllipson3004]

Thanks Ryan. Is this similar to the technique you would recommend for a swinging forehand volley?

[@DanielLamHN]

I will try this technique

[@cuttingthroughthenoise3086]

Very helpful.

[@TravelPortugalBrasilTPB]

Great tips again as always. Loved this and Emil Ruusuvuori is my favorite player, he already beat Alcaraz, Sinner, Thiem, Zverev etc. etc. Let´s go, thanks. Greetings to all from the beautiful Algarve - the PERFECT place to play tennis all year long. Welcome to my channel, do you know?

[@Jeffreybch]

Great Video

[@eldartop1634]

Thanks 🙏

[@tikenna]

Thanks for the post! If I may ask, what grip is best to achieve this? I play with a semi-western.

[@nicolastorres96]

You can achieve this shot with a semi western without a problem . Just let your arm keep coming up trough the ball on contact

[@absolutelynothingtoseehere]

This is really the easiest scenario. The harder one is when the bounce is below net level and crushing that return requires a humongous amount of topspin.

[@j.k.egerton4337]

What grip is he using? Semi-western or full western? Hard to tell from the video? Helps that he is a pretty tall guy too. Although I've seen Gabriel Schwartzman hit these shots and he's not tall.

[@gmnboss]

Excellent

[@edwardmoore5963]

I assume this can this apply to a really weak second serve?

[@vincentcausey8498]

That's all very well, but where I play most short balls bounce below net height.

[@stevenjm12]

What are you supposed to do when you get a short ball that doesn't go that high?

[@Alejandro_Piccinini1]

If you have the time you go low with your knees and try to lift it with topspin, if you barely reach it don't see much more option than trying to finesse it, unless you're Roger and can create a passing shot out of thin air.

[@LTBlightthebeam]

I need this in my life. I have a pretty good serve that generates a lot of short pop ups but I struggle putting them away.

[@cdahl]

Ah the dreaded short high ball. Great tips! One thing that helps me besides keeping the racquet higher and loosing up the wrist, is making sure I explode forward with my body. Now I just need the 10,000 reps to nail it down 😆

[@stevenjm12]

Why not hit an overhand here instead of a forehand?

[@2MinuteTennis]

Ball doesn’t get high enough

[@sebastiandomagala9233]

Lol, I think I Just saw a couple of matches during the US Open and pro players shoot this kind of balls far out. Very far. Seems to me like this is one of the trickiest shots.

[@emmanuelmakoba6085]

Oh. I thought you taught to always 'lift'. But I guess thats just for baseline rally shots.

[@2MinuteTennis]

Yes. Don’t lift this ball or it’ll go out.

[@Emolga6274]

Show us u playing a match wit someone . Anyone

[@ilips6588]

This 5 second clip would've need an hour more explanatinon!

[@2MinuteTennis]

that is very true

[@rarestro]

that topspin pro does not teach the right follow through. look at an atp forehand from the same angle.

[@2MinuteTennis]

Take off the top shield and you can use any follow through you like. Thanks!

[@billysteele6256]

I feel very attacked!! I hate this shot and mess it up 90% of the time!!

[@jeanjki8186]

Please keep to 2 mins

[@dennisneto6334]

Go as long as necessary!

[@Jacob-rq5zb]

I think most people don’t have problems with those balls. More the ones that come close and low to the net not close and go to the net

[@ibrahimkhoury8448]

Agree.. how about a video on handling short but lower balls

[@DJ_Cub]

This

[@davidhale8034]

Plenty of people struggle with this closing shot.

[@jasonlee6777]

How come you don’t mention swinging across the ball? He’s clearly swinging across this high forehand. It’s so much easier to hit high forehands when swinging right to left.

[@2MinuteTennis]

Good question… because with 25 years of coaching experience I’ve learned that when people attempt “swinging across”, they usually swing down. Not everyone…but most players swing down. So, by simply recommending topspin on this ball (and I do say in the video that’ll it’ll have some side spin), this gets players to swing up and “across” and avoid swinging down. One thing you should know about me is I’m very, very careful with my words. I empathize and think about how my words will be interpreted by my viewers. I can’t control who watches my videos. I have no idea how much tennis my viewers have played. How often they practice. Etc. when you make content the #1 thing to focus on is being helpful. Most people focus on being “right”. But being “right” isn’t always “helpful”. Thanks!!!!

[@jayrussell26]

Awesome stuff Ryan - appreciate your thoughtfulness

[@MyChiliIceCream]

@@2MinuteTennis I totally see my self swinging down if I start thinking to swing across. I also think I’ll instinctively know that there isn’t any arm length left for me to spend to be able to hit a high ball with a low to high swing anyway.

[@shipwreck8847]

I don't think the problem people have is hitting a sitter that is high bounce. It's the short balls that are almost like bunt slices that draw you in. Those are hard to make an aggressive counter return without leaving a return slice that probably involves the opponent just lobbing you.