How to Feed a Tennis Ball

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Step by step guide on how to correctly feed a tennis ball 🎾 Use a continental grip 🎾 Start in an open stance position 🎾 Point the tip of the racquet towards the side fence 🎾 Swing across the body 🎾 Do not use your wrist 🎾 For more depth/power swing high to low

[@ml_gamer8344]

Jokes on you i already use the continental grip on my forehand anyways 😎

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Touché 😂

[@Jdish88]

Intuitive Tennis Nick, do you keep the wrist firm/feeling of strings pointing to the side fence? I’ve been working on this following instructions as you put them, but tend to get under the ball and push is long and to the right vs rolling the ball. What do you suggest?

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Hi Justin, in the set up the tip of the racquet should point to the side fence not the strings. Keep the racquet firm in your hand. You'll get better control that way...

[@s2lai]

need some help how do you feed the ball without the wrist flapping around? when my racquet goes from wrist lag to swing across body, I can't control racquet at all!

[@MinisterMindset369]

Nikola, you’re the man. Love how eloquent and succinct your lessons are. You’re definitely one of the top coaches out there. Apart from your intellect, your approachable demeanor is something that a I personally appreciate. You’re a beacon of knowledge and we are all richer for it.

[@MrWhitianga]

This seems so straight forward but its something I've always struggled with hence I always start a feed with a backhand slice which is easier and more accurate for me. I will try and follow your method, thanks.

[@marktanguy5965]

As a USPTA certified instructor that is the best tutorial on all "ball feeding" I have ever heard!

[@cmc-zv4mj]

glad someone finally explained how to do this. good skill to get the pace of the rally started

[@geoffhess2267]

Have not seen this covered anywhere else. Gaining so much knowledge from your site. Thanks!

[@MrWhitianga]

Im happy to say I've been practising this feeding into a rebound net in my garage during the lockdown and its taken 2 months but I can now feed like a pro, thanks for the vid

[@IntuitiveTennis]

💪💪

[@Genedide]

I wish I was taught this in my beginner days. I hope more coaches standardized this!

[@harryl5085]

Finally, thank you for makign this video, i can really relate to the results you said in the beggining " hit to high, or hit to short".... I went to the tennis court today and did what you said -- perfect video !

[@benjaminchen4367]

Wow I've had the exact issues you mentioned in the beginning because of my semiwestern grip

[@sinasihacioglu4989]

My sister just started the tennis and i was struggling to feed from other side. This video helped a lot. Thanks.

[@lionabi5858]

Fave tennis channel. Keep it up 💪🏼

[@nathanielpeter3292]

Solid coach! Love the way you explain things.

[@markie1aa]

Thanks so much - been failing for years. You think you should be able to start a rally with a nice, cleanly hit stroke & have a nice easy, cleanly struck rally. It hasn't been like that for me. Your video is going to change my life, he exaggerated. This lesson is going to uplift & transform my tennis expeeriunks! Thanks again.

[@IntuitiveTennis]

My pleasure Markie 👍

[@grishkazumba]

Great, often overlooked topic! Thank you very much.

[@pats300zx]

Great video Nick !!! I was just talking about this with some of the guys in my tennis group and the proper way to feed. Now I can send them you video :)

[@IntuitiveTennis]

That’s great Patrick, thank you

[@Pimp-nw8wm]

So glad you did that video, I am allways scared as hell when I have to feed the ball to my partner as I always look like a fool not being able to feed a nice ball😅 thanks for your great advices👍

[@IntuitiveTennis]

My pleasure 21 😇

[@g5gmoney]

Excellent Intuitive video lesson. This is the first tip I have ever seen for How to Feed a Tennis Ball. TYVM.

[@IntuitiveTennis]

My pleasure g5g 🙏

[@garilique]

"I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style..". Haha, Seriously though i do feel like you are very in-tune with the pains and struggles of us common folks just trying to learn or improve our game. Thanks for the great instruction, I have always felt like starting a rally was way too difficult. I tend to just hit a mini serve a lot of the time because my feed is weak. This will help a lot!

[@vladimirkuchar4654]

great video and sooo good explanation... as a recreational player I realy strive to hit good first ball when practicing with my wife and I hate when if fly or is short or too much spin (because of the grip.....); looking forward to practice it again and again and again to master this shot 😃

[@AJ-sr8pq]

Great video. This seems to be more common than you would think.

[@dmitryprivate6558]

Hello Nikola. Excellent topic! Your video is super helpful. Thank you!

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Glad to hear that Dmitry 👍

[@TheSmartodd]

ty ty ty - so simple but so important

[@LauncherSpiderMk7]

Cool! I don't know why I didn't look this up sooner. Feel like a goof feeding the ball so often.

[@instinctualbeasts7494]

Really helpful, always been bad at feeding

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Thank you 🙏

[@alberty3372]

Thanks for providing excellent tips on an important topic for rec players. Many players feed by hitting the ball off the bounce, can you speak to pros and cons of this method versus hitting it in the air?

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Great question Albert It’s better learning to hit it in the air. Letting the ball bounce complicates things and requires a lager swing

[@willkittwk]

Fed actually hits the feed off the bounce once in a while but usually out of his hand.

[@petercheng5240]

Great video, it makes me look like a pro

[@Tracks777]

amazing stuff

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Thank you

[@Shankar-Bhaskar]

Great video

[@mrindecisive100]

Another interesting topic that is rarely discussed. I find the hardest shot to feed for is the smash. The ball tends to go too long, or not long enough, or not high enough: anywhere other than where it should be in other words. Any advice?

[@IntuitiveTennis]

You read my mind, have a separate video coming on that soon...

[@mrindecisive100]

@@IntuitiveTennis That's good to know; I look forward to it.

[@laslop1]

Great video!

[@davidpayumo23]

Great video. Some coaches don't know how to feed the ball sadly.

[@ministerofjoy]

Thank you

[@vivy_xo]

Good one Nick!

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Thank you Natachi 🙏🙏

[@ripleypipe]

Good one Nick, thank you. Gordon

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Thank you Gordon

[@Sladovsky1]

Hello there. Have you made a short video, in which one could see different ways of feeding a tennis ball to students, or do you know one for the coach?

[@candidaprout2401]

Super useful.

[@josesanabre7226]

Thank s👍🤗🤗🤗🤗😊😊

[@IntuitiveTennis]

🙏

[@microphoner1]

Way more often than not, when I try to feed with a continental grip, I'll end up slicing the ball accidentally, or spraying the ball in a different direction than I'm aiming. I just can't seem to get control of the racket face with a continental grip. Defeated, I resort to feeding with my eastern forehand, and live to die on another hill.

[@JohnSmith-tw2im]

A great tip - I have been feeding moon balls or short dipping balls, just as you describe for years - much to my embarrassment and others frustrations. I am also terrible when feeding balls to the net for volley practice; should I also use a chopper grip when trying feed balls to the net? Thank you

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Same technique when you are feeding to the net John

[@JohnSmith-tw2im]

@@IntuitiveTennis Does that include using a chopper grip when RETURNING practice volley balls - the ball the volley'er at the net has returned after the FIRST feed and have bounced on the court once; that is, during a volley practice rally (for want of the correct expression) ? Apologies for being greedy and asking too many questions!

[@IntuitiveTennis]

no problem John. You feed to the net person as described in the video. Once the net player has returned the ball you transition into your regular groundstroke technique (including grips).

[@JakeGlassman]

what's the difference between backhand grip and continental? I thought they were the same...

[@madhavdeshpande5127]

Should you feed balls from base line , Service line of halfway between the two?? Shall feed same way for back hand as well? Thank you Madhav

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Feed from all those places and don’t feed with backhand

[@madhavdeshpande5127]

@@IntuitiveTennis Appreciate your quick response. Thanks Madhav from India.

[@Mickey_McD]

A lot of rec players don't get the this is supposed to be "cooperative", so instead of hitting a neutral ball to start the rally they actually try to hit hard shots or shots away from opposing player. Or, if you feel them a neutral ball to start a rally they immediately try to hit a winner off that initial feed.

[@fluffy_skye]

If i feed in continental grip, the ball shoots really high. So I usually use eastern forehand grip as that's the most comfortable grip to hit forward. What do you think is the problem on my feed with continental grip? It's probably hard to answer without video but maybe you've seen this problem?

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Haven’t seen this often in Conti

[@tm32871]

Great video, however my high ass saw this video and thought it would be about a man teaching us how to give food to a tennis ball...

[@IntuitiveTennis]

😂😂

[@CardsharpChris]

I understand and agree with you completely. But, I play with a partner that hates this because the ball comes to him at a slower pace. He feels it is not real. He wants me to feed with my normal Eastern forehand grip to simulate the actual groundstroke that he will be facing. Do you ever hear about this complaint? I both teach and play, so I tell him that when drilling, it is proper to feed with Continental. But, this is a player that likes pace. What do you think, please?

[@IntuitiveTennis]

A feed will never be “real”. It’s important to get rhythm in a rally and this type of feed gives us the best chances at achieving that. A topspin feed in my opinion is worse. If you are talking about feeding out of a basket that’s a more complex issue.

[@CoachAdrian]

Seems your partner is way too picky with a regular ball feed. He should be able to handle it.

[@CardsharpChris]

Coach Adrian - Tennis Videos I agree. Thanks. It’s just frustrating.

[@maxgluteus4263]

Oftentimes I mistakenly feed them short balls into the box, when I'm supposed to serve

[@antonioanto723]

Hi, can i use this technique to feed balls to children during training ?

[@DatNguyen-vj1ro]

Is it weird that I can feel the wrist lag when I'm feeding?

[@julianszymanski6711]

Like it.

[@mib910]

Not far from a volley at the net

[@mskcrc]

ok now go practice it 10,000 times (this is for everyone I've ever played with who hits a topspin cross-court forehand winner as a feed)

[@Johnxtennis]

why why why why why why are there ppl feeding with anything other than a conti grip O.o, if I didn't do this course I wouldn't know this existed

[@ObiWon1089]

Rafa Feeds for topspin

[@Cat-eg1cz]

Me who just wanted to feed my starving Pet tennis ball 😔

[@monsieursafe]

Pas mauvais !