Tennis Movement Tip: Beat The Ball To The Bounce

[@carlrennie1141]

understood the split step but hadn't seen such a fluid example for practice - very nice, ta

[@garymccusker9825]

Brilliant, first time split step makes sense to me..

[@Chungtze1]

Excellent drill. Great help thx

[@rmrib5]

Great coach

[@gilbertoortiz3140]

Excelent detail.

[@h4rms]

Looks like a useful skill to have. Will try it out and hopefully my sharpness will improve

[@cp_703]

Amazing footwork video to get to the ball faster thanks coach !! This helps so much

[@Rbackwards]

What a nice place to play tennis!

[@Osnosis]

What is being described is NOT a split-step, but a DROP-step. Jim McLennan has an excellent description of this.

[@ramasubhashpottipati5260]

This is great

[@danielgomezgarzon]

Great video !!! Thank you !!!

[@cgtennis]

This is interesting. Maybe it's better to take a video from the back view to show the audience when this kind of split step happens, the ball is being hit on opponent's racquet or the ball is passing the net? I feel that this kind of split step is very tough for anyone below usta 4.5 rating to learn and implement in a real match.

[@richieortiz5]

I always wondered, I see a lot of instruction saying to “prep early” and a long the same lines of the video some saying get to the ball “ahead of time.” I’m relatively fit and at the lower levels I play at playing side to side is easy but players end up hitting shallow to deep deep to shallow a lot in just one rally. What’s the protocol for recognizing the ball laterally and moving that direction but the ball is shallow? Just some thoughts...

[@ernestodeluca]

Great instructions!!! Congratulations & thanks, from B R A Z I L

[@obbsie1975]

Florian, is this similar to the technic that Andy Murray uses on return of serve? Andy starts back further, but he moves forward and pushes off one foot in the direction of the serve to cut it off.

[@Aaswing]

Hi Ean, does this method work if you have to cover a lot of distance? Let's say your opponent hits a sharply angled shot to your backhand side. Then, would it make sense to land on your right foot and then push off with your left foot (what Jim McLennan calls a gravity turn)? I feel like that gives me a more powerful push off than if you were to push off with the right foot.

[@StrageSrebreniy]

- Отл! -Спасибо!

[@pjakobsen]

What if you play at the low intermediate level where 50% of balls are mishits, random, or accidental moonballs, and no way to tell where the ball might land because they float and spray all over the place? I'd much rather read a deep fast heavy ball with pace.

[@jeffjeffersons4640]

he looks like almost heal clicking is that advisable?

[@인천댁-d4q]

4:06

[@leemini5846]

4:00 시범

[@leemini5846]

5:30 박스없이 시범

[@michaele7636]

I beat the ball to the bounce but it went over my slam

[@skokieindian]

Is that a bald eagle behind Ean by the water?

[@skokieindian]

ha, no it's a duck

[@walterhayley7252]

Chuck Blumenthal , it's a woodstork, protected species... (protected, not endangered)

[@veneciadaniels1018]

Who else is from school

[@MustangTennisCIA]

7 minutes to explain something that could have been fully detailed in 2.

[@DoubleRhonRhon]

you really miss all the details, resee it and you'll learn new things