Tennis Strokes Based On Feel Instead Of Exact Technique

[@javierreyes-qv5cb]

Thanks Tomaz! Simple. Brief. Accurate. No BS. I like the way you divided the anatomical segments in relation to biomechanical function. Additionally, you managed to summarize the errors due to excess or defect of each mechanic. (more please) I have been following you for two years. You teach a lot of technique, but enough not to be offensive, repetitive or tedious. Congratulations on the progress on your channel. Keep it up! 👌

[@feeltennis]

Very much appreciated, thanks for your time for sharing the feedback!

[@ram358]

Brilliant teacher. Every video of his is worth watching. Eaxh develops another layer of understanding of the sprt. Great information, very well presented, no gimmicks. Thank you Tomaz. Keep them coming please 👏

[@speedymr]

Tomaz you are the Professor. No one explains better than you.

[@lorenzomckeever2228]

This is a wonderful video. I finally bought your full forehand course, and i'm excited to dig into it. Your Serve and One Hander courses have helped me consistently play at a 4.5 level. Thanks so much!

[@feeltennis]

Awesome, thank you!

[@nikchow4791]

Good video Tomaz, I am working on my forehand and sometimes there are so many little elements to it that I tend to overthink so this video helps me break down what I should focus on. I have recently seen that I would use too much body rotation and not enough arm drive. And every now and then I do not get enough wrist lag and I was not sure how to visualize that but I will try the "wrist slap" today with all the other components and see where that takes me.

[@feeltennis]

Good to hear. Sign up for that free course and do the drills, see how it goes...

[@the1tfactor]

Simple and easy to apply. Thank you, as always!

[@K4R3N]

Great illustrations Tomaz

[@jhugoluz]

Excellent tips! Excellent video! I am trying to apply those techniques 👍🏼💪🏻

[@ministerofjoy]

Thank you Coach🎉

[@jozgol3119]

Man. This was gold for me! I saw myself in everything. Overanalyzing technique, keeping it simple, diffrent body stances, and a lot of mistakes. Lp

[@feeltennis]

Glad it was helpful, tennis is a very tricky game, takes time to master...

[@wiggi9339]

Well explained. Thanks.

[@kevincostelloe4006]

Nice video. We all can get so caught up in technique that we start to think too much. Plus, technique is always changing in response to the variety of shots we have to hit. I think more emphasis could be placed on constantly creating a mental picture of what our shot will look like and then letting the body create the proper stroke.

[@feeltennis]

Very good points!

[@billionairelivesmatter]

Tomaz, I know what you’re talking about. Once I was playing with a really good player who was helping me a lot. He said, “I know you see professionals jump slightly when they hit the ball on their groundstrokes, but don’t do that. Within the last couple years I have realized that sometimes I have to jump in order to give the proper trajectory for the ball. The game is very much about feel, hence the name Feel Tennis I suppose.

[@feeltennis]

Yes, lots of feel in tennis in both movement and hitting the ball, thanks for sharing!

[@xg3069]

Thank you! P Mouratoglou is advising to play every groundstroke picturing a roof above your head so that players stay low. I find this advice helpful but as you said every ball is different so am not sure if his advice is sound.

[@feeltennis]

PM's advice is correct, I suggest the same thing in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaqnY3d7gZt7obs. It seems you are confusing movement towards the ball with how you move when you execute it. Stay low as you move to the ball but as you execute you will drive up, sometimes more and sometimes less. Sometimes you will even jump up so you need to let the legs and body do what's necessary to hit a good ball.

[@xg3069]

Thank you! You’ve become my guru in a way, whatever you say I follow! @@feeltennis

[@jian5480]

Thanks Tomaz. Some queation about the feel on the wrist. From your earlier videos I have the understanding of a sweeping feel through contact instead of a slapping feel. Could you please explain the difference between the two?

[@feeltennis]

The sweeping idea (kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6SYcq2sj9GriKs) is more of a whole arm feeling as it moves through the contact point. We don't want jerky arm movements and tension coming up while hitting the ball. The wrist always slaps the ball, even on returns of first serve - but what varies is the amplitude and the force. So let the hand / racket slap the ball using the trampoline effect (kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4bKZap9ns2VhdE) while you sweep through the contact with your arm.

[@jian5480]

@feeltennis Thanks for the explanation Tomaz. Yea I am still struggling to grasp the wrist slapping feel especially as we try to brush the ball at the same time. I will try my best to implement your suggestions when I hit the court.

[@JaiHasan-cj7jn]

That's pretty awesome 😊stuff...

[@mebalaban]

Hi Tomaz, thank you for your useful video to improve forhand shots. My question is about hip rotation and arm swing. They are starting together or not. I mean, first hip rotation starts and then arm swing is starting. Could you explain please?

[@feeltennis]

There's a difference between a pro and a rec player. Pros will have bigger separation between the hip rotation and the arm swing and lag because they want to lag more so that they can whip into the ball. Normal people do not have the timing nor the precision to hit the ball cleanly consistently by whipping the racket into the fast incoming ball. So I would focus more on the feeling of "everything together" or "everything synced". Even if there is a time difference between the moment when you started the hip rotation and the moment you started to swing the racket, it would be measured in hundredths of a second which you cannot consciously control. So it more about the feel and good sync. So if you prepare the forehand and the backhand with the racket head up then you have potential energy. So your focus is more on "as you start letting the racket drop into a swing you also start rotating with the hips / body towards the ball. Again, your main focus should on feeling a nice sync which will result in a very effortless racket head acceleration and effortless hitting of the ball. Drills like this help develop this sync: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZaonXuOoKh6bck

[@mebalaban]

@@feeltennis Thank you for your response. I wonder wrist tramplen effect at contact point. Which one is added more power? In other words, where can I use wrist tramplen? flat shots to short balls or shots at baseline?

[@feeltennis]

@mebalaban You use wrist slap and trampoline idea on every ball you hit, it just depends how hard you want to hit it.

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[@marlowe1969ify]

Thanksss a lot

[@engelino]

I think is very difficul to finde the balls in this field over the fance. The are thousends of balls propably ;)

[@marlowe1969ify]

Best of the best ....

[@marcussmith7235]

would you take a view of all the current pro's, someone like a Mannarino or Tomic both a repeatable recreational technique?

[@feeltennis]

Not sure if I understand, but if you're asking me if Mannarino or Tomic techniques are good models for rec players, then yes. They have very simple techniques can be used as a model to observe and copy. I would also suggest Andre Agassi for forehand and two-handed backhand and Edberg and Becker for one-handed backhand as good models. Also any tennis coach like me who is at least 5.0 level as we had to simplify our technique eventually (from early years of playing competitively) since we need very good ball control and precision to play with our lower level students.

[@marcussmith7235]

you're the best for rec players Tomaz..... thank you for your work@@feeltennis

[@rosbif00]

hey Tomaz, do you really slap one handed backhands ?

[@feeltennis]

Yes, of course, but the slap needs to be tamed. It 's a source of power but we need to control that power. We control it by extending the arm towards the target keeping the arm firm. Here are some Federer backhands from backview, can you see the slap? kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIuVq6Cpha6Ajqs

[@rosbif00]

@feeltennis thx for the feedback Tomaz greatly appreciated, this could be the reason for my lack of power (forehand and especially backhand) I always feel like I'm muscling the ball to get it to move faster.

[@longgrayline8055]

You learn good technique and then you train it until it feels proper, smooth, and free.

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[@FairwayJack]

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[@twinwankel]

Your analysis of Joker needs more clarification. The finish is really dictated by how stress you are and how late you contact the ball. When Joker has the time to contact the ball in front of him and really get his weight forward, the finish will be around his shoulder. If he is late or in some cases the ball is very low, he will finish around his head. Many times a player will lean back when he knows he will be late and try to make contact in front of him while whipping up on the ball. In general, a late contact and higher follow through is a defensive shot unless you can get some angle on the shot. In your own demonstration, you don't have a situation where the feed forces into a late contact. So there is a difference in Joker's video and your demonstration.

[@feeltennis]

You are too analytical so this video is perfect for you. The Joker part simply explained the concept of stroke adaptation as many players and coaches believe in perfect technique concept. The second part showed most common mistakes in terms of feel whereas your exact analytical mind is comparing Joker forehands with my demonstrations. There are infinite body adaptations to the ball and I need to make a 10 minute video so that it's digestible. It's important that you "get the idea" and not get lost in small technical details - which is what you talk about. Again, this video is perfect for you as long as your ego steps aside and you allow new ideas to enter your mind.

[@OnluyenSkyTennis]

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