Throw The Racquet Into The Ball For More Power

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If you want to control the ball in tennis while still hit it with power, you'll need to work with throwing and pushing ratios rather then think about tennis stroke technique.
The throwing part gives you lots of power while the pushing part helps you control the ball.
The ratio between throwing and pushing constantly changes as we adjust to different balls.
The reason why most tennis players push too much is because they want too much control.
Only when you are mentally able to let go more, you can also throw more.
The long term goal is to move towards letting go and throwing more when it comes to your tennis strokes.

[@skmalladi]

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I've watched all of the youtube tennis instructors; you are the best. Most of the others are similar to each other, but you explain tennis with a unique perspective and unparalleled depth. Thanks for the hard work! It is appreciated.

[@amirbuzinkic8395]

Down to earth explanations. Suitable to everyone begginers,intermediate up to the pro level depending what you need. So many lessons so well explained. People are giving huge money to coaches and sometimes they don't learn much cause of different reasons. You Thomaz ...you're doing it for free with passion. At the end of the day..for what you posses knowledge if you don't share it. You're unique...you're outstanding!

[@manuelsoto9134]

I’ve never heard this concept explained so well

[@MissMeeWee100]

I have not seen or heard anyone else describe it this way and this has helped me greatly. You are awesome!

[@johnfranciszipagan4597]

I've watched all of the youtube tennis instructors; you are the best. Most of the others are similar to each other, but you explain tennis with a unique perspective and unparalleled depth. Thanks for the hard work! It is appreciated.

[@Cameron-ue7lu]

Very helpful. The Throw is a loose grip and the Push is as you squeeze the handle a little harder on a laid back wrist to control. The looser the grip the more throw...

[@kenlee5506]

The breakdown of the ratios of throwing and pushing can explain many mistakes and guide to adjust. Great!

[@pr4nk5tr]

Great one! I often switch back and forth between clay and hard court, and on clay I usually keep the arm more relaxed, be more aggressive with the legs (step in first, then use arms) and generally accelerate more aggressively. On hard court it's much more "arms first, legs follow" aka pushing, and I also focus more on feel and keeping the ball on the strings longer as opposed to accelerating fast. One thought that works well for me on both surfaces is "hit the ball at the highest point", it leads to proper spacing and avoids getting jammed up, falling back, rising up etc.

[@joegodwin6818]

Thank you. Excellent way of articulating two very critical components of every stroke. When I look carefully at my own way of hitting I do sense the need to try to control the outcome and in doing so sacrifice power as well as accuracy. The direction you offer in implementing the teaching is very helpful Appreciate the time you guys put in for all of us!

[@donaldschwass9912]

You continue to effectively illustrate the "feel" aspect of tennis. Thx Tomaz for this tip. You have helped me tremendously.

[@FairwayJack]

Insightful...you are truly a master tennis coach

[@bettyhuang3968]

This is the best lesson there is on balance between mental and physical play. I am definitely trying to master this concept. Thanks so much

[@jimichan4604]

Amazing analysis Tomaz, now I understand better why I feel I'm throwing way more while practicing whereas pushing way more while playing matches.

[@daikayll3822]

Hi Tomaz. Yeah,thats a nice tip.Will try that today.Love the time concept vid too and using more of it during the stroke. I use the "Bounce-Hit" to bring my timing back in matchplay.When things get a little tense and the worry about where to put the return, it helps you slow down again and wait for the right contact point.Thanx again.

[@planterastu]

Racquet throws are great examples to gage the kind of forces one should look for ! Nice thank you

[@siva-arunachala]

The best tips ever!

[@ddfgfddfgdfgdf440]

It seems that Throw vs Push is related to Think fast vs Think hard. In that video, Thomaz talked about mentality on sitters. I would say, easier the ball, the more throw and harder the ball (pace, depth,spin), the more push.

[@govindmanjunath3766]

My god! One of the best tennis training videos!

[@bruin4937]

Excellent video, thank you! I am always looking for the correct balance between throwing and pushing, so your lesson really explained that I was correct in what I was trying to accomplish. Thank you very much for your outstanding videos. They are very helpful!

[@harishreddy4034]

As always, another great video with insights that go down to a very fundamental level.

[@mtcprsv12]

Thank you.your videos are always very useful and interesting

[@paoloforti3762]

Amazing explanation ! Amazing philosophy as well !

[@claudioprado389]

Yes you are correct, but I think that all depends on the ball that you got to hit, when it comes at a good waist height you can hit it with power and control.

[@hermanmertens4957]

Very visual way of explaining.. especially the throwing of the rackets :). Thnx

[@kyleauyong2459]

This is really a very helpful video, well thought out and taught... Thank you so much...

[@rohitrathi4552]

This what you get when a single human being has the perfect trifecta of empathy/mind-reading, selflessness and communication skills. 🙏

[@jorgewsanabria]

Excellent video. Very clear. Thanks!

[@maxpowers3732]

Can you offer advice on this with the 2 handed backhand?

[@rider36roy]

Thank you so much, great tennis lesson....I'm from philippines

[@janaksubramanian1701]

This is probably the biggest fundamental difference between pro and club level. Very important lesson to truly hitting free and at your best

[@ministerofjoy]

Thank you coach

[@Suchesearl]

Excellent explanation

[@BrianPhilipDN]

Just to make a comment, i could be wrong but..... it seems that from the vids the throw and push are closely related to how much wrist action used through the contact of the ball. Giving you the extremity of how long the ball spends on the racquets string.

[@erik9817]

Wow, seminal!

[@edgarbumanlag3603]

thanks,most enlightening

[@Maggiemay1942]

Thanks, very good stuff as per usual.....

[@RK-ft9rn]

When you transition from the throw to the push, I'm assuming the racket is not decelerating but I can't grasp that feel or concept...any tips?...thanks

[@counsela9240]

Excellent

[@Mickey_McD]

Thanks for this, Tomaz. I'm looking forward to focusing on this the next time I play. Question: during a swing is the transition always from a throw to a push, or can you do it the other way around, starting with a push feel and then transitioning to a throw feel? I was thinking that maybe you could transition from a push to the throw if you were playing a heavy hitting player, where you are first just trying to line up the racquet with the incoming ball, then one you feel it's lined up, then transition more to a letting-go throw feel. And maybe this is also true with a volley? Not sure. Thanks.

[@feeltennis]

No, you cannot transition from a push to throw, you have no speed. Try it for yourself. With a heavy hitter you just throw less. Same with the volley, but it's mostly a push and sometimes a punch.

[@jkuang]

Very good!

[@m3toz4]

Feel Tennis Instruction , thank you for the lesson, but does it conflict with the video you talked about release the racket before contact? For Federer video, it is obvious that he swing differently from the start if he is pushing or hit with full speed as his had relaxing from the beginning and his wrist lagging then swing forward.

[@feeltennis]

Hung Phan Federer can "throw" the racquet much more into the ball than any of us mortals and still control it. If he has to, he pushes too as you've seen in the video above when he is returning. The mistake you're making is that you're seeing my tips as the one and only final answer on how to hit a ball. There is no such thing. I am sharing concepts, ideas, feels that help you find the most power and control with least amount of effort. Most ideas are EXAGGERATIONS so that you understand them and feel them. Once you do, you can apply a certain LEVEL of each concept. Releasing the racquet is an exaggeration, like a 100% throw here. It's the exact same thing, except now I am telling how to add control to that - by adding an element of pushing...

[@themrstroke]

Such good thoughts here Tomas

[@m3toz4]

Thank you, you just answer my question!!!!

[@eduardosalcedo5887]

great video

[@hanneshohberger4899]

Great! THX

[@rosbif00]

nice, i'll try this out. just to get your opinion nadal seems to push more than some, what do you think ?

[@Kostya-Kostya]

Nadal has unusual technic of his strokes (some people say, that it is incorrect), that's why he has to hit the ball with much pushing because of his extremely spinning the ball.

[@ckn711]

My wife and I call you the “tennis professor” 😁

[@Whisper555]

Hi Tomaz What is the court surface that you are playing on there? Can you get me the exact details from the club and let me know please? Thanks

[@feeltennis]

whisper0555 It's a clay court with some artificial turf under. The courts are on the 8th floor of the Swissotel in Singapore.

[@Whisper555]

Hi Tomaz How does it play compared to a real crushed red brick clay court? Thanks

[@feeltennis]

whisper0555 It's almost the same in normal play but if you're in defense, it's slightly more slippery.

[@youngyung4e]

my man!!

[@marcocavalli]

Sorry but I am a beginner... I am not able to understand in the video what "throw" or "push" mean.. the position of body? the movement? I don't understand.. Are there previous videos in which u talk about the basis of this technique?

[@feeltennis]

Throwing and pushing are the most natural movements and feels you do all your life, it's not related to tennis. That's why I bring them up so you can relate. Surely you could really actually throw a racket? So that's the feel you're looking for, except you don't release the racket. Surely you've pushed something out of your way in your life and our pushed a table or a chair or a sofa. So that's the feel you want to apply when hitting a ball. These analogies are the closest we can get to help you understand what I feel when I hit the ball.

[@marcocavalli]

Feel Tennis Instruction thank u now I understood. I'll try to watch again this video after your explanation..

[@ketanpatil3489]

Nice tip

[@josealcazar2410]

They call me the pusher. I always keep the ball in play. Need to work on pressing-hitting and throwing my little fury yellow friend with more "polenta....or hutzpah

[@freakyllounge]

Thank you, this helped me very much!!

[@joshuaman01]

The surface he's playing is a clay court indeed.

[@Alex-fk3ni]

You were talking about more POWER but you didn't show in this video almost any amount of power on your forehand. Why did you hit the ball (on forehand especially) without any power? If you are talking about more power why don't to show real power so that "online students" could see the example of powerful forehand? And my statement is true not only for this particular video, you really too concentrated on the feel without any power (which is very important in modern tennis).

[@feeltennis]

Alexey Salo Good point, Alexey, I will PROVE it to you next time visually. But surely you can sense how easily I hit balls and how fast they fly off my racquet. Let me add that EVERY SINGLE adult male tennis player that I worked with in the last 20 years, is trying to hit the ball harder than they are capable of controlling. They make mistakes simple because they try to hit harder than their current skill level allows them. So I really don't want to encourage anyone to hit with power, I am basically slowing down everyone. What I am showing you in the video is how to find power MORE EFFICIENTLY and not really the MAXIMUM POWER you can get. That's up to you, I only showed you the way...

[@Alex-fk3ni]

Feel Tennis Instruction Thanks for the answer, I've got it!

[@marcocavalli]

Fantastic! Two months ago the contents of this video were not clear to my mind... Watching your videos and playing and playing again everything has a sense! In my opinion, this video is also related with one of your last lessons named "Control vs. power", where you talk about the loose wrist... Watching your videos I've understood this concept, about the throw (=power) or push (=control) feel: 1) loose wrist just until before the impact with the ball (=throw feel): the loose wrist assumes the "L" position (buttcap of the racquet pointing to the net) 2) a split second before the hit, the wrist must stay firm to have control on the racquet and ball's trajectory (=push feel); 3) after hitting the ball, the wrist get loose again in the followthrough. Great master Tomaz!

[@davidmorrison5186]

1. Excellent break down 2. I don't use the word "push" i use "press" The reason is when most people think "push" they want to pitty pat the ball. But press they hold and "drive" 3. I agree 100% on why we press/push and why to throw. I tell my students when trying to figure out how much throw vs press, more time = more throw, less time = more press. in general but of course some people have great technique and can use more throw. 4. I use the throwing the racket demonstration all the time so they can get a true feel. Use spare rackets of course. Great video!!!1

[@jorgeandrescoppiano]

Excellent conclusion, more time = throw, and less time to prepare = push.

[@LilNinjaTrain]

Some people use "pull" instead of "throw" like he uses here but it's all the same

[@eldartop1634]

This is very interesting topic. Thanks a lot for explaining this to us.

[@cefynjones6657]

I have really enjoyed reflecting on this video, you really have a great way to explain things. Keep up the great work by delivering more inspiring videos. I think for me a helpful phrase is "Let the racket head do the work" this seems to relate a lot to throwing as I want to allow effortless acceleration in the swing up to and through the ball, but also with a "feel "for what is happening during the stroke. A good place to get to is to have a lack of tension (mentally and physically) while playing all shots.

[@TNToncourt]

Good tip about the racket head.

[@Widmer09]

Again.I love the fact that you add the mental side to this lesson. You are the Zen master of tennis! "Letting go" helps both mind and body unlocking the power in tennis.

[@paddlepower888]

Second time seeing this. Thanks X 1,000,000. I didn’t have this in mind yesterday until hitting the last fifty balls from my machine. Throwing produced easy forehand power, and paradoxically, more control, I’m guessing because the looser grip that goes with it persisted through the pushing part of the stroke.

[@feeltennis]

Fantastic, thanks for sharing your feedback!

[@brianflores7694]

I need a teacher like you. You're amazing! Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina :)

[@K4R3N]

Revisiting this important lesson. The graphic at the end is fantastic. Maybe even worth updating this video.

[@9214bike]

Interesting. We usually warm up w/ mini-tennis at the service box and all groundies are dominated by push to keep the ball in play... I'll have to see if I can incorporate the throw and keep the ball in service box so it's more representative of hitting shots from baseline.

[@MR-eh5mk]

Tomaz once again elevates his tennis lesson into the realm of philosophical treatise. One might almost describe it as effortless ! Beautiful, poetic and also highly informative. Love it.

[@arnovveiss]

Great Video, i never looked at it this way. I always wonder why i dont have any power in my strokes. I guess i have a control of 80% and power of 20%. I need to let go. I will try this. Thanks.

[@meditationman415]

The thing i would add to this is that you can throw 100%, but it can be a very slow throw. Throwing does not have to be fast, throwing can be slow. A throw is a biomechanical movement, and does not have anything to do with speed.

[@bri_____1970]

Why not just focus on 100% throw and learn to keep the ball landing in the court it with heavy topspin? Isn't that what the pros do?

[@davidngo7526]

Did you film this in Singapore? Looks like a court I played at before.

[@fredericmayer899]

1 have never heard something so clear, so important , i can't says more except great thanks

[@marcodeluca4068]

You guys never talk about string tension or the weight of rackets or its stiffness of the frame etc

[@vishalarchitect]

Tomaz you are the best

[@svetoslavmarinov5246]

Excellent explanation, thank you!

[@themrstroke]

Still one of the best short overall tennis lesson ever

[@tennis47]

great concept !

[@TAMANCoLTD]

I love your lessons. G.O.A.T indeed.

[@logicrule]

That looks like Singapore!

[@neygercey7899]

Therefore the serve should be 100% throw.

[@goldenduper94]

i thought you meant yeet the racket at the net

[@DEO777]

What is the court surface?

[@TNToncourt]

Clay with turf underneath,and it's on the 8th floor of a hotel,says Thomaz .

[@waynelai1005]

you are amazingly good at explaining!!!!!! turned something mental and imaginary to something realistic. very helpful and thank you!

[@meditationman415]

In order to hit with power i need to throw the racket. I can push with power but it would go out, and also wouldn't be as powerful or accurate as a throw. So i need to aim to throw very fast if i want power. So the 'let go' component should include the element of speed as well as the throw. How fast can i throw the racket and the ball goes to the place i want it to go.

[@feeltennis]

Yes, all good points, the key is EFFORTLESS power through throwing. You can hit with power without throwing, 90% of rec players do that and they can generate power - but not effortless. And yes, you can throw slowly and hit an easy ball effortlessly - that's what we tennis pros all do. We can rally with our students at very low speeds very easily...

[@Lance54689]

My game has progressed bit by bit, but two of your concepts, specifically, helped me a great deal this morning. Throw/push, and hit with purpose. Throw/push was the concept I needed on both groundstrokes, and hit with purpose? Oh man was it great. My balls were deeper, placed well but not too much of anything. And I wasn't working very hard(other than all the running) I know I've seen these concepts from you before, but I guess at this moment I'm ready to absorb it. Thanks for all the work that goes into making these things.

[@insighttennisacademy9421]

Hi tomaz, I was wondering if there’s any difference between throwing and whipping the rackets through contact? I once hear you speak about the power of decelaration, has it something to do with that? Is it that you stop one segment of the kinetic chain more explosively when you whip the racket? In my opinion players like kokkinakis, monfils and kyrgios hit quite whippy where you see the even bend over in the follow through. Do you see what I mean? Does this create even more racket speed? Do you know feelbased drill tol learn it? Looking forward to your response! Best, Paul

[@GT-hb2bd]

Tomas, you have truly lived lived up to your name "Feel Tennis" with this fantastic demonstration of throwing and pushing. I think a lot of club players like myself find the concept of throwing the racket difficult because relaxing the arm/forearm is a very elusive and foreign feeling to us. As I understand it now, this can only be achieved by feeling the weight of the racket while timing the kinetic chain properly.

[@missingmario128]

Very nice thoughts on the game. When I get out of control (usually a day by day fitness problem), I always switch to push to get more control by loosing my comfort zone and speed. Now I know I just have to adjust more detailed to get both advantages. NICE

[@darrenbergman3361]

Hi. Great video. Just the topic I have been trying to figure out so you have saved me a lot of thinking time. I am struggling to apply it on the double backhand! Somehow it's hard to find the balance. Do you have any tips. Thanks again.

[@meditationman415]

This video keeps on giving. I am practicing all sorts of 'mantras'/instructions to say to myself to see which one works best. 'Let Go' produces the best results. The whole stroke is much more how i would like it to be, bending the legs, coiling, and an effortless satisfying throw (with loop and spin!) at the end. The inner Intelligence knows what to do when we ask to 'let go'.

[@feeltennis]

Wonderful, I keep saying to players almost every week to throw the racket into the ball especially on the forehand. These are timeless concepts that will always work...

[@meditationman415]

@@feeltennis Thanks . Got it 🙏

[@Leonvdm2]

Your instruction method is very informative and you use examples that I can relate to. Very gifted coach. Thank you!

[@tonysekvenc5300]

..for this the mistake starts..already with wrong feel within our backswings and feel of our weight with the ground, going frw is mostly result of it..

[@marcstephens904]

Really fantastic video. Super insightful and well explained. Thank you!

[@bodyrotation]

Thanks

[@jessedang]

This is a great video and thoughtful approach to a seemingly simple concept (that's maddening to execute)

[@kitvalencia6836]

You are great teacher! My tennis gets better each day when i apply your lessons! Keep it up! Thank you very much!

[@wboyd5756]

thank you coach. They always say racket speed, increase racket speed. what is that? now I know it is the threw action. I can't hold the racket tight to increase racket speed.

[@benjaminyip9870]

Throw/Power Push/Control

[@nixonv1]

Tomaz! You are the man! Can't say enough about you. Thanks so much for the amazing tips.

[@cvanil17]

This is simply one of the best tennis lessons I've ever received. A super big Thank you!!

[@vinceduquestories]

also, what are your thoughts about the "throwing" and "pushing" ratio relative to short balls?

[@antonioisaga3643]

Thanks , it’s good to ponder every lesson you teach, very interesting. 👏