baseline rally drill vid

[luishcorreia]

On the forehand you have a tendency to hit with your back foot. You should balance in a way your weight is on the front foot. Your shoots will have much more power

[86golf]

Originally Posted by luishcorreia

On the forehand you have a tendency to hit with your back foot. You should balance in a way your weight is on the front foot. Your shoots will have much more power

If this is true, I've been doing things wrong and have been taught the improper way to hit a forehand. The reality is, for open stance you should be loading your weight on your right side (back foot).

[tonygao]

actually, I learnt this drill from a clip of Andy Murray training.

you can see in below link starting from 50', Andy hits two backahand CC and then one forehand dtl, back and forth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpNFxnShJ9o

[tonygao]

new practice vid updated, please check it out on the first page.

[treblings]

Originally Posted by tonygao

new practice vid updated, please check it out on the first page.

looking much better in the second one
i wonder if you took the time to check the video link i gave, and if so what you thought about it. i find it gives lots of useful info about footwork, helped me enormously

[Cheetah]

coil your hips and shoulders

[tonygao]

Originally Posted by Cheetah

coil your hips and shoulders

thanks, could you be more specific?

on my fh or bh, or both? do you mean more shoulders turn? or do you mean only turn shoulders but less hip turn to create the coil?

[tonygao]

Originally Posted by treblings

looking much better in the second one
i wonder if you took the time to check the video link i gave, and if so what you thought about it. i find it gives lots of useful info about footwork, helped me enormously

hi, thanks for the link.

actually, I watched that video the moment it was released by FYB. although I admit it is helpful, personally I would prefer the Jezgreen's way of explaining footwork. the "modern footwork" seems to focus more on how to transfer weight into shots, but less on lateral movement patterns. maybe my understanding is wrong.

[treblings]

Originally Posted by tonygao

hi, thanks for the link.

actually, I watched that video the moment it was released by FYB. although I admit it is helpful, personally I would prefer the Jezgreen's way of explaining footwork, or the . the "modern footwork" seems to focus more on how to transfer weight into shots, but less on lateral movement patterns. maybe my understanding is wrong.

whatever helps i like the FYB videos, because they focus on specific steps and they provide a good way how to learn them and incorporate them into your training.
didn´t know about jezgreen, but will look into his site

[Cheetah]

Originally Posted by tonygao

thanks, could you be more specific?

on my fh or bh, or both? do you mean more shoulders turn? or do you mean only turn shoulders but less hip turn to create the coil?

fh and bh.
turn your shoulders more than your hips. currently your hips and shoulders are at the same degree of rotation. turn hips and then turn the shoulders more than your hips. coiled. like a wound up spring. your partner is doing it. then when you swing push off legs, then hips turn, then shoulder turns, then arm flings around. in that order.
right now you are like one piece all stuck together as if your shoulders are glued to your hips. slowwwww and no power that way.

[Ash_Smith]

Originally Posted by treblings

whatever helps i like the FYB videos, because they focus on specific steps and they provide a good way how to learn them and incorporate them into your training.
didn´t know about jezgreen, but will look into his site

Jez is awesome!

[tonygao]

got it, lockandroll concept.

[tonygao]

Originally Posted by Ash_Smith

Jez is awesome!

yes, like it too. but for a while I was confused by the flow movement and the mogul step, as some other website descript as pivot step.

btw, I just can't get the hang of the drop step and the power step, any tips for that?

[treblings]

Originally Posted by tonygao

hi, thanks for the link.

actually, I watched that video the moment it was released by FYB. although I admit it is helpful, personally I would prefer the Jezgreen's way of explaining footwork. the "modern footwork" seems to focus more on how to transfer weight into shots, but less on lateral movement patterns. maybe my understanding is wrong.

i´ve looked into jez greens info and it seems really good. i certainly make sure to study it in detail over the coming days.
auzoux focuses a lot on stepping inside the court, which you´ve already identified as something you want to incorporate more, so i think it´s useful for you to study it more
using halfcourt tennis to work on your steps is something i do a lot, to move from understanding to mastering footwork skills

[tonygao]

Originally Posted by treblings

i´ve looked into jez greens info and it seems really good. i certainly make sure to study it in detail over the coming days.
auzoux focuses a lot on stepping inside the court, which you´ve already identified as something you want to incorporate more, so i think it´s useful for you to study it more
using halfcourt tennis to work on your steps is something i do a lot, to move from understanding to mastering footwork skills

How to use half court to work on steps?

[treblings]

Originally Posted by tonygao

How to use half court to work on steps?

once you´re used to halfcourt tennis, it is actually easier to work on specific steps because the speed is much slower.
check out the vids to get a visual explanation. much better than me trying to explain things in my limited english

[Cheetah]

Originally Posted by Ash_Smith

Jez is awesome!

Ash,

What do you think of Jez's power step for a running forehand? I've been using this method for the last 2 years. But in the last month or so I've been hitting the running forehand off of the other leg like most of the pros do today to compare the two.

Which do you teach your students to use? Is there a situation where you should use one over the other?

Thanks

[Ash_Smith]

^^^Well these days it's totally irrelevant for my teaching (my players don't use their legs!), but when I do work with able-bodied players I really like the powerstep for very wide balls (and the return of serve on a wide serve actually). I think where possible you should always look to line up the outside foot behind the ball, but when really forced wide or short of reaction time (returns) then the powerstep is a great tool to maintain good posture to recover quickly. One thing to remember, you're not hitting off the cross-over leg, you're still initiating the stroke off the outside foot, the inside foot crosses over during the push out to the ball.

make sense?

A

[Cheetah]

Yes. Thanks a lot.