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Dimitrov changed his backhand and his tactics, and esp his forehand as well. Suddenly he is hitting better and more tactically against better players. He even just won against Alex Zerever, this is not a fluke guys. He might beat sinner tomorrow!!

what do you think?

good idea, give more ideas here.

if Trey force them to stand behind the baseline and hit, most of them will fail. and if Trey tell them to change direction every 3 shots they would probably all fail lol. And if Trey say to make a 4.5+ shots then none of them can pass the first shot :D

One hand backhand is probably the most difficult shot to understand besides serve because the entry threshold is so high. The force isn't shoulder, isn't chest, isn't arm. The force is actually hips, and the muscle right on the top of thigh and that's it. To understand how to use it takes a...

A lot of people all told me that tennis tournament is becoming more and more boring as everyone hits the same way. Most people just can't sit down for more than 2 matches. We should change up the rules to spice up tennis. UTS is a good initiative but it is still the same tennis feel. My...

Winner is to me a last resort. Usually I will do a winner on my opponent's winner if I can't make an angle.

what is the question? you can't hit belly button height and want us to give you advice on how to get around it? I think to focus, just ignore the things she said about watching hips, if you don't know what she is talking about then better to ignore it and tell her to explain to you in layman...

also I think there is a misalignment of definition of kinetic chain Nik I think is defining that the moment you start lifting the shoulder and arm up slightly, you are already initiating the chain whereas I think a lot of people here think that is not part of the chain I think I know what nik...

kinetic chain doesn't mean power I think? Nik is not trying to say this will make you hit more powerful. It is more for consistency and in general utility I believe.

we need to help tennis to be popular, let's all go out and film ourselves and make tons of youtube videos and flood the site!

it is hard to describe this in one sentence as well, that's why most people focus on easy to use concepts like racquet head speed, low to high, hit over shoulder, squeak the shoes. The intention is right, but the execution is very bad. lol

To give winston some credit, he is fit, he isn't a slouch, but tennis is a different sport, as it uses muscles that are unintuitive and used it weird. Tennis is a complex game, strength doesn't always get you what you want. In my opinion, he is lacking in his shot variety and versatility so he...

your standard is very low, when I say average I don't mean any rating. to be honest, a 3.0-3.5 doesn't have a forehand, they just swing. A 4.0-4.5 has a very low and inconsistent forehand, any decent placement and movement will disrupt their rhythm and they simply just can't do anything. 5.0+ is...

to that student, he used the term hit hard to help him overcome his mental issue but to be honest, I don't see much improvement despite him saying that he did. I would actually told him to hit slower and hard not fast and hard as making sure those checkpoints are hit is more important

there are tons of videos on youtube, and threads that details exactly how you can do to beat a pusher. namely, 1) git gud 2) footwork 3) intensity 4) push it back (mostly joking, but am I?)

I suggest you should get your weight loss first before thinking about contacting in a specific area of the racquet that is almost impossible to achieve naturally.

nah, i don't see how this video will help. they start off trying to teach racquet head speed, which is the opposite of what I think OP needs. this video didn't address the most difficult part of serve and I feel like OP probably heard about similar advice in the past, that's why it wouldn't work...

easy solution, stop thinking about learning how to serve "hard", instead focus on learning from the pros how they serve "control". Once your mind turned instead of thinking power, your body will start to loosen up and you can actually have consistency at your maximum level of control. reasons...

I also struggled with understanding this concept myself before in the past, let me lend a hand. Don't focus on the finishes, put your mind on slowing your swing down enough so you have a clear mental image of the racquet movement. Never, ever think about wrapping around the racquet, because if...

Winston has average forehand to be honest with you. My way to define average means can he on average chain more than 2-3 shots and win the point often in real match scenario. If you can chain beyond 3+ without dropping quality, you have high level forehand that is hard to beat 5.0+. In other...

i don't understand what is so interesting about the "drill" you mentioned. Can you elaborate? This vid just look like a low quality form of other basic "drills" like the ball machine. In other words, basic questions: 1. What is the purpose of the drill? 2. What should the player look for in...

let me explain a bit more, most people can step forward before the swing but during the swing (esp after the swing) they fall backwards i'm tallking about what happened during the contact and immeditately after contact. i don't want to influence/impose too much but let me give you some more...

his rate is like 400/hr? so yea, fly to LA and you can have your own former top atp pro as your coach.

saw the videos, pretty cool that karue is trying to help us mortals

not intuitive agreed. but i wouldn't even focus on the left arm, i would observe his goal of the serve. an ATP pro told me, that the most important thing about the serve is hitting through the ball. that's it

cool, losing weight does help slightly as it helps flexibility (at least for me), esp my belly is smaller so I can actually stretch out more lol

also a couple things that might help 1. don't pull arm up, release that arm to the side and go around to the hip instead of in the air 2. don't fall backwards, try to stay upright, a trick I found is to take a stride towards your left side (using your right leg).

i understand where he is coming from, if you want federer like backhand (not power but more control and consistency depth). Then those wouldn't come even close. however if you want Dominic Thiem's backhand, then I think you have the base. Just need to train super hard on your hip then you can...

instead of thinking aggressive, the best way to make it not a weakness is contact cleaniness and consistency. Are you able to consistently hit quality contact? Do you always feel one small part of the muscle is always tense and hurt when you swing? If so then you need to look into that and fix...