You need to make a conscious effort to keep your head still, even after the ball has left your racquet. There's actually no point to look forward, you don't need to look at the target to aim the ball there. You already know your court position and the dimensions of the court. All you have to do is look at the ball and decide which part of the ball you want to make contact with.
Let me try again - I know I should watch the ball but I keep forgetting to do it. Is there anything that can be done (specific drill or routine etc) that makes me do it all the time...
Let me try again - I know I should watch the ball but I keep forgetting to do it. Is there anything that can be done (specific drill or routine etc) that makes me do it all the time...
Any tips on "forcing" me to watch the ball as I hit? Look up too soon - especially on big points.
I don't seem to have a cure - other than cursing myself everytime I catch myself doing it. Of course, cursing only exacerbates the situation.
Become the best non-ball watcher player you can be ... my solution anyway
Bounce -> visual snapshot -> hit
Shoulder Is too open. racket face is good. but head is too far in front of the ball,, eye needs to focus on the ball and stay there til after ball is hit
Mine is bounce - choke - hit too hard on the rim - get tendonitis.
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Shoulder Is too open. racket face is good. but head is too far in front of the ball,, eye needs to focus on the ball and stay there til after ball is hit
What is the head size of your racquet? Depending on the shot, make sure you’re following through also. Timing is everything in tennis. Practicing hitting in a non competitive atmosphere can also help you. In a game we can all tense up and miss shots. If you’re hitting with a partner, a wall, ball machine can concentrate on connecting with the sweet spot on your racquet.
Jealousy blinds you from true knowledge. You must learn from genius brain(Mine) and also genius strokes(Federer). Period.I've expelled more tennis knowledge into a Kleenex on a lonely Friday night than you have amassed in your entire life.
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Jealousy blinds you from true knowledge. You must learn from genius brain(Mine) and also genius strokes(Federer). Period.
my point was that look at the ball, it has already left his racket and yet Federer's head is still fixed and steady on the spot where the ball was. This is how you get the Balance and focus you need be consistent powerful shots on the run and standing still as well.Just wow, seriously. I need to look at this pic a few times each and everyday.
my point was that look at the ball, it has already left his racket and yet Federer's head is still fixed and steady on the spot where the ball was. This is how you get the Balance and focus you need be consistent powerful shots on the run and standing still as well.
honestly i need this.I see your problem, now.
You need to hire a zen trainer/coach. When the trainer notices you loosing concentration, he run out and wacks you with a big stick.
Any tips on "forcing" me to watch the ball as I hit? Look up too soon - especially on big points.
I don't seem to have a cure - other than cursing myself everytime I catch myself doing it. Of course, cursing only exacerbates the situation.
Maybe it's just a bad habit he developed when he started learning tennis and he would have won 6 more majors without it!my point was that look at the ball, it has already left his racket and yet Federer's head is still fixed and steady on the spot where the ball was.
But is it really worth spending all that time and effort to achieve it?! Will you really get some significant gains at the end? Where is the evidence except Federer and some internet forum speculation? Ok there is some trolling and provocation but could i still have a point?!Well, forcing it won't work. Unfortunately this is a habit that many of us build early on when we don't know any better and we work at correcting it time and time again.
There is no quick fix for bad habits. You just have to train the new habit. Use a wall, ball machine, or hitting partner and make it your only focus to finish each stroke before looking for the next ball to come. I've had good success using the wall for this type of practice. You need to do this regularly, daily or every other day preferably, for 2-3 weeks probably. Then you should be pretty successful at it. The final step is going to be getting some match play in. Hopefully real matches with players at your level that you don't play against very often. You want to make finishing strokes before looking up your main goal in these matches. Keep it front and center of your mind all the way through and try not to get caught up in the score or how well your serve is working, etc. You need to build the new habit under match stress. You'll want to try and get a bunch of matches in over a few weeks and stick with this goal until you can start counting the number of times you don't finish the stroke before looking on one hand. When that happens you have pretty much succeeded in your goal. The trick going forward from there is to recognize any time the old habit starts to creep back in and when it does you have to get on top of it fast because it will want to sneak back in as soon as you take your mind off it.
Tennis isn't the most important thing.But is it really worth spending all that time and effort to achieve it?! Will you really get some significant gains at the end? Where is the evidence except Federer and some internet forum speculation? Ok there is some trolling and provocation but could i still have a point?!
Is that some belly fat there or just the shirt?
disagree, if all the amateurs did this they would have at least 1 more level easyMaybe it's just a bad habit he developed when he started learning tennis and he would have won 6 more majors without it!
Evidence?disagree, if all the amateurs did this they would have at least 1 more level easy
you are. if you do as I say, you will improve by 1 levelEvidence?
You know I won't be able to do it, don't you?!you are. if you do as I say, you will improve by 1 level
... but head is too far in front of the ball,, eye needs to focus on the ball and stay there til after ball is hit
novak's just doing the open stance forehand cause he was late on the ball. he didn't have time to turn his shoulder at all so he is hitting open stance forehand. Pros does that cause they have less than 1 second to react to the ball, Amateurs have 2-3 seconds.Don't agree. First, elite players are NOT focusing on the ball when it is this close. Players, like Federer and Nadal, are focusing on the contact zone (or contact point), not on the ball. In almost all situations, players can no longer actually see the ball when this close. Players, even elite players, will almost never see the ball on their strings. Our smooth pursuit (visual) tracking system is incapable of picking up the event in most situations.
Andre Agassi would fix his gaze a bit forward of the contact zone, much like we see in Jolly's image. Djokovic appears to be looking forward of the contact zone in some instances but has his gaze fixed directly on the contact zone in other instances.
Regardless of exactly where the gaze is fixed during the contact phase, it is important to keep the head (& eyes) quiet (still) -- just before, during, & just after contact.
But is it really worth spending all that time and effort to achieve it?! Will you really get some significant gains at the end? Where is the evidence except Federer and some internet forum speculation? Ok there is some trolling and provocation but could i still have a point?!
... my solution anyway
Bounce -> visual snapshot -> hit
novak's just doing the open stance forehand cause he was late on the ball. he didn't have time to turn his shoulder at all so he is hitting open stance forehand. Pros does that cause they have less than 1 second to react to the ball, Amateurs have 2-3 seconds.
Any tips on "forcing" me to watch the ball as I hit? Look up too soon - especially on big points.
I don't seem to have a cure - other than cursing myself everytime I catch myself doing it. Of course, cursing only exacerbates the situation.
The snapshot idea has some merit... if you use it the way that Agassi does. In most cases, he takes his snapshot much closer to his hit than to the preceding bounce. Typically, he is still tracking the ball after the bounce and then fixes his gaze and takes his snapshot when the ball in within a meter or so of his contact.
On very deep balls and/or when hitting on the rise, the bounce is very close to the hit so the visual snapshot is probably at the bounce and immediately after the bounce.
My post had nothing to do with Novak's OS Fh. But, since you brought it up, I am compelled to take issue with your statement here. Prior to hitting the OS Fh, as in the image I posted, Novak almost certainly did turn his shoulders (coiling and then uncoiling his upper torso) prior to making contact. The video below shows this. Check out the 2nd Fh and other FHs in this video
Is that some belly fat there or just the shirt?
Also ... more toward the tip seems to be a quality hit.
I would argue that more toward the tip is probably the wrong direction to go with your contact. The sweet spot is sweeter down low on most if not all frames, and I also tend to hit higher in the string bed on many occasions, but I find that trying to move that contact down a couple inches makes for much sweeter shots. Even my serves are a bit sweeter when I catch them just a little lower which tends to go against the typical advice I've seen. However, if you look up your frame on TWU and check out the power potential you'll see there is some evidence to back up the lower is better philosophy.