Favoite on-line tennis instructors ???

[dgold44]

For serve- Feel Tennis and Fuzzy yellow is good too.

Specific technique for the average person- BRADY !!!! This guy is terrific

General concepts made easy- Ian !!! Very simple but points things out you dont think about.

Jeff S- is best for high level players who are more cutting edge. He has the most new and innovating stuff. Just not good for me !!!!

 

[Lukhas]

This question already was asked several times. Use the search function.

 

[Limpinhitter]

Two of my favorites are:

The "Lock and Roll" tennis guy:

and

Mario Llano:

Both of these coaches teach what I think are essentials of modern groundstrokes: employing the kinetic chain, and, achieving the correct load up position in order to utilize the kinetic chain effectively.

However, both are missing what the other is teaching. Put these concepts together and you have the whole picture which, in my opinion, applies to both forehands and 2hbh's.

 

[dimkin]

#1 Simon and Alex from TOP TENNIS TRAINING!!!
#2 Feel Tennis Guy
#3 Natural Tennis Solutions https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOEP9-hPaAD63OGwciBobCw

 

[Christian Nguyen]

Ian Westerman and Peter Freeman (Lefties)

 

[GuyClinch]

Top 3 right now for me - are

Brady, Natural Tennis solutions guy and FeelTennis. Honorable mention is Japanese guy - who I feel would be #1 if I knew Japanese.

Brady is so good because he covers all aspects of tennis - has basically no pay wall - and does so in a way that seems to help some.

Natural Solutions guy OTOH covers very little - but his lessons really seem to help me. Something about the way he teaches - I just like it.

FeelTennis guy is more hit or miss - but some of his lessons are helpful..

Lots of good instruction on the net - some of it just doesn't help me at a particular time. Sometimes its that you don't understand what the pro is explaining - even if you think you do.. That because the communciation is one way online..

 

[beltsman]

I like FeelTennis.

 

[heninfan99]

Sureshs

 

[movdqa]

Sureshs

Hard to beat that ATP forehand.

 

[atp2015]

TTW tips/instructions is the BEST online resource !

 

[Roddick85]

I don't think any online "instructor" can really beat private lessons with a respectable coach. Especially if your working on developing proper stroke mechanics. Online coaches can be great for strategies and drills, but that's pretty much it. For me, private lessons (to improve my technique) + watching endless Federer videos (increased my creativity on the court) as been a pretty successful combination.

 

[atp2015]

I don't think any online "instructor" can really beat private lessons with a respectable coach. Especially if your working on developing proper stroke mechanics. Online coaches can be great for strategies and drills, but that's pretty much it. For me, private lessons (to improve my technique) + watching endless Federer videos (increased my creativity on the court) as been a pretty successful combination.

I agree. A small investment in one of the tennis sensors will go a long way to work on your technique - they give great feedback on speed, spin and fluidity of strokes. Incredible help for a tiny amount of money (compared to private instructions) - not a substitute for lessons, but a great complement and may reduce the number lessons you may need.

 

[Roddick85]

I agree. A small investment in one of the tennis sensors will go a long way to work on your technique - they give great feedback on speed, spin and fluidity of strokes. Incredible help for a tiny amount of money (compared to private instructions) - not a substitute for lessons, but a great complement and may reduce the number lessons you may need.

Yeah I'm sure it does help. It gives you feedback about where your at. Even though I love stats, my frames aren't compatible with the Sony sensor without altering them, but I might grab one someday. I'm guessing the rate for private lessons varies from club to club, but a couple of years ago, I took private lessons 1-2 times a week with a great coach and it wasn't that expensive at around 40$ per hour, and that helped me turn my 1HBH from a liability to a weapon. Of course I have access to a ball machine which helped assimilate what he thought me, but here we are 2 years later and my backhand has never been better.

 

[atp2015]

Yeah I'm sure it does help. It gives you feedback about where your at. Even though I love stats, my frames aren't compatible with the Sony sensor without altering them, but I might grab one someday. I'm guessing the rate for private lessons varies from club to club, but a couple of years ago, I took private lessons 1-2 times a week with a great coach and it wasn't that expensive at around 40$ per hour, and that helped me turn my 1HBH from a liability to a weapon. Of course I have access to a ball machine which helped assimilate what he thought me, but here we are 2 years later and my backhand has never been better.

absolutely - I have learnt a lot more in a few private lessons than in years of self taught sessions. I'm pretty much convinced that pro lessons are a must for someone who wants to learn the fundamental stroke techniques. Any other means can only teach the wrong way to do things and it's going to take a long time to unlearn once you realize the existence of correct mechanics.
For example, continental grip for serve didn't make sense to me. Loop on forehand felt hideous. I had a big argument about them with a coach years ago when he introduced that to me. I can't thank him enough for being patient and not call me stupid though I acted more than just plain stupid...

 

[Roddick85]

absolutely - I have learnt a lot more in a few private lessons than in years of self taught sessions. I'm pretty much convinced that pro lessons are a must for someone who wants to learn the fundamental stroke techniques. Any other means can only teach the wrong way to do things and it's going to take a long time to unlearn once you realize the existence of correct mechanics.
For example, continental grip for serve didn't make sense to me. Loop on forehand felt hideous. I had a big argument about them with a coach years ago when he introduced that to me. I can't thank him enough for being patient and not call me stupid though I acted more than just plain stupid...

LOL I can totally relate to the continental grip not making sense to serve. When I first started playing tennis, I was using the typical eastern forehand to serve as continental felt so off and weird. Fast forward a couple of years later, I can't understand how I could even serve with any other grip than continental. But then again, I progressed so much with the help of proper coaching/lessons. Like a lot of people, I was really reluctant to get lessons from a pro as I always though "I knew better" and could do everything by myself. While there's certainly stuff you can do on your own, sooner or later you will stall in terms of progression. A lot of time we think we're doing the right thing, but then you see yourself on video or a pro looks at your form and then you realize that there's some technical flaws in your mechanic that you simply weren't aware of. Now I'm not going to lie, finding a proper coach can be a bit of a challenge. They are so many "hacks" that pretend to be "coaches" that will charge you a cheap rates to teach you things they don't even master themselves. What I looked for in a coach was skill level (watching them play) as well as attitude. I simply couldn't be bothered to waste time with a pro that doesn't impress me game wise. I was fortunate enough to find a pro who's around the same age as me, a former junior who played Lleyton Hewitt back in the days. Since then, I haven't looked back.

 

[Tight Lines]

Sureshs

Well you guys can make fun of Suresh all day long, but I can tell you that did not seem like an easy shot. If you had watched carefully, the ball was hit fairly hard and was an outside in forehand that curved away from him. That caused him to be a little late in timing.



Harry

 

[sureshs]

My favorite online tennis instructor is Leed

 

[sureshs]

Well you guys can make fun of Suresh all day long, but I can tell you that did not seem like an easy shot. If you had watched carefully, the ball was hit fairly hard and was an outside in forehand that curved away from him. That caused him to be a little late in timing.

Yeah people don't understand how much side spin and flight there was on those balls. For someone who sees this maybe once a year, getting it back in safely is quite a big deal.

Not to mention that multi-focal lenses make the tracking a little blurry.

 

[movdqa]

Yeah people don't understand how much side spin and flight there was on those balls. For someone who sees this maybe once a year, getting it back in safely is quite a big deal.

Not to mention that multi-focal lenses make the tracking a little blurry.

I absolutely hate those things. I have trifocals which are not exactly the same thing but I don't wear them for tennis.

 

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Well you guys can make fun of Suresh all day long, but I can tell you that did not seem like an easy shot. If you had watched carefully, the ball was hit fairly hard and was an outside in forehand that curved away from him. That caused him to be a little late in timing.

As for best tennis websites, I maintain my own favorite sites here (Helpful-videos).

Harry

If you don't move your feet and prepare early as demonstrated here, a damn feed would be a difficult shot to handle.

 

[dgold44]

Is Coach Brady about a 5.5 level player ????

 

[GuyClinch]

Is Coach Brady about a 5.5 level player ????

That's normal level for strong teaching pro - almost all of them played in college.. but unlike their teammates because they teach they can maintain something a bit closer to that in level for a while..

 

[dgold44]

Is Coach Brady about a 5.5 level player ????

That's normal level for strong teaching pro - almost all of them played in college.. but unlike their teammates because they teach they can maintain something a bit closer to that in level for a while..

Coach Brady must have over couple of hundred videos and some of the shots even I have never heard of before lol.
The guy has serious game !!

I dont even know where he lives or his last name but his videos are about as excellent as you can find.

 

[heninfan99]

I think it depends on your ability to notice and to notice small details.
I think as one increases their knowledge of the game online tips are more easily utilized.

absolutely - I have learnt a lot more in a few private lessons than in years of self taught sessions. I'm pretty much convinced that pro lessons are a must for someone who wants to learn the fundamental stroke techniques. Any other means can only teach the wrong way to do things and it's going to take a long time to unlearn once you realize the existence of correct mechanics.
For example, continental grip for serve didn't make sense to me. Loop on forehand felt hideous. I had a big argument about them with a coach years ago when he introduced that to me. I can't thank him enough for being patient and not call me stupid though I acted more than just plain stupid...

 

[GuyClinch]

I think it depends on your ability to notice and to notice small details.
I think as one increases their knowledge of the game online tips are more easily utilized.

Most coaches know what they are doing - as you get better some of the stuff that they said that made no sense - start to click in a bit more..

 

[heninfan99]

Some go the gym coach route and are a lower level but try to make up for difference via seminars and so forth and try to write about tennis and pad their CV

Is Coach Brady about a 5.5 level player ????

That's normal level for strong teaching pro - almost all of them played in college.. but unlike their teammates because they teach they can maintain something a bit closer to that in level for a while..

 

[Tight Lines]

For a couple of years, I have had Heath Waters website virtualtennisacademy.com listed at the top of my website as one of the best teaching sites for advanced players. I went there today and it appears that someone has hijacked the domain? I am not sure if this was intentionally abandoned by Heath or not. Anyone know what happened? It's a shame if he took it down.

 

[atp2015]

For a couple of years, I have had Heath Waters website virtualtennisacademy.com listed at the top of my website as one of the best teaching sites for advanced players. I went there today and it appears that someone has hijacked the domain? I am not sure if this was intentionally abandoned by Heath or not. Anyone know what happened? It's a shame if he took it down.

its now http://www.tennistechnique.com/

 

[JackB1]

natural tennis solutions
feel tennis
Brady
TopSpeed Tennis

 

[Bartelby]

Florian Meier is pretty good.

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

For serve- Feel Tennis and Fuzzy yellow is good too...

Will Hamilton of FYB was very popular here some years back. Some TW posters soured on him after Will started charging for content. Nonetheless, FYB still has a lot of good free content on his site, Youtube and, possibly, other video sites. Some pretty good progressions on the serve and other strokes.

Coach Brady must have over couple of hundred videos and some of the shots even I have never heard of before lol.
The guy has serious game !!

I dont even know where he lives or his last name but his videos are about as excellent as you can find.

Coach Brady is Brady Hiete, the head teaching pro for a large tennis club in the LA area. He' has a lot of great videos. Excellent content. One minor criticism that I have is that he demos a modern abbreviated serve motion but his serve "footwork" is very old school. He leaves his front foot on the ground and he steps forward with the right foot. This is the serve footwork used back prior to the 60s or 70s. The old serve rules dicated that one foot had to stay on the ground during the serve motion. Still see players serving that way even tho' the rule was changed sometime in the 50s or 60s.

One of my favorite on-line coaches is Kevin Garlington. Lotta good stuff from him.

 

[dgold44]

Coach Brady looks like he could still play 5.5 level

These on line coaches should charge

 

[dgold44]

Florian Meier is pretty good.

More old school stuff if I remember

 

[dgold44]

Being a head pro at a busy club is good pay but I am sure the hours and wear and tear on the body would be extreme
Plus u have to be excellent at handling so many good and difficult personalities

 

[dgold44]

Florian Meier is pretty good.

My mistake

Florian is excellent

 

[atp2015]

Jeff Salzenstein has great online coaching.
Bit it's tempered by frequent marketing gimmicks, many of them are a bit worn out and repetitive. One day he announced big news and said he is retiring from coaching, just to introduce his renamed website.
But his tips are great if you can stand the hard core marketing blitz.
Other online coaches are a lot more "sane" in selling.