Help with forehand

[JoshXXX]

Hi All -

Long time reader of this forum. This community has helped me improve my tennis a lot over the last couple of months. I have finally gotten to a point where I'd thought that it would be great to upload some videos of my (as of late) struggling forehand, mainly having some issues with consistency.

Any tips / feedback would be super welcome! thank you.

 

[Dakota C]

Hi All -

Long time reader of this forum. This community has helped me improve my tennis a lot over the last couple of months. I have finally gotten to a point where I'd thought that it would be great to upload some videos of my (as of late) struggling forehand, mainly having some issues with consistency.

Any tips / feedback would be super welcome! thank you.

Most things look pretty good! It might be helpful if you described your 'inconsistency' in more detail though.
The only thing I would bring focus to is that at the end of your preparation phase, from the back view, your hand gets further 'left' than you see with most high level forehands.
You are probably getting more power taking it back like you are, but potentially losing some consistency/repeatability with your contact/timing.
Pro Forehands from behind

 

[ballmachineguy]

Question: can you, using the same racquet head speed, control the depth of your shots? Can you hit into serve boxes, if you want? Within a few feet of the baseline?

 

[Dragy]

One thing jumps at me, on most shots you fall back/away before completing the stroke.

As you hit in neutral stance, let your center of mass move over the front foot smoothly rather than stuck on it before impact. Does this make sense?

Your 0:29 shot in first video is best in this regard.

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

Doesn’t look too shabby at all. However, you appear to be moving (lifting) your head a bit early on some shots. This can throw your swing path off a bit. For the latter half of your forward swing & for a bit after contact, try to keep your head still — do not be tempted to look up to follow the outgoing ball right away. During this hitting phase, either fix your gaze on the contact point or fix it on a point a bit forward of the CP (as Agassi did).

You might also consider fully extending your left arm out to the side (fence) for a short time after your unit turn. You keep your hand on the racket (throat) for a while — this is good. But once you release the L hand, extend the arm out to the side. This may (or may not) help with spacing &/or consistency. You’ll see that (temporary) arm extension on the 1st video @Dakota C posted above. (Don’t see it in his 2nd video but there’s other good stuff there). That arm extension can also be seen in Roger’s vid below. Note: once the L arm is straight and then is bent and pulled back, this might facilitate a bit faster uncoiling and RHS.

 

[ballmachineguy]

JoshXXX has left the building. Anyway, he is doing it so wrong! And, I really hate saying that ; )

 

[Nellie]

Your steps are too big, and you end up lunging and getting off balance during some of the strokes. When your are practicing with a ball machine, stay on your toes and take lots of a small quick steps to move to the ball. Consider getting a very light resistance band and tying it around your knees so it stretches and gives you tactile feedback when you are taking a big step and separating your knees a lot.

 

[ChaelAZ]

Hi All -

Long time reader of this forum. This community has helped me improve my tennis a lot over the last couple of months. I have finally gotten to a point where I'd thought that it would be great to upload some videos of my (as of late) struggling forehand, mainly having some issues with consistency.

Any tips / feedback would be super welcome! thank you.

Do you have a 1HBH by chance?

 

[K1Y]

Sometimes you fall during your swing. For consistency you need to be balanced and stable with your body. Also looks like you overrotate, sometimes its almost a pirouete. Don't open up your body to quickly, hold your left arm longer before you hit. Tennisnerd has a decent video on it with Nikki Roenn. Rest of it looks fine. But that's why it's inconsistent: Too many variable that change: no balance or too much turn.

 

[user92626]

good stroke!

 

[mtommer]

It's not too bad. It seems like you are setting up to hit the ball a bit too early, mostly due to trying to hit to big/hard. Several of the shots you're setting up and the ball then bounces in a place you didn't expect it to be so you jam yourself or send it flying. On a few of the shots you get a little lazy or tired, you actually hit better because you hadn't dedicated yourself so much to the shot yet.