Avoid These 5 Common Forehand Mistakes (Tennis Technique Explained) 

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It's impressive how you can keep releasing amazing helpful videos so often, I try not to miss one! I really want to thank you, I have been applying your tips and my game has improved so much in just a few months.

The racket up and C is super helpful! Helps with timing and hitting the top of the ball.

I am a total beginner, and I found beneficial the fact you were always showing the wrong way first, then the correct way. I could see my mistakes more clearly and better understand the reasons behind the proper movements. Thank you!

Thank you, great lessons!

That was a great video ryan!! Best advice out there

Thanks! You're a fantastic instructor!

This simple video helped me a lot. Thank you so much

Great video - really clear advice. Thanks !

You do amazing straight to the point videos with demonstrations. Excellent!!!

Excellent instruction. Thanks for sharing

Excellent instructions!. Thank you very for your sharing!

Great video. Will save this as my practice video. Thanks for taking the time.

Excellent. Really enjoy your videos. Very clear, concise and memorable.

Your videos are always helpful.

Thank you. That was simply fabulous. Very easily explained and then summarised at the end.

Thankyou again Ryan, such great advice 👌 hopefully my forehand will improve more because of your excellent video 👏🎾

Very informative. Thanks so much 👍

such a good coach.

Thanks for the amazing information

Thanks for this excellent video, one of the best.

Great video!

great points.. upon seeing the "first mistake", I wondered, Did Ryan make this video after seeing my video? But then I saw the others, and realized.. hey, I dont make those mistakes as often anymore after taking lessons from Ryan! Great summary and love the drill suggestion at the end of hitting at different heights and aiming a certain distance above the net, and proportional to how far we are from the net. You are a tennis teaching genius Ryan!

Thanks for the video! Really helpful. 8:15 You can extend the slinger bar handle up for a visual target to gauge the height of your shots (above/below the top of the handle, which is approximately one foot above the net). If you have it on video, you can then also quantify how often your balls had the correct height and really watch your progress over time.

good to know that I'm doing it all correctly on my forehand. Since I'm an amateur coach as well as a player and have been trying to imitate pros for 50 years, I'd expect to be doing it right, but you are the ONE person I trust to doublecheck. Your video fix of Ian's one-handed backhand is the single finest tennis video I've ever seen. The only way I'd watch it more often is if you put in a cameo by Ana Kournikova.

Thanks!

I wish you continued success in the field of tennis and youtube thank you

Great video....really helps 👏👍

Thanks so much 😊

Thanks Ryan, a great mix of tips, one of your best video

Thanks for the amazing video, really insightful . Warm regards from Jakarta, Indonesia 🙏

Super instructions! thank you!

Amazing video! Thanks a lot

Great, very clear lesson for a club player like me! Thank you

Thanks for valuable advise

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Great, like the fact that you do the slip step and active feet during the demonstration

you are so good at teaching tennis in the simplest way possible!! many many thanks. wish I was in your town

Dude, so good!

This is a great lesson for a beginner like me. Thank you so much.

fantastic Ryan, thanks again

Thank you

Your tips are great and simple. I learn a lot from you. Thanks! Alberto From Brazil/Oliveira

Ryan sir the tips you gave to improve the forehand were really helpful and I have made some serious improvement on my forehand. Thank you for the videos

Love your videos. Your content has been of great help to improve my technique. Could you share the slinger bag settings you use on your videos going forward. Can potentially save us time tinkering to figure out the settings on our machines.

Wow, Ryan, you're a very good teacher! After 25 years trying to learn how to play tennis, I've just discovered from you that I musn't point de ball with my left hand... Sorry for my writing mistakes, but I've been trying for 25 years to learn the English language, too! A huge from Barcelona.

Excellent exhibition of shoulder turn from a forehand.

Wonderful video

I will try to do this 5 things. Thanks.

Ryan, my man! You are a "CHOSEN ONE"! God has given u the natural skills and abilities to make this beautiful game to be understood and dissected. YOU ARE A "TENNIS SURGEON". CONGRATS 🤗

Thank you for the great tips.

Great video and great advices. It´s been almost 8 months from I started to practice tennis, but now I realize I never aimed height of ball. Thank you for your great tips and I´ll try my best to improve myself with it!

Thank you. Great tips for executing good consistent forehands. I am a tennis coach in Bangalore

Fabulous insight, I think i have been making all five! No more!

Ryan. Great instruction as always. Can you share your Slinger settings please? Thanks, John

*very good job*

Nice tips. The non-hitting hand should also be used as a measurement guide to ensure adequate horizontal space between the body and the ball.

Exceptional tuition.

4/5 mistakes 😁 Thank you, your videos are great, and very helpful👏👏🎾

Tnx

Excellent video…

perfect one

I applied you're suggestion of getting the non-dominant arm to catch the racket to my two-handed backhand. Wha?! What I mean is that I got my right arm to come further across to my right side on the two hander. It really helped! And of course, the forehand tips were gold! Thank you for your time and energy in making these videos.

For the ball to not get stuck I applied the "Professional-Grade Moldable Plastic Pellets by Polly Plastics" from amazon. I applied it on top of the rotating cross panel. I shaped the mold to have four vertically crossed mold then placed it on top of the crossed panel and have placed a glue to adhere permanently. This will help fix the issue of the ball sometimes not launching and instead will keep a regular steady feed flow. On the dial section for adjusting the ball height from the launch pad I applied a white "Fine Paint Marker for Rock Painting-Stone, Ceramic, Metal, Glass, Wood,Set of 6 Paint Pens High Volume Ink High Volume Ink for DIY Craft" from Amazon. I applied the white marker on the etched black line marker for better visibility, even from a distance. On the opening of the bag from the top entrance to place the racket I placed an elastic fiber string crosswise (made two holes on each side with a heated pointy metal) and that is where I hang my towel. There's more but this is enough for now. Thanks for letting me share.

Really good coach im begginer and try to improve. Some question, which grip i should use at forehand shots?

Thank you so much, I realised that I was actually starting my swing late on my forehand resulting in crammed up and very inaccurate shots..My forehand is my biggest strength..and when it was getting a little messed up I started panicking…Thank you for this video..Will definitely try to move early and take the racquet back earlier…Thanks ❤

I really like tip 1. I tend to do this a lot on my forehand, whereas on my backhand I tend to take the racquet back early. I liked the entire video. Aloha from Australia.

Hmm… you know I don’t think where my non hitting arm is on the stroke, but now I will! Great teaching video!

Wow, it's amazing how quickly you can churn out great content. One of the best youtube coaches for sure! Do you think you could make a video about volleying against different spins? I especially struggle to volley against extremely spinny sliced shots. I always hit the frame!

Wow ! The only thing i can speak is "you are awesome and kind hearted" thank you so much for this tutorials as i am struggling with timing i will try to follow these steps tommorow.

Hey love your videos, can you create a video for teaching a total beginner on how to hit a moving ball coming at him? As well as moving to hit a moving ball? Man I find for all beginners this is the hardest thing to learn, for some it's a daunting task, for others they can get it with constant ball tossing. How do you help those that really have a hard time hitting a moving ball at them, a very slow ball to a medium paced ball? That would be a great video lesson. Thanks.

Wow Simon - that short angle backhand!

This video is So good!! I just find myself that all 5 mistakes common in my rally - even reduced it, but still need improve technics. Again - Thank you, I will review it commonly for sure.

Great comment

Ryan can you do a deep dive on the different kinds of spin- what the ball’s doing, how to create it, when to use it and why? Thank you! -Kelly

Catching the racquet helps me get ready to change grips. I find sometimes during rallies I fail to get the right grip, especially when running. This happens when I don't get my hand back on the racquet to turn it. So, I'm trying to always get my hand on the racquet between shots, catching helps this.

Muy Bueno.....

hi.. have the same ball slinger maschine. can u tell me the konfigurtion ? Degree? Speed ? Many Thnaks

Great tips coach - on tip 3 it is actually quite easy to generate topspin with a squared up take back. If contact is made out in front with arm extended and the player can internally rotate their shoulder and rotating their racket left to right - you should be able to look engaging a relaxed forearm to bring the racket out and around, then even more topspin can be created with less effort, your tips 1&2 are extremely important for this

Which ball machine do you have?

This is good stuff. I notice how the forehand is bow being taught with a none catch at the end, it just flows around the body. Check out 99% of any pro under 30 😎

My racket is to straight and parallel to the ground while hitting!! no wonder I hit the net too much and did not get topspin. So racket should point down a little bit and brush up, right?

You msje it look so simple. I played in my teens and late teens then stopped for 20 years. Now I'm awful. Muscle memory is key.

What is the difference in your strokes between your Low, Medium and High shots? It looks like it is all in your back swing. For low balls you don't drop the racket much. Medium - you drop it a little lower. High - you drop it down a lot like when you teach us the topspin shot.

Great help for recreational players but i do not agree with catching the racket with yout non-hitting hand..

Actually pointing at the ball really improved my forehand - I was hitting it late most of the time and pointing at the ball helps me visualize and hit at the right time. Its not like you point at the ball all the time, you let go right at the time when your forehand arm makes the juicy part of the move.

Also keep your head still and watch the ball contact the strings

2/5, although the technology you advocate is good, the technology you deny is not necessarily bad. In mechanics, that approach is also very effective. For example medvedev's backhand technique is exactly what you're objecting to.

Can you show how a lefty serve correctly? I’m a lefty and it’s different from a righty

Many of these techniques assume that you are getting a non-chaotic random shot that is not hard to read. When beginners and intermediates rally ,and the ball is going out, landing short, going all over the place, it's a bit much to expect someone to catch the racquet with their left hand, no?

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Trying this today during my match, will come back if my non hitting arm had success

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U actually can go down on the way back, its called the next gen forhand

how can play with wall sir 😢😢😢?

I disagree with the dogma of “must catch the racket”. This might help some players and might hurt others and to me feels more like a style thing.

Five mistakes 1.waiting for ball to bounce 2.taking the racquet down twice 3.always hit balls very flat 4.not using non hitting hand 5.no air target

Coach - I think you're ready to film yourself participating in some match play. The stroke is looking silky smooth.