Thanks for the tips! My backhand has always been better than my forehand and I am still having trouble with my forehand. My backhand goes natural, my forehand really does not
Yo bro, finally found another man with the same problem. Everyone says that i have one hell of a backhand, and I am pretty sure it is the situation as I win like 90% of my points off backhand. It just feels natural and I could take a break from tennis for like a month and still hit perfect backhands. I wish i felt so secure about my forehand too.
@@AlexPeaceOfficial wow i feel that there are not many people who struggle with this. So many players i know all have a great and smooth forehand and i just don’t have that haha. At least a big up for our backhands 💪 and let’s hope our forehand will become steadier during the years.
@@Derebertis Yep. I hope it will become consistent soon. There are days when I dominate with forehand, but also days when I miss everything. It is so inconsistent and that’s why it bothers me. I think that the solution is to start spending more time towards practicing forehand. Like, just practice and play with only forehand every other training. I think that would help us a lot.
Wonderful breakdown of the stroke. I especially like the advice to keep the elbows out in the ready position so as to avoid bringing the racket back too far. Thanks
This helped me great back on track against some heavy hitting opponents. I had fallen in to in the habit of jabbing and blocking shots defensively. The check points help guide you back to a more assertive approach. Thanks!
IMO I think you have the best instructional videos on YT. As you explain the check points, you point out the common mistakes and the fixes for them. These are very valuable to us self taught players.
To me your the best virtual coach around Ryan! All of these check points are very helpfull and readily applicable tips. Moreover, this basic and logical technique that you teach allows the weaker player like me to try a modern playing style and still obtaining results rapidly. This is not the case with other coaches around showing the proper technique for in shape or more advanced players
This is one of the most helpful tennis videos I have ever found on RU-vid. Can you please make one of these for the one-handed backhand, the serve, and volleys as well?
tennis is such a fascinatig sport, where little details can cause so much better striking quality. today i watched this video for the first time, and tried to keep the elbow away from the body, and the non hitting arm above the racket in my training today. Of course far away from perfection, but i immediately felt much more comfortable and was able to generate more topsin and consistency with my forehand. something i am really struggling with. gonna focus on these patterns. thank you for your tips. great content
Excellent explanation for topspin forehand with some great demonstration Ryan. Have watched a lot of other tennis tutorials but yours are one of the best ones I've seen. Many thanks.
Excellent as always! Ready position of my daughter has been off and you gave me a practical tip to help her stop taking the racket too far back behind her body
I practiced with a ball machine what you taught on how to improve a forehand stroke. When I felt confident, I used my new stroke technique against my tennis group opponents. The improvement was immediately obvious as the speed and accuracy of my returns earned me many quick points and cut rallies short. Thanks very much for your direct and clear method of tennis instruction.
Oh god I'm so glad found your channel as I'm a very keen learner and always want to improve my tennis skills. Your explanations are really good to understand and very very clear, thank you , it's the best tennis tutorials channels xx
@@2MinuteTennis I’d really like to send you some video for analysis. I’ve signed up to your website but can’t see a way of contacting you. Would you mind dropping me a line at 07939959129? Thank you and great videos
Thank you Ryan. I’ve been making so many of these mistakes every time I play. Now I need to fix them. I would add check point 7 too, moving your back leg forward after hitting for momentum.
Thanks for the very useful tips. I have found that keeping the left hand also on the racket guides the right hand to not go too far up or too far back. If I go too far up, my left shoulder would come in between the ball and my eyes. The left hand also prevents the right hand from going too far back so it naturally controls how far back and high I go
Well done Ryan! It's so humbling to video oneself, and even though you exaggerate the steps here, one can speed up as no rec player has a Fed like forehand. Consistency is key, then power later and you've got a great stroke, plus your feet are adapting. I'd add 'yellow arrows' in the future as most viewers won't lower the speed to .05 to really see what you doing here.
Great FH checklist Ryan. Already copied to my tennis notebook. Thanks. One additional transitional step for me - I try to contact the ball below the equator and then roll over it. This greatly improves the desired effects of (1) driving the ball over the net instead of into it, and (2) maximizing topspin. And yes I know this is just a feeling because of microsecond contact time.
Another great point you demonstrate with point #1, the ready position, Ryan, is that not only do you split step but you bring your racquet to the same starting position every time. The pro on "My Tennis HQ" pointed out that failure to bring the racquet to the same starting position with each stroke in a rally can contribute to stroke inconsistency.
SUCH a good video as always. Great content, again and again and again. Your work for all of us club level players out there is invaluable. I hope YT compensates you well so it is not just charity work for you.
I remember you got some flack for the birthday hat thing but as a 5.5 player, every time I watch your videos I learn something new. One of the best coaches :)
Good to see your presentations and will be also interesting in my opinion if you will mention where to hit balls (not only how to hit with that kind of technique) in defence, neutral and offensive situations to connect technique with tactics.
Hi Ryan, when watching your videos they bring a big smile to my face...im really grateful that i found your channel.Just curious how did you become a coach and who was your coach. You are one of the best instructors here in youtube and big thank you for all of your hard work and dedication that you have put in your videos!!
I stumbled onto your channel a few days ago and watched this lesson. I'm a 4.0 NTRP player and have been struggling with a little consistency lately with my forehand. I was already doing some of the "checkpoints" you mention in the video but probably not consistently enough. I spent about 6 hours on court the last two days really being more deliberate and really concentrating on incorporating those checkpoints and I can honestly say, it was a game changer. This lesson was a great way to break down the various stages of the stroke and really refine it. The elbows out in the ready position made a huge difference in my return of serve. Well done...
@@2MinuteTennis Ryan... Do you do any video analysis ? I would love to send you a recent video of my forehand and have you give me some tips to "Fix My Forehand"...
@@2MinuteTennis Thank you. I discovered you two weeks ago and I feel improving a lot with everything by result of following your tips. I'm very gratefull.
Excellent checkpoints, Ryan. I do think it is important, though, on checkpoint #6 to mention that holding the racquet with the non-dominant hand at the end of the forward swing is dependent on where the swing ends. If it ends like a buggy whip forehand or a Carlos Moya style around hip level, holding the racquet may not be possible or convenient.
I've watched lots of videos on the forehands but you've provided a few tips I've never seen before - like having your elbows out in the ready position. Great tips as always.
Top class from start to finish , this is the forehand people...thank you coach, tomorrow before my game, watching again, I suppose semi western grip... elbow out knees down but cup facing the ball swing 6 to 12 fast over the ball Coach you are brilliant stuff thank you
Jovan Celebic thanks so much Jovan. So kind and I really appreciate you letting me know the video helped you. Keep me posted on how you hit tomorrow with your forehand. 👍
2MinuteTennis thank you coach being so fantastic to share your knowledge, your teaching is eyes opening, the one with birthday hat is astonishing, 2 handed backend everything top class where did you be all this years you are going to create lots of great players, small things like this grip, elbow, hips, knees, the way you point that is astounding keep it going top class
Excellent use of checkpoints. I would add another one after the UNIT TURN. RELEASE AND EXTEND: As you look over your front shoulder extend your non-racket hand toward the oncoming ball while extending your racket arm toward the back fence. Use of the non-racket hand can be very effective for balance as well as helping to measure the proper distance to the ball. Extending the racket arm toward the back fence provides a longer swing path which can help generate more power. Your teaching videos are among the best. Keep up the great work!
Thanks, I watched many online tennis videos, I find you have been best! Question if you have time: I always hit ball too high and not dropping racquet enough so it goes out a lot. Is there a "hack" to get my body to do this? Thanks, CN (4.0)
Really helpful video. Thanks! As a kid who played in the 70’s and 80’s, Im getting back into the game. I was decent but could never get the power top players got. I now understand they were getting better body rotation by facing the ball when making contact (even back then) instead of turning completely sideways and stepping into the ball like I was taught. As I try to learn the “new” swing, it seems most instruction has the player facing forward. I see that you’re facing forward at contact, but you turn completely sideways beforehand. Thoughts??
Great advice and explanation of cause/effect. I I especially like the elbow up. Perhaps this is more advanced, but wrist lag is incredibly important for the modern FH and I feel should be it’s own step, at the acceleration point. Someone can hit with all your points with a locked wrist and be losing a ton of topspin and speed. In fact, in your early hits, you had little lag, but then loosened up and got more lag and topspin it seemed. My 2 cents.
I love your videos and have learned an enormous amount of good information. Thank you so much. I have a question. I know you are familiar with Rick Macci. In his forehand lesson, he also talks about dropping the racquet however, he seems to teach "pat the dog" which does not look like the motion you show in this video. Can you please clear up this distinction.
Great video, only thing I would add or adjust is that your right foot should be landing in front of your left foot or at least parallel to it when hitting the closed stance forehand so your body weight properly transfers forward.
Hello coach your video is recommended to my RU-vid so i click it., You explain very well and very essential., You are the best online tennis coach., More power to you., Tennis fan from Philippines
@@2MinuteTennis All good stuff. Transitioning game now from the old, classic ways to modern style. this really helps me. will order that topspin unit soon
@@samwilliamson8248 so glad this video helped you learn some new techniques. Here’s my link for the TopspinPro. Would mean the world to me if you used it to order. Thanks! topspinpro.com/ref/2minutetennis/
@@2MinuteTennis how long is shipment on average? I am out of town for 10 days so may wait till I return but I will order. Also do you have any videos on where to target the ball? I find as I move to new topspin style I have to really aim up high since I am used to classic style of just over the net. I am sure this is basic problem in this transition.
