How to Load the Forehand | Optimal Setup for Power & Control

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The non-dominant foot will lift into the air on high-level forehands. This is a direct result of the optimal loading position players put themselves in 90% of the time. In this video, I explain how to load the forehand with the optimal setup to achieve more power & control.
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@IntuitiveTennis 4 года назад

Unit Turn Problems 👉 bit.ly/3esJ6UO

@mrjohnsonfong 4 года назад

You are an awesome instructor! You articulate each point so clearly. I appreciate your high-level education.

@IntuitiveTennis 4 года назад

Thank you Johnson

@cesarfuentes6432 2 года назад

My son was doing this naturally at age 9 and a coach told him to "feel the ground" meaning to keep both feet on the ground. It took him a long time to get back the rythym on his forehand.

@IntuitiveTennis 2 года назад

It happens naturally u r right

@fabiozapletal_FZ4U 4 года назад

Some coaches I have came across criticised me doing this non dominant leg lifting when hitting a open stance forehand stroke ( naturally). I was therefore always confused cause this was a natural motion seen in several matches and videos of very top players. Your vídeo now explains in a very clear manner why this naturally happens. Thank you for your video.

@evandromont 4 года назад

Same for me...

@paochouayang2676 4 года назад

old coaches who are too stubborn to learn modern tennis

@fabiozapletal_FZ4U 4 года назад

Pao Choua Yang I guess they even may not be aware of such technical information. It is sad but it’s true. Perhaps I should not have called them coaches!!!

@paochouayang2676 4 года назад

Fabio Zapletal I know what you mean. When I first picked up tennis, I was always told by my seniors not to make such subtle movements and listened to them. It was only after injuries had I learned that those movements are essential and should not be deliberately stopped as they are essential to the natural movements of the body to relieve the stress on certain parts of your bodies such as your knees or ankles. After becoming better myself, I realize that there were so many flaws in their movements and I was right all along. Sometimes coaches or upperclassmen just like to spew bs lol

@fabiozapletal_FZ4U 4 года назад

Pao Choua Yang Lol all very very very true!! Reading your reply was like a real flash back to what happened to me a while ago. Good news though is that we now have such excellent video channels like this intuitive tennis to explore and improve every day. Brazil , where I live, still struggles with several coaches that are not properly qualified/ certified .

@dammitol25mg19 3 года назад

The most useful forehand lesson I've ever seen. At least 3 coaches have told me never to lift the off-leg, unless it's done to move forward; I never understood how they could disagree with so many tour pros.

@feliperodrigo2593 6 месяцев назад

The best couch on youtube¡¡¡, greetings from chile, thanks a lots¡¡¡

@elg0rdo351 4 года назад

VERDASCO DOES THIS ! I copied his forehand in months of work on my own with all its details as a youngster so I do it, too. We both have dynamite forehands. B-) This footage is highly useful for any player looking for added power. Accelerating the arm makes the ball go fast but using the legs brings weight and severe power into the shot.

@troy7980 2 года назад

whenever i feel somethings wrong with my technique u always have the answer!

@derekchau4375 2 года назад

Great description of the body rotation as lift and swinging the torso. Much more intuitive to me than using hip rotation. I think this will solve my problem of using too much arm and not enough body rotation as I will now have an easy mental cue and image of lifting on the forward swing. Thanks Nick!

@zouhairmounji6959 4 года назад

Always useful, great video!

@evansuddreth388 4 года назад

I can't wait to use these later today in practice

@Ponias 3 года назад

Thanks for the video! I was also taught that this wasn't supposed to happen and have been struggling with my footwork. The real issue is that I should improve my closed stance and unit turn, instead of trying to reduce lifting my non-dominant foot. It's strange how some coaches see this as a fault in technique however..

@grishkazumba 4 года назад

Terrific. Thanks a lot.

@nathanmiller6051 4 года назад

Great video 👍 thanks again! Always helpful and informative

@IntuitiveTennis 4 года назад

🙏🙏

@stan7222 Год назад

very helpful. thank you, coach.

@alessandrosig 3 года назад

Very informative video , will be nice to have this vide inside forehand course.

@ripleypipe 4 года назад

Fascinating aspects of the forehand Nick, thank you. Gordon

@IntuitiveTennis 4 года назад

Thank you Gordon

@tenniscoachcodyinphoenix 4 года назад

Always great videos! Thank you :)

@IntuitiveTennis 4 года назад

Thanks Cody

@jonathanchen1026 4 года назад

Great video, loved the explanations!

@IntuitiveTennis 4 года назад

Thank you Jon

@markusgraulich9915 4 года назад

Sehr gut! Kein Trainer hat bisher diesen V-Effekt erklärt. 👍

@IntuitiveTennis 4 года назад

Danke Markus

@mauriziodenapoli873 4 года назад

Great video, as usual. I would like to add (my personal experience) that doing the lift not naturally but in a "forced" way causes all my weight to be back and the shot the ball high in the sky!

@IntuitiveTennis 4 года назад

Yes you are probably out of position and falling backwards

@Vdkotsinyan 4 года назад

Excellent tip! I figured this out somehow on my own and do feel that it gives you a lot more power and control. Thanks!

@griftamusic317 2 года назад

Amazing thanks 😊

@Blade-bc4ue 3 года назад

Thanks sir.

@davidjefferies9214 3 года назад

I also liked your kinetic chain video. I think that a lot of people push off of their non-dominate leg and swing around too early. This ends up causing poor control. This is based off the myth that the kinetic chain must start from the ground up.

@randominternetuser2 6 месяцев назад

great explanation. in baseball i often heard about “unweighting” the other leg as a term to describe this and to make sure you are getting weight shifted in the direction you want. So cool how this happens in all these different ways, depending on the direction of force. As an adult new to tennis (with a strong flat forehand) i find a lot of similarities to positions i was in while playing baseball. tennis is basically having a sidearm two seam catch with your partner.

@asrul4316 3 года назад

Thank you

@movethelittleprince 2 года назад

Wunderbar!

@sandys4509 3 года назад

Thank you so much! As a beginner, I notice that subconsciously lift my left foot when I hit forehand. I also think that is because my right leg will stop bending right after I hit forehand. Based on the video, it looks like you would straighten your right leg right after you hit forehand. Is that true? Sometimes my coach says my body should not appear to “bounce” right after I hit forehand... thank you so much for your helpful instruction!

@narince_lik 3 года назад

Spectacular video, thank you very much!! I got an question. Can we use this "load" all of in our forehands, or just when want to hit aggressively? When can we use this "load"

@IntuitiveTennis 3 года назад

When there is time to load try to load

@rds4629 3 года назад

coach, I wish I'd seen this video earlier. In my last lesson pre-COVID, the pro said I had a good FH except that I tended to keep my weight on my right side too long and was lifting up my left leg... so for the last year I've been trying to stay "grounded" Oh well; better late than never. won't try to lift up my leg but I'm not going to stop it either.

@henrylove514 2 года назад

My instructor asked me to transfer my weight forward when hitting from an open stance. That contradicts with what this video says. What Nik is saying makes more sense.

@satyamdental5471 4 года назад

i end on one leg with my swing quite a few times and was trying to correct that

@lesslobiso4159 4 года назад

Hi Coach, I have a problem I think you can help a lot with. The two shots I struggle the most with are serves and returns because I feel uncomfortable and awkward starting without any momentum. Do you have any tips on how to get a bit of momentum going when starting a serve or return, so I don't start static?

@jackspradlin4183 6 месяцев назад

I always try to get elbow away from body so not in the way during swing, but still have issues, 4.0 player, rarely hit open or semi usually neutral, but practicing the other 2 stances and realized how in open stance much easier to get weight fully on dominant leg. When back leg is fully loaded, very little weight on other leg, will that help with more elbow room as I swing ? I hit with slight bend in elbow. I am also working on better spacing.

@PaulVoorberg 6 месяцев назад

What about loading the back leg as you start the stroke and completing the stroke with a transition from the back leg to the front leg? I've been hitting like that lately as I feel the forward drive gives me more power and stability. My back leg doesn't necessarily come off the ground at the end- when I shadow swing my back leg ends up being on its toes.

@the1tfactor 3 года назад

This seems like a way to get a powerful stroke when the ball has gotten in on you, rather than a standard neutral or open stance. Is this to improve timing?

@hakimnelson-wilder6266 4 года назад

I do this all the time loading my left foot and then transferring the weight to my right. I notice most ATP players completely leave the ground (both feet) when they hit a powerful forehand. I only get one foot off. I’d love a video explaining the modern ATP forehand.

@IntuitiveTennis 4 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DnphtxmN4bE.html

@coilinnunan4058 4 года назад

Excellent video as always. When is the right time to load on the non-dominant leg? Why is it incorrect, if I've understood you correctly, to load on the non-dominant leg, even in a semi-open stance, when the incoming ball is a deep ball?

@IntuitiveTennis 4 года назад

Always load this way regardless of stance.

@golllaur 3 года назад

Is there a pause in torso rotation at the moment of contact? Looking at Federer's forehand for example there is a slightly pause. But does it necessarily has to happen? And if it does do we need to consciously make it happen or it happens automatically and caused by the resistance of the ball? Thanks!

@dammitol25mg19 3 года назад

Good question. I think he has another video suggesting that developing your own style is more useful than trying to force Roger's on yourself.

@golllaur 3 года назад

@@dammitol25mg19 Roger's was just an example. I asked because my coach tells me to stop the rotation at the impact, but I feel that I don't have to do this. At least consciously.

@francisremedios2530 Год назад

What about stepping into the ball with non-dominant leg and then hitting the ball with dominant leg?

@josch5736 4 года назад

Awesome video, Nikola. But with the weight on my back foot I always tend to fall back, going „out of the stroke“, my biggest issue by the way. I miss this feeling of „going through the ball“. What can I do to avoid this? Thanks a lot.

@IntuitiveTennis 4 года назад

I have a video coming out that goes deep into the backwards movement on the FH

@adamchopko35 3 года назад

@@IntuitiveTennis Any update here on this video? Interested! To fall backwards on forehands like you are doing here seems against everything I've been taught (unless just don't have time for any other option) and tough to transfer weight into the shot or hit an approach. Would be great to see some slow motion of a few pros actually lifting their front leg and falling backwards.

@DanielLamHN 9 месяцев назад

Non dominant leg lifting means you are pushed back in defensive position vs Dominant left drifting up means you are in attack position

@ronklain4062 2 года назад

So we need to bend the tordso but do we need to bend our dominate leg a lot or just a bit

@commondirtbagz7130 3 года назад

Hey intuitive tennis, I don’t get much lift at all on my forehand since most of my power comes from my wrist, do you think I should try to get more leg drive or just leave it as is?

@IntuitiveTennis 3 года назад

Don’t use the wrist 👉 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mp7HV7vHEC0.html

@commondirtbagz7130 3 года назад

@@IntuitiveTennis well I mean I don’t actively cause the wrist to lag if that’s what you’re saying. It just happens from relaxing. It’s a lot like fognini’s I’d say.

@shawnxs22 Год назад

Tis must be what i have been missing, my dominant leg always lift backwards when i hit my forehand. Gotta complete the turn next time.

@GermanShephard123 3 года назад

Interesting. I thought the weight is supposed transfer from one side of the body to the other side..right leg to left leg?

@christianholt2087 4 года назад

you should put music in the background, would make it 10x better. other than that, nice vid and will definitely use these tips next time i play

@IntuitiveTennis 4 года назад

😂😂 What do recommend Christian? Six9? And I haven’t seen you play in a while... Dust off those racquets and hit the courts my man 🙏

@christianholt2087 4 года назад

Intuitive Tennis was playing with karla yesterday actually haha, and i can say that i haven’t completely lost my skill

@IntuitiveTennis 4 года назад

You have a nice game

@YevgeniyNakonechniy 3 года назад

I thought that lifting non-dominant leg will cause player to lose the power we can generate from our legs and "forward" all this power with moving weight of the body on dominant leg creating energy the we further transmit to the ball...

@pkupcomingvideo9540 3 года назад

What is the perfect age to start tennis please answer . I am 14 and i am at 39 number at under 18 can i become professional player😣

@elg0rdo351 3 года назад

Under 18 in your country or ITF? Train hard and chase your dream. If you're kind and a nice guy sooner or later you meet people on your path that help you. Don't let anyone discourage you and have no fear. The worst thing that can happen is you end up as a coach. :) Good luck!

@petergeorgiou9633 3 месяца назад

Im right hand dom/ left leg dom. How does that work

@koopatroopa6306 3 года назад

My coach is always telling me to lean forward, would this apply in an open or semi-open stance position as well or only in a closed stance?

@IntuitiveTennis 3 года назад

Both

@guhananandkumar7139 3 года назад

wait, i have a question your are going backwards on the ball

@harryherman5371 2 года назад

So is the same side leg the primary and optimum one to load on?

@alcolumbia233 4 года назад

I genuinely hope that someone on tour finds you as a technical coach. Would be a real shame if your tidbits weren't utilized. Or maybe you should go back to D1 and coach there :P

@IntuitiveTennis 4 года назад

Thank you AL 🙏

@alcolumbia233 4 года назад

MatthiasW T Of course they’re utilized. My coach taught me similar things. I’m just complimenting the man 👍😂😂

@kenseewald7301 Год назад

Yes, thanks for clearly making your points and showing how to do it! Patrick M. has nothing on you at all!

@mattcay 3 года назад

When should you hit from dominant vs non-dominant leg? Should hitting from the dominant leg be the default unless we have a reason not to (like a shallower ball we step into)? Recently I've noticed I was transferring my weight (or hit off the non-dominant leg) on majority of my shots, even when hitting open stance. Trying to consciously hit from the dominant leg was almost like a magic fix which yielded me a ton of power at the same level of effort (and similar rate of errors). Hence I'm wondering, when is it __not__ a good time to hit off the dominant leg? Maybe it would be a good topic for a video 👍

@IntuitiveTennis 3 года назад

Maciej, this video addresses your question in detail ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mrTag-q3F84.html

@SoJoTennis 4 года назад

your hitting off your back leg and transfer your weight right to left. plenty of tork on your shoulder and hip. you can still load and push off right to left and be easier on the body. its a preference not a right or wrong thing

@tobiaskubler2079 2 года назад

i am a bit confused, every tennis trainer sais: go throuhgt the ball forward, wenn i see your lesson you are slightlig moving backwards, not always forwards ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O2Bb1JA1ajA.html