Improve Your TENNIS FOOTWORK - How To Move Better On The Court And 6 DRILLS To Help You Do It 

Hey everyone, Karue here. I did not include how many reps you should do in each drill because each person has different physical capabilities. But here is what I recommend: - Figure 8s: 3 sets of 10 (5 each way); - Cross Step: 5 sets of 10; - Intervals: more for endurance - 15 seconds moving, 30 seconds resting (that is one set), 10 sets or 10 mins doing it; - Reaction Drill: 3 sets of 5 - Split Step: A LOT! You can incorporate into your normal hitting - Side Shuffle: 2 sets each way. If that is too much, trim it down and work your way up. Comment if you have any questions!! JOIN OUR PATREON www.patreon.com/mytennishq OTHER LINKS THAT HELP US - My Tennis HQ Gear: www.mytennishq.myshopify.com - Tennis Warehouse: www.tennis-warehouse.com/?from=tenhq - Tennis Warehouse Europe: www.tenniswarehouse-europe.com/?from=tenhq - Tennis Warehouse Australia: www.tenniswarehouse.com.au/?from=tenhq - Amazon: www.amazon.com/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll2&tag=mytennishq-20&linkId=778d2dbdf2fdbb7ac1a7dc91f182c6e9&language=en_US

"this is not a cross step, this is just you running" lmao right on

2:22 Moving Laterally Between Shots 4:23 Split Step 7:30 Moving To and Away From the Ball 13:01 Footwork Drills

I could not afford a coach as a kid and just played every day with my friends from after school until the moon and the stars came out. Back then I just copied the strokes from my favourite pros with my dad's video recorder but I missed out on footwork at that early age. I wish I had your clips back then. I can really imagine how you help a young player like I was with your professional advice. This is high quality information!

Fantastic content Karue! Please we need a Part 2 regarding forward and backward movement situations. Approach shots for example. Also when I'm at net and opponent hits a lob, what's the correct footwork pattern to back up smoothly and get ready for the overhead smash? So tricky. Thanks man!

Great video. One tip that helped me with timing the split step was to imagine that when the opponent hits the ball there’s an explosion and your feet have to be off the ground during the explosion. Thanks again for the great content.

At age 59, after about 30 years of not playing, I started back by hitting against a wall 6 months ago, then bought a ball machine two months ago and began recording myself. I’ve hit with a few different, much younger, players and quickly realized my footwork, where I’m positioned on the court, and old-school game…especially against a very heavy topspin, needs a lot of work! In the 70s I learned to split-step with serve and volley and when returning but, incredibly, not when rallying. I realize that not incorporating this very critical fundamental contributed to my being behind in rallies, particularly against bigger hitters. I’m watching myself now on video practicing against my oscillating ball machine, not split stepping, and when the ball shoots out my first move sometimes is more of a lunge than a push-off…kind of like when your opponent hits behind you and you’re off balance. OMG! This is so eye opening and embarrassing.

This is some of the best instruction ever! I noticed this in another great player, that he is always facing forward, as you stated is important. I like how you say “non-negotiable” like you do. I know you know!!

Karue, this video is crazy useful. One of the best videos you have made (and the other videos were already top-notch).

Your footwork is so incredible ❤

Bruh, how can u guys always come right up to my needs...By the time I need help with my terrible footwork, this vid shows up immediately. Thanks a lot! Keep the great works.

I have never seen a video on footwork with such an attention to details. good job and thank you!

I just come out of a training session (5 months 1hour/week). My coach taught me some of this today. We practiced running towards the ball, recover position with side step, run towards the ball. Really good exercise for fitness too, but it really helped me understand the point of it. Coming back home and watching this video helps me further. Thank you for being out there helping us out!

Thanks for posting this footwork video. As a veteran High School tennis coach I believe that footwork is a fundamental problem with many players. If you can’t get to the ball and be in the proper position you can’t hit the shot. If you can’t do that then all strategy and setting up a point is impossible. I have found that players who have played and been properly coached in sports like baseball,basketball and hockey bring good crossover skills to their tennis game. This worked for me when I started to play tennis in college after years of basketball and baseball. One thing I also noticed is that my hockey and basketball players naturally tended to move to the net and sensed where to go on the court. Baseball players already know how to move diagonally to cut off a ground ball or move forward to pick up a short ball.

My 6 years old daughter is practising your footwork. She plays in different level now thanks so much Sir. 🙏

Possibly the best video on RU-vid on tennis footwork, just the essential stuff but sufficiently detailed explanation for the hows and whys.

Thank you Karue! Your teaching skills have resonated with my understanding, so far, you are the YT Tennis instructor that I have felt most comfortable with due to your clear and well thought explanations. I wish you success and I will keep searching and learning. Keep it up!

Hey Karue...you make fundamentals easy to understand and absorb...thank you...love that reaction drill...looks fun.

This is the foundation of movement in Tennis thanks so much for this content, anyone starting Tennis is a must watch, because I don't think a Tennis Coach will cover this.

What I learned in this video dramatically improved my game! A million thanks.

This is exactly why tennis is an incredible workout!! Also it will make your legs significantly stronger. This will take some time to get fully adjusted to, but I will be practicing split steps whenever I play with my family.

Which foot should I go first after the split step? When you go to your right, sometimes you go with your right foot first (6:38) and with your left foot first (10:15).

I would like to say thanks as I was so much more alert utilizing your instructions. It is physically very difficult to maintain the routine of split stepping. I hope it will become easier as I get used to it. It adds a certain rhythm to every shot which helps a lot setting up.

Thank you!

Was wondering why the first step back after hitting is the x-step, since a comprehensive explanation was not given. Tried with and without and concluded that the x-step just conserves a lot of the momentum of the footwork. You feel more flow with rather than without. Using the shuffles breaks the momentum while the x step amplifies it. Like the coach said, you cover more court

Thsese split steps between shots I'm missing in my game. Thanks a lot!

This video is interesting and informative

Thank you Karue. My biggest issue is a lazy footwork. I'm 47 years, start playing 16 months ago. Your advises helped me a lot with my game. Hopfuly I will overcome lazy feets :)

Dude, your videos help me sooo much. I do most of the wrong things you say every single time I step in the court! Amazing content bro, keep up w/ the good work!!

“It’s A Great video. Very help for beginners. Great job thanks.

Yes, perfect with exercices to train !

Thank you very much, best footwork video I’ve seen so far! All the fundamentals explained so great that it helped me on a new level of understanding. Benchmark!

This was very good and reiterates what I have been taught. The only thing I think you missed was the optimal recovery position on the court depends on what angle options your opponent has from the ball you hit. You don't always want to recover to the middle T - ideally, you want to be in the middle of where they are in relation to the dtl or cc angles e.g. if they are hitting wide from the ad court then you are going to want to be a little left of centre. Good music choice for the footwork drills ;-) reminds me I need to start doing these kinds of things again. Thanks

Simple and Awesome. TY Every day to warm up..

Thanks Karue! Super helpful. One thing I wanted to check is the backhand slice. Typically I end up going through the ball on my slice with the knee bend and stuff. However, when I see the backhand slice by Federer, it just seems different from everyone else’s. the follow through, the racquet trajectory, where he ends, the kind of spin on it etc. Is this something maybe you could take as a video? Basically how to add the subtle variations on the slice. Thanks

Seeing more ads on your vids, this can only mean the channel is getting more popular! Great stuff again 👍 keep up the awesome lessons 🙏🏽

Great video Karue, and thanks for the drills. Footwork too often overlooked in coaching, and Spanish academies played a pioneering role in this regard.

Love this Karue. Will do these drills. At my best I move like this in spurts. I need to make it non-negotiable.

Thanks for such an informative video! Much appreciated.

Wow, all the invaluable advices! Thank you for the awesome video. Now, it’s time for me to do the drills!

Helpful lessons always. Thanks Karue

Thanks! Found what i need here, dude!

Hi Karue, thanks for sharing this. It all seems obvious but it is difficult to master. I picked up some nice hints from the vid! Could you maybe do a video on the timing of the split step ... I hear a fair few different this on this. Curious on your take. Geetings from Holland

Hi Karue, great footwork video. Just wondering about the cross over recovery step why some players take that first step behind them? Thanks

excellent

Absolutely love what you do!

This is great instruction. Thanks!

quick reaction drill is awesome

Great video Karue!!! Split step is certainly non-negotiable!!!! Do you think you can do a video on the kick serve?? Breaking down the stroke as well as giving tips to make it reliable?? I can hit a great kicker that gets me Aces in matches, but I barely use it because I don't trust it. It's one of those shots for me that when it's on it's on, but most of the time it's off lol.. I've hit probably 2,000 kick serves, I figured it'd be reliable by now.

Thanks a lot for this video!

Awesome video, thanks a million for the instructions , keep up the good work

Great content! Thanks

good effort by you, great learnings for us

Was the clip @1:25 at Lakewood tennis center?

very informative and helpful!!

Yesss! Well explained! Thanks Karue!!

Excellent video! Thanks

Great content! Also would love to see how your forehand transformation is going.

Excellent instruction per usual! Thanks much

Great advice and explanation. Thank you

Karue, amazing video btw, but it will be incredible if you make a small documentary of your tennis career, i would love it a lot

WIthout good footwork no stroke is effective!

Tennis is a sport of a lifetime. This video will help keep the interest in a great sport of a lifetime.

So glad I grew up playing soccer, basketball & tennis. I literally never even think about tennis footwork, because basketball & soccer already taught it to me.

Great video Karue, keep sharing content like this. Cheers

I love your content so much, bro! And love that you're Brazilian too ;)

Excellent thank you very much

Great Vid. What string are you using, and tension?

great info. Thanks!!

Amazing video

What’s your favorite Nike shoe? Was always a Nike guy in my earlier days, been getting back into tennis after a loooong time off and was curious, thanks!

Pogs for keeping your train of thought and delivering your words whilst running around! You can't breathe properly doing both haha I found this incredibly helpful, especially 10 days into tennis after 3months off! (UK) Great work as always, Karue! Btw looks like a decent amount of tape at 3&9- what are the final specs of your racket? Static and swing weight etc Thank you :)

Excellent!

Great content

Please make video for high ball

Hey Karue, you always show your old college match play footage. Have you ever thought about posting it? Or if it's posted, where can I find it? It'd be really cool to see. Great video as always.

maybe a new video for footwork that would be helpful is the footwork on return of serve

Pretty good info overall..👍

Can you please send us more videos of tennis

This is so good!

Is that your IS300 in the background? its very nice IS300!

Awesome video, Karue! 🔥💯

Muito legal esse video, meu footwork está bem ruim, tenho q melhorar

Anyone gonna mention that kid and the adult waiting to play in the background? 👀

Awesome!!! Thank you. Starting today. I will take out the subscription (the cheaper one initially) :-). When will you be doing a racquets review on the Head Radical Pro 2021?

Split- for recognition; where am I what is coming Turn- shoulders/ outside foot preparation Move- big steps to get there, small steps to set Hit- weight transfer, swing pattern Recover- cross step side shuffle to middle of baselineish, follow the ball you hit to the net. -SPLIT-TURN-MOVE-HIT-RECOVER- The foundation of the SHOT

Hey Karue, would you consider making a video on your backhand technique? It's one of the most effortless and cleanest things of beauty I've seen on a court. My 2 hander feels so awkward and clunky and I have to basically bunt every ball. When I try and get a nice swing I usually end up hitting a home run.

Hi bro, while trying your drills I noticed that when you do the 8 drills in the sens we can see in the video it doesn't match the pattern you would do In a tennis match however if you do it in reverse it matches the footwork for a backin up forehand and a moving forward backhand ?

Great Vid bro. :)

Maybe it's just me but when I do a little shuffle waiting for the opponent to strike the ball (rather than standing still like, e.g., Fognini) it relaxes me and definitely loosens up my strokes.

I need a coach like you. Are you located in central florida 😄

Great video! Very detailed and at the same time easy to understand. Keep up the good work, Karue! P.s. really interested if such open courts are free to play in the US? And if not, how much do you guys usually have to pay for 1 hour? Thx

I actually think one of the biggest challenges when trying to move is the temptation to just stand there and analyse your ball - was it a clean hit, is it going to get over the net, is it looping nicely, is it going deep, how do I need to tweak my next shot to make it fly better, etc. Really after hitting the ball I should be moving and responding to what my opponent is doing (as they are the ones that are going to hit it back) while watching my ball out the corner of my eye. However because I am still learning my brain is more interested in processing my last shot then preparing for the next one :|

I like the split step idea where you imagine that if you are touching the ground as your opponent hits the ball you get shocked.

Great video as always Karue! What is that beautiful racquet you're using?! The grey splotch on the side?! Stellar! What's your setup right now that you're liking and using? (racquet and strings wise?) I'm always looking for new things to try and aspire to - and I'm a nerd for the gear as well!

This is great video! I think this kind of content has been missing from youtube coaching! You even got some audience there hah.

Howdy Karue, great content as always! Could you tell me which device you use for recording you on court? I'd like to start recording bits of my game as well to analyse my swing and footwork.

what racquet is under that paint?

Interesting , in 10'14s your Split->Left and Split->Right moves aren't symmetrical as I would have expected! You always use the left leg first regardless of the direction you go. Do you think these assymetrical movements are better or indifferent compared to symmetrical ones?

You should find the kid and the background and give him some lessons. He looks really engaged