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Top Tennis Training - Pro Tennis Lessons ... my serve sucks seriously but apart from that.....just keep doing what you guys are doing. That’s what makes a great coach I think, straight to the point and crystal clear demonstrations.
Another excellent,very clear,easy to follow & understand coaching session.Tennis players today have the chance to learn what to do to make great progress.When I was younger I had to make do with hitting a ball against a wall instead of receiving some fantastic coaching advice from two gifted & keen coaches.Look & learn.
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial Please include videos of instructions on how to hit a kick serve that uses easy to understand graphs like time clock and where the toss should be put on that clock. Also where the racket should make contact against the ball in order to create the desired effects. Use of slow motion video would be a HUGE plus in better understanding. Step by step instructions sometimes is the best way to break down a tennis stroke. Thanks for all your great work.
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial I have watched Simon's analysis of Roger Federer's serve. There is a point not covered in the video or any video for that matter, of the path of the racket during pronation before the ball is struck. In trying to copy the serve, feet parallel, ball in line over the chest, I have noticed there is no power. I believe it is because my swing is too sideways to the target. When swinging before pronation, the racket should be traveling on edge exactly towards the target, pronation occurs before impact but the pronation strike point is half way through the full pronation that occurs in the swing and at the point when the racket face is facing the target. So if the full pronation is 180 degrees, the actual strike point is halfway thru that half circle or 90 degrees.
Eric E - Two videos on pronation and what exactly occurs during the motion: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pszl9B1PFCY.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rvgkHQgdbC0.html
I have enjoyed using western grip in my games, and have been successful with it. I would like to see something about how to optimize the use of this grip..... Thank you
Awesome video as usual! Glad to see Alex again - his forehand takeback looks a bit different than it used to but lots of sting! Keeping the loop and spacing will be useful things to remember. Have a question though, is "pat the dog" (strings down) as important as everyone says? Alex is able to go from low to high, without completely closing the racquet face all the time. I'd think this may even give him a bit more time - is it the grip? Thanks!!
I think pat the dog helps some players and hinders others. Used to coach a family who took their daughters to Macci's academy. They came back much worse than when they left. Screwed up 6 months of my work, teaching them to pat the damn dog, Took me another 2-3 months to correct it again and then they decided to go back the following summer so I stopped teaching them. Everyone's looking for the magic powder, there is none. It's all about working hard and smart! All the best Simon
Top Tennis Training - Pro Tennis Lessons thanks Simon! I used to used to have a pretty good low to high compact shot after a coach had told me I was dropping the racquet face down too much, I thought I was copying Fed but it was more like Murray’s power position with my “pause” in that position. Thought it was wrong and ”WTA” for the longest time but glad to know it isn’t. Btw, “pat the damn dog” now has to be a favourite tennis quote lol
Guys thank you very much very helpful very professional very understandable and I'm very happy to show my kids and thank you keep going you are in the right way you help a lot a lot of people love you very very understandable talking very nice thanks again thanks again
Top Tennis Training - Pro Tennis Lessons Hi Simon I’m currently working on returning deep high balls which have heavy topspin. Trying to take them early on the rise but not half volley. Don’t want to back off all the time and play shots to far back. This for me and I know many others is a tough shot and tips on this would be much appreciated. Keep up the good work guys👍
I wanna thank both of u for ur instructive videos. I really achieved a high level with my serves, backhands and forehands. Still, i’m watching ur videos again and again to recall some important parts of the body movement.
Very clear and simple steps will put into practice good point re getting too near the ball. I have seen other guys hitting similarly to your method but couldn’t work out what I needed to do differently except I knew my forehand lacked real pop and power plenty of top spin but not enough penetration. Your drills and breakdown of the forehand will help me just a question of how much I can do it? I am 64 yrs of age but can run around with enough speed to play very good club players in their 20’s 30’ and 40’s just a question of how long I can keep doing this. Eat well very little to no alcohol plenty of rest and lots of yoga stretching daily cycling mostly on an electric bike. Always kept fit no excess weight all helps to date. Thanks great tuition amazing forehand at the end.
When working with beginners, I normally focus on using progressions and building the modern style from the start. Contact zone, a bit of lag work, power position and then the full swing. That's my order in general, has worked very well for me over the years All the best Simon
After previously watching the Classic vs Modern vs NexGen Forehand video, correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like Alex is using the NextGen forehand on these demos (ie, big windup with the racket head starting out pointing forward), not the Modern forehand.
He's definitely starting the swing like Thiem in this video, he saw himself hitting forehands that day and said he's gone back to his WTA swing and was disgusted so started to change it that day!
Make of video on Andrescu forehand and explain if she as more a WTA forehand or ATP forehand last time I saw her she me back my ball but I did not even know who she was :)
This is great stuff! In the slow motion of the pros it looks like contact is made below the center line of the racket is this something we should strive for or does it happen naturally because of the racket path?
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial His forehand and backhand are so heavy but not always reliable especially when he's not on top form because unlike Federer, his FH and BH require a lot of physical energy.
I don't have a court in my neighborhood so I can only play tennis on the weekends, but is there anything I can do in like a clubhouse parking lot that would help me? I've gone before and I really just hit a couple balls into the grass and I don't think I'm getting better.
Hitting a few balls into the grass won't get you better 100% Focus on footwork drills and fitness training during the week, along with high reps of shadow swings.
It depends which type of swing suits you more. I coached many junior girls who used a slightly bigger swing to help generate more power and I helped many to get more power from the body and the swing shortened naturally. Check out this lesson - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XlgWnL8KklU.html
I have watched the Federer's video and I think that at the contact with the ball, the angle of the racket and the ball is rather 90° than 45°. In fact we have the 45° right after the ball is gone.
Good exercises, but important to say for the topspin fh is also to do this 45 degrees up going in the contact ( impact) with the ball. Al lot of players make the error to accelerate way before contact from down, and destroy there clean contact.
It wouldn't work for the two-handed backhand. Very different mechanics involved. Thanks for watching Are there any lessons you would like to see from us in the near future? All the best Simon
Are you contacting the ball with Raquet face straight up and down and then at contact turning wrist to achieve 45 degree angle of raquet face to put top spin on ball and follow through?
To generate topspin you want to racket travelling from low to high. We made an entire lesson on topspin here - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Rm08-qbXeW8.html
Hello at Top Tennis Training would you please help with a question on diet i am slim bodied & feeo if I found tennis players who hit hard i might not be able to have what it takes apart from weight training is their anything i can eat to adjust my body size or something for example we look at Alcaraz gaining weight & bigger muscles in the off season last season which helped him more as a slim person what basis of food either proteins or anythin would you find suitable to help with my tennis to prevent me from being too slim also am short like around Diego Schwartzman level that was why I was thinking of increasing my body weight atleast though i do understand you need to be quite slim which helps one move in tennis but i just wanted alittle more brief muscle that's all is it important or i should just stick to weight training what are your thoughts please
Alex and Simon, in an interesting video by former ATP tour player Vince Spadea, he advises to take the racquet back to the 5 o'clock position immediately (with 12 o'clock being directly in front of you) and then pulling the train (racquet) through with extended forearm (think Federer) and then turning the door knob for spin. He says holding the racquet with the unit turn is unrealistic when returning a fast serve or ground stroke. I find this technique to be simple, never has you hitting the ball late and that you can hit it harder. Like the abbreviated serve, this seems to be the abbreviated forehand. Any drawbacks to this technique?
In this video I'm working with one of my students on getting into the power position early. Have a watch here - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--sZ3madzfoA.html It's a simple way of creating time. The downside is it becomes a bit rigid, not so smooth. Simon
Simon, thank you for the reply. I did watch the video. It appears you were trying to get the student not to hold onto the racquet too long (past the 3 o'clock position) which was causing him to be late, whereas Spadea was suggesting just getting the racquet immediately into the 5 o'clock position which Rick Macci also did with a student initially in teaching him the Fed forehand.
For Female players who struggle with timing and hitting the ball in front, the "ATP" style can benefit them more. It all depends on the individual, I've coached junior girls who have a hybrid, somewhere between both and it worked for them, so I didn't change much, maybe shortened the swing a little, but then I've also coached some who have had a massive swing behind their backs, the common trait you see on the WTA tour with some of the women, and they struggled for timing and injuries, so I did change them to an ATP style swing and it helped them massively, Hope that makes sense All the best Simon
You guys don't seem to clear the net with much margin in this video (not a criticism), is it best when you are still in the early stages of learning this shot to add more height/topspin than you did here?
For sure, you want to build a consistent forehand with good margins. Thank you for watching Are there any lessons you would like to see from us in 2020? All the best Simon
Rafa's forehand is always changing, at one point it did look like a nextgen style but he also used a modern forehand so it's hard to say where it came from
Top Tennis Training - Pro Tennis Lessons in the first drill, had the set up been at 45 angle, two sides would have the same length geometrically speaking. The triangle is more like 60 degree from the ground as opposed to 45 degree.
It does not seem to me that the balls had an accentuated top spin; for a top spin it is necessary to take the ball in front and the swing must be lower high upward to give the strong brush, then the various more correct holds must be explained, a continental grip can be used but it is not as effective as other classic top grips. A good counter move against top spin players are backhand and straight shots in low slices. There are other exercises to refine this top shot, that it is not so easy to master, it is still fashionable but a very good player you see himself in the three fundamental shots that he/she must know well how to use: flat, slices and top, who uses only the top is already limited. There is an obsessive trend by teaching it in tennis schools; this only top shot and it is a mistake, as many teach only the tennis two hands, expecially for young players.
Top Tennis Training - Pro Tennis Lessons Hearing much more of compressing and rolling over the ball. Apparently many of the European coaches have been on that terminology for some years now and seems to make more sense physics-wise to my thinking. You will need to compress the ball and string face using directional inertia to effect the ball. After that you just need to control the dwell time/release ratio to exert the desired degree of spin. The shape of the back swing and follow through will control the shape (height) of the ball. Maybe they’re incorrect?
If I paid a coach for a lesson, and he gave me that dribble, I'd walk off the court and never have another session with the guy. I would know right away that he is trying to sell me some serious bullshit. That sort of terminology is why players around the globe get so confused. Tennis is not rocket science, to get heavy topspin you need a low to high swing, can you get some top with string angle etc? Yes - but it will be limited and will require a specific type of ball. Getting the racket head under the ball and coming upwards at the point of contact is the ONLY way to generate heavy topspin on a shot that will not only have spin but clear the net. Brush the ball kid
Top Tennis Training - Pro Tennis Lessons Yes of course. I’m just coming at it from a purely physical standpoint. I’ve played tennis for 34 years and am a 5.5 player. I’ve been to and spoken with many coaches from central and Eastern Europe and they all seem to shake their heads and snicker at the brushing notion. After they explained their theory and the reasoning behind the “why” to compress and roll - it made more sense. That was back in 1990, kiddo. 😂 You can’t really argue with their results either (comparing to US/North American tennis production). Even at the club level over there, the level of tennis is far beyond what we have here. Results matter, eh?
I understand the concept but what produces topspin? Why make it sound so complicated? I'm from the UK, have lived in London the past 20 years but travelled a lot to Spain, France and Eastern Europe to train and compete and I've seen coaches from these countries teach. There are many good coaches in all areas of the world, the reason Europe has produced more players in the past few decades is not due to these terminologies, the roots are so deep. That's an entire video in itself
You sure about that? Two hander - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-60WWCzZOf1k.html One hander - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RqosPKLtT-4.html
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial seems solid! quite compact, a bit too stiff wrist action maybe, can't judge it from slo-mo. soooolid forehand though, and awesome coaching man i enjoy it!!!
Of course it does, when the strings bite onto the ball the ball rolls down in relation to the racquet (racquet flying up ball starts to rotate) the more spin you apply. That’s why if you attempt extreme spin you often shank and hit the bottom part of your frame as the ball starts in middle and finishes at bottom part of racket and clips frame. If you paint your strings and play with a lot of spin you get a line not a spot worn off
I had a super short backswing, started watching your videos and my forehand has developed massively! Pro tips that worked great for me were: elbow up and away (and leading somewhat with the buttcap, really what Alex is showing at 9:15) and coil upper body! THanks guys
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial Some ideas I would love to see: - Some clay court tactics and style of play for singles - Fitness workouts related to tennis for enhanced performance (endurance & strength) - Dealing with nerves on the court during and before matches, maybe some tips from you guys. Thanks a lot in advance
I'm changing from Semiwestern to eastern, cause i want to hit more flat, and i feel more power in an effortless way than using Semiwestern... What do You think?
A good way to flatten out the stroke for sure. It will take quite a bit of work to get the feeling etc Are there any lessons you would like to see from us in 2020? All the best Simon
I , like many others here, have been learning from videos for the last few years and I must say this is simply the best forehand video I’ve ever seen. Clean crisp video and great angles and shot execution! Hands down the best out there. Does the finish position of the racquet head Change depending on what the shot is it seems sometimes finish is very high above the ear and other times - like on the fed clip - he’s finishing around his left shoulder?
Thanks for the video! I used to compete in my early teens. Now i am 26 and started playing regularly again, my biggest problem which i realized now is the lack of space i leave for myself. When you dont leave space you are often late for the shot as well. Thanks for reminding me! Btw, Simon are you Bulgarian?
