I've tried today. It works well. After it, my swing (that was not bad anyway) was closer to that of the modern pros and I felt also less effort in the shot. I've also noticed during the exercise that when I release the tension I don't have to rush immediately, but leave the arm flow and accelerate naturally. Great tip.
revisited again, and "wow..." this is extremely important for me : Before at the fence position as you illustrated , I don't have any tension , but fully relaxed, my tension starts after that, at end of "shoulder rotation " with rocket face-down; will try your method today at the court! many thanks , Steve!
Great concept Steve - I was just realizing I was definitely hitting fastest point way after contact. Indeed w some forced pronation…but there was something else going on that your interesting fence prop idea helps correct: late hip involvement. My “portrait” position was so shallow that the hips were late to the game, the racquet had already made contact long before the hips finished their rotation. Your fence drill: (1). Forces higher portrait position so there is time for the hips to get moving (2) delays the arm to get the kinetic chain more properly synched Sorry for the long comment - wondering what your thoughts are on this. Thanks again for another interesting approach to correct a common and stubborn issue.
Hi jay First thanks for a very interesting post. I'm glad you like my fence idea. Yes, it encourages a higher take back. But I hadn't thought about the hip turn and your right.... It works.. I'm glad you like my idea. Many years ago I made a commitment to create a new teaching concept every day. Maybe small, but has to be new. That's why I've got this large library of strange and different lessons. Glad your enjoying the channel. Do you have any other tennis issues that I could help with? If so let me know www.oneminutetennis.com
The act of pushing against the fence sounds quite similar to the feel that I have of sling shooting the whole hitting arm (with a relaxed wrist) right before the contact point. Prior to that moment, my hitting arm does very little relative to the position of my shoulder and torso. I don't think about hip movement at all, because it just complicates things. It might have moved, but it's more of a passive movement or side effect of the torso rotation.
Hi Steve for once we are in agreement . Lol however there is a couple other ways to get the same effect. By elevating the elbow, and acceleration of the hand. I for one do not want any tension in my right hand when I swing. JHT
Great tip. I have never thought about this before. The moment you focus on whipping before contact with ball, the acceleration n pronation comes instinctively. Thanks for the awesome video 👍
@@oneminutetennis Please do a video on the loading of feet on platform serve. Is it 50/50 weight at trophy? Im hoping not to move to pinpoint but it’s easier to initiate leg drive
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@oneminutetennis, This sounds so interesting, I want to go try it. It's not clear though, I am pushing the whole head of the racquet? Just the tip? Is the hand touching the fence? Do you know what the mechanism is that allows for this trick to work? Thx
This is brilliant. One question though, are you risking tennis elbow or shoulder pain when you tighten up the arm before the release and pronation phase?
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thanks sir such a usefull trick for beginners as well as who wants to correct forehand. i m from india and nobody teach us easy things like u told please do explain the right grip to hold a raqet
This is basically the essential part of the biomechanics of the nexgen forehand. They retard the active phase of the swing for as long as possible and then accelerate through the loop not from the “power position” with racquet head back as in the modern forehand. There is more power but timing is more difficult. That’s why pros like Nole will use this nexgen forehand when he’s stretched or when the ball is deep and he can’t fully use his kinetic chain. His timing is crazy good obviously to be able to do this for deep penetrating balls.
Hmm. I have a totally relaxed arm at this position and I'm not hurting for racket head speed. But I will experiment with this idea though I can't believe it will translate to a faster racket. Thanks.
Hi Wally. If your not struggling for racket head spead... Don't try anything... The old adage ", if it's not broke.. don't fix it" springs to mind. Thanks for your consistent and honest contribution.
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I have same feeling of racquet head speed fastest at ball contact when I release my grip(like your earlier tip) and throw the racquet into the ball which has pronation naturally followed. Guess it’s same theory?
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Hi. I have a great solution. Borrow someone else's racket for this drill 😃😉🤣Glad your enjoying the channel. Do you have any other tennis issues that I could help with? If so let me know www.oneminutetennis.com
Hi Radek. I prefer the use of the forearm... I think the wrist can then activate later. Glad your enjoying the channel. Do you have any other tennis issues that I could help with? If so let me know www.oneminutetennis.com
Yes, that would definitely work. Glad your enjoying the channel. Do you have any other tennis issues that I could help with? If so let me know www.oneminutetennis.com
Hi. Glad your enjoying the content. I rarely demonstrate strokes, simply because I think the demonstration of the correct strokes is done really well on 100s of RU-vid channels. I want my channel to offer something that you can't get elsewhere and nothing else. I'm thinking of making a link to my website where viewers can watch demonstrations of they wish. Do you think that would be a good idea? Glad your enjoying the channel. Do you have any other tennis issues that I could help with? If so let me know www.oneminutetennis.com
is the portrait position to the back or the side fence? when you go to the portrait position, do you make tension by tighten up your hands and forearm or do you stay relax at that point???
Great point. The tension in the portrait position is created by putting pressure to the fence. By leaning into the fence, the pressure is created from the forearm. The hand should only have tension during contact with the ball. Does that make sense? It's great that your enjoying the site. www.oneminutetennis.com
AHH..I see. The portrait position is consistent in every Forehand and it is to the side. If there is time, the racket will then turn to the back fence. If there is little or no time, then the racket drop is by the side. Does that make sense? And help?
Hi. Great question. This also works for the WTA Forehand. But the stance is different. If you stand with your back to the fence and try the same exercise you'll see! Hope that this helps. Glad your enjoying the channel. Do you have any other tennis issues that I could help with? If so let me know www.oneminutetennis.com
@@oneminutetennis appreciate the response. I do have a nagging question actually. And it has to do with the ATP and then WTA forehand. - The WTA - or the majority of women players - have the WTA swing because this motion maximizes the power output that they can generate in proportion to their strength? In other word, if they were to use the ATP forehand, all else being equal, they would generate less power, right? - so is it possible that if a guy who is coming up through the atp tour started out with a WTA forehand and sticks with it and learns to harness this power, wouldn’t that equip with an advantageous power especially against players with tons of topspin like Nadal, whose topspin shots would easily fall right into the wheelhouse/sweet zone of the guy with the WTA forehand? I wonder if there are any real life examples out there like Soderling against Nadal or maybe it has never been attempted.
Very interesting question I'm theory, yes. But. The reason for the WTA shape not being present in the men's tour is also to do with time. The WTA swing takes fractionally longer, and this wind up is almost impossible given the speed of men's tennis. Players such as Dominic Thiem had a WTA Forehand right until the age of 15. But then he had to change. Does that make sense? And thanks for a great question.
Hi. Strangely. I got this idea from watching delpo Forehand...Glad your enjoying the channel. Do you have any other tennis issues that I could help with? If so let me know www.oneminutetennis.com
