I made a huge breakthrough on my forehand!
Summary
TLDRIn this instructional video, the speaker shares a recent tweak to their forehand technique, which has significantly enhanced power, spin, and consistency. Despite being a naturally right-handed player, they are relearning to play left-handed after an injury. The speaker emphasizes the importance of a gradual process to improve one's forehand, focusing on the unit turn and upper body rotation for a more effective swing. They also introduce a subtle timing adjustment to create intentional racket lag, resulting in increased power without losing consistency. The video concludes with a call to action for viewers to engage with a free class on improving tennis skills, highlighting the importance of practice and brain-based training for enhanced coordination.
Takeaways
- π The video discusses a recent tweak to the speaker's forehand technique, which has improved power, spin, and consistency.
- ποΈββοΈ The speaker is a right-handed player who is relearning to play left-handed due to an injury.
- π§ The speaker emphasizes that improving forehand technique is a gradual process, not a quick fix.
- π The speaker has been working on their forehand for three years, focusing on ironing out issues and making gradual improvements.
- π€ The speaker suggests that viewers analyze their own technique to identify underlying problems and work on fixing them.
- π The speaker mentions a free class they created, detailing the steps they used to improve their left-handed game to a 4.5 level.
- πΉ The speaker compares two videos, showing a recent improvement in their forehand by focusing on upper body rotation and chest stretch.
- π The speaker adjusted their timing by intentionally creating racket lag before driving through the hip, resulting in more power and consistency.
- π‘ The speaker highlights the importance of repetition to turn these technique tweaks into habits for use in match situations.
- π§ The speaker recommends brain-based training to improve eye-to-hand and eye-to-foot coordination, which is crucial for skill development in tennis.
Q & A
What is the main focus of the video?
-The main focus of the video is to show a tweak the speaker made to their forehand, which has improved power, spin, and consistency in their tennis strokes.
Why is the speaker relearning to play left-handed?
-The speaker is relearning to play left-handed because they injured their right arm in a mountain crash.
What is the speaker's goal in developing their forehand?
-The speaker's goal is to develop their forehand into a weapon that can dominate opponents.
What is the speaker's approach to improving their forehand technique?
-The speaker's approach involves a gradual process of identifying and fixing underlying problems with their stroke, making subtle tweaks, and practicing consistently.
What is the first tweak the speaker made to their forehand?
-The first tweak was focusing on getting a greater upper body rotation and more stretch in the chest, which moved their arm and elbow further away from their side.
How does the speaker describe the second tweak in their forehand technique?
-The second tweak involves a subtle change in timing, specifically creating an intentional racket lag just prior to firing with the hip.
What is the speaker's advice on incorporating these tweaks into one's own game?
-The speaker advises practicing the tweaks repeatedly until they become natural habits, which can then be used effectively in match situations.
What is the importance of timing in the speaker's forehand technique?
-Timing is crucial as it allows for the creation of racket head speed and proper sequencing of the kinetic chain, ultimately leading to more power and consistency.
What is the speaker's view on the role of brain-based training in improving tennis strokes?
-The speaker believes that brain-based training can improve eye-to-hand and eye-to-foot coordination, which are essential for becoming a better tennis player.
How can viewers access the speaker's free class on improving tennis strokes?
-Viewers can access the free class by following the link provided in the video description.
Outlines
πΈ Forehand Technique Breakthrough
The speaker discusses a significant improvement in their forehand technique, which has enhanced power and spin while maintaining consistency. As a right-handed player recovering from an injury, they are relearning to play left-handed and aim to develop a dominant forehand. The video will analyze the forehand from various angles and emphasize the importance of a gradual process in improving tennis strokes. The speaker shares their three-year journey of refining their technique, focusing on identifying and addressing underlying issues step by step. They also mention a free class that outlines the steps they took to improve their game and become a proficient left-handed player.
π Enhancing Forehand Power and Timing
In this paragraph, the speaker describes two key adjustments they made to their forehand technique. The first adjustment focuses on maximizing upper body rotation and chest stretch, which has led to a more 'next gen style' forehand and a whip-like effect. The second adjustment is a subtle change in timing, where the speaker intentionally creates racket lag by supering the forearm and externally rotating the shoulder just before firing with the hip. This has resulted in increased power, racket head speed, and consistency. The speaker emphasizes the importance of repetition to turn these adjustments into habits, allowing for their use in match situations. They also highlight the role of brain-based training in improving hand-eye and foot coordination, which is crucial for skillful tennis play.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘Forehand
π‘Power
π‘Spin
π‘Consistency
π‘Tweak
π‘Unit Turn
π‘Racket Lag
π‘Kinetic Chain
π‘Brain-Based Training
π‘Repetitions
π‘Skillful
Highlights
The video demonstrates a tweak to the forehand technique that has increased power, spin, and consistency.
The player is naturally right-handed but is relearning to play left-handed due to an injury.
The forehand is being developed into a weapon to dominate opponents.
Improving the forehand is a gradual process that has taken three years.
The importance of understanding that high-level strokes require a process, not just simple tweaks.
The player focuses on fixing underlying problems with the stroke gradually over time.
A free class is offered that outlines the steps to become a 4.5 player using the left hand.
The player emphasizes the quality of preparation and unit turn in the forehand technique.
A recent tweak involved maximizing upper body rotation and chest stretch for more power.
The player unintentionally moved towards a 'next gen style' forehand.
A subtle tweak in timing created more racket head speed without sacrificing consistency.
The player now consciously creates an intentional racket lag for better timing.
The change in technique resulted in more whip and power in the forehand shots.
The player must now practice the new technique to make it a habit for match play.
Brain-based training is recommended to improve eye-to-hand and eye-to-foot coordination.
The class mentioned provides detailed guidance on structuring practice and analyzing strokes.
The player invites viewers to ask questions in the comments for further discussion.
Transcripts
in this video I want to show you a tweak
that I made to my forehand this week
that I feel has given me a real
breakthrough in terms of the amount of
power and spin that I've been able to
generate but the cool thing was I also
felt like it was more consistent so I
want to break it down for you now I'm
naturally a right-handed player but
unfortunately I injured myself in a
mountain of my crash and now I'm
relearning to play left-handed I'm
trying to become the best player that I
can and obviously one of the things that
I want to do is develop my forehand into
a weapon it's been progressing slowly
over time mine I'd got it to a point
where it's kind of reasonably consistent
and now I'm trying to add layers to it
so that I can use it as a real weapon to
dominate opponents so hopefully you find
this video helpful if you do be awesome
if you can give me a thumbs up if you
haven't subscribed to my channel before
it's much appreciated if you could do
that as well so we're going to look at
my forehand from a few different angles
first and while we do that I want to
explain a really important concept about
improving your forehand because there's
a lot of content online that makes out
that it's really easy and if you just
tweak this or twe that you'll suddenly
have high level strokes and that's
really not the way it works it's
absolutely vital to understand that it's
a process so what I'm doing now is a
process that's taken me three years of
ironing out creases of working out what
the underlying problem with my stroke
was and addressing that until it was no
longer a problem and then moving on to
the next thing and doing that gradually
over time until I got to the point where
I'm at now where I'm making making
subtle tweaks to really try and get more
power and spin and this is exactly what
you need to do with your Technique you
need to work out where things are going
wrong at the moment you need to work on
fixing that underlying problem so it
might be incorporating some of what I'm
describing here and the things that I'm
working on or what you need to work on
might be completely different because
for the first 2 and a half years of
developing my stroke I was focusing
almost exclusively on the preparation
trying to get a good unit turn and
setting up in the right position and to
an extent I'm still focusing on that
because one of the tweaks that I'm going
to explain in the moment was kind of a
change in the way that I was thinking
about doing my unit turn before we get
to the next bit I want to let you know
about a free class that I've created for
you that lays out the exact steps that
I've used to become a 4.5 player with my
left hand and explains how you can use
the same process to dramatically improve
your game so I'll place a link to that
free class down in the description so
the video on the right is the latest
video the video on the left is a video
from last week now I made two tweaks
this week the first one is kind of a
continuation of the process that I've
been working on for a while I'm always
focusing on getting as good a quality
preparation as I can so really loading
my back or outside leg so thinking about
loading this leg so that I can then
drive through it to initiate the swing
so I'm always working on that and I'm
always working to improve the quality of
of my unit turn now obviously the the
shot that I'm hitting is slightly
different so we have to factor that in
but what I've really tried to do this
time around is get a much greater up
body rotation and a bit more stretch in
my chest so if you look at the position
that I'm here on the right hand side and
compare that to the video that's on the
left hand side you'll see that it's
slightly different now I wasn't
intentionally doing this but the end
result is that my arm my elbow has come
further away from my side on the most
recent video so I guess unintentionally
this is moving slightly more towards
what they class as a next gen style
forehand now that wasn't my intent I was
just really thinking about getting as
much upper body rotation as I could but
then when I watched it back it's clearly
kind of moving and trending towards the
next gen style so that is the first
thing that changed just really trying to
get that upper body unit turn maximized
trying to get as much stretch in my
chest as I can here which has involved
me pulling the elbow further away from
my side and then that's allowed me to
kind of create more of a whip like
effect so that was the first thing but
then there is a second piece to it
that's been really important the next
tweak that I made was kind of a subtle
tweak in terms of the way that I think
about timing now timing is one of the
most important parts of the stroke
because it's what allows you to create
the racket head speed there's the visual
side of it so you starting your swing at
the right time relative to the Flight of
the ball but then there's also the
timing and the sequencing of using your
kinetic chain and that was kind of where
I made a slight tweak normally I'm
thinking about driving through my back
hip to initiate the swing and then
creating the racket lag as more of a
natural process but this time I switched
that round a little bit and I thought
about creating an intentional racket lag
so after doing my preparation getting
that unit turn I very intentionally and
deliberately did this so I very
intentionally and deliberately supered
my forearm and externally rotated my
shoulder to create the racket lag and I
thought about doing that just prior to
firing with my hip and the net result
was way more whip way more power way
more rack ahead speed but without
sacrificing consistency like I said I
felt like it actually increased my level
of consistency so it was just one subtle
change just kind of thinking about just
externally rotating and super nating
basically falsely or intentionally
creating a racket drop and that seemed
to really help my timing so that then I
was able to get much more Whip and
Racket head speed through to contact
okay so if we now go in and we'll take a
look at those two videos again this is
the video from last week I'm driving
through the hip and creating the racket
lag as more of a natural process and in
the newer video I'm being more
intentional about it so you should be
able to see that the racket leg starts a
little bit sooner so I'm in position and
before I've really driven through that
leg I've started to create the racket
lag and that's allowed me to get much
more whip on the ball so it was a subtle
thing but the result was massive I don't
think I've ever got as much kind of
power and bite into my shots before like
the way the ball reacted off the court
was pretty exciting for me I couldn't
even do that with my right hand so a
subtle change that's made a big
difference but now obviously I've got to
go away I've got to remember what I did
remember what I thought about and do a
lot of different repetitions until this
becomes more of a natural process
because obviously when I'm playing a
match I don't want to be thinking about
creating racket lag I need to have done
enough repetitions to make it a habit so
as you can see there were subtle tweets
but the results for me were very big and
as I've just said now I've got to go
away and I've got to do a lot of
repetitions to turn those tweaks into
habits because once those tweaks become
habits then I'll be able to use it in a
matte situation and this is the process
that I use to kind of work and improve
all of my strokes and it's a process
that you can use as well now something
else that I do to improve my strokes and
what's allowed me to get to this point
with my left hand is doing brain-based
training to improve my eye to hand and
my eye to foot coordination because yes
you need to understand technique you
need to practice in the right way but
ultimately the way that you play tennis
comes down to how skillful you are so if
you really want to become a better
tennis player you want high quality
practice but I also recommend using
brain-based training to improve your
hand to eye coordination if you'd like
to learn how to do that I explain the
process within that class that I
mentioned earlier so the class talks
about in detail how to structure your
practice and how to to analyze your
strokes and how to use brain-based
training to become more skillful so I'll
place a link to it in the description so
you can watch that if you would like to
if you have any questions about what
I've gone through today leave them down
in the comment section and I'll get back
as uh quick as I can otherwise thanks
for watching and I'll catch you next
time
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