This is probably one of my favorite videos. Just simple, effortless. Visualizing this and letting go of the technical parts is helping. I need to see this as one stroke rather than the parts. Thanks for this section.
I used to watch Andre Agassi’s shots and game over and over again when I was a young tennis player and it helped me too, especially if I watched it before I played a match.
Should one “prepare”, then continuously proceed through the other steps, as you seem to be doing, or does one stop and wait after the “prepare” until the ball gets close enough?
Thanks for all your videos – I’m a big fan! I’m getting the hang of the forehand technique, but I struggle with high balls above the waist level. My shots tend to go long. The mental image of bowling does not seem intuitive here. How should I adjust the technique for high balls?
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Mike M
July 18, 2017This is probably one of my favorite videos. Just simple, effortless. Visualizing this and letting go of the technical parts is helping. I need to see this as one stroke rather than the parts. Thanks for this section.
Tomaz
July 18, 2017Glad it helps, Mike.
I used to watch Andre Agassi’s shots and game over and over again when I was a young tennis player and it helped me too, especially if I watched it before I played a match.
NOAH ROSSER
September 14, 2018Should one “prepare”, then continuously proceed through the other steps, as you seem to be doing, or does one stop and wait after the “prepare” until the ball gets close enough?
Tomaz
September 14, 2018Hi Noah,
We should never stop in our movements since the ball also never stops in our flight towards us.
The preparation – backswing – forward swing are simply timed with the ball flight.
https://www.feeltennis.net/improve-timing-tennis/
Yash Kolambkar
August 8, 2019Hi Tomaz,
Thanks for all your videos – I’m a big fan! I’m getting the hang of the forehand technique, but I struggle with high balls above the waist level. My shots tend to go long. The mental image of bowling does not seem intuitive here. How should I adjust the technique for high balls?
Thanks in advance!
Yash
Tomaz
August 8, 2019Check this video article, Yash:
https://www.feeltennis.net/how-to-deal-with-high-balls/