How to hit A Clean Forehand
Tennis Forehand Lesson - How To Hit Clean Forehands
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everyone someone here from top to this
training and in this video I want to
help you to find a perfect contact point
on your forehand now very common errors
players making contact late they're
hitting the ball on side of their body
so from the side view they're hitting
the ball back here
now this will cause many errors because
of the timing you're making contact over
here the other big issue is this is
going to lead to a lot of stress on your
wrist your elbow and your shoulder so if
you're constantly making contact over
here on side of you or behind your
body's line that's going to be a lot of
stress on the wrist the elbow and the
shoulder so you want to avoid that by
making contact out in front
now not only is this bad for your body
in terms of the pressure but there isn't
much strength to actually make contact
on side of your body and hit a powerful
shock because all the stresses on the
wrist the elbow in the shoulder to
produce power on this shot is very hard
there's no stability at contact whereas
if we make contact out in front we have
the stability of the whole body
supporting that racket head on side it's
simply the arm and simply the shoulder
in front it's the whole body so that's
why we want to make contact are in front
the other big thing is when we make
contact on side of our body truly only
one eye that eye closest to the contact
point can really see the contact point
so my right eye in this case is going to
be the dominant eye because my left I
simply can't look across quick enough to
see a clean contact point when I'm
hitting it on side or behind and when we
make contact out in front three things
are going to happen number one you're
going to make contact much cleaner with
the ball because both eyes are able to
track that ball until the point of
contact so both eyes are focused on the
contact point as we hit the shot number
two because you have the support of the
whole body you're going to have more
power because you're able to really
stabilize the racket head that contact
because you have the support of the
whole body now if someone was to push my
racket back and very stable in this
position as opposed to that position
from here I feel like I can really
produce a powerful shot because of that
stability and because of that balance
within the body and number three we're
gonna have more options on the shot so
if I make contact out here I can hit the
ball cross I can hit the ball down the
line I can hit a short angle when I make
contact over here those options are very
limited most of the time when you hit
the ball late you're going to hit it
down the line or even wide because
you're making contacts so far behind to
hit a cross-court shot from here is
almost impossible out in front I have
all the options open to me
you
if I were to throw your ball and you
were gonna catch it with your right hand
as in hitting a forehand you wouldn't
let the ball come here and catch it like
this on the side so if the balls coming
from that direction I wouldn't do this
and catch the ball over here I'd go to
the ball and catch it out in front of my
body this is the same feeling that same
principle we want to have when we're
making contact with the ball we want to
feel that we're finding the ball with
the farm of our hand out in front and
that's the ideal contact point
now there will be a big variation
between a straight arm and extended
forehand when you're hitting the ball
really far in front of your body
and the bent arm forehand where it's
closer to the body and the grip tends to
be further round to the semi or the full
western
either way you still want to maintain
the contact point out in front of your
body slowly so even if you're someone
who uses a bent elbow forehand you can
still make contact out in front of your
body and hit a clean shot
as opposed to hitting ball inside of
your body and hitting a dull shot so how
exactly do we find that ideal contact
point are in front of our body the
number one reason that players hit the
ball inside is because of late
preparation so if we have early
preparation this means as soon as you
see it's coming to your forehand you
start that initial unit turn and you
start that initial phase of two forehand
as early as possible
this will create time later on in the
swing so that we can actually extend out
and make content in front
so early preparation will help you to
hit the ball out in front because you
won't be jammed up you won't be late in
making that forward phase of the swing
if I prepare late if I let the ball past
the net pass my service line inbound and
then I start my preparation I'm going to
hit the ball late more often enough
because of the timing so it's that early
preparation as soon as I recognize it's
coming to my forehand early unit turn
and getting the racket ready as early as
possible and number to shorten the swing
if you're someone who is struggling and
hitting ball inside of your body
shorten that backswing so that you're
able to time it out in front you want to
feel that you're finding that ball
you're catching the ball and in front
when you make contact so there you have
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also if you want more help with your
forehand
we have an entire 400 up rent course and
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that you can go and check out the three
videos from that course signing off
Simon from Tee tee all the best guys see
you soon
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