good
it's clean though the forehand looking so much cleaner but i like you remember we talked about
this several times i don't like your racket like just kind of kind of swinging like this
like a pendulum you when you're ready no when you're ready remember you go from the top
you go through the top to the bottom it doesn't have to be super high
look you go here hold the racquet you go through the top and then to the bottom
it's very clean okay let me put you on the run a little bit all you're worried about is like making
clean contact making the ball go in and finishing all the way don't worry about that left arm
this is where i realized my left arm is like just hanging yeah it's gonna hang for a while i don't
want you to obsess on it because what's gonna happen is if you start thinking about the left arm
it'll ruin that part of the forehand yeah it's just too many things gonna go
on at the same time in your head so we leave it alone once you master this we'll start worrying
about that we're going to add all the different elements to the forehand we go step by step okay
all right ready position remember to go up though so we're working on today is
is getting rid of this stuff where the racquet is just kind of flying around flailing around
you start high and then you go low okay high and low no problem come back to the middle
best forehand so far good job racket up and then down come okay lift it up a little bit
more and don't don't be afraid to accelerate come on racket up and then down okay good
good work chris one more time racket goes up and then down
nice okay now we're gonna try something i wanna have you hit forehands from this side so now
you're gonna be moving backwards and hitting forehands okay okay so you're gonna go like
you're gonna go like this you're going to turn move backwards and then hit a forehand yes it's
going to feel super awkward this drill so i'm warning you run this way well we're going to
run backwards and hit a forehand ready and go not sidestep not sidestep you won't be able to turn at
the end you the first move you make is this turn like this now go backwards and hit a forehand
ready backwards yes and then hit it very nice try it again turn right away okay go backwards
there it is chris and again one bounce remember one bounce
a little too early there when it goes crooked like that you're hitting it too early meaning that the
strings are too too much pointed this way right angle okay it's very hard i'm just wanna teach
you how to create space how to get out of the way of the ball because that will be very useful when
you when you start hitting with people when you start playing points making the small adjustments
being able to get out of the way so you can clear the space to hit a forehand okay turn go
yes a little bit of frame but that's a good start this is maybe one of the toughest drills we've
done so far you're doing good okay now we're gonna we're gonna take it up one notch okay
so we'll hit a forehand from here and a forehand from here okay we'll do both
all right here we go come on ready position forehand very clean ready position forehand
okay a little early there so clean forehand come
nice one best one so far you see that see how good that one was ready position good forehand
best forehand of your life turn back up
whoa very nice that was a really nice one good job okay now we're going to
do something different okay this is a lot of players of your level that struggle with this
and it's when you have to move forward i know it sounds like you wouldn't be so hard
but it's very challenging to move forward and hit a forehand while moving forward so that's
what i'm going to do next you're going to start in the ready position i'm going to drop a ball
kind of short you're going to run up and hit it okay okay you can start in the middle by the way
you're going to take the racket up and then you will run with the racket up
okay okay and place on both sides just one side just right here all right ready and come
okay remember one bounce i was late i have to be faster yes do it again there's a kind of a tricky
feed though ready and go okay do you put something early late actually you're putting the racket
forward so the racket is pointing forward i want your racket pointing to the side like this yeah
exactly like always we've always done that that part racket to the side all right ready and come
go racket is forward again watch come back here let's just assume you're playing with someone they
give you a short ball first thing you do is like you turn a little bit and put your racket here
and now you have to run up so so run with me run up run up stop and i'll hit it from here
you see that okay do that same thing from there racket to the side
get up get up go go you're starting too slow and then it's like you have to rush
so keep it up from here yeah just keep it here but then run okay and run quick
you got to be explosive otherwise the ball is going to be gone ready quick go
there you go best one so far even though you framed it okay
try it again you're gonna get this all right ready racket to the side and go
it's still pointing forward even though he made that one it looks must be to the side yeah
it looks kind of rushed because you you the racquet has to cover a lot of ground when it's
forward it's too much movement okay so you want to minimize that movement we're going to eliminate
one whole step of the forehand put your racquet straight to the side all right ready and come
okay you didn't run fast enough but that was a really clean forehand though
back up do it again racket to the side and go oh best one you hit so far that was so good
get in there good for doubles not good for singles one more it's the last one
ah nice one on the line very good okay now the next drill is going to be the opposite
we're going to be moving backwards okay so now once you've done that we've covered everything
this is just basically four directions in tennis that way that way that way and that way okay of
course there's the the diagonal directions too but that makes that's kind of self-explanatory so now
we're going to stand right here okay i'm going to be behind you i'm going to drop feed the ball you
have to turn back pedal like this you can cross over too so one thing that i said before that's
not true when you're backing up i never want you to move that way backwards i don't want you to
go like this okay because it's very dangerous you can kind of trip and you can hit yourself
on the head the only exception i make when you're moving backwards to a forehand it's a little bit
different but when you're going moving straight backwards on the court it's dangerous you can trip
fall so what i want you to do is move sideways backwards like this sideways okay all right
absolutely so you stand a little closer move back
okay you got to create distance here go to the cone there and come back
again a little bit more get your body behind the ball look at me here this way and racket back
so clean that one good job back up whoa so clean you know what it's so funny to bring that up
a lot of people think that going backwards and hitting forehands is harder but it's absolute
truth you said it yourself there's the easiest it's more natural way to hit a forehand you know
why because naturally it takes away from a lot of bad habits that people have like steering the
ball pushing on it when you go backwards on the forehead naturally you get a more steeper swing
path you get naturally more topspin so most people are more comfortable believe it or not hitting the
ball while moving backwards and you felt that right yes very nice alright ready and come
oh so clean that forehand come again couple more
okay you need one more one more step behind the ball you would have had that one okay ready come
that's a tough feed and you started too late chris i got chris i got two more i only got two
more in the basket you got pressure now you got to make both made it one more oh too close okay you
know what you framed it but it's easily your best forehands were the ones backing up yes i agree all
right so next test for your forehand is now i'm gonna go over there it's gonna change everything
because i'm going to feed you the ball i'm going to test all these movements a little bit okay
clean forehand chris remember finish all the way here okay back of your hand to your left cheek
on the line very nice now on the run a little bit on the run
whoa so good now chris from the backhand side forehand chris remember forehand come on forehand
not bad and now forward come forward chrissy come on stay and wait for it better
nice and now short ball come up there chris go wow what a shot nice again forehand go
super clean forehand there chrissy again come
okay you got it nice good finish and short one get up
do me a favor move that ball that was good by the way move that ball you bounced too
many times i know it was two bounces but you actually hit the forehand good
you could have gotten that a little faster back to the ready position the baseline
good chris nice short ball get up go go go go go back to the baseline
short ball come okay the racket is pointing forward yes back to the baseline
that's actually a tough shot nice nice try
remember this chris look racket is here you're running and then back
and hit you see how easy that is very simple process okay again ready come on
very clean forehand okay go back we got one more match point chris
last one i want one more clean one this one going to be to the side here we go
one more time i don't want you get too close ready position come
too early ready position too early but the actual cause was to it too far away
reaching the racket had end up with this angle okay
wow what a forehand so clean
chris the forehand is improving tremendously it's getting better and better how do you feel about it
does it feel better it still needs some work but it doesn't of course i mean everybody forehand
needs work here in tennis you never really stop improving it's like even the best players they
always have room for improvement but you're on the right path i like that you're going to clinic keep
doing that we keep doing our sessions here you're doing really well off the hand feeds you're really
doing really good you're getting a little bit more confused when i'm feeding it to you from the
other side the pace of the ball but you're getting better today was one of the better sessions we had
so it's just gonna keep getting better you just keep doing the work nice job