you better show me that one for approval
anna i don't know why we did this so late actually i do know why because i didn't want to over
load you yeah i didn't want to overload you with information but i i do think it's better to have
a semi-western grip so we already started last time semi-western look it puts your hand more
underneath the ball and especially now the reason why i changed it was your actually your elbow
i think it's easier on the elbow the semi-western grip you know why because with the eastern you
were here before and now look when you hit the elbow is more behind the ball so when you hit
there's a little bit more pressure on the elbow when you put your hand underneath especially if
you're trying to topspin it places the elbow more underneath the racket it places the hand
underneath the racket the elbow more underneath the racket and when you hit your forehand topspin
it's a lot easier on the arm so that's why we're switching the grip to semi-western was the i draw
this for you last time for the clinic were you able to stick to this or okay so i have to tell
you what my brain does go ahead tell me it's like when you serve yeah with this grip yeah
continental international grip yeah yeah yeah yeah it's just yeah it's awkward okay and now now
this new grip is also like that feel oh it feels weird yeah so now there is no comfort whatsoever
anna it's okay it's gonna be fine okay i think your forehand last time we played the
forehand looked so much better yeah you draw some lines yeah and then you put it you put it
right here out here yeah and just connect that make sure you angle your hand off like this
right and now you just play it from here it's the best grip in the world yeah yeah no idea i was at
this clinic in the delray yeah and i was like very fidgety okay so the whole group is waiting
for like the hit and i'm like well it's going to take you a while to it's going to take you
a while to find this grip so when you grab the racket you're most likely going to go to the old
grip this is muscle memory yeah but i already saw last time you're hitting the forehand a lot better
look at this that's beautiful anna come on good normally when people switch to a more like western
grip they start dumping balls into the net because if you have let's say a continental grip and you
hit a ball your wrist is at a certain angle yeah and you get used to this angle and now if i turn
my racquet over to let's say semi western you see the wrist is likely going to stay at that
same angle when you make contact because of muscle memory but look at the racket head it's
very closed so now what needs to happen is the wrist needs to go more underneath so there's a
different position of the wrist so that is what happens to most people when they turn the grip
over to more western grip because that closed racket face they start dumping balls into the net
here's the crazy thing i didn't see that from you last week the first time we switched your grip
you didn't really dump anything into the net so you're doing amazing it's actually going opposite
right now but yes but that's what you're seeing it's top spin so the trajectory of the ball will
change with more top spin it's a lot easier to make topspin with a semi-western grip and the ball
will look more like this it'll go up and then down yeah or you're before your ball was a little bit
more straight like this right so the way the ball will shape itself over the net is going to change
with this grip i like your hat oh you like it yeah i like it too the reason why i'm wearing a
hat i haven't gotten a haircut in a while you have really good style a lot of comments is about your
shoes all the time people hey dude you're changing them like gloves you know i have a lot of style
no i'm just kidding i like your style too okay let's continue
here we go anna beautiful forehand all right now on the run same thing you start right there
and finish it all make sure you finish like what you normally do finish all the way here now here's
the thing you can do you've been already doing this kind of naturally but you can when the
swing is completely done you can put the put the racket in your hand like this you see it's not
that you're trying to catch the racket over here you just you're just going to tuck this arm and
you're going to place the racket in your hand here and grab it you're already doing this a little bit
i've seen you do it even in your match but i want you to be a little bit more conscious of it okay
it can reinforce a good finish just don't catch it too early though
you see that that's what i don't like this is why normally i don't instruct
players to catch the racket because exactly what happened there
you're catching here remember what i told you you're going to here and here this is how you
catch the racquet you can't catch the racquet out front because now you're going to shorten the
the finish show me how to catch again look here yeah in here so the very end when the
racket's already done you just put it in here like that there you go beautiful anna come on
anna it's clean very clean that's beautiful what's your favorite color you want red green orange
yellow blue red yeah yeah all right i want you to go around this cone now
and go around the cone there you go good oh i love it two more come on a little too close to
the ball and give me a match point give me a whip right here whip one more time the racket
face slightly opened up one more time anna come on too far away you stopped too early don't set
your feet too early one more time come anna you're being careful come on now swing freely
all right one more time come on match point pressure's on
okay a little bit short but it's okay we'll do another round you're
doing great dana you're doing fantastic
very nice okay okay again the grip we're gonna have to hit like a couple of thousand forehands
so this becomes muscle memory yeah yeah you have to be very patient you know with cerebral people
like me no yeah perfect you have to be perfect and then what happens when you try to be perfect or
let's replace the word perfect we're trying to get the ball in at all costs you actually tense up and
you start decelerating the most important part of the forehand which is the contact area and you
start steering and guiding and pushing the ball so it happened a couple of times now here's the
frustrating thing when you do that your intention is to get the ball in really badly but you end up
missing just as much if not more right so i'm telling you you have good mechanics hit freely
very good topspin go around the cone come on oh look at this love it nice body involvement
there good anna three more come on and again a little bit more depth and you're doing perfect
yikes all right no problem come again good one more match point give me a whip
anna this is incredible come on all right now we're going to remove the cone we're going to
try to rally back and forth cross-court you and i are against each other you want to take some
water take some pellegrino of course i'm going to close that that the trash can right there
look it looks so bad right i like perrier better i don't really like pellegrino that much
you like perrier pellegrino is a little too flat for me it is not bubbly enough
yeah this purified water with artificially added bubbles what yes no way pellegrina is
from the source no way yeah yeah it's completely two different stores i didn't know that good
good anna
come again swing freely good
good
good yeah i mean he spoke to me on the last clinic yeah he's like anna you
don't have to do all of this like going this way maybe you can just and you just
you know held my hand i wouldn't i think it's fine whatever you're doing here is fine that's not the
problem the problem is around the contact zone you're still steering sometimes you're not hitting
freely what i like you that's why i'm doing the hand drill with you is to accelerate here with the
hand like this just all you need is right here you need freedom in this part right back here is okay
there you go come on skim my hand there you go skim my hand there it is
you're not going through my hands skim it there you go like this there you go do it again
there you go come on again there you go come on don't get stuck underneath my hand either
come on there you go that's all we need so around that contact zone here i want to show
you here put your hand like this i'm going to hit your hand very lightly don't worry put your
hand like you're the ball yeah watch this see how i'm skimming it see i'm skipping on top of it you
see that i'm not going like this yes i'm going i'm doing somebody's ass hey you should do this
turn around okay here here very simple it's so simple it's not even funny
couldn't be more simple the forehand good
good good again how simple is that
don't get funky with it come on
anna you're getting funky with it again keep it simple
come on you get you're getting a little funky again come on now
i feel like you're over extending the wrist you're going like this it's unnecessary to go like this
keep the forehand technique simple don't over complicate it don't get funky with it yeah simple
is the best accelerate it don't steer hit freely this is confusion sometimes why
i think i think i have to at the match it's at the matching point
the matching point i feel like i have to feel the proper no you don't position of my wrist nah
it's going to happen naturally the lucky thing that you do that you have on the
forehead not just to anybody all of us when we hit the ball the wrist extends and naturally
gives you stability naturally so there's no need to stiffen the hold of the racket
there's also no need to loosen it too much natural is the best way as if you were hitting the ball
with your hand natural oh okay because the wrist bends back it gives this the ball impacts the
the string bed the wrist is already back it gives natural stability so instead of like to hold the
racquet here the wrist has to be stiff so it doesn't go like this well it can't be too loose
because then it gets sloppy and it might move at contact but it shouldn't be too
stiff either because then it's too rigid then it's moving like rigidly so sometimes i see
you overextending your wrist i see you going like this i see the racket going like this
and you're taking it back it's too rigid now the wrist won't what they call lag properly
because it's too stiff here so it can't be too stiff can't be too loose just keep it natural
like you're doing you did like probably a hundred forehands at least today the correct way so yes
well which i'm waiting for we're waiting to get like i'm waiting for you to give me like 10 15 20
ball rallies we're getting like four or five six ball rallies i'm looking for those 10 to
15 to 20 ball rallies that's our next step let me guide you through it again on my finger all right
go ahead no no not permanent here we go here here don't take it down you see you see yeah oh so it's
okay one more time you're not gonna feel this too much it's gonna happen fast so you're going to go
here and now it's going to happen fast here that part of the stroke is going to be fast
that's going to happen by itself i know you're worried about that part right now
but you can't manufacture that part that's the wrist changing positions in the forward phase
or what's called the wrist lag it'll happen by itself if you try to make it happen
you gotta you're in a world of trouble because now you're gonna just ignore it ignore it completely
high-level players don't know that that part of the forehand happens completely happens
on its own it's already happening on its own but with you but if you try to tinker with it
you start making the wrist go like this on like consciously you start going like here now you you
make that part of the forehand slower you slow it down in order to make certain things happen and
now you got a hitch in your forehand and it's not going to be continuous it's not going to
accelerate the same way okay so don't think about it okay all right here we go come on
good anna
better proper spacing good finish all the way good
good
good anna
good okay go there i'm going to feed you some
more this time i'm going to be hand fed even easier good
nice work this is the only way to do it muscle memory we have to hit thousands upon thousands
of forehands for your wrist to get used to this new grip we have to work hard i'm excited
we have to grind you're doing good you know you know what i love the whole time you have a smile
on your face when you play you like to play right yeah i can see it you look happy while you play
and that's really all it's all that's what it's all about you having you're having fun
and even when you're missing you're smiling it's amazing nice work anna good job