Thank you for that excellent breakdown of the mechanics. One thing that I would like to have you address is the importance of having your knees bent just prior to and during the swing motion. It's amazing how much of a difference there is in the amount of power you can generate versus not having the proper knee bend and exploding upwards on the swing.
Thanks Carl for your comment and a great advice, 100% agreed on that! Staying low helps a lot with having a cleaner contact point, more control and definitely more power as you mentioned as well! Appreciate it a lot!
Hi guys, thank you all so much for all your great feedback and huge support! We reached over 200,000 views on this video! I would kindly ask you if you could please follow us on our new INSTAGRAM account @milankrnjetin because our original account (@tenfitmen) was hacked or deactivated by mistake! We are posting new tennis content daily, most of which we don't share here on our CZcams channel. Thanks so much once again! Milan
this video i watched for first time last year an i finally got the lag and snap!! my forehand is much better now and I am a solid 4.0 now thank you so much for this perfect lesson
Key move for me was getting to the straight arm via pulling the handle and getting “way” out front contact like Roger after proper split step and proper unit turn, etc. Game-Changing insight! Thank you #TENFITMEN! Just followed you on Tik Tok as well!
Thanks Kerry for your comment. It's really nice to hear that, super happy to help. If you can, please share this video with few friends who you think might also enjoy watching it.
Thanks so much for this video. You have identified the steps that I have tried to piece together for years and put them all together for me! I have even applied some of the concepts (move the hips and drop the racket) to my two-handed backhand and it is much better as well! Thanks again so much!!!!!
Awesome video Milan! As Nole would say "BRAVO"! Most people can't understand that the swing should feel natural and effortless, no matter how hard you are hitting, because the power comes from the rotation of the torso, not from the arm! As we relax our wrist and rotate the torso with the strength from our core, there will be more racket head acceleration and lag, giving us more power and versatility (flat shot, spin). Really like your videos and appreciate your work! Keep it up!
Excellent tutorial on executing the forehand. It solved a serious problem I was having on my forehand. I switched to semi-western grip and struggled with the contact point which I was hitting much too late and the elbow was collapsing into the body. I struggled for over a year with this grip change and I finally got my breakthrough with this video. I am a NTRP 4.0 computer ranked player. Thanks for all that you and your team do for the avid tennis playing community. Please let me know how I can support you guys more!
Thanks, I think it a clear explanation of the lag! also I am reminded of the motion of skipping stones on the water, obviously with the reverse direction of the hand/palm.
Very good explanation, demonstration and step by step followthrough. Excellent job. I´d like to add an experience on 8:22 - the staight arm pointing sideways: If you´re a muscular tennis player like me, I recomend you to have a slight angle and not straighten it, because your mobility doesn´t allow you to execute the swing in the right way. This helped me a lot.
What l like here is that you have the meat of the wrist meeting the ball on impact before the finish/follow through. There are so many people online who don't know what they are talking about and have students just mindlessly flailing at the ball by breaking their wrist immediately upon impact. This is soooo wrong. Nice job good video.
I really like your channel...especially enjoy your practices. Regarding this forehand-there is some debate over who should try this...in other words this technique with the lag is advanced and requires great timing etc. There are several different forehand styles on the pro tour...but I would suggest the club player keep it simple.
Well the game has been evolving...so you will see classic and modern forehands on tour and most young players have the modern forehand.There are a couple good debates on you tube whether average players should adopt this technique. Worth looking at imo.
Roger specifically asks people "not to try and copy his swing", but rather develop and learn "their own style, natural to them". No one taught him his swing "steps".
Hey mate something which is quite important is the position of the index finger on the handle. This should be over the thumb, in my case that allows me to move the racquet faster. Many thanks for taking your time to help us.
Great analysis. So many teach the forehand as if the eastern swing is the same as semi-western. On the eastern, you need to have your shoulders still a bit closed at contact and the arm should be extended, whereas with a semi-western, the shoulders should be open at contact and the arm should be bent with the elbow tucked in.
Thanks Bruce so much for your comment! Sorry just saw it now for some reason! Really great point, I appreciate you share this with us! This is definitely something to keep in mind when working with different players (using different grips). Not every technique will go with same "correct" principles or rules. Really love the way you explained it! Thanks again!
great lesson - demonstration - coach. Just one more thing to add on the Step 4 is HOLDING the front/left side to allow the hitting arm to go through. Don't over rotate the front/left side while hitting. Also, I think it's good to think throwing the SHOULDER to the ball during the hitting.
Thanks so much Dan for your comment and advice! Great point, I agree completely! Sometimes we tend to rotate and pull our left shoulder back in order to create more power which is unnecessary and can create loss of balance.
Your lesson is always so great - especially with all the details. Please help with explaining different in hitting High vs. Low/Medium forehand? thanks. With High ball: is it less LAG and more body rotation - and racket head is above the hand? Thanks
Excellent explanation .., could you show us how to perform a forehand with topspin from the same grip and how would the defensive mechanics be to face deep, heavy and top balls? Thank you! Excelente explicación.., podrías mostrarnos como se realiza una derecha con topspin desde la misma empuñadura y como sería la mecanica defensiva para enfrentar bolas profundas, pesadas y con top? Gracias!
I haven't tested yet since it is the morning, but I can already feel my form getting better! Don't forget to mention about the bend in your knees though. That is also an important step. Thanks for making this video!
Not bend in knees...his forehand is all about how he loads his hamstrings. Bending knees is always the wrong way to move and position oneself for explosive strokes.
Informative with simple instructions and also I like the part being mentioned of initiate the hip rotation which turns the shoulder and weight transfer at the same time instead of swinging the arm first like a lot of low level players do, and I am just as guilty when I am rushed to the ball. Nice video and look forward to watch some more in near future.
Thanks so much for your comment and kind words! Really means a lot to hear it! Great point about the order of hip and shoulder rotations. Please share this video with others.
Great videos!! These are the best tennis instruction videos I've seen. I especially like how you break things into steps and are very clear. Video length is excellent too. Thank you!!
Something major that no one really emphasizes is to drop your body/legs down to get your swing to start below the point where you want to strike the ball. @3:32 in the video you see how the racket is like a foot off the ground in order to strike a ball mid thigh level.
Excellent tutorial on Roger's Forehand. Had a quick question: You mentioned the hips initiate the forward part of the stroke. Are we simultaneously pulling the butt cap forward? Thx
Thanks for the comment and kind words. Great question, this is very relative though. Timing can be a bit different, with having hips beginning to open a bit earlier than starting to pull the racquet but it can also be at the same time.
I think more racquet velocity can be generated with a "segmented" swing. Meaning the hips lead the shoulders lead the arm lead the hand. Like a whip. Obviously your feet should be set, otherwise a more defensive, high percentage shot would be preferable.
Awesome video! Only one thing to add. I would suggest you to explain how to handle the racket at the contact point to still keep the grip loose and have this whipping motion to allow us accelerate and spin the ball...
Thanks Vlad so much for your comment and interesting suggestion/question. Please take a look at our video on that topic here: czcams.com/video/cuIchPX_rqs/video.html
In my opinion, we must think in terms of dynamics and stretching of the muscles. To see in dynamic manner, we must mention a "release" action. In my expirience, I separate the hitting process in two big and simple parts. For preparation stage - you must use your back side of the body, relaxing the front side. On hitting phase, just before the end of lowering the racket down and back, you must relax the back side of the body and explode with hips by front side of the body, driven scapula with arm forward and off the body by 45 degree, releasing the racket-hand like throwing some in direction you want to hit. Scapula acts in this pulling action like a driver for the hole arm. Hips and shoulders drive is the main source of power for this forehand technic. When we load by use a back side of the body, hips drive creates added tension for abdominal muscles of the torso, and shoulders release to the ball. We must FEEL the release, if we want to hit really hard.
Thanks Yans, really appreciate your comment and detailed explanation. I never thought about this concept of front and back side of the body but it's very interesting! It is not too easy to understand everything you talk about, would be easier to see you demonstrate it while explaining it. Not sure what you mean by use of back side of the body? Which parts of the body exactly? Not easy to grasp this idea of front and back body side:) Nevertheless, I completely agree with the hips being one of the main sources of the power as well as the "release" part of your explanation. Thanks again.
Its so easy to learn swing but the real problem arise when we need to 1. Judge the distance to the ball 2. Judge the height of hit point 3. Depends on the height chose how to drive the racquet towards and after the hitpoint... [i call it a smile line or a halfcircle] wether to flaten the wrist (strong stroke) or keep it stiff in a rainshild movement (stronger topspin)... not many movies covering this :(
Nice explanation, we can almost feel the power created by the lag ;) The main problem I have : my preparation starts too late. I'm not able to hit the ball properly in front of me with a straight arm... Any tip ?
Nice one. But let viewers know, this is a very advanced forehand. You might want to also spend some time talking about the left hand before during and after the contact. Many club players have no idea about it.
Thank Lance a lot for your comment and a great suggestion. I will definitely make one video on that topic. The use of non-dominant arm is often underestimated, especially at the club players! Very well noticed! Thanks again. Please share this video with others.
Hey men, quick question what grip size do you use because it seems to me that your grip size is a bit smaller than that it's supposed to be, is that intentional? Thanks!
Not a bad video.... however I disagree with 2 things: 1) The hip rotation is a very advanced level and it is used to generate more power... power with which especially begginers tend to loose a lot of control. What I teach them is to hit only with the hand and then the hip follows through from the inerce motion. 2) Arm straight on contact point depends from the grip you use, I do also play with a similar grip to yours and Federers and in our case that happens with an "almost straight" elbow. However players with extreme close grips, Sock Kyrgios etc. play with a close to body elbow on contact point and that is also correct.... also players with this grip finish not over the shoulder but to the side like you pointed out with Sock. As long as the technique is functional and the player has a proper contact point you dont need to change it... As long as the player struggles bigtime we as coaches have to make little adjustments to help him but keeping in mind every individual has his own technique and there no correct or wrong technique in Tennis.
I never heard of pulling the racquet before and this changed all what I was doing. I felt like I am enlightened. Thanks a lot.
Thank you for that excellent breakdown of the mechanics. One thing that I would like to have you address is the importance of having your knees bent just prior to and during the swing motion. It's amazing how much of a difference there is in the amount of power you can generate versus not having the proper knee bend and exploding upwards on the swing.
Thanks Carl for your comment and a great advice, 100% agreed on that! Staying low helps a lot with having a cleaner contact point, more control and definitely more power as you mentioned as well! Appreciate it a lot!
Hi guys, thank you all so much for all your great feedback and huge support! We reached over 200,000 views on this video!
I would kindly ask you if you could please follow us on our new INSTAGRAM account @milankrnjetin because our original account (@tenfitmen) was hacked or deactivated by mistake! We are posting new tennis content daily, most of which we don't share here on our CZcams channel.
Thanks so much once again!
Milan
Big respect for you after seeing your recent videos hitting with djoko etc!
this video i watched for first time last year an i finally got the lag and snap!! my forehand is much better now and I am a solid 4.0 now thank you so much for this perfect lesson
Very good instruction on the forehand lag. So important and your instruction was fantastic on that.
Hey everyone, here is the full video of my first training with Novak Djokovic!
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I downloaded video series to learn about Federer's forehand and you just made it so simple in one video!
I've seen just about every forehand tutorial on youtube for the past five years. This is one of the best.
Hahahah you did nothing in 5 years
Key move for me was getting to the straight arm via pulling the handle and getting “way” out front contact like Roger after proper split step and proper unit turn, etc. Game-Changing insight! Thank you #TENFITMEN! Just followed you on Tik Tok as well!
Great video going to go practice this technique now. Love how you demonstrated the "lag" concept.
Thanks Alex for sharing this with us! Hope your forehand is doing great now. Let us know!
best forehand explanation I've seen til now ... thanks a lot
Perfect analysis and demonstration down to the last detail. I am very grateful. 👌
Excellent. Thanks for the simple and clear explanation.
Thank you so much! Was REALLY helpful for refining my forehand :)
Thanks Kerry for your comment. It's really nice to hear that, super happy to help. If you can, please share this video with few friends who you think might also enjoy watching it.
Thanks so much for this video. You have identified the steps that I have tried to piece together for years and put them all together for me! I have even applied some of the concepts (move the hips and drop the racket) to my two-handed backhand and it is much better as well! Thanks again so much!!!!!
Awesome video Milan! As Nole would say "BRAVO"! Most people can't understand that the swing should feel natural and effortless, no matter how hard you are hitting, because the power comes from the rotation of the torso, not from the arm! As we relax our wrist and rotate the torso with the strength from our core, there will be more racket head acceleration and lag, giving us more power and versatility (flat shot, spin). Really like your videos and appreciate your work! Keep it up!
Excellent tutorial on executing the forehand. It solved a serious problem I was having on my forehand. I switched to semi-western grip and struggled with the contact point which I was hitting much too late and the elbow was collapsing into the body. I struggled for over a year with this grip change and I finally got my breakthrough with this video. I am a NTRP 4.0 computer ranked player. Thanks for all that you and your team do for the avid tennis playing community. Please let me know how I can support you guys more!
Thanks, I think it a clear explanation of the lag! also I am reminded of the motion of skipping stones on the water, obviously with the reverse direction of the hand/palm.
very helpful. Thanks for The "racquet lag" tip.
Very good explanation, demonstration and step by step followthrough. Excellent job.
I´d like to add an experience on 8:22 - the staight arm pointing sideways:
If you´re a muscular tennis player like me, I recomend you to have a slight angle and not straighten it, because your mobility doesn´t allow you to execute the swing in the right way. This helped me a lot.
the best video on the forehand. I regularly watch this between my sessions to remind me of the swing. Getting more stable by the week :)
What l like here is that you have the meat of the wrist meeting the ball on impact before the finish/follow through. There are so many people online who don't know what they are talking about and have students just mindlessly flailing at the ball by breaking their wrist immediately upon impact. This is soooo wrong.
Nice job good video.
I really like your channel...especially enjoy your practices. Regarding this forehand-there is some debate over who should try this...in other words this technique with the lag is advanced and requires great timing etc. There are several different forehand styles on the pro tour...but I would suggest the club player keep it simple.
Well the game has been evolving...so you will see classic and modern forehands on tour and most young players have the modern forehand.There are a couple good debates on you tube whether average players should adopt this technique. Worth looking at imo.
Roger specifically asks people "not to try and copy his swing", but rather develop and learn "their own style, natural to them". No one taught him his swing "steps".
thank you so much, great stuff mate
nicely explained in simple steps. Thank you so much
Thank you mate ... Great Lesson
You're welcome! Always here to help!
Most clear video out there! Thank you
Thank you. I learned pretty quick and now i think i might have a chance of winning Australian Open! I will dedicate the trophy to you my man!
Hey mate something which is quite important is the position of the index finger on the handle. This should be over the thumb, in my case that allows me to move the racquet faster. Many thanks for taking your time to help us.
Very informative video, love it!
In the video u said it was something you did know about the pros and keep watching them and learned.
Thank you very much for this first bonus, it help a lot !
Thanks so much Eric! Glad you like it! Please share this video with others.
Kinetic chain forehand that Roger does PERFECTLY.
Thanks so much for your comment Scott! Yes, very well put, "Kinetic chain"!
Thank you so much !!!
Fantastic video. Thanks. I will practise with this video!!!
I have never seen such an AMAZING video about tennis before!!!! VERY WELL DONE 👍👍👏👏👌👌
“Pull the handle” I dig that. I’m going to try that out
Thank you very much!! Great video!!
Very well explained. Thank you.
yes, you are looking for the "Lag to Drag" action to drag the racket towards contact butt first.
Excellent and very important tips!
Great video!
Thank you and if you really enjoyed it please also share with your tennis friends ^^
Nice video mate!!
Wow we reached over 100,000 views on this video! Thank you guys so much! Let us know what kind of videos can we make for you in the future!
2 b h in depth. With drills.
Great analysis. So many teach the forehand as if the eastern swing is the same as semi-western. On the eastern, you need to have your shoulders still a bit closed at contact and the arm should be extended, whereas with a semi-western, the shoulders should be open at contact and the arm should be bent with the elbow tucked in.
Thanks Bruce so much for your comment! Sorry just saw it now for some reason! Really great point, I appreciate you share this with us! This is definitely something to keep in mind when working with different players (using different grips). Not every technique will go with same "correct" principles or rules. Really love the way you explained it! Thanks again!
Nice video. Very helpful! Thanks.
Thanks Eric, we are glad that our video can help you a bit.
Great job! I like the follow-through videos as well. Thanks for doing this.
Thanks Kevin, really glad you like it. Please if you can, share this video with few friends who you think might also enjoy watching it.
Amazing video. I highly recommend his one handed backhand too.
Thanks, glad you like it. Definitely, most people would recommend any shot from Roger! :)
awesome breakdown , thanks!
great lesson - demonstration - coach. Just one more thing to add on the Step 4 is HOLDING the front/left side to allow the hitting arm to go through. Don't over rotate the front/left side while hitting. Also, I think it's good to think throwing the SHOULDER to the ball during the hitting.
Thanks so much Dan for your comment and advice! Great point, I agree completely! Sometimes we tend to rotate and pull our left shoulder back in order to create more power which is unnecessary and can create loss of balance.
Your lesson is always so great - especially with all the details. Please help with explaining different in hitting High vs. Low/Medium forehand? thanks. With High ball: is it less LAG and more body rotation - and racket head is above the hand? Thanks
Sir I salute u
Excellent explanation .., could you show us how to perform a forehand with topspin from the same grip and how would the defensive mechanics be to face deep, heavy and top balls? Thank you!
Excelente explicación.., podrías mostrarnos como se realiza una derecha con topspin desde la misma empuñadura y como sería la mecanica defensiva para enfrentar bolas profundas, pesadas y con top? Gracias!
Super helpful! Thank you!
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Amazing!!
Great tutorial . Ima try it
I haven't tested yet since it is the morning, but I can already feel my form getting better! Don't forget to mention about the bend in your knees though. That is also an important step. Thanks for making this video!
Not bend in knees...his forehand is all about how he loads his hamstrings. Bending knees is always the wrong way to move and position oneself for explosive strokes.
Nice video. Very helpful!
Thanks so much Craig for your comment and kind words! Glad you like it, please share the video with others so they can learn as well.
Really helpful thank you!
This was really helpful! Thank you !
Thanks so much for the comment! Really glad it helps!
Informative with simple instructions and also I like the part being mentioned of initiate the hip rotation which turns the shoulder and weight transfer at the same time instead of swinging the arm first like a lot of low level players do, and I am just as guilty when I am rushed to the ball. Nice video and look forward to watch some more in near future.
Thanks so much for your comment and kind words! Really means a lot to hear it! Great point about the order of hip and shoulder rotations. Please share this video with others.
I really like the bonus tips, It's helpful
Thanks so much, I'm really glad you find it useful!
Great videos!! These are the best tennis instruction videos I've seen. I especially like how you break things into steps and are very clear. Video length is excellent too. Thank you!!
Bonjour,
Merci et bravo 👍
Something major that no one really emphasizes is to drop your body/legs down to get your swing to start below the point where you want to strike the ball. @3:32 in the video you see how the racket is like a foot off the ground in order to strike a ball mid thigh level.
Nice!!! Brasil! 🎾🔝
Great explantion. Will try to perfect it with your suggestions.
Excellent tutorial on Roger's Forehand. Had a quick question: You mentioned the hips initiate the forward part of the stroke. Are we simultaneously pulling the butt cap forward? Thx
Thanks for the comment and kind words. Great question, this is very relative though. Timing can be a bit different, with having hips beginning to open a bit earlier than starting to pull the racquet but it can also be at the same time.
I think more racquet velocity can be generated with a "segmented" swing. Meaning the hips lead the shoulders lead the arm lead the hand. Like a whip. Obviously your feet should be set, otherwise a more defensive, high percentage shot would be preferable.
Excellent!
Very clear and simple.
Thanks so much for the comment. I'm glad you like it!
Awesome video! Only one thing to add. I would suggest you to explain how to handle the racket at the contact point to still keep the grip loose and have this whipping motion to allow us accelerate and spin the ball...
Thanks Vlad so much for your comment and interesting suggestion/question. Please take a look at our video on that topic here:
czcams.com/video/cuIchPX_rqs/video.html
Please share this video with others.
Great Explanation! Thanks.
Thanks so much John! Glad you like it!
Thank you very much. I'm get.
In my opinion, we must think in terms of dynamics and stretching of the muscles. To see in dynamic manner, we must mention a "release" action. In my expirience, I separate the hitting process in two big and simple parts. For preparation stage - you must use your back side of the body, relaxing the front side. On hitting phase, just before the end of lowering the racket down and back, you must relax the back side of the body and explode with hips by front side of the body, driven scapula with arm forward and off the body by 45 degree, releasing the racket-hand like throwing some in direction you want to hit. Scapula acts in this pulling action like a driver for the hole arm. Hips and shoulders drive is the main source of power for this forehand technic. When we load by use a back side of the body, hips drive creates added tension for abdominal muscles of the torso, and shoulders release to the ball. We must FEEL the release, if we want to hit really hard.
Thanks Yans, really appreciate your comment and detailed explanation. I never thought about this concept of front and back side of the body but it's very interesting! It is not too easy to understand everything you talk about, would be easier to see you demonstrate it while explaining it. Not sure what you mean by use of back side of the body? Which parts of the body exactly? Not easy to grasp this idea of front and back body side:) Nevertheless, I completely agree with the hips being one of the main sources of the power as well as the "release" part of your explanation. Thanks again.
Thank you!!!
Well said
ive watched this 400 times!
best!
Today we're gonna work on vvvvvvvvvv forhand!
the lag seems to be the one federer mastered or it comes naturally to him which generates so much racket speed.
would you suggest pronating thru the FH impact?
Its so easy to learn swing but the real problem arise when we need to 1. Judge the distance to the ball 2. Judge the height of hit point 3. Depends on the height chose how to drive the racquet towards and after the hitpoint... [i call it a smile line or a halfcircle] wether to flaten the wrist (strong stroke) or keep it stiff in a rainshild movement (stronger topspin)... not many movies covering this :(
Very well explained. Thank you. But how do I prevent the ball from traveling beyond the baseline?
Nice explanation, we can almost feel the power created by the lag ;)
The main problem I have : my preparation starts too late. I'm not able to hit the ball properly in front of me with a straight arm... Any tip ?
Maybe the problem is your split step, try to practice that, after the split step your movement must be continuous to the ball!
@@wellyngtonamaral4097 thanks a lot, will try !
U don't need a straight arm. Majority of professional tennis players hit with a double bent arm technique. Ur welcome.😊
Nice one. But let viewers know, this is a very advanced forehand. You might want to also spend some time talking about the left hand before during and after the contact. Many club players have no idea about it.
Thank Lance a lot for your comment and a great suggestion. I will definitely make one video on that topic. The use of non-dominant arm is often underestimated, especially at the club players! Very well noticed! Thanks again. Please share this video with others.
The video ended and I'm still waiting for the drills with balls..
thank you
Thanks Yasmin for your comment! Please share this video with others.
Wow thanks a lot good video
Thanks so much for your comment and kind words! Please share this video with others.
Good explanation. What is the moment of accelaration of the racket?
Thanks but can you tell me how to follow these steps with double handed forehand?
good input...
Thanks a lot! Please share this video with others.
Nice video, I have a question about impact and follow through : does the wrist stay firm at impact or not?
Loose grip and a little squeeze on impact
Hey men, quick question what grip size do you use because it seems to me that your grip size is a bit smaller than that it's supposed to be, is that intentional? Thanks!
Not a bad video.... however I disagree with 2 things:
1) The hip rotation is a very advanced level and it is used to generate more power... power with which especially begginers tend to loose a lot of control. What I teach them is to hit only with the hand and then the hip follows through from the inerce motion.
2) Arm straight on contact point depends from the grip you use, I do also play with a similar grip to yours and Federers and in our case that happens with an "almost straight" elbow. However players with extreme close grips, Sock Kyrgios etc. play with a close to body elbow on contact point and that is also correct.... also players with this grip finish not over the shoulder but to the side like you pointed out with Sock.
As long as the technique is functional and the player has a proper contact point you dont need to change it... As long as the player struggles bigtime we as coaches have to make little adjustments to help him but keeping in mind every individual has his own technique and there no correct or wrong technique in Tennis.
Does the windshield wiper start before contact or after contact?
Congratulecion
i had a big debate on internet on which part of the body generates the most power of forehand do u have an opinion ?