Improve Your TENNIS FOOTWORK - How To Move Better On The Court And 6 DRILLS To Help You Do It
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- Good tennis starts from the ground up. Proper footwork is a non negotiable in high level tennis. This video will help you with it
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Hey everyone, Karue here. I did not include how many reps you should do in each drill because each person has different physical capabilities. But here is what I recommend:
- Figure 8s: 3 sets of 10 (5 each way);
- Cross Step: 5 sets of 10;
- Intervals: more for endurance - 15 seconds moving, 30 seconds resting (that is one set), 10 sets or 10 mins doing it;
- Reaction Drill: 3 sets of 5
- Split Step: A LOT! You can incorporate into your normal hitting
- Side Shuffle: 2 sets each way.
If that is too much, trim it down and work your way up. Comment if you have any questions!!
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"this is not a cross step, this is just you running" lmao right on
I could not afford a coach as a kid and just played every day with my friends from after school until the moon and the stars came out. Back then I just copied the strokes from my favourite pros with my dad's video recorder but I missed out on footwork at that early age. I wish I had your clips back then. I can really imagine how you help a young player like I was with your professional advice. This is high quality information!
Appreciate it!!
2:22 Moving Laterally Between Shots
4:23 Split Step
7:30 Moving To and Away From the Ball
13:01 Footwork Drills
Thank you Daniel!
@@CRAIGLSANDERS You're welcome!
Thank you
Cheers!
Yesss! Well explained! Thanks Karue!!
Very helpful video. Thank you!
Great video Karue, keep sharing content like this. Cheers
Wow, all the invaluable advices! Thank you for the awesome video. Now, it’s time for me to do the drills!
Incredible instruction! Thanks Karue!
Awesome video, thanks a million for the instructions , keep up the good work
Awesome content about footwork and great drills that are so useful! I find that it's so helpful to have these drills to work on ..and especially great that it's something we can do on our own!! Would love to see more footwork drills as well as videos regarding singles tactics. Thanks!
very informative and helpful!!
Fantastic content Karue! Please we need a Part 2 regarding forward and backward movement situations. Approach shots for example. Also when I'm at net and opponent hits a lob, what's the correct footwork pattern to back up smoothly and get ready for the overhead smash? So tricky. Thanks man!
Will work a lot more on footwork drills
Would love this too
Also, on footwork, how to assess and maintain right distance from the ball (for optimum shot) depending on the opponents shot.
@@MyTennisHQ this is excellent content my friend, did you get a chance to make a forward backward foot work video. Don't mind buying a course if you have one for it.
Excellent video! Thanks
Absolutely love what you do!
Simple and Awesome.
TY
Every day to warm up..
Helpful lessons always. Thanks Karue
Thanks man great video!
Thanks a lot for this video!
Thank you very much, best footwork video I’ve seen so far! All the fundamentals explained so great that it helped me on a new level of understanding. Benchmark!
good effort by you, great learnings for us
My 6 years old daughter is practising your footwork. She plays in different level now thanks so much Sir. 🙏
This is great instruction. Thanks!
At age 59, after about 30 years of not playing, I started back by hitting against a wall 6 months ago, then bought a ball machine two months ago and began recording myself. I’ve hit with a few different, much younger, players and quickly realized my footwork, where I’m positioned on the court, and old-school game…especially against a very heavy topspin, needs a lot of work! In the 70s I learned to split-step with serve and volley and when returning but, incredibly, not when rallying. I realize that not incorporating this very critical fundamental contributed to my being behind in rallies, particularly against bigger hitters. I’m watching myself now on video practicing against my oscillating ball machine, not split stepping, and when the ball shoots out my first move sometimes is more of a lunge than a push-off…kind of like when your opponent hits behind you and you’re off balance. OMG! This is so eye opening and embarrassing.
Your footwork is so incredible ❤
Thank you!
Great Vid bro. :)
Excellent!
Great content! Thanks
You are welcome!
“It’s A Great video. Very help for beginners. Great job thanks.
Great video. One tip that helped me with timing the split step was to imagine that when the opponent hits the ball there’s an explosion and your feet have to be off the ground during the explosion. Thanks again for the great content.
That's a good tip!!
Nice!!! I like this one!!!
What helped me was when I realised that the point of the jump is to enable you to land and immediately push off using the momentum of your landing which loads up your legs giving you a bigger spring. You can only do that if you know where to push off too which you can only do if you are landing after the ball has been hit. Anyone who doesn't realise that jumps too early, lands and looses all the momentum. It's actually pretty simple but I am amazed at how many people (and coaches) don't seem to understand that.
Thanks! Found what i need here, dude!
Karue, this video is crazy useful. One of the best videos you have made (and the other videos were already top-notch).
Appreciate it!
Possibly the best video on CZcams on tennis footwork, just the essential stuff but sufficiently detailed explanation for the hows and whys.
Awesome video
Thanks!
Thank you Karue! Your teaching skills have resonated with my understanding, so far, you are the YT Tennis instructor that I have felt most comfortable with due to your clear and well thought explanations. I wish you success and I will keep searching and learning. Keep it up!
Great content
Thanks for such an informative video! Much appreciated.
You are welcome
Yes, perfect with exercices to train !
Pretty good info overall..👍
Amazing video
I just come out of a training session (5 months 1hour/week). My coach taught me some of this today. We practiced running towards the ball, recover position with side step, run towards the ball. Really good exercise for fitness too, but it really helped me understand the point of it. Coming back home and watching this video helps me further. Thank you for being out there helping us out!
great info. Thanks!!
You are welcome!
This is the foundation of movement in Tennis thanks so much for this content, anyone starting Tennis is a must watch, because I don't think a Tennis Coach will cover this.
Hey Karue...you make fundamentals easy to understand and absorb...thank you...love that reaction drill...looks fun.
Appreciate it!!
I would like to say thanks as I was so much more alert utilizing your instructions. It is physically very difficult to maintain the routine of split stepping. I hope it will become easier as I get used to it. It adds a certain rhythm to every shot which helps a lot setting up.
This video is interesting and informative
Love this Karue. Will do these drills. At my best I move like this in spurts. I need to make it non-negotiable.
I have never seen a video on footwork with such an attention to details. good job and thank you!
Attention to detail is our bread and butter here at mytennishq 💪🏻
Awesome video, Karue! 🔥💯
Thank you!
Excellent instruction per usual! Thanks much
You are welcome!
Great advice and explanation. Thank you
You are welcome!
This is some of the best instruction ever! I noticed this in another great player, that he is always facing forward, as you stated is important. I like how you say “non-negotiable” like you do. I know you know!!
Appreciate the kind words. Yes, some things are non negotiable haha
Thanks for posting this footwork video. As a veteran High School tennis coach I believe that footwork is a fundamental problem with many players. If you can’t get to the ball and be in the proper position you can’t hit the shot. If you can’t do that then all strategy and setting up a point is impossible. I have found that players who have played and been properly coached in sports like baseball,basketball and hockey bring good crossover skills to their tennis game. This worked for me when I started to play tennis in college after years of basketball and baseball. One thing I also noticed is that my hockey and basketball players naturally tended to move to the net and sensed where to go on the court. Baseball players already know how to move diagonally to cut off a ground ball or move forward to pick up a short ball.
This is so good!
Thank you!
Excellent thank you very much
You are welcome!
Great video Karue, and thanks for the drills. Footwork too often overlooked in coaching, and Spanish academies played a pioneering role in this regard.
You are welcome
excellent
Thsese split steps between shots I'm missing in my game. Thanks a lot!
Bruh, how can u guys always come right up to my needs...By the time I need help with my terrible footwork, this vid shows up immediately. Thanks a lot! Keep the great works.
I read minds
Thank you Karue. My biggest issue is a lazy footwork. I'm 47 years, start playing 16 months ago. Your advises helped me a lot with my game. Hopfuly I will overcome lazy feets :)
Which foot should I go first after the split step? When you go to your right, sometimes you go with your right foot first (6:38) and with your left foot first (10:15).
I love your content so much, bro! And love that you're Brazilian too ;)
Valeu!!
Tennis is a sport of a lifetime. This video will help keep the interest in a great sport of a lifetime.
Hi Karue, great footwork video. Just wondering about the cross over recovery step why some players take that first step behind them? Thanks
Becautiful footwork, I can watch this many times and save the images in my mind, thanks for the great lesson !
You are welcome
Was wondering why the first step back after hitting is the x-step, since a comprehensive explanation was not given. Tried with and without and concluded that the x-step just conserves a lot of the momentum of the footwork. You feel more flow with rather than without. Using the shuffles breaks the momentum while the x step amplifies it. Like the coach said, you cover more court
Dude, your videos help me sooo much. I do most of the wrong things you say every single time I step in the court! Amazing content bro, keep up w/ the good work!!
Glad to hear!! Many more videos to come
What I learned in this video dramatically improved my game! A million thanks.
That is awesome!!
This was very good and reiterates what I have been taught. The only thing I think you missed was the optimal recovery position on the court depends on what angle options your opponent has from the ball you hit. You don't always want to recover to the middle T - ideally, you want to be in the middle of where they are in relation to the dtl or cc angles e.g. if they are hitting wide from the ad court then you are going to want to be a little left of centre. Good music choice for the footwork drills ;-) reminds me I need to start doing these kinds of things again. Thanks
Footwork is key!
Great Vid. What string are you using, and tension?
Great content! Also would love to see how your forehand transformation is going.
It is going. Haven't had a lot of time to work on it myself but sticking to the swing!
@@MyTennisHQ I'm also changing my forehand, I haven't played tennis since middle school, and now im 28. I found I am still playing the now so-called "WTA forehand" which I used when I was a kid. The old technic doesn't work well with me anymore. So i tried to learn nick kyrios style and it turned out to be more like Thiem's forehand lol. But this technic is too demanding on my footwork and puts too much load on my shoulder, which is injured since middle school. Your tranformation showed me a new direction, I am also trying the big loop and putting my elbow in front of me when I draw a racquet. Would love to see more of your new forehand and learn from it!
WIthout good footwork no stroke is effective!
Yes sir
Thanks Karue! Super helpful. One thing I wanted to check is the backhand slice. Typically I end up going through the ball on my slice with the knee bend and stuff. However, when I see the backhand slice by Federer, it just seems different from everyone else’s. the follow through, the racquet trajectory, where he ends, the kind of spin on it etc. Is this something maybe you could take as a video? Basically how to add the subtle variations on the slice. Thanks
Play around with the slice. Learn how to add different spins to the ball, create that connection with the ball. Federer has a deep understanding of how to hit the ball to create the spin he wants to
Seeing more ads on your vids, this can only mean the channel is getting more popular! Great stuff again 👍 keep up the awesome lessons 🙏🏽
It is growing for sure. Hopefully not too many ads so it doesn't get in the way too much hahah
Muito legal esse video, meu footwork está bem ruim, tenho q melhorar
This is exactly why tennis is an incredible workout!! Also it will make your legs significantly stronger. This will take some time to get fully adjusted to, but I will be practicing split steps whenever I play with my family.
Absolutely
It's nice you can play with family
quick reaction drill is awesome
Great one!
Awesome!!! Thank you. Starting today. I will take out the subscription (the cheaper one initially) :-).
When will you be doing a racquets review on the Head Radical Pro 2021?
Appreciate it. I will very soon
Hi Karue, thanks for sharing this. It all seems obvious but it is difficult to master. I picked up some nice hints from the vid! Could you maybe do a video on the timing of the split step ... I hear a fair few different this on this. Curious on your take. Geetings from Holland
Will do!
Great video Karue!!! Split step is certainly non-negotiable!!!! Do you think you can do a video on the kick serve?? Breaking down the stroke as well as giving tips to make it reliable?? I can hit a great kicker that gets me Aces in matches, but I barely use it because I don't trust it. It's one of those shots for me that when it's on it's on, but most of the time it's off lol.. I've hit probably 2,000 kick serves, I figured it'd be reliable by now.
Yep, the video on the kick serve would be great!
I'll definitely put that on our list of videos
@@MyTennisHQ Skip it to the top!!! It's what the people wanna see!!! 🤣 Haha, thanks man, looking forward to it!!
Hi bro, while trying your drills I noticed that when you do the 8 drills in the sens we can see in the video it doesn't match the pattern you would do In a tennis match however if you do it in reverse it matches the footwork for a backin up forehand and a moving forward backhand ?
Pogs for keeping your train of thought and delivering your words whilst running around! You can't breathe properly doing both haha I found this incredibly helpful, especially 10 days into tennis after 3months off! (UK) Great work as always, Karue! Btw looks like a decent amount of tape at 3&9- what are the final specs of your racket? Static and swing weight etc Thank you :)
It is not easy. Talking and moving is hard lol and it's not that much, th tape is just kinda thick. I honestly do not know the numbers. Just feels good now. Probably around 325 grams
Great video! Very detailed and at the same time easy to understand. Keep up the good work, Karue!
P.s. really interested if such open courts are free to play in the US? And if not, how much do you guys usually have to pay for 1 hour? Thx
Thank you. And no fees. The US has a lot of public courts that are either free or have very small fees which is awesome
@@MyTennisHQ Wow, in Moscow u usually have to pay about 25$ per hour (and even more in winter).
Hey Karue, you always show your old college match play footage. Have you ever thought about posting it? Or if it's posted, where can I find it? It'd be really cool to see.
Great video as always.
There is a good amount of it online, you can find it on CZcams
Great video as always Karue! What is that beautiful racquet you're using?! The grey splotch on the side?! Stellar! What's your setup right now that you're liking and using? (racquet and strings wise?) I'm always looking for new things to try and aspire to - and I'm a nerd for the gear as well!
VCORE 95 2021
@@MyTennisHQ How did you get such a cool colorway? Your hook-ups with Yonex?
Was the clip @1:25 at Lakewood tennis center?
This is great video! I think this kind of content has been missing from youtube coaching! You even got some audience there hah.
Karue, amazing video btw, but it will be incredible if you make a small documentary of your tennis career, i would love it a lot
That would be fun. I wish we had iPhone when I was younger so I had more footage haha but that's something to think about
Howdy Karue, great content as always! Could you tell me which device you use for recording you on court? I'd like to start recording bits of my game as well to analyse my swing and footwork.
I have a mirrorless camera, go pro and also my phone. Here I used my camera (fujifilm XT3). Honestly, if you have a decent phone, just use that. Invest in a tripod and a mount
@@MyTennisHQ thanks a lot!!
maybe a new video for footwork that would be helpful is the footwork on return of serve
Anyone gonna mention that kid and the adult waiting to play in the background? 👀
The dad looks pissed, hopefully the kid learned from it though
If you ain't first, you're last. That's the way it is
Ah, I saw them but it looked like the little guy was leaving practice not heading in. (The little guy that ran past them looked like he was rushing to practice). :)
It is what it is, first come first served.
I could barely pay attention to Karue I kept noticing them in the background.
So glad I grew up playing soccer, basketball & tennis.
I literally never even think about tennis footwork, because basketball & soccer already taught it to me.
Sir. You are so right! Specializing too early is a terrible thing. Play a lot of sports, all the skills translate. I did the same, played a lot of soccer and basketball growing up which helped me be coordinated. Best thing you can do for your footwork
Helpful instruction. After a swing it seems like your feet are already moving to optimal court position while the upper body is returning to ready position. Thanks.
Yes! At this point it is all automatic. Footwork is the fastest way to improve on the court
@@MyTennisHQ thanks. Those of us coming to tennis from baseball need to pay extra attention to certain details. After we throw a ball, our feet can usually have a nap, and after we've hit one, our upper bodies can often fully recover before our feet start moving.
Muscle memory needs rewriting.
Please make video for high ball
I need a coach like you. Are you located in central florida 😄
Hey Karue, would you consider making a video on your backhand technique? It's one of the most effortless and cleanest things of beauty I've seen on a court. My 2 hander feels so awkward and clunky and I have to basically bunt every ball. When I try and get a nice swing I usually end up hitting a home run.
Hi curt. I actually have two videos on it. Here are they:
czcams.com/video/J1PvJJ3Ky08/video.html
czcams.com/video/rpZ9ERJR6WE/video.html
Can you please send us more videos of tennis
What’s your favorite Nike shoe? Was always a Nike guy in my earlier days, been getting back into tennis after a loooong time off and was curious, thanks!
The current Nike vapor cage 4s are my all time favorites
@@MyTennisHQ why is that so? are they soft for heel? i wore asics but they are bit on the heavy clumsy side maybe...but soft heel is crucial otherwise my achile hurts