Your dominant eye and your technique: TENNIS MASTERCLASS by Patrick Mouratoglou, EPISODE 3
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- Today I want to tell you everything about a specific feature that we all have and that plays a tremendous role in the construction of your technique in tennis. Actually, this is true for all the sports… It is called: The dominant eye.
If you struggle on some of your tennis shots, it is probably because you are in a position that physiologically is wrong. You will see, it is easy to correct and this will change your life! Not many coaches or players know about it and, as a consequence, there are a lot of technical mistakes that players develop because of that and it prevents them from progressing!
We all know that we have a dominant hand. Some people are righties, other lefties. But what we don’t all know is that we also have a dominant foot and a dominant eye and that the eye has to be taken into consideration when it comes to our technique in sports.
Follow me, I will explain everything to you. You will watch me correcting some genuine mistakes players from my Academy had developed. And I will analyse for you the technique of Roger Federer, the most famous left eye dominant [player] in tennis, and Alexander Zverev, who has a pure right eye dominant technique.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:47 - What is a dominant eye ?
1:45 - How to find your dominant eye
3:26 - Crossed dominance
5:14 - Let's see your technique
5:26 - Forehand and cross-eyed dominance
6:32 - Roger Federer's forehand
7:36 - Backhand and cross-eyes dominance
9:01 - Roger Federer's backhand
9:48 - Serve and eye dominance
12:26 - Roger Federer's serve
13:11 - Forehand and non-crossed-eye dominance
13:51 - Alexander Zverev's forehand
14:40 - Backhand and non-crossed-eye dominance
16:20 - Alexander Zverev's backhand
17:02 - Serve and non-crossed-eye dominance
19:25 - Alexander Zverev's serve
19:55 - Guess who ?
20:20 - Your game at the next level
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Patrick thank you so much for this video. I'm 58 years old and settled for an average serve for as long as I can remember. Found out that I am cross eye dominant. Without any practice except the warm up I used the new service toss at 1D in my USTA 4.5 league. Only lost serve once that evening and only faced one break point. Incredible feeling. On to the forehand now!
Fundamental aspect almost nobody instructs, and certainly nobody instructs better than Patrick.
Thank you very very much for this great information!
No one is putting out content like this on the web like Patrick. Fantastic and what a coach.
Vic Braden taught about dominant eye - and published actual research - 50 years ago.
best lesson ever!! having this knowledge 40 years ago would have saved me years of frustration
I taught tennis for years and never heard of this. Game changer. Wish I’d known this before.
Every coach needs to watch this! Including the ones at the Mouratoglou Academy :-) But really, I've gone through a lot of pain with pros trying to "correct" my stance (including at Mouratoglou) forcing me to play sideways - changing my swing in ways that hurt more than help, trigging a loss in confidence and, at times, feeling completely lost. This video, especially seeing how Zverev is right eye/hand dominant (like me) and how he approaches his forehand (never closed stance), is the first legit explanation I've seen (and that pros/coaches won't sneer at) for why I don't like to hit forehands closed stance. Now, the next time a coach tries to "correct" me, I will just pull up this video. Sincere thanks!
Totally agree, i can’t even count the many times a coach has tried to close my stance as well, only to make me feel more lost and uncomfortable. (Being a left dominant leftie). This should be common knowledge for every tennis coach worldwide, why isn’t it? 😁
Yes, so much truth here! My first coach was obsessed with me turning turning turning. I think he would have made me hit with my back to the court if he could 😂. All the time it was, hold your racket longer with you non-dominant hand, turn those shoulders away from the court, put your left foot further over. But he was the professional and I believed he was giving me sound advice so I stuck with it and my timing was awful and I could almost never hit off the sweet spot. I tried so much to fix my issues. I found some success with an eastern grip hitting very flat with the ball at or near the apex but this gave me a bad hand injury. When I came back from the injury things were okay for a while but then I was turning turning turning again because I wanted more power and the problems came back. Now I know I shouldn't be turning a lot, I hit with an open stance, don't turn my shoulders more than about 45 degrees from the court and things are definitely better. If I was a coach I would be watching this kind of stuff all the time to make myself a better coach but too many seem content to go through the motions and repeat the same tired old instructions. I spoke to my new coach today and she didn't even know about the dominant eye thing. Luckily she is much less dogmatic. She does want you to turn but she looks at results and tries to get you to be comfortable so you are more likely to naturally find the right thing for you.
@@louisegyldensted1197regardless of eye dominance it’s crazy any coach these days telling you to hit closed stance..obviously there’s times you need to but it’s certainly not to be taught as the standard forehand
Speechless. I play USTA 4.5 and Alta A3 out of Atlanta and have never heard this before. I have an excellent forehand, but always had trouble seeing my backhand through. This is a game changer! So I am right hand dominant, but left eye dominant. Cannot wait to get on the courts and make a few changes. Thank you Sincerely.
"I have an excellent forehand, but always had trouble seeing my backhand through. This is a game changer! So I am right hand dominant, but left eye dominant. "
You may or may not be cross dominant. You need to first establish your eye dominance through a visual test, not through your current strokes.
@@Better_Call_Raul I think he did that test the way the players did on the court...I dont think he just assumed based on his strokes...but good point, if true haha
@@adamtash2891 i'd guess and hope he did as well otherwise he would potentially lose a lot of time and effort
How’d you hit your backhand? And how did you adjust? And why if you struggled to see the ball, you didn’t naturally adjust in some way? Legit questions as I’m trying to understand peoples struggles with seeing the ball and not adjusting naturally..quick test and I’m both eye dominant so I don’t have any visual impairment I know of anyway 😅
Just saw thing comment. Sad to say I did not see the previous ones. uggh. Anyways my story goes as follows:
1. I was so focused on my swing path and positioning of my feet I did not consider my sight line.
2. In a sense I became captured by my desire for form over function
What I found was by stepping in towards the ball conscious of my sightline I was able to strike the ball cleaner. This is a combination of two factors watching the ball into the racket and controlling the terms of contact with the ball by acting upon the ball and not the other way around.
These are my thoughts. Hope my story helps a bit. Cheers @@TheTennisDaddy
Pretty much confirms what I already do. Changed my toss recently from Roger to frontal toss. Works way better (but still feels uncomfortable after 42 years tossing differently).
I was trying to change my serve more side on like Roger, but I am right handed and right eye dominant - no wonder it didn't feel good!
Top notch content coming from Patrick lately. This and the return of serve lesson both provide some rare insight into how these seemingly subtle nuances can really enhance one's abilities to greatly improve!
First-class content from Patrick. His subscriber numbers are skyrocketing. It will very soon be the #1 most viewed instruction channel.
Wow this explains so much about the difficulties and success I’ve had with my contact points and stances. Thank you for the detailed explanation with pro examples for inspiration
This concept blew out my mind! How come we see every day and don't perceive it! Thanks a lot giving light to this fact!
This was really useful. I lost vision of my left eye a year ago and I have been struggling on my shots. I was cross eye dominant and I am righty. I started hitting forehands with open stance but unknowingly, so I kept making mistakes and my forehand isn’t the same anymore. This content is extremely useful, allows me direction on what I need to do
Outstanding, clear and well-explained, just like the return of serve lesson. Thank you, Patrick
As an Ophthalmologist (MD eye Doctor) and a sports vision specialist, with an extra specialty in binocular vision, I found your video quite interesting! Unfortunately, "eye dominance" is not as clear-cut as you suggest. Using the "hole in the card test" only allows a right or left-eye answer. This test does not account for the natural use of both eyes together. Other tests, such as the "pointing test" allow intermediate forms of eye preference ranging the spectrum from right to left with most being perfectly central or center-left or center-right. Last I checked tennis is played with both eyes and not one eye. The hole in the card test would be valid if you were going to cover one eye, but if both eyes are to be used then it's important to perform a test that allows answers including both eyes. The medical literature notes that when this is done, a different answer is found than with the hole-in-the-card test. Additionally, using both eyes together allows for fine 3D stereo depth perception, which is the benefit of having horizontally laterally displaced eyes with each eye having a slightly different view of the target. This is not a handicap but instead a very significant benefit - just as someone who has only 1 eye how they judge depth! Happy to have a conversation with you to try and set this straight ... You look like an excellent coach who has helped many, and I am sure you can help even many more with some training about sports vision!
“Last I checked tennis is played with both eyes and not one eye”. I respectfully would like to ask a sincere question and please correct any misunderstanding I may have. Ocular dominance is the tendency to prefer visual input from one eye to the other. The dominant eye has more neural connections to the brain than the other eye does (based on simple internet search). Eye dominance also refers to the preference to use one eye more than the fellow eye to accomplish a task. It is true that tennis is played with both eyes open, however if the brain favors the input/information from the dominant eye, positioning the head/body unit in a way that allows for the dominant eye to track the ball better should make sense and allow for some advantage vs the other way, correct? Thank you very much.
Thanks for this video. That's why my forehand is so inconsistent and I have a better backhand, and my serve doesn't hit the spot. I am right handed and right eye dominant. Will practice the technique you taught sir Patrick. Thanks, again!😊
Patrick, your lessons and teaching methods command the utmost respect.
You always highlight a player's strengths and present weaknesses as something that can be improved and turned into strengths.
Now I have the answer to why I have a better backhand because I have a dominant right eye.
Unfortunately, my coach could not explain this fact to me, but only stated it. This means that not only players, but also coaches always have room to grow and improve.
Unfortunately, in my country, Ukraine, a terrible war is going on against the Russian aggressors, and I cannot fully enjoy the game of tennis :(
But I hope that one day my friends and I will visit your academy and spend a wonderful weekend there.
All your work can be characterized by your favorite word - "Parfait"!
With best wishes, Yura Zayatrov 🙏.
This is a real master class for enhancing your game. I fianlly understood why I could hit forehand more accurately and powerfully with longer shoulder turn. Even I have been playing tennis since eight. I never imagined my eye-dominance had affected my games and accuracy. I really thank for Patrick.
This was a great lesson overall! I’m a righty (naturally lefty) but left eye dominant. I never noticed on my thbh whether my head goes with the unit turn or keeps still straight at the net. I’ll have to check on that but definitely agree with the forehand. Appreciate the insights!!
Excellent tips, Patrick. You are the best! Am right eye dominant and modeled my game after Sampras and Federer. Changing is not easy!
It would awesome to take a lesson in-person. Such a great coach!
I stumbled upon my right eye dominance myself, but this video has already equipped me with some nuggets to improve my game. Thank you, Coach Mouratoglou
Agradezco profundamente la calidad del contenido que se está generando en este canal. Muchas gracias, saludos desde La Serena, Chile.
As I only see out of my left eye , that pretty makes me Left eye dominant...now to apply those lessons on the court. Patrick you are a star ;-)
Great lesson. I’ve known about dominant eye, but never think about it in relation with tennis techniques. It seems very important and your lesson is very clear. Thanks a lot.
This is the Bible for every tennis player !!! I couldn't thank you more for this explanation - I finnaly understand why and how to progress and feel better on court. True masterclass 👍
Awesome - thank you so much. This is by far the best video on eye dominance and what it means for the different strokes. I will absolutely try it next time I´m on the court.
Wow one of the most tennis life changing videos I’ve seen. As a RH/RE player I feel way more comfortable on my BH side turning to my left and I hate serve tossing to my right side. Now I realize I should toss more in front and not turn my head! Amazing.
Could not thank you enough, you're definitely the best coach on earth!
Thanks so much for the video! Found out I'm right dominant leftie and it really explained a lot of my discomfort when hitting backhand and serving (just started playing for a few months and the coaches have been teaching us to serve with tossing ball in front, while I've already found that I serve much better when I toss the ball on side instead of front but it got "corrected" by coach)
This is mind-blowing. My backhand is way better than my forehand. Can't wait to correct. Thank you!
As an optometrist (Lefty with left eye dominance), I can tell that...you ACE it!
Hello Patrick. When I first stumbled upon your videos I was very skeptical about you. All your players play amazingly well. I wasn't able to see the nuances and small details you were teaching your students. I just thought you were a charlatan, to be honest. I've realized the fault was on my side.
I've improved a lot this last year. I play my best on match day and hence I win almost all my matches. I've gained enough experience to realize I was very wrong about you.
With this video I've learnt one of the reasons why I have improved so much this last year. I'm a right eye dominant player. I've instinctively changed my technique to adapt to this, without knowing. With the forehand I'm hitting more in front with an open stance, with my backhand I'm rotating my shoulders more (close stance) and with my serve I'm hitting also in front without rotating. It was a good feeling to see that's more or less what you've shown here.
Thank you for these videos. I'm sorry, I was wrong about you.
Hey Coach Mouratoglou It’s real! I have been experienced 2 different contact points (cross-dominant eye and non-cross) on both side, and I’ve been frustrated with two different techniques on 2 different contact points for so long! It is a GAME CHANGER ! Thank you!
Mouratoglou is the best coach ever! Your videos are great!
I used to be right eyed dominant / right handed, but after both eyes having cornea transplants I became left eye dominant so now cross-dominant. This has really helped explain why I've struggled with my contact points especially on the forehand where I was trying to stay more open. Thank you. Wish I'd seen this before the summer as I lost a lot of confidence playing singles.
This perfectly explains why, as a lefty with left dominant eye, I feel comfortable hitting the forhand in almost open stance and why, even unconciously, I put myself in close stance with two handed backhand.
Me too, well the opposite, right hand and eye dominant, my forehand is very comfortable semi open or open, and i am closed with my one handed backhand and slice, although you kind of have to be for that, but it feels pretty natural. The biggest help for me is how this dictates your service stance and where your head should be and where the toss should be.
lefty gang
@@chilichap5853 haha indeed 😂
The is probably the most interesting tennis concept I’ve seen since I started. Thanks for the content!
Wow, this is fascinating and very illuminating! I am a righty, right-eye dominant, and I've known this for several years. But I've never understood until now what that meant for my tennis strokes. My backhand has always been better than my forehand, even with a switch from a two-hander to a one-hander. My backhand is more consistent and versatile and overall more powerful even. I've always had a problem on my forehand with contact point and a wandering grip (tends to overall be classical eastern but can sometimes shift both towards a more continental or semi-western depending on the day). So my forehand has always been inconsistent. I'll definitely need to pay a lot more attention to keeping my face turned more toward the net on forehands...
great video, been curious about this for a while and it's made be more aware of it when I'm on court coaching . keep similar videos coming
I’m so excited to implement this on my serve especially being cross dominant.
it is lovely to know my eye is right dominant, thank you. no wonder why I'm always service good on od side. thanks again
This is one of the best Tennis Coaching video that I've ever seen. Thanks a lot.
That tip on hitting backhand next to the body really improved my timing.
This concept is amazing! Thank you for explain in such detail
I love love love this video, I’ve always known I am left eye dominant, and a leftie, but I kind of miss a leftie in this video to make it totally clear how a left eye dominant leftie improves, guess I’ll have to watch the video a few more times to figure it out 🤩 but thanks, this was brilliant 🙏😁
Excellent video, thank you Patrick
So good. I've been playing since the 70's and this is the first I have heard about eye dominance.. MasterClass title is not joke. Thank you Patrick!
best tennis teaching video ever. such special and useful info we never mentioned.
Thank you Patrick, it was really a very good masterclass!!! I would like to ask you for a short video showing the one-handed backhand for non-crossed eye dominant. Thank you very much!!!
Amazing tips. This will help me alot. Thank you Patrick!
Great video. It gives a different perspective on techniques, and re-emphasize the importance of having tailored techniques for individuals rather than standardized “this is the right way” or “state of the art” type techniques. Personally, I am interested to know the best way to hit a one-handed backhand for cross eye dominant player if copying Federer is an exception rather than a rule
Feels like I'll need to genuinely make minor changes to both my Pickleball & Tennis game after watching this. I'm more left eye dominant based on what you do to see that.
It'll be fun to make those changes, hard af though😅
It seems there is a third case: both eyes are nearly equal. In that case, the triangle test will reveal that the object in the center of the triangle when both eyes are open will move a bit to one side, but still remains in the triangle if one eye is closed. That's what I experienced.
It's true👍
You need to pick out an object that is much further away, before doing the triangle assessment
@@tristanaplauthow many meters is good?
Probably 150 yards or more. I would also make a smaller triangle with your hands, so that the object fits more tightly within your viewing window
@@tristanaplaut i m cross eye dominant. Will test today if this information is dope 👊🏼
I'm not cross dominant and also noticed that especially on the serve, changing the toss to more forward one was a game changer. I stil have a bit of a problem on forehand with cross court shot, forehand is my best shot and I'm very comfortable hitting down the middle, inside out or down the line, but the cross court, especially the short cross feels uncomfortable and in tense situations unreliable, like I'm kind of guessing where the ball should land(since I don't see the whole court) and tend to frame a lot of those. I'll try to face my head even more towards the net next time.
Amazing content! I had no idea about this eye dominant thing... Now I'm aware I'm non-cross dominant right eye. Gonna try your tips on improving both my serve and backhand. Thanks a lot!
Excellentes explications et démonstrations. Courtes, pertinentes et encourageantes. Idéal comme entraîneur de haut niveau et pour les joueurs amateurs aussi. Merci pour ces cours qu'on peut mettre en pratique à notre niveau. C'est très pédagogique comme approche. Bravo!
Love this. Finally explains why my forehand is my weakest stroke volley strongest.
Merci Patrick pour tous ces conseils ! Grâce à toi je suis monté 15/4 !
I have struggled on my forehand contact point forever, now I know why, I can't wait to try this new approach. Same on the serve I go through periods of struggle along with periods of where everything clicks, must be the toss.
Absolutely awesome! Thanks coach.
This guy is awesome. After he pointed out federers fh and bh makes so much sense, got to try what eye dominance i hav now. Thanks M.
good luck
Excellent cours merci Patrick
great I play since over 50 years
and I've been quite a lot around
first time I hear about it
it's absolutely right
The most interesting Tennis learning Video I have ever seen!
Eres un capo Patrick, ahora mismo lo pongo en practica. Muchas gracias
Amaizing. Tank you for video. Obrigado Patrick.
Hi Patrick. Thank you very much for the lesson. ❤🌞
the information you are providing in youtube is unbelievable. You are great and keep on the great work.
- Student from India 🙂
Kudos Patrick! Great video. Now if you could only make a video about the toss positioning for the different types of serves (flat, kick and slice) for the dominant eye, we all would be ever grateful.
Yes!
Thank you for sharing this information with us - this is amazing! I am looking in the internet for these kind of tricks/information. Once again thank you!!!
BEST advice I've ever had on my backhand - right hander, left eye dominant. Thank you SO SO much!! Best regards
you still suck probably
YOU HAVE JUST CHANGED MY LIFE!!! I'm cross-dominant! This is why I have trouble with my backhand. It all makes sense now!
I'm right-handed, left-eye dominant. My best shot is forehand. I can prepare very well and I hit the ball really hard.
But when I go to the left side I guess I'm losing sight of the ball because my head turns.
Thank you thank you thank you
I learned something new. Very interesting! Thanks coach!
Always like your videos! I’m a beginner and I wanted to get more info on eye dominance that you mentioned on another video and this content is prime like everything you teach!Thank you!
Amazing video! I knew about eye dominance but never thought about it in connection to tennis! Will try to apply this to my game! Thanks a million!
Brilliant Patrick! Righty w right eye dom here, it all makes sense now!! 🙏😍🎾
So, so good!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💪🏻🎾
First time I've heard of eye dominance being a consideration factor in tennis 😮 Fascinating!
For a few years coaches have tried to close my FH stance and open my BH stance, even tough I feel most comfortable with a fully open forehand and a fully closed BH. As you can guess, I am right hand/right eye dominant. This video helped me a lot to realise I shouldnt change anything but just improve on what the body already naturaly presented as comfortable. Thank you for this video Patrick, you truly are a master of your work.
I don’t think that’s got anything to do with eye dominance mate, that coach is an idiot..everyone hits an open stance forehand as standard since the 90s and closed backhands more often than not…you’re as normal as everyone else
Explains quite a lot. I’m right eye dominant and a coach recently told me to toss more at 12 in front and it helped a lot! Why I’m better at my 2hbh as well
Strange, I am much better with ny 2hbh but I am left eye dominant
So helpful Patrick, thanks so much for sharing!! So helpful to learn this concept…grateful for you sir!
I've started playing tennis 3 months ago
I've played badminton for 2 years, so I guess I have good power on my serve. But I've tried to copy Federer serve
I'm a righty & right eye dominant player.
I've had nice power but no consistency, I guess if not for this video I would have kept on trying to get consistent with the same action. Now, I'll try to mimic zverev & other right eye dominant players.
Thanks a ton
This was really good! I've just grasped the concept fully through this video and it seems to explain why some of my shots are mysteriously working better than others as well as potentially giving me some areas to work on concretely. Thank you.
Explained why I have such a good backhand. Also, I need to face forward with my serve, I was serving like Federer out of ignorance. These videos are something special.
Brilliant I am left handed and left dominant and now I understand why I have more problems with power on my forehand. I happen to serve right handed! So that is good with regard to being left eye dominant.
You've mentioned the eye dominance impact before, but the additional detail on improvements to technique is much appreciated! :) And having just watched some slow mo footage of Sharapova on court, I would say she was right eye dominant (which no doubt enhanced her ferocious backhand!).
yes. and she definitely hits it close to next to her body rather than in front.
Hi Patrick. This really helps me to understand why my stroke are not what I wanted them to be for most of the time.
I played games a lot and been using left hand model due to my right eye dominant, but never thought it would be implemented in tennis as well.
This was an eye opener.
I learned a lot from this great instruction. More than i thought I would. Doing the test found I'm cross dominant. Like you said my forehand is the better shot, but the BH is no slouch. I do need to take into my game the serve changes. Merci
you are All time! best instructor ever!
This explains a lot, for example I make good backhand from the first day and always lose a ball at the forehand, and my serve is horrible because I was coping the left eye technique
Thank you
Some players may intuitively figure out their optimal contact points, head position and stance (that conforms to their dominant eye) but majority do not and may have BIG room for improvement they are unaware of. This is brilliant coaching !
Yeh I would’ve thought most would figure it out intuitively really…if I can’t see something very well regardless what I’m doing, I’d adjust so I can..I thought this would be normal but a lot of people seem to struggle according to the responses..I’d hate to see them drive😂
Fascinating! I have never met coaches who explain this concept. I would only go first with the explanation and the tips for the right eye dominant, since they are the majority of the population.
Don't wanna speak too soon, but Patrick you may have fixed my forehand problems. Always always always I was having timing issues, missing the sweetspot, actually got a wrist injury because I was always striking the ball off centre. When I first got lessons I was told turn more turn more over and over till I ended up always being in a closed stance and while I didn't know it until 2 days ago, that meant my dominant eye was turned away from the court. This also explains why my backhand is fire and my forehand is at best a dying candle. I've started hitting with a more open stand and less rotation of hips and shoulders like you showed with Zverev and so far there is a big improvement. Thank you so much for this. So now Rick Macci has fixed my serve and Patrick Mouratoglou has fixed my forehand.
Great lessons ! 💪
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Amazing content. Brings my coaching game to a new level AND is interesting for my own game. I am like my idol federer, no one can take that away from me 😁
I don’t know how we are getting this kind of information for free. Thanks Patrick!
Great video.. I've been waiting to see something on this topic for years
In have found only the Coach about this in all tennis bibliography that I have search. I had found things but not in tennis. In Golf they know it very well.
Thank you Coach for your offer in the evolution of tennis.
Love this video ,wish I had seen this forty years ago when I starting my coaching career . All your videos are great! Cheers Coachcaz Tennis Perfections
Love everything about you and tennis 🎾 63 started playing 2 years ago after retirement. I play almost everyday. I'm a lefty and everyone at my club think I'm very good...I love power 👍🏽.
very comfortable with my backhand and I'm told my forehand is dangerous after your video and being left eye dominant how should I stand on my forehand, and where should I toss.
Loves
Very interesting for sure, thanks master’s coach 🎾✌️
Perfect Patrick! Thanks a lot. Cheers