Transform Your Tennis Footwork In 10 Minutes - Instant Tennis Improvements
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- Transform Your Tennis Footwork In 10 Minutes - Instant Tennis Improvements. Footwork and movement in tennis is the glue that binds our entire tennis games together. You could have great strokes, the biggest forehand in the world, but if you're not in the right position to hit that forehand, your shot will suffer greatly. If you look at most professional tennis players, they all have excellent tennis footwork and movement. The big three - Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic have even better footwork and movement than everyone else.
There are many different footwork patterns that tennis players should learn, in this video, we'll focus on five of the main ones.
This includes the split-step, the side shuffle step, the crossover step, the cross-behind step, and the first step to the ball.
Transform Your Tennis Footwork In 10 Minutes
If you focus on and improve these five tennis footwork patterns, you'll become a faster, more energy-efficient tennis player.
Split-Step - The first step that you must master in tennis is the split-step. The most important footwork step we use in tennis. Whenever your opponent hits their shot, you should try to be balanced and ready to move off in any direction. Using a split-step will help you to do that.
Have your feet around one and a half to two shoulder widths apart and jump off the tennis court a few centimeters. Make sure you have the weight of your body on the balls of your feet, not on the heels.
Side Shuffle Step - The second step you must master is the side shuffle. This is perfect for adjusting to balls that are quite close to you, where you only need to move a few feet in any direction. You can also use this footwork pattern when recovering if you only need to cover a few feet.
Crossover Step - This step is the most important step to master for recovery off a wider ball. The crossover step will allow you to cover much greater distances in fewer steps than the side shuffle and will save you energy as you are using the momentum that the body creates to move.
Cross-Behind Step - Often when we are pushed out wide, off the tennis court, our feet end up being out of alignment. This sometimes blocks us from using the crossover step to recover with. In these situations, you can also use a cross-behind step. This will help you to cover a good amount of distance in just a few steps. Roger Federer and Grigor Dimitrov are two top players who use this footwork pattern a lot.
First Step - Getting to the ball as early as possible should always be your goal. Too often tennis players will use side steps or move to the ball facing the court, and this costs them time and energy. The first step you take to the oncoming ball should be explosive and help you create momentum.
Video Timeline:
00:00 - Transform Your Tennis Footwork In 10 Minutes Intro
00:38 - Split-Step In Tennis (step one)
2:20 - Split-Step Timing In Tennis
2:43 - Side Shuffle Step In Tennis (step two)
4:37 - Crossover Step In Tennis (step three)
6:30 - Cross-Behind Step In Tennis (step four)
7:55 - First Step To The Ball In Tennis (step five)
9:39 - Tennis Footwork Drills
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This is good for practice with singer bag sir ball fidding
maybe one of the most important tennis videos of CZcams.
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@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial Hi Simon, thanks a lot for answering, I really appreciate it...
I just subscribed to your awesome CZcams channel, so I haven’t discovered all of your videos yet, as a beginner, these are tips that could definitely help me.
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This is "must see" lesson for tennis players from beginner to advanced. Even if the ground stroke form is reasonably good , without these footwork elements in play -the game won't improve much. Strongly recommend this lesson for anyone who is out there working to improve and have fun playing.
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Every tennis player should see this video. Seriously. Essential.
I can never say this enough, your videos are super helpful. Lucid explanations, convincing demonstrations. There is more than I can ever take in or put to use right away. I incrementally practice a drill here, another drill there. To me that's perfect. Thanks, Simon!
Thank you for making all these videos, there are many of us who want to improve our technique so that this beautiful sport is even more pleasant, really thank you very much. I recently started following this channel and I have a lot to see! Greetings from Cordoba, Argentina.
What I would like to see is future videos about mental game. That's what I need to work on; if I get off to a bad start then I am affected by that. Or maybe one about playing on clay courts (my least favorite surface)
Read “The Inner Game of Tennis” by Timothy Gallwey
@@Rectanglesful Thanks for your recommendation!
Excellent.
As my Squash coach says 'A game of 2 halves - upper body and lower body'. Tennis is the same 👍.
Fantastic
Great video on something important that too often gets neglected. Ive sometimes used the footwork drills at full intensity as the cardio elements of a HIIT session. For example 40secs side shuffle, 20secs rest, 40secs weights, 20 secs rest and so on.
Good stuff Rico
I find the 40/20 works on a lower intensity but it's hard to go full out for 40 seconds and then repeat again and again.
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@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial Agreed. I would suggest 10/5.
Very useful explanation. Thanks
All of the top tennis training /lessons/drills are simply fantastic!! 🎾
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As always GREAT video by the team TTT. Really done good job. Always happy after watching the video and learning new things in the different areas of tennis.🔥👍
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Thanks Simon, good advice. Solid as always.
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Excellent. Efficient and energy saver.
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Thank you! ❤ I'm starting tennis and this really helped me work on my steps! Now I'm almost serena!
Haha glad to hear it! See you on tour soon! 😁
Thanks for this. I hope i couls apply this in the game. I really need to improve my footwork
To REALLY transform your game, check out our new footwork course
Straight to the point, the best advice for footwork! Thank you!
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Thank you thank you thank you!!! I am "late to the game" and always looking for drills for my solo practice! Your channel is a goldmine.
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I'm subscribed to several tennis instructional channels, but I have to say this channel is probably the best one.
Question though...if the ball lands on the strip of the baseline where it goes past the doubles alley on the court you're standing on, is it in or out?
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If the ball bounces in the trams it's 100% out in singles and 100% in for doubles
Awesome footwork video! Thanks so much for sharing.
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Thank you for this amazing video! I was always told that I had good strokes but bad footwork, so this definitely helped a lot. I was just curious, are the types of movements that you mentioned the only types of way you move and get to a ball in the court? Or is there anymore advanced methods? Thank you so much!
Wow, great video. Teach it to my students, thanks a lot & all the best!!!
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Super helpful! Gonna try them out now!👍
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Really helpful video! This a great video. Thank you for your tennis lessons.
Great to hear 👂
excellent as always lads !
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One of the best video for tennis footwork 🤞💯❤️
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This is helpful, thanks for your sharing, i'm always get confused in dividing proper steps in my move
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Will use these drills with my kids today
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Hi mate, thank you for your work and effort you put into the videos. I have been learning a lot
My pleasure 🙏
beautiful grass court! wish we have those in CA
I wish I had the weather you have 😂
Same here; grass is a fast surface and I like playing on fast surfaces
I've never played on a grass court in my life. So curious about how it feels... how the ball actually bounces. On TV it looks like there is little difference from a hard court and I'm always like: how is that possible?!?
great video... the feet start the kinetic chain!
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Thanks for this. In next videos i like to see how to take short balls in time (leg drive/footwork/ close stance)
We cover that inside the full course here - www.top-tennis-training.com/transform-your-footwork/
Best video for a beginner like myself. Subbed.
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Very good...Very good
Many thanks 🙏
Ty!
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Recently stopped having coaching and watching this video has honestly improved my tennis, thanks so much TTT for making top tennis training available for everyone!
Great to hear and thank you for the support
I really appreciate your channel, and Simon significantly transformed my game with a simple tip to hit my slice serve at 1-o'clock. But I think the emphasis on the 'side shuffle' is understated. A version of this is the principle movement I use which provides more speed, and covers more ground quicker when moving laterally than turning then running, or crossing over. Starting with the leg on the side of the direction one wants to move, one takes a big step with that foot similar to the crossover, but not crossing one's feet. This simply, more quickly, covers more ground, and eliminates the possibility of tripping by crossing one's feet. I've found that it makes me extremely mobile and fast especially as I'm tall with long legs. Cheers!
You're the first person to ever tell us that you move quicker using side shuffle steps compared to crossover, interesting.
Maybe you haven't worked on the crossover enough, as there is a very simple reason the pros use crossover steps.
The crossover allows for much more distance per step, saving energy in matches and reducing the risk of groin injuries
Thanks for your reply. While I can say I've suffered two goin pulls in my tennis career, they haven't been during lateral, but forward movement. What I have done is get my feet tangled several times and fallen on court while crossing them, which I'm acutely aware of now not doing. When I analyse the distance covered by a side step vs a cross-over, I see that by stepping first to the side with the foot on THAT side, covers more ground by one to one and a half feet, than starting with the opposite foot crossing over. Just saying. @@TopTennisTrainingOfficial
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial you’ll see taller people use shuffling more than crossing over, this is because the distance they need to cover can be used using side steps. if you see isner hitting an inside out forehand, you’ll see he actually uses two/three shuffles because his legs are too long to cross over so easily
Tennis players move like ballet dancers
Very true
They should, if they want to be on time to hit the ball
Thank you, I wasn't taught about footwork, I've just been doing shuffling steps most of the time and I can see why I'm slow at reaching the ball sometimes.
Hi Simon,
These are great, but they all seem geared towards lateral movement in the baseline.
Could you also talk about footwork for small forward and backward movements or even along the diagonal (short ball cross followed by deep down the line ball)?
Would also be great if you could add footwork for approach shots, half volleys and volleys.
This video is a tiny snippet into our new footwork course. In the full course we cover all elements of tennis footwork and movement - www.top-tennis-training.com/transform-your-footwork/
Thanks for this informative video
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Thanks!
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GREAT video
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching.
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Perfect Explaination
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Thanks Sir you are smart coach
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Great information. Very useful. Thank you Simon.
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I'm wondering about your tip of approaching the net and it's timing strategy. Thanks Simon🙋🏻♂️
Hi guys, I’m a huge fan of yours from Italy
Your videos are really helpful, congrats.
I have a problem with my forehand..I have a pretty smooth forehand with a little bit of topspin, but I’m not able to hit the ball really hard during matches.. if I try to hit the ball harder, the most of the times my shot goes long, I think because have the fear of missing .. I watched all of your top spin and forehand drills videos but I still not hava good results..
I’d appreciate if you can give me some good advice
Keep doing videos, you’re amazing💪🏻
Film yourself and analyse the stroke. You may see something that is letting you down 👍
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Great video as always TTT.
Thank you.
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No, but i have a question instead.
How much time does a student
need to implement a new skill.
For instance the side shuffle in
their game?
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Very very useful practice
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Thanks so much for this video, really helpful! Everyone should start off with a good foundation of footwork!
Absolutely 👍
Very helpful
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Your videos are great!
Many thanks for the support Sana 🙏
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Thanks sir
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Great stuff !!
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Helpful 👏
Thank you 🙏
Right now my high school team are in offseason and we want more of our players to place in the tournament next semester. What I have noticed is that they do not lift or do physical workouts besides playing tennis. They love to play tennis but whenever we do drills, they look sloppy and slow. Can you guys make a video on a workout plan specifically made for tennis? I feel like we can not perform these drills to our fullest potential if we are not physically fit for tennis. Whenever I am doing serving drill, my shoulder starts to hurt and i think that is mainly because my muscles are not conditioned enough for that drill. Now in a tennis match, our whole body has to be able to handle at least a 2 hour match. In addition to just playing more tennis, are there any exercises we can do to help our body sustain that period of time without having to worry about our legs, forearms, back, etc. from giving up?
Check out these lessons -
1 - czcams.com/video/rqhDFwTFnes/video.html
2 - czcams.com/video/TCBaMGobwVI/video.html
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficialThank you so much! I should have known you guys have already made these videos because you guys cover every topic. My mistake!
This is awesome! Will try it today.
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@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial I think what would be helpful is how to "unlearn" bad technique, esp the tennis serve. I started my serve rebuilding project 2 weeks ago and have a decent understanding of how it actually works, but once the ball is tossed, the old muscle memory kicks back in. Been able to play at a decent UTR 8/9 level with this. Here is what have been doing: czcams.com/video/tyTdfC2iTNg/video.html
GG WP excellent and very useful video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Thanks)
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Will you blokes be offering any tennis clinics at the 2024 Indian Wells tourney?
Unfortunately not this year, we tried hard to secure a venue in the area but it seems the clubs are not keen for external coaching to take place now. We had a great base for a couple of years but management changed and they’ve changed policies now but we’re working on securing something for 25
perfect expression
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Thank you so much 🎾✌️
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@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial you’ve got so much things among your videos…, for now I’ve got nothing in mind sorry 🎾✌️ P.S; if I have something who are coming to my mind I let you know👍
Great video on fundamentals of footwork. Clear and organized well. Every tennis player would benefit from practicing this stuff. Maybe include variety of first steps to the ball (drop step and out step) as you did for recovery options. Where are those wonderful grass courts? -Adam
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The grass courts are in Oxford
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@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial Yes. Something for volley footwork using same format. Cheers, Adam.
Simon please adopt those morning doves and make them the TTT mascots they seem to love all of your videos too
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great video!
question about cross-over step vs. cross-behind step.
from the explanation, it seems like the cross-behind step is used when the body position is not optimally aligned. so should it be a 'conscious effort' to use the cross-behind step during those situations?
or can you use either the cross-over step or cross-behind step for whatever the situation?
The cross behind is perfect for when the outside foot is behind the body line or behind the inner foot. That’s the time to use cross behind steps to save time from adjusting your feet before recovering
U R The best coach ! 💪
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Simon ,if there is a possibility - lesson about forehand and backhand slice, how to adjust appropriate handle after long attack and finish the action with slice behind the net.
Thank you in advance, your lessons improve my technique at every opportunity!
Thanks for the video, improving my footwork already!
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Hello I like your video it is very good but it is possible to make a video about the weight transfer leg in forehand and backhand because I don’t understand the weight transfer leg
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Excellent video... It's time to work on these drills on the court as well as at home...
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Wow ... I learnt many things ...came to know the reason for loosing points by lack of technical footwork even though i had gud foot moments
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One has to be in top physical condition to be able to perform these drills. Very helpful though. Cheers
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Top Tennis Training - Pro Tennis Lessons yes please, could you explain playing on different surfaces, hard courts , grass courts and clay?
Great video but even greater calves!! Geez 🔥
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My school tennis tryouts are next week I'm so nervous o.o
Hello i have question i have Eastern grip but i don’t no how i can do topspin and what préparation à can do
Thx for help
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Check out this lesson - czcams.com/video/iRO6n0Qp4QU/video.html
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial thx❤️
Can you do a video on how to a balls on the run? Because im still bad at hitting balls on the run ;-;
We have some on the run lessons coming soon
What racket does Alex use?
Great video!!! In my experience with coaches in the area, footwork is never a focus.
Thank you for watching Robert
Footwork is the glue that binds our entire game 👍
did you use Hyper G 1.25mm for racquet?
No, they’re an unknown string brand
As important as preparation footwork clearly is, why it ends up being so very difficult to remember & execute in practice is yet a mystery to me...
Cross over when you move diagonal back to front to the midle and cross behind when you move diagonal front to back to the midle.
Not as simple as that Andrei, many factors to consider
@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial what else do we need to consider, Simon?
Is this the same footwork as Badminton, just on a bigger field?
I don’t know the footwork patterns used in badminton so I can’t say
Super goed
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Great lesson.. 🔥🔥
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@@TopTennisTrainingOfficial I would really appreciate if you make a video on how to finish high forehands
Hi! Im always late when i hit my forehand, even if i prepare early. What is wrong with me because my forehand was very good but now im always late and i cant control it. Do you have any idea what i am doing wrong?
Practice your swing with somebody dropping balls in the same exact spot directly in front of you at contact.
Early preparation, shorten the swing, keep the racket on your hitting side
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Hey I know this is not about the video but how do you hit faster?
Increase racket head speed 👍
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Thank you for the nice comment and support Anson
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I recently played a guy who made me run left to right and viceversa with angled shot. One after the other. I haven't had a chance. He destroyed me. How do you beat these guys?
Get them on the run before they do the same to you. Construct points on your terms
Mind if I ask but, why are you training so hard? Do you play any tournaments?
Thanks.
I’m demonstrating what I’m teaching, or you see me training my students
That's great, keep up the good work!
At first I thought you only make youtube videos.
I’ve been coaching for 12+ years and have produced many national level juniors. CZcams was a passion at first that then turned into something more serious after a few years and we now have helped millions around the globe 👍
Good judgement of the speed and velocity of the traveling ball is needed for you to place your feet so you can hit through the ball. Example return of serve, move forward so you it the ball on the up, because it is slow. Your movement will only improve by practicing these moves, thanks for your help. Watch his back foot how he follows through with his hips this is key for power
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The key is to practice until you are not “thinking”. No matter what “instruction” you choose to follow you actually have to reach that point where it is natural and instinctive-unless you are a “natural” (whatever that means). So pick an instructor, learn the steps, and then practice, practice and practice. How many lessons do you need? How many You Tube Videos does it take? Learn what to do, practice it, and then forget about it. In the end, the most important instruction/step, which is rarely given, is: “Watch the ball”.
Many people practice until the sun goes down but never reach their full potential since they focus on crap or nothing at all. Purposeful practice with focus points within each session is key.
And then forget about it. Stop thinking. As Timothy Gallwey would probably say: “Let go of Self-1 and allow Self-2 to do its job” (The Inner Game if Tennis, 1974).
Get your weight behind those forehands and your be fine.
It would be helpful to look at how to not do it. And explore why doing it this way is advantageous relative to the wrong way.
I’ve made those sort of lessons in the past and many people didn’t like the fact I was showing the wrong examples instead of focusing on the correct ways
Who has the best footwork in tennis?
I do!
@@rogerfederer3849 Djokovic might disagree with that Roger!
De Minaur Monfils
Roger Federer at his very best. Now he's slowed down a bit. And his steps are huge and pretty tough to replicate for mere mortals like us. So I will go with Novak Djokovic.
Rafael Nadal.
:)
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Thanks for this great video! Great clarity and depth, excellent work!
You’re welcome 👍