More Powerful Tennis Strokes Through Trampoline Effect
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- čas přidán 4. 08. 2024
- In today's video I am sharing a simple idea that can help you get some extra power (and comfort) on almost all tennis strokes. www.feeltennis.net/wrist-power/
Your racket is designed like a very bouncy trampoline but whether it acts like that depends on how you hit the ball.
If you know you have a trampoline in your hand then you'll use your wrist and your hand in such a way to make the best of this efficient power that can be generated easily.
But if you're not really thinking that you have a trampoline in your hand then strangely enough your racket won't really bounce the ball off easily.
So in today's video article you'll see me demonstrate trampoline effect on the forehand, backhand, volleys and the serve.
Video credit for the table tennis clip: Tom Lodziak channel - / @tomlodziak
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0:00 Intro
1:44 Forehand
3:04 Backhand
5:06 Federer and Tsitsipas Return
6:32 Why You Struggle
11:30 Backhand Volley
12:32 Forehand Volley
13:52 Serve - Sport
Tomaz is like the Buddha of tennis. He teaches the way of minimal strain and maximal effectiveness.
Absolutely, yes, he's like a martial arts master. "When you can catch the ball...on your racket...it will be time for you to go."
Fabulous video, not only the "vision" of the trampoline but the idea that you begin with a vision more generally and then make it materialize with your actions.
Amazing concept. Really helps the feel to activate the hands.!! Thanks Tomaz
Thank you Thomas, I had learned lots of things from your videos, your videos were always crisp and informative. Please do a video on types of strings and tennis racquet that you use and suggestions that you had for beginners, intermediate and advanced players if possible. Thank you so much again.
Very interesting, thank you Thomas for sharing ❤️👍🏻🎾
Finally, out of all the CZcams videos I've seen only you have given a very, very useful tip. I tried what you recommended and I have to admit that it works great and also the movement becomes smoother and faster and the ball travels very fast. VERY GOOD Congratulations
Thank you so much for verbalizing the insights of tennis! So useful info
This is an excellent video, of all the tennis instruction videos this is very important.
Fantastic lesson and fantastic explanation. Great example with Tsitsipas backhand. Love you as a teacher and all of your videos.
That's really a simple and ingenious insight and will lead to much harder serves and overheads too!
Thank you for the slow mo. it helps see the effect better. Appreciate your videos after all these years
Glad you like them!
Hi Tomaz,
This is a very subtle and yet very important concept to understand. I definitely had no grasp of it before now. I was hasty when I watched your video the first time. Now I can connect with the idea from what you’ve shown us in slow motion and what I’ve seen before and see what I’ve been missing!! Thank you sooo much.
That was a thoughtful and *very* well-written comment, Dawn. Thanks for restoring a least a little of my (waning) faith in humanity.
Bravissimo Tomaz, 💪come sempre. Grazie
Such good info. Can’t wait to try it tomorrow on the ball machine.
I'm so glad I finally watched this video. I've been playing for a few months and this entire time, I thought I *wasn't* supposed to do this. I've been trying to fight against it in my stroke. No wonder I'm struggling to be consistent.
As usual great instructions for better tennis thank you always following your lead👍🇲🇨🇺🇦
Great video as always Thomas!
VERY HELPFUL, keep up good work man
Great insight as usual. Thank you.
thanks tomaz for a new insight 👍🙏🏻
Absolutely magic, thank you sooo much, super cool!
Nice video Tomaz -- good thoughts and insight.
Great concept!
Orsom. I saw some videos where some coach from Japan told and showed this "pop" effect, but I did"t really got it right. Your explanation is really much more clear comebining
the trampolin and extensioneffect .This is grond breaking for me to think about.
A very useful concept to improve all the strokes, it really works.
This is super!! Thanks!!
Interesting video. I definitely fall into the category of "muscling the ball". It's funny how easy you can immitate it! Going to definitely focus on relaxing and going for that trampoline effect.
Very interesting, strangely, I think I'm actually using the trampoline effect on my slice! But not on any other stroke. I kind of flick the wrist when pulling the racket down from high to low, especially when having to stretch out for a wide angled ball. I will now try to implement this on my forehand, thanks for the lesson.
I cannot express how helpful this particular video has been. I've never fully understood that this effect *should* happen, which have made my strokes wildly unreliable. Unconsciously I've done this many times, which led to a great, effortless stroke. But most often the stress causes me to tense up, which makes me lose this effect - leading me to effectively muscle the ball.
Thank you very much for the feedback!
nice, thanks!
Thanks!
Great topic on feel- I think trampoline effect is also very useful in chasing down shots when you are completely outstretched with no time for backswing
Yes, when you are fully stretched you can sometimes only "whack" the ball back.
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Brilliant
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Finally. Been waiting ten years for this video. Took me 9 years to work this out for myself because no coaches teach this and I've tried them all (including my trip to see Tomasz 5 years ago). Thought I might have to do my own video...
It is largely an illusion te racquet is the end of a lever and it’s is centripetal force or is it centrifugal? The worst is not consciously activated as the timeline is or would be impossible. Yeah guys like Kyrgios can hit amazing slap shots but not often and he is an athletic freak. This is the oft discussed lag and snap but the snap just happens
Snap does NOT just happen, how will I control the amount of spin and power in a fine way when hitting the ball? That's all done through the hand movement. And the hand control if of course subconscious as I simply imagine a certain way I want to hit the ball and the hand does that. But the player would almost never completely let the hand go and snap "just happen".
@@feeltennis I agree, it didn't just happen for me. I had to consciously learn how to do it (maybe because I started playing table tennis and didn't take up tennis until I was 50). But I think 90% of the people at my club who do it don't know that they are doing it. Including almost every coach I have ever met.
Hi Tomaz!. Very interesting concept. I just discovered that I have been using this technique unconsciously when I was playing at my best level. Whenever I miss my top level, played less often, or was injured, I had to practice again to regain that feeling.
Recently I started to think about it when playing against the wall, and the improvement in power and control is very noticeable.
I do think though, that is kind of an advanced technique, as you nt have to acquire the correct mechanique of the stroke before worrying about it.
I wouldn't recommend messing with the wrist to a beginner.
Thanks for the feedback! Yes, not for beginners but even intermediate level players need to control the follow-through in order to tame the wrist.
트램벌린 효과를 포핸드 백핸드 발리 서브에 응용해서 설명해주셔서 감사합니다. 레슨에서 코치님들이 공을 피딩해주시고 리턴하실때 하시는 느낌하고 비슷하네요. 위핑 스윙하고는 차이가 있는지요 ? 고수로 가는데 도움이 될듯합니다.
Hi Tomaz, and thank you for another great video. I found in my game that my wrist is stiff most of the time and only when I am very, very tired and actually cannot keep the wrist stiff because muscles are to tired - only then I feel pop and actually my shots are much, much more powerful. :)
Yes, that's one way to get the wrist relaxed, just tire it completely. ;) It happened to me many years ago too when I played 6 hours in one day (3 morning, 3 afternoon) and in the 6th hour I had no more strength in my wrist and that's when I found another level of effortlessness as I could only let the hand swing off the wrist and I got good wrist lag and pop on the ball.
@@feeltennis You may consider this as a joke, but many years ago one of my coaches told me that I am too concentrated on my strokes, too tense and I can't relax. So he told me that I can try drinking some beer before training to be less tense. :) Sounds silly (especially fore me, because I don't drink at all), but who knows... Moreover, there are just so many injuries because bodies of recreational players are so tense and tense muscles/tendons/joints are more vunlerable to injuries.
Thomas thankssssss..
Thank you for this video. How do I relate the idea of trampoline with the idea of “carrying” or “pocketing” the ball as some coaches ask for it?
Trampoline effect is create by a small hand movement. Carrying the ball or staying with the ball, etc. - is done through body and arm "pushing" and extending towards target zone. So you can visualize you swing at the ball and at contact you're doing a slight slap of the ball and starting to extend towards the target with the arm. (staying with the ball)
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How do you combine spin and pop? Didn t really get that.thks
The number of times I've said to a coach "but show me what you do with your wrist" and they say "no, the wrist doesn't move"and I say, "but I can see Federer doing it" and the coaches say "no, the wrist doesn't move".
Will it help us get the trampoline effect if we squeeze the grip as the ball meets the strings?
Hi Tomaz,
The summary I’m getting is to access the trampoline effect I need to hit it in the Center of the racket and use a long swing with follow through. I’m I also supposed to add a little extra pop at contact to better activate the effect too?
It's actually a slightly advanced concept of using the kinetic chain to get power. For beginners it's normally easier to just keep things relatively simple and firm. Imagine having a stick as a racquet where the ball is attached to an elastic band at the end of the stick and you're trying to fling this ball off. Your swing would look different to having a stick with ball attached directly to the end.
@@astropiazzolla Thanks for providing that analogy! Tomaz and you have given me new insights which I appreciate very much🤗. I will try to apply them now!
Genial coach where are u based ?
I notice you are using a Volkl V-Cell 6 racquet, and you are talking about the trampoline effect in the stroke. Have you tried the Volkl V-Cell 4 or 3 with the catapult technology which enhances the trampoline effect of the string bed?
Nope, not yet, but all Volkl rackets are nicely bouncy and very comfortable for the arm.
Hi Tomaz - I am somewhat confused with the explanation and the terminology. Firstly, I always had the concept of the "trampolining effect" as a harmful effect generated by oversized rackets (the first aluminum Prince racket had a tremendous "trampolining effect") related to the vibration of the racket and the strings. The effect you are presenting I am confusing somehow with the "whip" or "delayed FH/BH" - is it the same? (the concept is the same just the "whip" is somehow (I think) deeper - see Carlos Alcaraz). Moreover, the concept of the whip/trampoline on FH is rather simple but at 2hBH - now things complicate as the easter hand stiffens the semi-western one, and both have to "cooperate" somehow for the full effect. On the other hand, you demonstrated marvelously the volley concept of the trampoline (like played by McEnroe - just with a very quick jerk but the same mechanics).
The whip created through the wrist lag can go into a flat stroke which feels very much like bouncing the ball off a trampoline or it can go more into a topspin type stroke where we "graze" the ball more and we don't feel much a trampoline effect. Does that answer your question?
@@feeltennis Not really... Flat or topspin is generated by the mechanics of the finish (with the exception of the approach angle), not the application of the whip/trampoline itself which is the "anticipation" part of the stroke. BTW, in pro tennis, there is no one player that would not use the whip/trampoline technique. However, what puzzles me how do they do it on 2hBH, particularly on high balls where the whip/trampoline is extremely awkward to apply and requires (and this is my question) regripping of the racket to semi-western and western or another way/technique to have the racquet flat to the oncoming ball but in such case, I have to stay almost back to the court. There was a player (Agasusso from S. Am.) that did that easily I just have no clue how did he do this to generate a smashing power? Any hints? [Note, I do not mean "back up and wait till the ball is lower" or hit it on the ascending, rather how to hit it at the head level or higher]. Thanks.
Will you produce the trampoline effect if you squeeze the grip as you meet the bill on your strings, then follow through naturally?
Hi Jes, I think it's the other way around. I must want to bounce the ball off feeling the trampoline and the grip tension will adjust subconsciously to cause that effect. You should not want to grip the racket tighter because your conscious mind is not fast enough to time the grip tension increase within a hundredth of a second which is what is happening in reality...
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i like the paradox part.. not just in the forehand, also in the serve and general play, the more stiff you are, the poorer your quality of game will be
I like this: (3:28) "Toop-toop!" Hey, that's exactly what sound *_my_* strokes make...as the ball strikes my frame...again and again 😖
One of the most important tips in tennis…we play with racquets because they are catapults, and many times we forget that
Oh yes, indeed, very accurately noticed, But at high ball speeds, you will not have time to make such an effect, it will only happen if you tightly squeeze the grip sharp at the moment you touch the ball.
We don't make decisions consciously on how tight we will squeeze the racket while we play. The grip tightness adjusts subconsciously based on out intention, meaning how we want to control the ball. You clearly saw trampoline effect with Tsitsipas and Federer returning fast balls. The trampoline feel and drill have to be used for a short while consciously, then they become subconscious and your brain then chooses how much to use the hand depending on the situation you're in and your intention.
Trampolin effekt with forehand - how came than the spin? 3.000 per Second
The ball is on the strings around 0.004 - 0.007 seconds. Yes, thousandth of a second. Spin is created by friction and also hitting the ball off center! (no friction required, simply off center hit will make the ball spin.)
The sound of your racket when you hit the ball is like your strings tension is very high, it's sound very stiff. How much tension do you use?
I have low tension, I don't play points at all to need very high control. It's just how the microphone picks up the sound.
The master of trampoline effect in the old days of course is McEnroe. But in his days there's not a lot of players utilizing lots of top spin. Borg might be the only one.
The arm and the wrist also act like a Trampoline ( wrist lag and arm straight) So you actually have three Trampolines which actually won't work without the right timing.
It appears one must firm up the wrist to achieve the trampoline effect, thus, negating the relaxed wist theory.
Wrist is firm at contact. You may have been misled with the relaxed wrist theory. The wrist is relaxed only to achieve the lag. Then at contact it stabilizes. How else are we going to control the impact of the ball into the racket?
I find this much easier on the forehand and the serve, but on the one handed backhander, it's harder for me simply because the wrist doesn't 'flap' like it does on the forehand.
Yes, not as easy to feel on the 1h backhand. It's not really the wrist much, it's more of a forearm flap on the backhand.
Let the racket do its job is how i think of it.
Big difference hitting against a ball machine and a person. As Bruce Lee would say, “Walls don’t hit back”. The most important thing in tennis is control and when a person is hitting balls back, each ball is different and a trampoline approach wouldn’t allow the consistent control required. Just try using a Wilson Clash if you want a trampoline effect. Lol.
Every ball in tennis is hit with a trampoline "effect" as your racket is a trampoline. You cannot avoid it so it doesn't matter how comes the ball to you.
Tomaz the Tramp Engine (instead of Tomic the Tank Engine)
Birthday or Christmas wish list - get a ball machine, they are great, it's like driving John McEnroe around in your trunk, you can get perfect groundstrokes coming to you, no need to wait for an uncoordinated friend to meet you at the courts.
I thought the wrist was passive and the movement was the result of correct biomechanics. This makes it seems like a timing a slap like movement. I am sure that is not correct
Yes, we time the slap. If we call the wrist passive, that would suggest no active muscles around it so it would just move like a whip. Even at highest level of tennis that would happen rarely. If the wrist is just stable and not moving - like when returning the serve, then the muscles must the active to keep it in place. So while the hand doesn't move, the wrist muscles are active. And the third option which I am showing is that we actively engage the wrist to add some "pop" on the ball. How much of that we use depends on the situation.
Is it a miracle on 6:01? He doesn't even touch the ball with a racket.
Maybe he's a jedi Knight 😁😁😁😁😁
Omg theres way too much sand on that court. This really upsets me when i see sand on a tennis court. Its slippery and dangerous.
Thanks!