Forehand Timing | Why Taking the Racquet Back Early Will Cause You to be Late

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Күн бұрын

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Take your racquet back early on the forehand and your timing will improve. Makes sense right? So why don't the best players in the world do that? If you watch their preparation carefully you will see that they wait until the ball has bounced on their side to initiate the takeback. And there is a reason why they execute their forehand in this way. It maximizes the acceleration of the racquet and makes timing the ball effortless. In today's video, I explain why taking the racquet back early will cause you to be late on your forehand.
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@IntuitiveTennis 2 жыл бұрын

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@kondor99999 3 жыл бұрын

This totally fixed my forehand and suddenly I am very consistent - just by waiting until the ball bounces to do my take-back. Please do 2-handed backhands next! Subscribed!!

@IntuitiveTennis 3 жыл бұрын

Will do

@FactorUrban 19 күн бұрын

@@IntuitiveTennis is the backhand video already done? could you pleas attach it here? this one is actually helped me improve my forehand to a next level. Thank you !!

@IntuitiveTennis 19 күн бұрын

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@mimiccello7769 3 жыл бұрын

The most important tennis lesson I have ever learned!

@NStewF 2 жыл бұрын

Just to echo a lot of other comments, this advice has been a real game changer for me. I’ve typically been late on hard hit balls to the forehand - a real problem especially in doubles. Hands on the side instead of in front has really helped get to the contact point so much better. Thanks again, Nik!

@1114gabby 3 жыл бұрын

good point. I think people confuse the shoulder turn and the take back. This makes sit clear.

@iitruevibeii 3 жыл бұрын

How is it that I was just watching about timing and then you go and produce this gem? Thank you. Honestly one of the best YT coaches hands down.

@machikr 3 жыл бұрын

This great point may sound counter-intuitive but is so true. One way to think this is to regard the takeback and the swing as one continuous, fluid motion. The entire motion forms one big loop and your swing properly benefits from the momentum generated by the takeback. However, if you takeback and wait, you are in effect breaking takeback and swing into two separate motions. As the pause breaks the loop, your swing would have to start from scratch, unable to benefit from the momentum generated by the earlier backswing.

@abujabi 3 жыл бұрын

This fixed my inconsistent spraying forehand! Can you do a similar one for timing the one handed backhand?

@IntuitiveTennis 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@weidongren3741 3 жыл бұрын

@@IntuitiveTennis waiting with bench set.

@ronswanson6252 3 жыл бұрын

+1 for the one handed backhand

@slavameshkov1826 3 жыл бұрын

Great point. Would love to see one-handed BH similar guide!

@jodunkley3452 3 жыл бұрын

Got into this bad habit a while back, it not only hurts your timing it can really hurt your elbow too!! Great video ....as usual x

@mirianbauto6023 2 жыл бұрын

At first glance, it doesn't make sense. But a thorough perusal with application proves your assertion is true and correct. Congratulations!!!!

@v.o.7339 2 жыл бұрын

I tried this 'drill' on myself (NTRP ~4.0) and my son (total beginner) and recorded it. I can see right way our groundstrokes looks smoother for both of us. It feels like I have more time to execute the strokes without rushing - great drill - thank you!

@johnsmith-ls4rc 3 жыл бұрын

I now realise I was making this exact fault yesterday. The worse my forehand, the earlier I was taking the racquet back to try and give myself 'more time' to fix the problem - it got worse ! I have had some coaching in the past, but didn't really know the difference between the ready position (at the side) and the full take back. Thank you for sharing this tip.

@aryusure1943 Жыл бұрын

And the position of the racket in the preparation is aligned with your recommandation (in another video) to the "rec" players to avoid copying Federer's forehand who's racket face is parallel to the ground before he hits the ball. Not for everyone as I experienced yesterday when I tried that. I was suddenly all mixed up in my movements. :( Great video! I'll stick to the basics you clearly explained in this clip and forget about emulating Roger's beautiful forehand. I recommand that your viewers watch your video about the risks of trying to imitate Roger's technique. ;)

@abhishekbarot6716 3 жыл бұрын

Just changed my forehand 3 days back and began taking racket back early. Thank you for this timely video.

@tuckerstevens9689 3 жыл бұрын

Great videos. I hope you get as big as Feel Tennis. The videos are straightforward and easy to follow. Samo napred imenjace!

@IntuitiveTennis 3 жыл бұрын

Hvala Nikola 👍👍

@Juoa794 3 жыл бұрын

That’s Gold. Thank you so much for your generosity in making this content avalilable.

@stelliumX5 3 жыл бұрын

Not a tennis player but I love the game and hope to become a youth trainer of tennis players and this makes so much sense.

@harryherman5371 11 ай бұрын

One of the best forehand videos online once it clicks

@soumik-bumbabose1551 Жыл бұрын

Very useful Video. Most of the students are hitting the ball in wrong direction that you are showing. It's very difficult to understand them why should hit the ball with perfect direction that you are showing also. I am a trainer of Malda Club, Malda, West Bengal, INDIA. Your Video will help me. Thanking you.

@babsdurso 3 жыл бұрын

As always, another excellent video from Intuitive Tennis. Thank you!

@svetlanahaefliger9712 2 жыл бұрын

Well my first tennis lesson in Novi Sad 17 years ago was a complete opposite 😢 I've been constantly told to prepare early and then hit the ball. I am happy to see these videos. Great lesson! Thanks a lot. Svetlana

@yaozhang6110 Ай бұрын

I think the prepare early means to turn your body early, not do the back swing early

@weidongren3741 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I knew this 10 years ago!

@jacobg8661 3 жыл бұрын

Simply moving my forehand preperation position high and to the side has eliminated 90% of my forehand errors, I feel like I gained 1.0 utr overnight, thank you!

@IntuitiveTennis 3 жыл бұрын

🙌🙌

@tisadas4 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a player from way back. My family wants to learn so I'm teaching them. So much has changed/improved. I feel like a beginner again. Can't wait to go out and show then this.

@cameluza777 3 жыл бұрын

Love it . So so happy to find your Channel .. how you explain is so great .

@JohnDoe-dp4kx 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent channel! one of the best IMO on youtube. keep it upt! thanks again

@fabiozapletal_FZ4U 3 жыл бұрын

Once again such an excellent lesson. Clearly explained. Congratulations Nik 👏🏻💪🎾

@telquel7843 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the other day why my forehand was misshitting more than usual and this is totally it. Somehow, maybe because of fatigue, I began to set up too early and this was robbing some power but more importantly kept making me hit late. Great advice!

@niceboomer 3 жыл бұрын

Goooooood video. A no loop (or short loop) forehand creates many problems for me. Now I know why. Thanks Nik ;)

@dunntamack 2 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful piece of insight that is hard to discover on your own! Thanks

@megt6151 3 жыл бұрын

I was always confused about this. Thanks for your amazing teaching!

@K4R3N 3 жыл бұрын

Such a key fundamental lesson!👍

@cldavis33 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love love love your timing videos. So true, so helpful.

@andres5823 3 жыл бұрын

You have no idea how much I needed this.

@lavanchung9428 3 жыл бұрын

That is great. This is what I am practicing these days with early preparation and then may use your drill to prevent to be too earlier.

@JR-jl9ut 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks. This is an important detail that I wasn't aware of.

@HerrJoehnke 3 жыл бұрын

Mind. Blown. Great video!!!

@danielcolorado1040 3 жыл бұрын

What a nice channel you have! Very useful tips. Thank you!

@_DD2024 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I found this. I was struggling to even make good contact with my forehand. I grew up playing sports and I played baseball and golf, yet I couldn’t hit a forehand. Funny thing is my one handed backhand is better than my forehand. But after this video I think I found what I was doing wrong. Because of my terrible timing I couldn’t create proper spacing. I can’t wait to practice tomorrow. I think it’s gonna work. Thanks

@wangte27 2 жыл бұрын

This is me too! This video helped my consistency tremendously

@oabsripradist6642 3 жыл бұрын

Lucky me to have found you! You are really the best instructor. Thank you so much Nikola!

@jersonliu 3 жыл бұрын

Nice explanation. I need to go back to check my playing videos and see if I have this problem.

@davidlever3107 3 жыл бұрын

Another GREAT video. Thanks

@JoostPTM 3 жыл бұрын

This helped a lot! Picked up tennis again after 10 years and my technic was rusty and my forehand improved

@harshagrawal379 Жыл бұрын

You are an excellent coach! Because of these lessons, I am learning much faster than others in my academy. Thanks a lot!

@MrThedrphil Жыл бұрын

This video saved my forehand! Thanks!

@alexandra291188 Жыл бұрын

This was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much 🙏🙏. Subscribed

@knotwilg3596 3 жыл бұрын

Easily the best tennis instructor on tube. BTW I have noticed a major improvement since 2018 on the breathing technique when giving vocal instructions. You don't have to answer this but I do wonder if this has come naturally or is it the result of a deliberate effort, even guided training?

@IntuitiveTennis 3 жыл бұрын

I have a breathing video coming out next week...

@jodunkley3452 3 жыл бұрын

@@IntuitiveTennis looking forward to that!

@mariovella398 2 жыл бұрын

Great piece of advice, THANKS

@TikiCat3 3 жыл бұрын

You always have excellent "fine-tuning" tips, Nik. Small shifts in timing, balance, position, and body mechanics can make all the difference! Thanks!

@IntuitiveTennis 3 жыл бұрын

🙏

@ammmmmmo 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I was always late on my forehand and I didn’t know why. I thought I was early in my setup.

@ahnfarhan1986 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips. Really appreciate it.

@tomatrix7525 2 жыл бұрын

This is actually really helpul and I can tetsify that the simple tip has helped my game. It’s one of those things that anyone can apply and has a huge benefit. The confusing part is that there is a lot of mixed opinions about forehand setup. A previous coach told me to do exactly what you said not to, and despite it feeling awkward I did it. He’s the coach right? Now I’ve figured the suits me best and I’ll stick to it

@mikAz121 Жыл бұрын

This is such a good advice. It really helped with my forehand consistency

@cdfchung 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds simple, but to me most recreational players (including myself) have the similar timing issue and hence the racquet gets stuck at times. Great tips!

@haosun8199 10 ай бұрын

Very useful and answered my longtime doubt about timing, great video thanks!

@geutz2000 3 жыл бұрын

So true. Great advise.

@fantolaus 3 жыл бұрын

awesome advice, thanks!

@igorbobkov1323 2 жыл бұрын

Great post, amigo!!

@montesycats 3 жыл бұрын

great lesson teacher!

@PWfrom92807 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this tip. I do this on slow second serve returns which often results in overhitting the return!

@olafsrensen9578 3 жыл бұрын

super great explanation.Prepair early Turn your body with two hands on the racket and then turn forward after bounce.Might juse the bouch hit drill.Great coach .for acceleraton the right way.

@aldakyudha4824 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, this is really fix my forehand. Really thanks.

@SugathanAravindan 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation 👌

@erensungur4552 3 жыл бұрын

Very very good lesson !! I havent seen a video about this problem anywhere.I was thinking change my grip from semiwestern to eastern ,but I must fix this problem.

@MathsMadeEasyDabas 3 жыл бұрын

Your lesson are really logical and helping for me 👏👏👏

@james080871 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much this is so helpful!!!

@alexandre5604 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Im about 4.0 (Canada, QC). I saw so many videos about forehands and i think yours are really the best. Thank you!!

@bernardoromo4997 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation. This is exactly why my daughter was consistently hitting the ball late. Love the fluid position vs fix position explanation

@bn6942 Жыл бұрын

Excellent. Coach! you taught me a good lesson and I would like to say thanks to you

@emarong 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent teaching course. Very appreciate. Top teaching course

@youguess8979 3 жыл бұрын

very very helpful video sir. Thanks. great.

@joaobittar5922 3 жыл бұрын

Very good tips, thank you very much! That's my problem, i didn't knew before...

@jamesj590 2 жыл бұрын

I 100% do this. I cant wait to get back tothe court to test this out!

@alexandern4140 3 жыл бұрын

great video, thanks very much

@jorgealvarez6055 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video thanks 😁

@gabrielcarlettocousseau1302 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!

@bastienlauer8396 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, exactly what i needed. In practice I'm usualy hitting my forehand very well and when I'm doing a match it falls apart. I believe it happens because in a match i tend to panic and I prepare too early, when you demonstrated the "early takeback" I instantly related to it (I wouldn't have noticed this was my problem without seeing it)! Looking forward to work on that issue. Thank you very much Nikola !!

@umutkara739 3 жыл бұрын

I'll try it, thank you.

@stefanoandreani1835 2 жыл бұрын

great explanation!

@Pixeliarmus 2 жыл бұрын

I will try this as soon as I can, makes so much sense

@michelleharman3394 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Subscribed!!

@arjunmehta2853 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, i really suck at backswing, but i can slowly start to understand how it works.

@user-ls3ym2br1e 4 ай бұрын

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@user-zf3ue4nr5g 3 жыл бұрын

This message is definitely sending from heaven, I'll try it out asap!

@victordu4694 3 жыл бұрын

awesome explanation

@dcsurgery 3 жыл бұрын

Never realized this was a problem. Tks! Could u do a video on how to hit the sharp angled cross court?

@ricardoandrade92 3 жыл бұрын

Nice tip, Nick! Indeed, is very strange runnig with the arm on the back side...

@reesejiang4872 Жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I am struggling with. thank you sir

@doncady941 11 ай бұрын

This is the first instruction that I have any issues with. I grew up playing baseball/softball and football. Knowing that the sports are not the same, I often use those sports as guides for my tennis A batter does not leave his bat in the middle while standing sideways. His bat is cocked and loaded. A quaterback throws from a position where his arm is cocked and loaded.

@RocketMan-zc9jr 3 жыл бұрын

this is fantastic coaching. amazing. 10/10. I think the same and its been confirm by this video.

@hech7 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! I will try this for sure! I think I have exactly this problem with too early opening with forehand. Odličan video Nick!

@IntuitiveTennis 3 жыл бұрын

Hvala Gordane

@sergiolenarduzzi4670 3 жыл бұрын

I teach my students the same thing.. keep the raquet insight.

@tszyuk3861 2 жыл бұрын

This vid is more useful than the 10 1v1 courses I took combined

@lex2400 8 ай бұрын

This is truly a gamechanger. Thank you!

@IntuitiveTennis 8 ай бұрын

💯

@alenx5455 3 жыл бұрын

Best advice would be UNIT TURN early, because thats only rotating the upper body not taking the racquet in the position for the forward swing early.

@alexanderloi5194 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for this tip, it does help my forehands to have an earlier contact point

@IntuitiveTennis 9 ай бұрын

Excellent!

@milenicasirenica 11 ай бұрын

So well explained, thanks

@IntuitiveTennis 11 ай бұрын

🙏🙏

@LetsBuildThatApp 3 жыл бұрын

The metaphor I see in my head is to imagine punching someone. In order to get full power and control, you're going to start your arm from an uncocked position so that loading up power is easy. Imagine going into a fight with your arm already taken back, people will look at you crazy.

@AxRayVizion 3 жыл бұрын

Last sentence is underrated.

@jeremywhite6901 2 жыл бұрын

Not only will a fighter "look at you crazy," you'll get K.O.ed -- telegraphing a punch gets you knocked out! But hey? Check out these REAL BBK guys? They've got a "drop shot" with MAXXED OUT POWER and there's virtually NO TAKING THE RACKET BACK!!! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l8B1odpenaqrqGQ.html

@seanriley758 2 жыл бұрын

the worst way to throw a punch is to pull back at all. you'll get knocked out fast