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What a great lesson. Thank you

And Iga’s forehand often “break the plane”. So next time people criticize break the plane, we can show them Iga swing. I think it also has something to do with her western grip and the high bouncing balls at French open. I bet her ball speed will drop substantially in Wimbledon. Appreciate your insight 👍🎾

This bit of tennis wisdom is like gold in the sea full of tennis KZfaq videos. ❤ than you so much! Happy holidays from Hong Kong!

Wonderful coaching to help me understand the swing, kinetic chain clearly. Thanks.

Nice progression. Thank you Steve...

Steve, you are so good! Im working on that on myself some weeks now and the difference is HUGE! I now(in fact yesterday) started to teach this to my son and my other students (10-13 years old) and they couldnt believe their eyes on balls came out of their swing. Thanks you once again!!!

Very original point of view. Thank you very much!

Brilliantly done!

Great video!

Thanks for bringing this important progression to our attention Steve, although Kenneth Williams and 'Carry on Tennis' came to mind at one point.

Lovely lesson !

makes sense...very informative..thank you very much coach

Great video, need to try this.

Great analysis and explanation. Thank you. Glad I have big hips!

Thank you Excellent

What a gem!🎉

Powerful idea. One of my best shots is what I call the pull up forehand. I think of my hips getting ahead of the ball in time, and my racket hitting a ball a little late. It is probably my best shot. I will now try to apply this idea to other types of my forehand.

this is actually something I have started working on but the issue is to use it "consistently" I keep working to transform this stroke and am having some success just need to make it the norm rather than the exception and yes I agree we play better when we DANCE!

Gosh, you’re the best! Difficult things made easy. Hi from Brasil.

Absolutely brilliant

Kinetic Chain explained to the hilt (ooops sorry hips) Thank you Steve!

Small observation: As we age, peripheral vision diminishes gradually. As result we unconsciously adapt and turn our shoulders less to be able to keep a more direct sight of the ball, ending up hitting with the arm only, without shoulder rotation. Twist stretch exercises of the neck has helped me somewhat overcome this problem.

I turn the hips sooner, creating lag, I find it's like stretching an elastic band, your arm and shoulders pull round much faster under the load/stain. Thanks for the tutorial, keep them coming.

Very good video

Innovative approach. Thanks from India

Interesting way to put the forehand movement. I come here for your unique observations.

I love this guy

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I think that really puts most of the kinetic chain into very comprehensive picture - the only thing I would add is that it really starts with the planting of the back foot, driving up and around with the hips. - imho

Interesting point about iga swiatek and a constructive forehand video but the reason behind igas power and spin is more likely to be the lower string tention rather that her technique...

I like it very much! 😁🙏👏

I just learned the forehand dance.

Very peculiar concept besides worthy of a try and seems impressive. One question i have. I observed you on many occasions you load your weight on right leg in a closed stance forehand. At times i have seen my self loading body weight on left leg when the ball is slow and i am attacking it but when ball is coming fast i tends to load my body weight on right leg as you did. However, in open stance i always load on right leg. I have following questions would appreciate you taking time and answering them. 1) In a close stance right handed forehand which leg should hold up body weight. 2) Many times people say going towards the ball which is yet to arrive in a unit turn hamper your kinetic chain. Should we be in a unit turn only when we have reached near the bal and about to hit it? (Say i am running to hit forehand from left corner to right corner) in this case shall i be in complete unit turn on my way running to right

I agree...there is a marriage between dance ( a graceful rhythm and flow) and many elements of different strokes! According to pro football players, there is also a crossover between many football skills and dance 🕺

Runes coach was a balletdancer and Rune hit orsom hard. !

Coach what would you say is the driver in a serve motion?

fantastic. you outdid yourself this time! the driver passenger analogy is very useful in tennis on all strokes. would you something like this for the backhand? as a point of caution, i think that some people might exaggerate the hip motion or overlook the fact that the hip and torso must STOP in order to "release" the arm, that is, transfer their momentum to it. the tricky thing is that after the release they are then free to relax again, which easily confuses people watching slo mo videos who think that the hips torso shoulder remain active the entire time rather than, in their turn, becoming passengers of the momentum from the initial phase of the stroke. does that make sense?

Tango and tennis

Soory, I agree with you that the hip turn is effective in a straight straight stance, but where to turn the hips if you are standing in a classic stance? Hips are already turned

Cheers Steve, one question though: does that looseness and hip rotatation etc. apply to the single handed backhand as well? Most teachers suggest more stiffness for the bh-stroke. Cheers in advance!

I have very extreme western grip and I am trying to hit like Swiatek. I will try to loose my wrist but i am kinda afraid of damaging it because my extreme hand position

Thank you! How do you prevent the balls going long? Do you put more spin on the ball? instead of hitting “three balls in a row”? Or making the racquet face a bit closed when hitting the ball?

Do teach dance. In salsa it's quiet top story and active lower story--hips. The top and bottom are broken apart.

Great video Steve, I have one question, let's suppose that I am fully loaded to hit a forehand, with the unit turn complete and the knees bend, which movement should I do to trigger the shot? Hip rotation or leg drive?

Smart way of teaching The kinetic chain. Even children will understand it.

Steve how do you develop more power from the hips. For example I've been working on my core strength. Is that the muscle group I should be working on or the hips themselves?

Fascinating video as always. So women actually have a physical advantage over men in hitting the forehand?

Shocking to hear that Djoko’s forehand is slower than Swiatek’s. Curious to see statistics in 2022 French open…

Steve, I agree to a certain extent but it's the legs that drive the hips. You need to load the legs effectively by dropping down and then powerfully pushing up. I think men still has the advantage there. Otherwise, WTA players would choose other females as hitting partners but they don't do they? Novak does not hit the hardest ball. He prefers a safe rally ball while Iga is a very aggressive striker so I'm not surprised that Iga hits a heavier ball on average. But when Novak gets an easy put away, he will hit it faster than Iga, guaranteed. Thanks for the video.

S E V E R R R N! Only joking. Great vid. 👍

Iga is playing women, so she has more time to prepare (does anyone doubt the tempo is higher in men's tennis?). She has a huge back swing. Could that be one of the reasons she is hitting harder than some of the men? That of course doesn't take away that she's an exceptional athlete in the women's game...

Awesome advice, thanks!

Hips don’t lie. But they put a spin on things.

You look cute doing it hehe

This video doesn’t really deliver on its headline: how Iga - specifically - produces her racquet speed. The discussion of firing the hips is pretty general and understood to be true for all elite forehands. So the video didn’t explain what makes Iga’s different.

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you are wrong, Iga generates power from muscles

This is bad news for me ... I've been a lousy dancer all my life ...

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