Probably the best video out on Internet explaining about forehand and at the same time how to get to lag position position naturally. Truly amazing and I've been looking for this kind of explanation for many years. Thank you for your effort and time Ben.

wow, simple advice that really makes sense. "Move your fist forward" is a clear instruction that keeps your arm more relaxed on take back, and helps to create racket head speed. And it makes sense of what the pros seem to be doing ( and I am not doing). I look forward to trying out your advice on the court!

You just made my forehand come alive.! I'm in my living room swinging my racquet and you have concisely explained the way this is supposed to work. I've heard bits and pieces from many people over the years "coaches" etc and no one ever focuses on fluency! You clearly pointed out the root cause followed by reaction. Of the racquet. This is Gold! For every action there is a reaction. Incorrect teaching builds so many bad habits. This helps with so many other aspects of the game. I feel that ican now focus on what I want to do with the ball and how to send the ball with clear directions on how to behave! Thank you!!

Thanks, buddy! Really helped me to understand how they produce the whip motion. I will try and practice it till I master it.

Excellent...you cut to the core of what so many people do wrong when first trying to learn the "modern" forehand...gripping the racket tightly prevents a player from getting the proper motion to really plow through the ball.

love this video beyond words, very very helpful.

I have been wondering and searching this technique for last 20 years...I found the answer today thank you!!!!!

Coach Ben, this is an excellent discovery. 40 years ago I witnessed a friend go to national level with this wrist motion. He passed away early after working for a Saudi prince. I never tried it because our wooden rackets then weighed at least 14 ounces and would surely hurt my wrist. I tried this today and found I can do it with my 10 ounce racket. The only caveat is you have to really relax your wrist and you will experience what another teaching pro describe as prying the ball at full extension....i.e., Federer.

This video totally unlocked my forehand. Watched many videos but the move the fist forward in a relaxed move was the key . Thankyou.

very helpful thanks a lot !!

Really good video and insight. I was doing it all wrong exactly as you described how the lag was being taught wrong all over KZfaq, and that tension gave me golfer's elbow and now I'm trying to recover. Wish I saw this video first. Thank you!

this is a great tip, I've watched so many wrist lag videos, but yours really nailed it

Very helpful. Thank you.

Thanks for the info.. can't wait to try it out!! Plus I totally get that point about wrist injuries in pt.2👍

Priceless pro advice🎉

Thanks, very helpful video. It clearly explains how we get to the loading position of wrist and helped me reduced my wrist pain.

This makes so much sense! Thank you for posting this!

Best explanation on the racquet lag, cheers mate! And love the clip of Roger hitting the ball. Clear shot of how it happens, in my experience much harder with a lighter sw, making you have to concentrate on moving the handle first, what you cleverly called the fist

Omg. This is the best explanation of the whippin motion. Ive been trying different swings while tryin to remember what the previous videos say. Ive been taking the racquet bk myself instead of how moving the fist forward.. Thanks to you I cant wait to use the ball machine to try this. Lol

thank you thank you thank you.. you are the first to teach this.. or at least ot show this so clearly.

Superb explanation! Thank you Ben!

Great explanation. Every junior should watch this.

Finally I understood how to hit the forehand... very well explanation .. Thanks. you have a new subscriber.. :)

Finally. You explained it clearly. Thanks.

I appreciate your teaching. I finally understand fully 💪

Thank you, great lesson.

Great explanation!

I saw a lot of videos how they teach approve your forehead but you are the best in this is the best what I know and I will teach my students also what you told me thank you very much it's very usable and you have to know you are the best thank you

Great explanation, nice that you didn't throw in the "lag" concept to overcomplicate things.

Good explanation and presentation. thank you

Absolutely correct. That's how the pros can play heavy games without straining up the wrist muscles.

very useful tip

hi do we drop the racket after the fist forward or before?

Excellent explanation. Thanks!

After watching hundreds of videos of explanation of racquet lag, yours was the best explanation of all.

awewsome tips .....thank you.......

Brilliant!!!

Perfect! Scrub all other explanations - this is the one you gotta practice! Also, arm preferably straight on contact for max power. Well done Ben.

Fantastic explanation.....such clarity & subd!

Will try this out

Excellent. I was doing it the other way round (!) Thanks

thanks a lot.this helped.

A superb explanation. Thanks for providing.

wonderful Ben. this was an issue can't wait to practise this advice.

Amazing. Thanks for sharing.

very simple, very good

Best video on racket head speed.Thanks.

Great stuff 👏👏

Super great. I have seen many videos about this snap the cap motion but this is very clear explaned. Also the the thing about yousing it when you are on the run and have to compensate. Olaf Coipenhagen Denmark

Your tips are very usefull. Thanks a lot for this video. For me it is a revelation

excellent explanation. you can learn something new every day. thanks.

tks for tips.

This video solved my problem.It is a plug and play video ! Thanks

tried it yesterday.Was concerned re: ability to control my shot. I was able. Thanks

I think the best way to simplify this so people can easily remember when they are on court is to keep telling oneself: "don't swing with the racket, swing with the hand!" Amazing advice and it is quite literally something so overlooked, yet so essential to success. The best person to see this in effect with is Fed. On every great forehand he hits, he swings with the hand first, and the racket just follows. #effortless

Very good point Ben, thank you. Gordon

Great tip !!!!!

nice tips man, well explained.

Ben, this is an extraordinary tip .. I feel so freaking awesome ( wrist first !! Absolute gold mate !!

Great job Ben!

Great Vid ! Also, a Rockin Shirt .. with the graphic down the mid back ! JB

Here is another video that might help make this type of swing happen for you all: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jL1ylbih05zHinU.html I hope it helps!

The Bolleteri FH - ie the modern FH. Nick says - yank the racket as to strike the ball with the butt cap and LET the racket head come through. That´s it in a nutshell. You nailed it in a more convoluted way. Check Nick´s DVDs.

Thank you Ben!

great video!

Wow what an explanation , just so easily explained

This is valuable, thanks man!

great tip thx

Ben thanks for the explanation very good. Can you explain the wrist bend once the ball is gone? This has always confused be because some players do it and some don't.

The BEST explanation of racquet head LAG and speed!!!

Great lesson. Thanks

Nice job!

Racket head power is a more accurate (precise) term than racket head speed. Power is energy/time and energy is, in this case, in the form of kinetic energy, which has contributions from mass and velocity (speed). A heavier racket may move with slightly less speed than a lighter racket, but its momentum (mass times velocity) and therefore kinetic energy could be well worth the extra mass. Heavier rackets are also more stable as they move through the hitting zone and may in turn provide for better ball strikes.

Gold!

This is an epiphany for me. Thank you and more power to your channel.

Nice video. A few points though. The relaxed wrist (actually your forearm muscles that control your wrist as there are no muscles in the wrist) is a very high level skill. It may be easier to practice this motion with a 30 inch long and 1/2 inch thick wood dowel from Home Depot. Second point is the poster demonstrated the relaxed wrist from a static position. If the racquet is moving back before the relaxed wrist as demonstrated above you get more lag, more wrist laid back, and more racquet speed from the rebound (like a pendulum). When I started teaching in my area 20 years ago, the local pros were still teaching classic tennis - step in from closed stance and swing low to high and keep the wrist firm as you shift your weight from the back leg to the front. I taught kids to rotate from open or semi open stance and to actually use the wrist. My students hit a lot more spin and were quicker getting out of shots and had a clear advantage over the closed stance classic players. When I taught kids to lag like the pros, their forehand in practice would be better than their old straight back forehands but I did not see a clear advantage over kids who did not lag. It is so hard to do well and just to get a little bit more racquet speed, I feel this swing is for tennis academy kids and pros. High school kids who just want to make their teams and then go to college should stick to an easier swing. If you don't lag it is okay to roll your wrist into the ball. If you lag your wrist will roll into the ball naturally. It is a better swing but it is not easy. Also I worry about how much more the wrist gets laid back and little kids. Your wrist lays back more than you can lay it back on its own without the momentum of the racquet. What medical studies have been done on whether this is okay for students especially very young students? I used to watch Federer and wonder how he could lay his wrist back so far. It is from the racquet momentum and lagging.

The rotation of the left shoulder initiates the lag of the wrist. It also allows the arm to straighten and drive the ball. The more bend in the elbow the greater the chance you have to hit across your body incorrectly and smother the shot. Having the arm straight is sometimes the most un-natural aspect of the forehand for amatures. Mastering this action will, however, allow your forehand to become much more explosive and create a fantastic speed/spin combo.

Can’t wait to try this out tomorrow!!

well explained

very interesting, so it’s compact & kind of like a push forward from the fist

Having the hand go first instead of forcing the racket back makes all the difference. I am crushing my forehands now. Thanks! Any advice for unlocking one handed backhands?

Hey Ben great video. I think the set up/load might be slightly different for a bent-arm FH as opposed to straight arm. I was brought up hitting with a straight arm, so your explanation seems normal (how else to get full extension at contact?). Would be great if you could comment on differences. Thx

Worked well for me tonight!

Thanks

Looks like it's the elbow which moves forward and rotates inwardly first and gets locked which allows us to move the fist forward simultaneously. It's similar to the serve where leading by the elbow cause the racket head to drop behind the head and not forcing the racket to drop.

Great tip. The backswing places the racquet in-line with the desired path of the shot creating linear power opposed to rotational power. Aha moment.

Great

Will this be applicable to the DH backhand? Good video

I like this tip: "You need to relax a lot more that you think!" When I started with tennis, I was stiffed as a robbot...🥴🙈😊

Good video. Can you put a video on double handed back hand please?

Hi very good point If I only know this my wrist wound no heart. Because if you hit late this method you are already in a better position. Thanks you

Hi Ben, really exellent explained! Thanks.

Nice tips, one more advice to relax the wrist. I see Kyrgios do that, am I correct?

You should have placed yourself on the baseline, instead of in almost next to the net facing sideways. It is difficult to get a sense of the body position on the swing. Easier to see with the Federer swing. TKS

wow. the best guide on youtube.!

Minor point - The hand moves away from the body - sort of forward and out, not just forward - makes a big difference

good man

Great analysis.But may I add the role of the torso to facilitate the stroke: The torso stops facilitating the "snap" that is passive not intentional. The video shows Roger stopping his torso rotation and allowing the racket to catch up which is not an intentional snap. You allude to this in your reference to the shoulder reaching the end of it's motion? Thanks

Awesome

GREAT vid. Just undid 5 years of tennis form me!