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Thanks, Tom. A similar video on stance and footwork tips for one handed backhand would be greatly helpful and appreciated. I’m sure you know it’s such a pain!

I like how you show the energy flowing from the ground up through the right side into the arm and then back where it came from - the coordination chain in reverse.

Another real plus to me for getting comfortable with this weight on front leg turn/unturn into contact, is it encourages taking the ball on early on the rise.

Tom, you forgot to thank us for clicking on the video 😁

Nice structured way to think about stances and footwork, thank you Tom. I love neutral but in the matches on clay (where i play 90%) i need to be open most of time. Many juniors in my club/tournaments play exclusively open even the mini tennis center-to-center warm up! Sometimes i think i would have better results if i play (semi)open 100% of my training/play time from all game situations, instead of trying to be able to hit from both legs. At least my contact and timing will get more consistent - i think it is somewhat different for neutral and open. Same for backhands.

Wow wow Superb! It's liberty, no taboos. RF's way )))

I'm glad this was NOT actually about a closed stance forehand. Almost nowhere in the tennis world would this be called a closed stance forehand. This is a neutral stance, essentially parallel to the target line. (Just like your golf "square" stance). It's a very nice looking neutral stance forehand. A closed stance forehand, with the front foot stepping well across the target line, should be avoided whenever possible on forehand groundstrokes. So except for that unusual terminology, another very nice video 😊

Great stuff Tom. Really basic and super important stuff. Great things to practice indoors now that it’s freezing here. Thanks.

Very good description, nice technique 👍

Excellent and thanks. Provides a cleaner hit, also when playing with hard hitters I can see the ball better! super

Agree. However, I have more difficulty with neutral or closed stance tracking the ball. I’m right eye dominant. Wasn’t an issue when I was young. Now it’s a big deal.

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