Such a power move from Karue to play with his left hand for this segment at 1:24. Still hits cleaner than me though 😬

Coolest thing about this concept is that it saves a ton of energy because it feels like you are just gliding around instead of sprinting hard and stopping short over and over again. Also it results in a loose and more relaxed hitting technique in the upper body. Amazing video.

Love the "Feel vs Real" mentality. Sounds like something out of "Inner game of tennis".

My man Karue about to get some ATP titles!

This is one of the best footwork tips I've ever heard and no one else has talked about this before! If you look at the pro's, they are always in motion and are never stationary whilst the balls in play. The best example of this is probably Fed as he had the most fluid footwork and movement I've ever seen. Kudos Karue👍

This concept was actually a HUGE revelation when I first got it. This + trying to time the split step makes everything feel slower and you have more time to get to the ball vs if you're stationary between strokes. Love it.

Excellent point, one of my coaches had told me " you need to move constantly, if I see you playing from the outside without the ball, it should look like you constantly move around"

This is an daily reminder for my son. Usually I give him the example of moving like a boxer in between strokes. Boxer, split steps turn and strokes. The fundamentals should start from footwork and strokes instead of just strokes in some coaches lessons, like my son’s experiences with his first couple of coaches. Obrigado meo irmao!

I feel attacked

I think this is one of the best pieces of advice I have ever seen. Almost every club player until 4.5 or maybe a strong 4.0 player has this problem. Being too stuck and stationary when hitting his shots. I put so much attention in my lessons on the improving swing path of my racket and very rarely on my footwork because it looked complicated and scary to start changing it as a senior player. It is difficult for me to start thinking about constant incorporation of split steps which takes attention from focusing on the ball if it is not your habit already. But I just tried this great Karue advice of constantly moving when preparing and hitting the ball and for the first time I started to create unexpectedly certain problems for my 5.0 teacher when we were practicing rallying the balls in the lesson. And it feels so great to improve your footwork! Thank you so much Karue for taking your pro level knowledge of tennis and trying to simplify the concepts for us the amateurs!

Another great video! Thanks Karue!

Thank you for your lesson ! I am gonna try this

The thing that you are saying at 5:28 , if anyone wants to learn tennis has to understand that and listen to it for hundred times until they can't play otherwise. I was playing without moving to the ball and couldn't reach a higher level for maybe like 5 years. Thank you very much for pointing this out I still try to master it as much as I can 😊

I think I just had a small epiphany when you mentioned "getting to the ball too quickly and setting your feet too early" at the start. Been playing off and on for 9 years (played a ton for the first 4) and have always had more than enough pure speed for my level, so this has happened to me quite a lot, and I think it might actually have something to do with why my groundstrokes tend to feel smoother and be more consistent against opponents who hit pretty hard and give me less time than those who don't. Consciously adjusting my movement speed up or down for each ball so that I'm always still in motion when I swing might be a gamechanger. So thanks!

Really good explanation, exactly what I was looking for

Thanks! Finally! So is not just the split! But keep moving all the time! Thanks!!!!!! From Argentine! Thanks!!!!!

More on this problem coach, we need this

great video. One of the most overlooked concepts in tennis

This is what I was looking for. A very helpful video. Thank you .

This is one of best pieces of advice I have heard in a while my friend. I find myself stationary sometimes and I have to use speed to recover from being flat footed. I have been working on that with mini cones. Thank you for the advice and great job on the video Coach.

VERY VERT inspiring video. Thank you so much for your insight.

excellent video Karue 🙏

Karue, thanks! great as always! I would find it very interesting if you shared a pro's physical preparation, like type of work out exercises, like sort of the "routine". I haven't seen anyone talk about that . Saludos!

Amazing video, thanks 👍

Nice video, Carue. One aspect of this that I think will help viewers as well is the pivot step. The "in-motion" hitting described in this video largely comes from forward movement into the court and pivoting your back foot in a neutral stance forward. Very helpful technique for rotation as well.

Thanks this is what I’m missing in my game … will work on it

Great tips. Thanks

I've never thought about it but yeah, 'tightness' really comes from the legs! This is my biggest weakness. I never feel comfortable with shots even when my swing technique looks okay. Thank you very much for this!

This works like a charm like you are floating on the course. My downfall is that I forget it when I play against weaker players and then I make unforced errors when they play short or slower pace balls. Keep up the good work!

The idea of motion is great explanation. Tennis is movement. We play with movement. Keep the body in motion. Cool. Thanks.

You provide the best tennis knowledge. I can so much relate to what you say. If only it was easier to put it to practice. While watching the video it makes total sense, but on the court, I forget :)

I love this, thanks boss.

brilliant tips

Great stuff. I am going to go out there and do it I was a squash player before tennis and my mantra on the court was "float, float, float!" I would repeat it to myself during matches, and it is how I would look back at my matches; how well did I float? Tennis gained a lot by focusing on the split-step, until it became the cult of split-step. So much of the online discussion of tennis footwork claims the split-step as the starting point, almost as if the player was standing still waiting to do the split-step. Its hard to slit-step if you have gone flatfooted.

This is insanely incredibly helpful for me. It’s the 1 last tip I needed to get my forehand kenetic chain right

This is the type of content we come here for 👌💪🙌

Excelente conteúdo! O professor torna temas complexos simples de entender. Agradeço por compartilhar seu conhecimento de forma tão clara. 👏🙌" Tenho apreendido muito com vc Obrigado ❤

Your left handed game is looking good thanks for vid

Great seeing you competing! But if you get back to lessons, could you do something on slices or drop shots?

Great video Karue. You mentioned in the video that when you are a beginning player there is a lot of stationary hitting. Do you think it would be helpful to add movement into the practice when you are beginging your tennis journey?

Karue, your 2HBH looks so smooth. How relaxed are you arms? I have the impression that relaxed arms are key for good strokes

another great video! conveying the feeling one should aim to attain instead of givinga a detailed technique lesson is underused!

Hi Karue, as always love the video! I happened to just pause the video at 9:11 and you're in a perfect position of racquet lag, I want to ask about the position of your shoulders. Your left shoulder is higher than the right. Growing up and learning tennis did anyone of your coaches direct this?

Tennis is a sport of a lifetime. This video will help keep the interest in a great sport of a lifetime.

Brilliant concept! How to apply it when at the net and playing a second volley for example (after approach and initial volley when I'm already close to the net and don't really need to move in any particular direction but just being set up for the next ball)?

The Roger Pros are on point with the video. Roger has, in my opinion, the most fluid footwork

Could you please do a video to train this footwork and get used to this motion?

Karue you've mentioned in comments about timing weight transfer during stroke, can plz make video on it? I mean weight transfer from back leg to front leg, weight transfer of whole body like throwing body to the shot, etc.

I know its not super efficient, but just reminding myself to stay on my toes before my opponent hits the ball and retutning towards center court, always improves my playing.

Hey Karue, what are your thoughts on the Roger shoes? Many thanks

Footwork is the key.

Is this in Torrance? Looks like the club I hit at!

"the ball doesn't move perfectly to you, so you have to move perfectly to the ball."

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! me and my dear practice partner watched this video and focused on it for a good 2 hours the other day and it was like we both went a level up. It felt absolutely amazing to be in the right place at the point of the contact. This is the most useful video of the year for me. All of a sudden I'm catching a ton of balls on the rise to my normally fragile one handed backhand and returning heavier balls more easily. It's like I'm always in the right place and contact is much cleaner. So it's not all coming together yet but I feel like I'm pushing off the ground much often and getting effortless power. It like triggers the big uncoil to have the feet "firing" at the right moment which is only possible if they're in motion and not planted. I feel ashamed of myself for working as hard as I do on my tennis and not figuring this out.

Do you still use a leather grip on your Vcore now?

Hi, which tension of poly tour pro?

Can you make videos for being defensive like what should be the mindset and what kind of shots to hit in that moment?

Uncoupling lower from upper really speaks to me. Does your movement and hitting (usually) feel as rhythmic as it looks?

When are you going to showcase your new K-Pro string?

Any particular reason to be moving the feet alternating (like jogging baby steps) versus simultaneously (mini hops with both feet together) just before swinging?

Any suggestions on how to make fluid motion automatic? Tips or drills?

This is exactly my problem. I stop my feet and look very stiff hitting the ball.

Nice calves bro

What strings are you now using in your Yonex? Yonex Pro Poly Tour?

i love you Karue god damn it

Can you show the fluid motion with some no power short shots with almost no bounce, and also some floaty loopers without spin. That's the kind of garbage 3.0-3.5 players have to deal with 75% of the time.

who taught you this? was this a coach? Did you just come up with it? Its genius

Do you do footwork excercises or just play? 🙂

Have you tested the Babolat pure strike vs, if so what were your thoughts on it?

This video is meta

With the LEFT?!? Actually, it would be a nice way to show learners when you have to do something outside your comfort zone.

I’m getting out of breath thinking about how much I have to move.

I'm not sure this is accurate. Djokovic and Alcaraz are both static in the splits after doing a jump backhand passing shots. They remain very still watching on as their opponents will to win fades away 🤣

I can think of 2 low lvl tennis youtubers who would benefit a bunch from this video.

float like a butterfly, sting like a bee

This all makes a lot of sense until I do it for 5 min and am out of breath lol

I see way more people moving too much and never gaining balance before they hit

If you know you know.

That's the smallest tennis court I've ever seen. Do you have to come to a gentlemanly agreement not to hit angles before playing?

You make it look too easy.

Love it, Obg Karue

"Motion is Lotion" 🧴