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Tennis is a dance. You need to understand its rhythm to synchronize your entire body & racquet into the shot. You can’t place your feet in the right spot at the right time when you’re dancing without hearing the rhythm of the music in your mind. Same in tennis. You need to understand your rhythm, what works best for you with your anatomy and technique. Count through the incoming ball, once it has left the opponent’s racquet, once it’s over the net, once it has bounced, once it enters your strike zone. Where should your racquet be once the ball has bounced? To start I’d recommend that your racquet is down ready to be pulled forward when the ball bounces. Subtle tweaks can be made as you improve. It’s rhythm, timing, tempo. In that order. Count through your stroke to get a rhythm. Once you stabilize your rhythm with different incoming balls then timing becomes much easier. When rhythm and timing are better your tempo will increase naturally. People try to increase tempo without timing and ignore rhythm completely.

You're awesome! thank you! The last part about the ideal swing path has changed my perspective.

very helpful, excellent tip that I have not seen discussed before, thank you

'the racquet travels with kinetic energy' (technically correct, if you're answering questions in a physics exam) however, the important aspect is that once you have released the swing and the racquet is on its way to meet the ball, it will have momentum and you cannot make any last split-second adjustments with your body - there is no time left - the result has already been determined when you prepared for the stroke and 'muscle-memory' repeats what you have practised.

Very insightful vid. I connected more dots in my head about how tennis works. Much thanks.

Congratulations on your accomplishments my friend. Thank you for posting this very informative video my friend. This is a great video and letting people know it’s not easy to have perfect timing.

Wow that last part about not trying to imitate the pros exactly is priceless. Really good understanding of what an average amateur deals with. Well done!

thank you. I have been struggling with timing. Thank u for showing the fundamentals. If u have more videos on timing I will be happy to watch.

WOW. Next to Rick Macci, yours is one of the best video I've seen on the importance of experimentation and mindful repetition practice. Definitely going to follow you mate. Thank you for your passion.

Good video - I completely agree that putting the paractice time in to hit different incoming balls and getting prepared for the shot early is the only way to improve . I like your systematic approach with the ball machine. when I practice with someone i will always work on some combination of shots I want to make, for example make all forehand shots crosscourt, High then mid, then low , no matter what I get from my partner. while he does the same . Then up the line , backhand , at net , etc...

Brilliant. Timing is my real problem and it comes from inconsistent coiling movement in the back swing motion. I keep being so engulfed in thoughts about the backswing that I totally neglect reading the balls flight. I shall now start sequencing my practise into coiling motion and balls flight / timing. I found a viable mental method listening to Bob Rotella in connection with my Golf game, where he said that in Tennis, one can improve the mental preparation / timing by counting the events HIT (opponent) BOUNCE, HIT (own), out loud for starters, then internally, until it becomes second nature. Thoughts?

I totally agree. Timing is the hardest thing in tennis and there is not shortcut except for hitting thousands of balls (and consciously paying attention to what you're doing wrong each time.) Today I came up with a new exercise to help with timing. Basically, I try to visualize in advance the exact contact point as soon as I can based on the incoming ball. At the beginning I was wrong most of the time I'm off by as much as 1 or 2 feet from my initial guess. But with practice, my predictions were becoming more accurate which guides my foot work and helps a lot swing timing. Of course, all has to happens very fast because the average time it takes from the ball to leave your opponent's racket to you it's between 1.2 to 1.8 seconds!

Very true. I think the incremental nature of improving should be really drilled into people's minds.

Great video!

I used to be a player at the national level... I (age 63) still hit shots that amaze my younger counterparts... The best approach is to listen to the opponents racquet connect to the ball and follow visual cues..

Well, I realised a while ago that hitting a ball to a spot on the court is like a miracle! You should be surprised when it goes well, not when you screw up a shot!😄 Considering all the variables and prerequisites to make it happen as intended.

Gracias Richard 🇪🇦🇪🇸

Good discussion and showing what you do. Love comments re not one way of doing it, key is to get racket on ball. With today’s rackets a short swing is plenty…if my brain will just understand that!!

Thanks for posting.Lots of great advice and emphasis on good practice.Might get that Nadal book you recommended.

Do you find that being late has alot to do with a lack of racquet acceleration right at the beginning of the stroke?

Still amazes me that you learned to play so well with non dominant hand

Hey, I subscribed in large part *because* you’re a lefty! Stay with us.

great backhand

Excuse me, but I notice your elbow is rather close to your body on your forehand, it looks constricted. Am I off-base with this evaluation?

What machine is that. Thanks

My criticism is at 7:32 look how far back you're going instead of moving forward which is more effective as you're not giving wide open areas for your opponent. Thanks for your insights.

wich book, uncles tony? or Jhon Carlin byo

beginner here, how do I get those massive calves??

Great topic and vid, would only disagree with the hard work is in the preparation. Prep sould be effecient and lose, whike top strength and grip should be at contact point. Like you would hit any other object in the world. Bam and through...

Serving same dish on a different plate

Of course my generation was the 'serve and volley' generation... but if a high flying ball lands halfway into your court, you should act quickly to hit a half-volley and advance to the net to steal time away from your opponent!

But I want a quick fix!

video starts at 5:40

95%ish of ATP forehands begin the racquet drop as the ball bounces.

What’s the dialect , Wales?

Tennis is complex and

Timing is not hard. It is just an element of the game. If you go about it thinking that it is hard, then that’s how you’re going to think about it when you swing. That is not what you want to be doing. It’s not a good mindset. Let your eyes and body calculate the timing automatically, let your feet calculate the timing, not your intellect. Then it will come naturally to you as you progress.

i can teach you how to hit the ball perfectly

And what is the secret of timing now? 🤔 So there is lots of talking in general terms about his own process.. Feeding single Balls and then using kinetic chain.. ..

Another talk with no action/demostration

cant focus on the video. too focused on your calfs

Tennis is difficult😂

Dont think tenis is hard its easy just practise and play we play under worst conditions than the pros they hsve the smoothest court surface ans raquets and equipments pros will not pkay undwr our conditions so qe have better timeing and power and we are stronger than the pros because they are all skinny and not weight lifters

This is too hard... just teach what Mortogorue teaches.... Start your swing as soon as the ball bounces. EASY

You have good content, BUT you tend to run it too long

I wish this videos are made with 50% less saliva and 50% more examples

This is not how you present yourself as a coach! Firstly, - you have given way too much information all in one go - the subject you initially stated was 'timing' so make it relevant to one aspect of the stroke. Why use click-bait titles? It's not necessary and looks bad on you for being libelous to all coaches - even those who aren't particularly good or skilled at teaching. Did you even answer the question 'why do coaches lie?' .. as if this is common place and widespread among teaching professionals and they're doing it deliberately. So you're the only one who is teaching the truth? You're implying that you have exclusive knowledge that no other coach has? I can list numerous tennis channels on KZfaq that give far better coaching advice than you without having to resort to cheap tactics such as click-bait titles that are libelous to the vast majority of well-informed player/coaches that have professional playing and teaching experience.

Stop putting other coaches down .