The Universal Tennis Swing And Drills To Learn It
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- This week's video will be of immense help to many of you who struggle with finding effortless power on your groundstrokes in your tennis game. You will learn the physics behind the so-called Universal Swing that applies to all groundstrokes and why this helps you hit more effortlessly.
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I will also show you a simple drill I use almost daily now with my students that helps them feel the power of the Universal Swing.
We'll also look at the pro footage including Federer, Nadal, Monfils and Gasquet and look at how their swings differ and yet how they all apply the same principle of a sideways swing.
Special thanks to Slow Motion Tennis for allowing me to use their clips for this video.
Check their channel for more slo-mo videos of the pros:
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While there is no magic wand in tennis that could instantly change your strokes, this drill is extremely effective in achieving that as it usually only takes a few days before you start feeling the results.
I thought I have watched all you videos for the last four years including “Effortless Forehand” course. I found this video by accident after watching another one. By far the most important and should be mentioned in the course. Thank you so much for changing my forehand. I am 75 years old and play against players in my doubles league who are late 20’s and played college tennis. I can now hold my own! Keep up your excellent teaching, will let you know how I’m doing at 80.😂👍
Tomas this lesson truly rocks... Something no one else has expressed so well and clearly. You are a tennis genius with a generous heart...
I agree. That one simple tip lends such fluidity to the stroke.
Thank you very much Thomas after so many years and so many other couching you are the one solve my forehand problem.looking forward to see your serve lesson
i try this on my nephew , its work very well. i m impress , . like a taichi move ( jiu) ! Arigato sensei !
Tried it yesterday evening, it creates a more fluid motion and also kind of forces you creating space to hit the ball with the racket parallel to the net. Thank you very much Mr Tomaz!
This is one of the most important tennis technique videos on all of TH-cam.
It amazes me that every time I watch one of your videos I learn something new that applies so well to my tennis game. I have been taking lessons, watching vides online and playing very frequently for at least 10 years, with so-so results. Since I found you, I have finally had my ah-ha moment and the result is a much more fluid and consistent stroke. I wish I had know these things 10 years ago. Thank you Tomaz!
Sailing Contigo, I could not agree more. So much time,money and frustration wasted on expensive tennis lessons with minimal progress for many yrs. Tomaz is the best at explaining the WHY of tennis instruction which makes the understanding of HOW (technique) so much clearer. Thanks to Tomaz and his Feel Tennis channel. 🎾
I really like your approach to teaching tennis, Tomaž! I've been in the game for most of my life. I've played it for 45 years (I'll be 57 this Nov.,) played junior nationals in South America, Div I college tennis in the U.S., and taught it for 3 full decades! I've been to countless workshops/seminars ran by the USPTA, USPTR, and USTA. I've heard most -if not all- speakers/presenters among who-is-who in tennis, been there, done that, et.. Most off and on line pros, in my humble opinion, regurgitate what's already been said by the greats, and, somehow, try to trick us (ol' dawgs) into believing it's their own stuff,😂 but I know better. I call these guys "used car dealership tennis pros" if the shoe fits.... However, you bring a "breath of fresh air" to tennis instruction. I like it, man, keep up the good work, that I'm all ears and eyes! You and Jorge Capestany are my favs!
Thanks a lot, Mario! I'll keep on posting interesting ideas, I am just getting warmed up. ;)
Thanks Thomas, I am 68 years old, and your videos are amazing. With many injurys on my recent comeback, was searching for new ergonomic stroke patterns to be able to play and avoid reinjury. Your instruction in particular made me realize I had never really known the fundamentals of basic strokes footwork and body rotation.You're a world-class teacher and thanks so much.
I really like this lesson as I have been visualizing dropping my racket and have not found it to be comfortable. The universal swing feels natural and makes sense from a movement perspective. Thanks you for this valuable tip and for your other videos. I enjoy your teaching style.
This video is genius. A complex topic made truly simple...I wish I had this explanation when I was teaching. Saves hours.
I can see my comment here from 3 years ago! And here I am again watching this video! Tomas the info you gave here is simply priceless! After watching this video again I went to the court and I started doing a new take-back! Well, it transformed my forehand! After playing tennis for 10 years I, finally, started to understand the mechanics of the forehand. Thank you so much!
And thank you for the wonderful feedback!
This is probably the most important tennis lesson ever!
My foreheand didn't work well before.
After I watched this true profesional video for just one time my foreheand improved a lot!!!!!
Outstanding!👍👍👍
Wow. Its like a light bulb just turned on in my head. Excellent 3 dimensional instruction. I saw those slow motion videos many times from different youtubers but never notice the outwards-inwards use of centrifugal force being used so effortlessly. Thank you so much Thomas!
1:40 where can I join Milli's class of supermodels? :)
jimmyzaas You can tell right away what this guy is actually up to...
LOL!
Tennis heaven
How am I just now learning this? You always give the best tips that makes tennis feel better and make sense. Thanks!
Great video. Very fundamental stuff. It is a truly 'universal' point that applies to flat or top-spun ground strokes
Excellent video! This is the physic behind lag and snap technique which results tons of power. Most of the time, we dont have enough time to execute the circle, even pro like Federer increases his swing speed half way through to compensate for time lost. Good for some baseline drill with low pace.
great video ,what I am realizing from year of teaching is that most people who Pick up tennis don't have a natural throwing action as teachers we think people can naturally throw which is incorrect,therefore teaching proper throwing action does help like what you are doing ,may it be with or without the racket.
Yeah when I was younger we spent a lot of time throwing haha. At the time I was thinking this is useless, but probably helped a lot.
Genius explanation and demonstration. You have shown me that I am working WAY too hard! Relaxation and rotation are the keys to effortless power.
Unique teaching ideas, Tomas! Very appreciated. Thank you!
In a previous video "Modern Tennis Forehand in 8 steps" you demonstrate the racquet drop in one plane. As you pointed out here, that is not the case. Glad you corrected or elaborated more on that .....Your a gift that keeps giving..Thanks for all you do!
Who are these people from Feeling Tennis?
It should be tennis law that no one is allowed to teach this game other than the people at Feeling Tennis. They break down tennis technique like no one I've ever seen. Truly natural geniuses.
I learned the windshield washer swing but always felt I was lacking power. Now I see where the power comes from. Thank you.
This is one of the best tips for backhand and forehand, i watched so many other videos online they were saying similar things but no one explained it in such a clear and logical manner. Hats off to you Thomas, i tried this and my single hand backhand improved drastically, now I am working on my forehand with this technique to generate more control and fluid action.
Amazing! That's why Agassi who's below 6' hit the most powerful shots. That's why his strokes especially backhand is so much more beautiful than the majority who look like they're pulling a rope on a 2-hander.
This video has been an APOCALYPSE for me!!!! I' ve seen many tutorials teaching backhand and forehand but so far could'nt really uderstand how forehand works (the true mechanics of it). I was just trying to imitate movements and steps and that didn' t worked. Now finally everything is clear to me. I haven't seen all, but I feel you are the best tennis teacher on the net... THANK YOU!!!
EVERY WEEK YOU BLOW MY MIND WITH ANOTHER NEW THING I'VE NEVER HEARD ANY OTHER COACH SAY AND IT ALWAYS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE!! WHEN WILL YOU EVER RUN OUT OF THESE EVERY TIME YOU POST IT'S AMAZING!!
Great vid as usual.
Tennis swing path is like what the motion a shot putter or discus thrower uses.
Also pizza makers.
thomas ur tips are amazing. they may not be for everyone but they r great and very methodical.
A priceless way to train your brain and body. Thank you so much!
In golf, the pro player Fred Couples would do this figure 8 pattern with his swing. On the backswing he would first take the club to the outside of the target line then aggressively drop it inside the target line when making contact with the ball. I always wondered if this approach could also be applied to tennis -- now I know!
Shawn McDermott boom boom Freddy was a good one, smooth as
Been looking for video shot from above player so you can see the swing path and the body motion. Would like to see this for serve and volley stokes as well. Can you set up a camera above the player? Thanks for all you great videos!
Very nice as usual ! If I was really rich I’d fly you to my country for private lessons lol 😂
Thomas , your videos have been super useful for me, I already put in practice this one and it change a lot! Im very happy to find you, you explain very simple and logical. Thank you very much!
Amazes me that with so much content online, you still find some unique insight into the dynamic of the shot making that has not been covered by anyone.
Great video thanks a lot.
Epiphany. This lesson melted the wax from my eyes and helped me clean up my strokes.
Exactly what I was struggling with for a year now and you have just shown it very clearly. I must add it on my one handed backhand as well. Thanks a lot Thomas for your advices and tips. From Tahiti French Polynesia
YOU ARE SO GREAT! I STARTED TO PRACTICE THE EXERCISE OF SERVE SWING, AND MY SERVE STARTED TO IMPROVE AMAIZINGLY!
AFTER A THOROUGH, UNENDING RESEARCH ON HOW TO PLAY IT RIGHT, I NOW CONFIRM YOU ARE SUCH A GREAT, COMPLETE, AND AMAZING COACH. CONGRATS TOM AND MORE POWER!
Conceptual video that should be seen from time to time!
Well done!
DEAR THOMAS, .. WHAT A IDEA U HAD.. . NO ONE EXPRESSED SUCH A GREAT WAY... ACTUAL EVERYONE HAS ITS OWN FRAME OF BODY STRUCTURE... NATURAL SWING WILL BE SAME FOR ALL... THANKS U REALLY MADE EASY FOR ME
Amazing instruction. I'm literally blown away by how simple but effective he delivers it. Thanks a million
Finally I can see detailed explanation physics based. Not only instructions “do this” “do that”. Deep explanation including our body nature + physics.
Brilliant 👏👏👏👏👏
Love how you explained the racket drop from the back angle and how well you clarified it. Thank you
One of the best videos I have ever seen. I wish my coach could explain the basics of a swing path as well as you did on this video. Where are you located? I would love to take some lessons from you!
IKR?! He's an awesome coach, a gift to us! I believe he's based in Slovenia, but has also done some coaching in Asia (Singapore?).
You're literally what I have been needing! Thanks so much man
best lesson ever!!! thank you so much!!
Tomas me too, like thousands of people already express their admiration for you, i honestly beleive you are unique. You remind a professor I had in college, somebody who make the diference. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful thoughts and ideas
Much appreciated, stay tuned, more videos on the way!
Tomas, I've been playing tennis for 40 years now, and seen a lot of forehand techniques. Yet this lesson explained me while many many years ago my first coach had taught me the circular backswing, oval-ization he used to call it. Great lesson!!!
I love your instructions. You really improved my game with the little refinement you show. Thank you so much
woah i have been playing tennis more than 10 years yet i do not know placing a racket on the floor is such a simple drill. The result is so amazing . My wife and i tried and we are hitting the ball consistently than ever .Thank you very much.
Happy to help!
Exzellent video! Very natural!
Are these circles also to be found in the serve? Can you make a video on that?
From I discovered Tomas”s lessons my tennis REALLY improved in an amazing way!!!!
I could understand from the basic to the hightest what I must do in my tennis game!
He is the best ! Thanks
Brand new to practicing tennis let alone playing, your videos have shown many things that have helped to maximize the fun in practicing hitting some good shots once in awhile, looking forwards to the next lesson.
Hi Tomaz, as always a very clear explanation followed by multiple demononstrations. Have been watching the US Open, specially for what you have explained and amazingly pretty much all the players follow what you have described as the Universal Swing Path. Very easy to practice and not difficult to put in play. Thanks again. Raj
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This perception of the backswing is unique.. I've never hear it in this way. I will try being aware of my backswing and become aware when I do this out and in circular swing path that's more effortless and when I don't do it. Thank you Tomas! This may make a difference between having my groundstrokes be in control most of the time vs some of the time.
Thank you Mr Tomas Mencinger for a very delicated lesson.
Circle 8 overhead I saw Serena Williams did before every coin toss, it looked very smooth and I tried that swing. Now your lesson comes out it looks like an effortlessly natural swing.
I would put it into practice right away. Your ten-year-old nephew practiced effortlessly and had very nice swings.
I wish someone showed me this technique 30 years ago.
Thank you for your dedication lessons, learn and relearn your technique I will for a while.
So long
i have heard swingpath inside outside many times although from vic braden but i have never understood until now from you
One forehand motion that I would recommend watching is Bjorn Borg's. That thing is just a beauty.
I’ve watched tennis for years and played tennis for years and never been able to accurately express this. Well done!
Brilliant insight, as usual. Applying the same principle to FH and BH slice also worked for me. Only the loop was out then inside and over, not under. In fact, it also helped my serve with the first loop out leading much more naturally to the a second loop behind my back. Many thanks.
Neither Nadal nor Federer prepare the backswing outward, but close to their body. The reason is that it takes too much time to prepare and the shot for competitive purposes. If you just want to mess around with your grandson, this works. If you want to be competitive, forget it. The rotational aspect is correct for purposes of the swing forward. In the video you can see the poor kid in yellow pulling his arm close to him reducing the efficiency of the stroke.
Most people including the boy can just not relax their elbow. I think if you compare the pros with amateurs you see that pros (Federer is best example for this) master this. I myself find it difficult and don't know why.
The best lesson I saw in my life. Thank you
The basic elements for easy power. Free flowing tennis.
Super video. Simple. Very good as always.
It works, really works. Thanks a lot, Tommy, you are the best coach in YT!
I appreciate that!
@@feeltennis it's true. people spend lifetimes trying to understand what you articulated in this video. thank you so much.
centripetal, not centrifugal force. it's a timing mechanism and has nothing to do with kinetic chain, which is more important for power. after your unit turn, you dont want to stop your hand ONCE you start moving your hand to swing...smooth is fast.
This is an issue with my two handed backhand. It’s usually taught to go straight back, rather than outward, before inward and drop. It gives a stiff feel. Forehand is more natural for this path but I tend to revert back to straight back on the two handed backhand, and it seems that many people teach it that way.
It is well if you can change the video of 2 ways of racket drops by adding / notifying the dimension of the univversal swing (outwards , inwards, forward).
Thanks!
Thank you, Sir! You give me the true understanding of effortless power which i have been misunderstanding long time.
I’ve improved so much thanks to your amazing videos thank you Tomaz you are an amazing person and coach and I cannot wait to try this out next time I go to play
Thank you so much for this great tutorial video. It really help a lot to improve my recently used stroke. It reallly made me easier and relax my arms to return the ball and hit the target.
I thought the same way after the comparison video between Federer and Simone
Hi Thomas, do you have any plan to start the tennis coaching centre in India?? Especially in Chennai??.. I am more interested to join with ur coaching centre.
very insightful video. Thanks Tomaz.
Great instruction. Easy to follow and makes a lot of sense. Thank you coach!
I have a question about the elbow. Should we take the elbow away from the body when doing the backswing?
Oh my god ! YOU did it again Thomaz! brilliant video. Thank you very much!
But Tomas, when we hit a cross court stroke the path of the racket is circular and toward the left side and it's not linear.
Inside out just like golf swing. Thanks.
its very simple way that u described, natural swing what a idea, i was many ideas in mind , how forehand is played... so many style always worried me .. but your natural swing put me in a circular motion idea...... thanks.
I think this is the best video about tennis I' ever watched. I gess we all have had that amazing tennis day when we kind of discovered this universal swing path by ourselfs or at least the sensation of it. But what happens is that we come to You Tube and then try to emitate movements in the way they look, but in tennis thinks usually don't feels like the way they look ( I mean when you doit at first), being service the extreme case, but applaying to all strokes. So, after that, when we come back to the tennis court we have forgotten the sansation of that day that everything flowed, that we kind of feel the circular motion which pivotal aspect is the hips rotation and arms only fallows this circular path (eigth-shape path) that is naturaly produced. Tomorrow morning, I will play this video before getting into the court, this time I won't forget. Thank you very much!
What a brilliant video. Thank you so much for sharing!
What about the c shaped swing everyone Talks about
I wish when I started tennis lessons, I had this available. fantastic
I am also guilty of not knowing that the universal swing path existed.
Tomaz, great video. Would you use a similar path on the backhand slice?
Hi Liem, it's a similar path but backhand slice has no swing basically, it's more of a chopping or pushing and extending motion and not swinging and throwing like topspin groundstrokes have.
I feel my Forehand trouble, but could not explain what was happening (even I tried C-cycling swing path, but always felt unnatural). Thank to your video, now I noticed my Forehand issue.
Fantastic!
Tomaz, again a great video instruction, I learn so much from your methods. I have a question about this one: I tried it a bit (just at home for now), and it feels really natural as you said. I am confused though with the idea of the preparation: the preparation is, as I understand it, is turning the body and hips as soon as possible to the correct side, but this universal swing technic you talk about, part of it comes from the turning of the hips to the side then turning back and the circular movement is created. I wonder, how to make this circular movement if I am already turned (prepared) to the side? Thank you again!
As I explained above, this IS JUST AN EXERCISE! It's not the final technique. Exercises exaggerate the point so that you "get it". Once you do, you go back to normal preparation and see if you can feel some effect of swinging inside out through hip rotation.
Tomaž, which video do you recommend I follow after practicing the exaggerated universal swing drill?
Thanks!
the best tennis lesson I've ever had. Thank you Tomas!
Awesome video. You are the man. I very much like your channel
Hi Tomaz, i just want to be 100% sure that i understood correct this video. This "circle" around with arms is started by our body? Arms are just going for a ride and the body is the "force" that makes arms swing? I think it must be it, because when i tried it my self, my arms became more relaxed and i got more power.
Yes, arms go for a ride, you just need some control in order to shape the right circles / loops. If you were to completely relax the arms they would just flail around with no shape or form. So use minimal force in the arms to make them follow the right shape.
@feeltennis has this video been used in updating the forehand and backhand courses? It seems to be a fundamental element that was not covered. I’d like to buy the courses. Thanks.
The way to learn to swing on both forehand and backhand side is covered in courses and this video is referenced as an additional resource.
Tomas, awesome video! What about the serve? Does this appy to it as well?
Amazing video
I have been meaning to update, but this is a HUGE must-watch video. I'm a 5.0 player and this video is the secret sauce to crushing the balls, learn it, practice it and go smack that ball :)
funnysushi would you mind writing down your routine of skills you practice off court that has helped you gain the muscle memory for good form?
@@whydaksh There isn't one specific routine I use. It's always changing because of the various areas that I need to polish. I would recommend hiring a coach for a few lessons to address your stroke mechanics. From there, you can develop a routine. Once you have your stroke mechanics laid out, record yourself off courts practicing. Download a slow-motion app and review if your stroke mechanics are correct.