Thank you for mentioning the balance issue on moving back and being completely sideways then kind of falling as you swing. I think this is what I've been doing a lot lately. I'm a player that hugs the baseline so I have to move back a lot on deep balls. I thought It was just a lack of core strength and timing that was causing me to feel like I was "falling" but I believe I'm frequently standing completely sideways. I'm now going to try to be more conscious of my stance and try to be more open on these strokes. Thanks! :)
Certain coaches are obsessed with hitting the ball sideways....it's like they think people cannot adapt....One of the first things I practiced was being able to hit the ball on either side with either foot, just this will improve your game a lot.
Great lesson, Nick! Very useful learning how to deal with this situation, so common in a match. What about the same situation but in the backhand side? A new video for that would be great! With the same student, but covering the one handed backhand as well (in case of Karla being a two-handed BH player)!
Excellent video. The reverse forehand is something I saw young players do when they hit late, and it worked, so I just copied it. Didn't know Lansdorp had given it a name, and that it was a proper technique
Thanks for explaining this. Now I realize why it happens to me from time to time. When I am late with my preparation, or the pace gets too high, the ball gets behind me, and then I am forced to hit the reverse forehand. I thought I was hitting Nadal’s forehands:) It’s good to understand the difference.
Just as I was wondering how to accomplish this shot, your lesson pops up 👍 Thanks for that. I will incorporate it into my game tonight. Karla is a great student, by the way.
Thanks for the great tip, many times I'm late to hit the ball, I've done it on table tennis, but I'll try for sure to add it on regular courts. Si señor!
I believe that this reverse forehand has been used on the tour for a long time. I believe that is was named the “ Buggy Whip” Forehand by TV Tennis announcer Bud Collins. I spent lots of time on clay when I was developing my game and playing tournaments so this style of shot was a must if you were running and sliding sideways on wide forehands. Clay really teaches you to adapt your strokes with bad bounces, sharp angles and longer rallies. I also developed an inside out forehead that stayed low and skidded towards the alley. Being able to generate spin and hit while running or sliding is essential on clay.
This is popularly used a lot by Jennifer Capriati, Lindsay Davenport, and Myskina. Not only does it help defensively but it is also an offensive shot. Because hitting off the back foot has a natural stability point, you can hit the ball harder
@@sergiosimbula no in fact if you hit in front of you, you can't hit it as hard. If you read about Amanda Coetzer back in the early 90's, her coach noticed that she was hitting the ball out in front of her and this was preventing her from hitting the ball harder so they made her hit the ball a little later so that her shots would have more anchor stability. Also, women have a different source of power. It comes from the hips. At any rate, it's the same reason why one of the greatest forehands in the history of tennis, Graf's, is hit rather late, off her back foot. She gets amazing rebound power off her backfoot. If you visualize it, if the ball is out in front of you, it's harder to create pace, so unless ball alread is fast, you won't be able to hit it hard. However if ball is off your backfoot, you will always impart some power to it because youre at the edge of your motion (meaning your arms can no longer stretch beyond that point) so the only way to go is forward.
great to learn a new technique & even better to learn the specific situation in which to apply it. a question: is there an equivalent stroke for the backhand?
Hi Nik, great content as always! Could you also make a video on how to handle similar balls when it's on the backhand side (both one-handed and two-handed)? Thanks!
Great video, Nik, as ever. I think I do the so called reverse forehand naturally too - never thought about it until now. However, can you advise on how to handle the high reverse forehand i.e. ball behind you but bouncing higher, say when it's at shoulder level or even above. It then transforms into a full helicopter shot :) Is that the right way, basically extend this technique to high balls behind you, or is there a small adjustment to be made to the reverse forehand in that case ? Sometimes, without thinking, I think I use my wrist to direct the ball downward, and tend to lose a little control. Thanks again. The first part of the video was very informative when you were feeding Carla short balls as well. Here in India, the lockdown has just been opened up, and I can't wait to get back on court, and get those balls fed and get those shots again. If not, even the tennis wall is just a dream right now :) These videos of similar level players as me, really make my day and there's so much to learn from your videos. #gratitude
Will you ever do a video about how to handle deep late balls on the baseline for a 1 handed BH? Is there a grip switch, or angle adjustment or what? Because whenever I get one of those to my 1 hander, it feels very difficult to get the string bed angle open, and I often hit over the ball too much.
Interesting when you mentioned that this happened naturally, because now I just realized that I did this when I thought I hit a normal forehand. Do you already have an explanation video how to hit a backhand similar to this(when the ball got behind)? Or do we just hit it like normal backhand?
Quick question, I've bought a reel of Kirshbaum Super Smash, what tension would you advise to start at? I usually string with Luxilon Alu Rough at 50lbs for example. Looking forward to trying out this Orange stuff! Cheers
Hi Nik, any plans to do a video about the 2h backhand swing volley? Just watched your high forehand video and found it very helpful, and I’m curious about how to translate it to the BH side
This is a shot that I already use. I wasn't even aware it was called a "reverse forehand". I prefer to call it an "extended forehand" shot. Thanks for sharing with a demonstration.
I hear pickle balls?!? They’re every where spreading like Corona 😅😅 Nik as always amazing lesson but I was hoping you apply this reverse forehand on someone with lower level coz she plays good already. Just saying
i instinctively play this shot a lot and end up taking a 360 degree body rotation, it works though. interestingly i call my single hand backhand 'reverse forehand'.
I'm a subscriber learning a lot from your channel. We practiced 3 ways to pick up a tennis ball and uploaded it. It would be an honor if you could visit us when you have time to see if we did it properly. I wonder if we practiced correctly. Thank you for today's informative tennis video.
Can someone recommend me a good racket, looking to pay around £50/60? Does a better racket make a noticeable difference I’ve had my current one for too long strings gone.
A better racquet makes an incredible difference especially if you talk with your coach to find racquets that suit your style of play and you can test some out
Reverse forehand is addicting once you use it and a lot of players tend to start using it for every forehand under pressure in matches. It happened to Sharapova, Capriati, and even Serena now. It ruined Sharapova's and Capriati's shoulder and kind of effectively ended their careers. Be careful using this all the time!
Straight Arm Forehand with Karla 👉 th-cam.com/video/CjIMzKQVv9M/w-d-xo.html
Best tennis coach on TH-cam comes up with another great tip (dealing with a shot that gets past you on forehand side)
Also the grumpiest
bro you explain things well. I enjoyed my coaches but they didn't explain it near as well as you do. Thanks
He is explaining things very nicely,my respect, being a researcher I can understand this level of research,keep going sir...💪💪👍👍🎾🎾
Great student and great coach
Brate Nikola, hvala puno za lekcije koje postavljas!
Nema na cemu
Thank you for mentioning the balance issue on moving back and being completely sideways then kind of falling as you swing. I think this is what I've been doing a lot lately. I'm a player that hugs the baseline so I have to move back a lot on deep balls. I thought It was just a lack of core strength and timing that was causing me to feel like I was "falling" but I believe I'm frequently standing completely sideways. I'm now going to try to be more conscious of my stance and try to be more open on these strokes. Thanks! :)
Certain coaches are obsessed with hitting the ball sideways....it's like they think people cannot adapt....One of the first things I practiced was being able to hit the ball on either side with either foot, just this will improve your game a lot.
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Great lesson, Nick! Very useful learning how to deal with this situation, so common in a match.
What about the same situation but in the backhand side? A new video for that would be great! With the same student, but covering the one handed backhand as well (in case of Karla being a two-handed BH player)!
Excellent video. The reverse forehand is something I saw young players do when they hit late, and it worked, so I just copied it.
Didn't know Lansdorp had given it a name, and that it was a proper technique
Thanks for explaining this. Now I realize why it happens to me from time to time. When I am late with my preparation, or the pace gets too high, the ball gets behind me, and then I am forced to hit the reverse forehand. I thought I was hitting Nadal’s forehands:) It’s good to understand the difference.
You student has very nice and solid FH.
Good Reverse FB details
👍🎾🙏
Just as I was wondering how to accomplish this shot, your lesson pops up 👍 Thanks for that. I will incorporate it into my game tonight.
Karla is a great student, by the way.
Thanks for the great tip, many times I'm late to hit the ball, I've done it on table tennis, but I'll try for sure to add it on regular courts.
Si señor!
I believe that this reverse forehand has been used on the tour for a long time. I believe that is was named the “ Buggy Whip” Forehand by TV Tennis announcer Bud Collins. I spent lots of time on clay when I was developing my game and playing tournaments so this style of shot was a must if you were running and sliding sideways on wide forehands. Clay really teaches you to adapt your strokes with bad bounces, sharp angles and longer rallies. I also developed an inside out forehead that stayed low and skidded towards the alley. Being able to generate spin and hit while running or sliding is essential on clay.
You’re just a Nadal wannabe …. I’m not fooled
"never try to force this to happen" 👍 thanks for the lesson, great explanation.
Thank you for your new tip Sir
I like your coaching feedbacks. Good job
This is popularly used a lot by Jennifer Capriati, Lindsay Davenport, and Myskina. Not only does it help defensively but it is also an offensive shot. Because hitting off the back foot has a natural stability point, you can hit the ball harder
@@sergiosimbula no in fact if you hit in front of you, you can't hit it as hard. If you read about Amanda Coetzer back in the early 90's, her coach noticed that she was hitting the ball out in front of her and this was preventing her from hitting the ball harder so they made her hit the ball a little later so that her shots would have more anchor stability.
Also, women have a different source of power. It comes from the hips.
At any rate, it's the same reason why one of the greatest forehands in the history of tennis, Graf's, is hit rather late, off her back foot. She gets amazing rebound power off her backfoot. If you visualize it, if the ball is out in front of you, it's harder to create pace, so unless ball alread is fast, you won't be able to hit it hard. However if ball is off your backfoot, you will always impart some power to it because youre at the edge of your motion (meaning your arms can no longer stretch beyond that point) so the only way to go is forward.
informative video as always💯
🙏
great to learn a new technique & even better to learn the specific situation in which to apply it. a question: is there an equivalent stroke for the backhand?
no, just the slice I guess :)
Great lesson
Great coach and very nice student !!!Thanks
Thank you Josefina 🙏
He has the prettiest students. And she hits the ball very well.
Creep
Huh? Saying she is pretty is creepy?
@@PaulWolfe1 jepp :)
Alright! Carla's using the ATP style forehand!
Indeed she is...only forehand I teach.
@@witnessfitness1 why is that?
@@witnessfitness1 oh so you taught Karla!! awesome:0
Great coach !
great training , tkank you coach "
Hi Nik, great content as always! Could you also make a video on how to handle similar balls when it's on the backhand side (both one-handed and two-handed)? Thanks!
Sure
Great channel
I am using the bogy wip everytime I want to hit a shot on the rise or when on the run but not very time
It really is intuitive. I'm a beginner and I've realized I do that when I'm late to the ball. Which happens too often, I'm afraid.
Great video, Nik, as ever. I think I do the so called reverse forehand naturally too - never thought about it until now. However, can you advise on how to handle the high reverse forehand i.e. ball behind you but bouncing higher, say when it's at shoulder level or even above. It then transforms into a full helicopter shot :) Is that the right way, basically extend this technique to high balls behind you, or is there a small adjustment to be made to the reverse forehand in that case ? Sometimes, without thinking, I think I use my wrist to direct the ball downward, and tend to lose a little control.
Thanks again. The first part of the video was very informative when you were feeding Carla short balls as well.
Here in India, the lockdown has just been opened up, and I can't wait to get back on court, and get those balls fed and get those shots again. If not, even the tennis wall is just a dream right now :) These videos of similar level players as me, really make my day and there's so much to learn from your videos. #gratitude
Will you ever do a video about how to handle deep late balls on the baseline for a 1 handed BH? Is there a grip switch, or angle adjustment or what? Because whenever I get one of those to my 1 hander, it feels very difficult to get the string bed angle open, and I often hit over the ball too much.
10:58 adjust racquet angle.. cool
Can I make a video of me playing,send it to you and tell me some advices to improve my game
Im from egypt and coaches here dont teach anything
I think he sells this service on his website.
@@lolvonlolipopp I checked and i couldn't find such a thing
@@aymo-tm6608 intuitivetennis.com/ Click "Video Analysis" at the top menu
@@EricAzares Oh, unfortunately that's way too expensive for me. 3.2K Egyptian pound that's kinda alot and I'm only 17
Thanks tho❤️
Interesting when you mentioned that this happened naturally, because now I just realized that I did this when I thought I hit a normal forehand.
Do you already have an explanation video how to hit a backhand similar to this(when the ball got behind)? Or do we just hit it like normal backhand?
Different on the backhand l. I’ll make a video
Quick question, I've bought a reel of Kirshbaum Super Smash, what tension would you advise to start at? I usually string with Luxilon Alu Rough at 50lbs for example. Looking forward to trying out this Orange stuff! Cheers
New shoes - what are they?! Finally switched from the Vapors eh? Great lesson as always.
Cole Haan
Please teach us the perfect buggy whip 👍
th-cam.com/video/z-z303UZSiU/w-d-xo.html
Hi Nik, any plans to do a video about the 2h backhand swing volley? Just watched your high forehand video and found it very helpful, and I’m curious about how to translate it to the BH side
Thank you. I’ll cover swing volleys for sure
This is a shot that I already use. I wasn't even aware it was called a "reverse forehand". I prefer to call it an "extended forehand" shot. Thanks for sharing with a demonstration.
Is it correct to move 1 leg up when you do this, it’s like a habit of mine, but is it good to do that when hitting the ball with the reverse forehand?
I once had a bleeding forehead from the reverse forehand that came naturally
I love how they specify (not Nadal) hahahaha
with this forehand, one is probably gonna frame a lot of balls if one hasn't played for 5+ years
Is this the same as the “buggy whip”??
The buggy whip is the nadal forehand, so no.
What is the grip on this shot?? I luv it!!
Nice tennis courts.
Super session on reverse or rather called Nadal forehand.
Nik, is the reverse forehand also be used for the banana-down-the-line shot or is it completely different?
It’s different
when do we actually need to use the reverse forehand, only on defensive mode?
Damn it Carla be aggressive
If the ball is low and behind her, what does she do?
I feel this should happen naturally if your basic FH technique is good. If you practice for such a shot you may end up doing this for all the balls.
I hear pickle balls?!? They’re every where spreading like Corona 😅😅
Nik as always amazing lesson but I was hoping you apply this reverse forehand on someone with lower level coz she plays good already. Just saying
The noise is something to get used to especially when there are 4 courts of pickle ball.
@@dariusd2003 Try playing next to 24 courts all going. Noise drives me nuts.
Avoiding pickle noise is challenging these days
"Be aggressive".. Proceeds to give us nothing. 😅
She s got a good forehand.. Not typical of female forehands.. She doesn't over backswing. A lot potential.
i instinctively play this shot a lot and end up taking a 360 degree body rotation, it works though. interestingly i call my single hand backhand 'reverse forehand'.
HAHA just by looking at the thumbnail I knew it was Carla
Is her footwork correct? She should load her right leg. That may be what's limiting her cross-court.
What strings are you using?
th-cam.com/video/sILz1OjSxzw/w-d-xo.html
Why do you have so many shoes nik? Haha
Run run Karla
If you're drawn to the net, even if not on your own terms, why would you retreat back?
She’s drilling
Back up after a short ball ? Personally I would allways encourage coming into net too kill it off . that’s just me though .
I'm a subscriber learning a lot from your channel. We practiced 3 ways to pick up a tennis ball and uploaded it. It would be an honor if you could visit us when you have time to see if we did it properly. I wonder if we practiced correctly. Thank you for today's informative tennis video.
Is there a reverse backhand ?
she has better strokes than most females by far more wrist lag and everything.. if she actually tried shed be amazing
I remember watching her channel some years ago....I thought she was studying and quit tennis. love her game lul
whats her channel?
How is it different from nadal forehand? It looks the same. At least from amateur eyes
She needs thrice more power when the ball is behind her in a match situation with real balls.
If anything she’d need less because she’d naturally generate power based off the speed at which the opposing player hits the ball.
Can someone recommend me a good racket, looking to pay around £50/60? Does a better racket make a noticeable difference I’ve had my current one for too long strings gone.
A better racquet makes an incredible difference especially if you talk with your coach to find racquets that suit your style of play and you can test some out
Buy one in price range of 200€ from the last collection so it will be in sale and you will get it for areound 80€.
Reverse forehand is addicting once you use it and a lot of players tend to start using it for every forehand under pressure in matches. It happened to Sharapova, Capriati, and even Serena now. It ruined Sharapova's and Capriati's shoulder and kind of effectively ended their careers. Be careful using this all the time!
You are absolutely right. It is an unnatural motion that could damage your shoulder after repeated use.
I was wishing to play tennis when I was 4 years old and know I am 9 years old and i am playing tennis
awesome!!
Buggy whip?
Mannarino
Karla needs to work on her slices. None of them worked like a slice.
What is that? Nic not sporting Nike shoes? O_O
That's a terrible forehand.