The buggy whip really is an extreme follow through. Essentially what i discovered a few years back on my own is that you are trying to follow through but the only way to do so without hitting yourself is kind of to essentially let the arm kind of helicopter around, so essentially towards other shoulder, over and around. It's also a means to hit the ball harder with margin.
Thanks for the tip. For slices, I use "extra" loopy backswing to lift the ball up and give forward momentum. This naturally results in a buggy whip follow through.
Hahah that speaks VOLUMES that Jeff got up to the top 100 with adding in the deadly Buddy Whip Finish. When I added this Buggy Whip I saw big changes in the results in my matches. It doesn't just take down the Slicer or the Pusher, it destroys them. The buggy whip is capable of hitting up to 110-120 mph speeds through the court like a serve. It hits the ball with tremendous pace.
@@TennisEvolution That buggy whip acts in three ways I can think of. 1) For Velocity is more like the RYNO in Rachet 'n' Clank. It can hit the ball through the court at ridiculous speeds with FULL leverage.. 2) Accuracy. it is deadly accurate even in the tightest spots in the court it can thread the angles. Here's where threading the needle becomes a breeze when you're on the run and in trouble.. Why its special is because it allows you to be late with the ball, not just always early. That makes you more dangerous on the court. The late contact also allows you to disguise the ball to hit it one way or another. 4) Effectiveness. You know how a tsunami works, it starts off very small at first as a small running puddle of fast moving water but the water just keeps on building up until it becomes a raging unstoppable torrent within a minute later and then starts to sweep everything all away out of its path. And then a few minutes later all the foundations of the houses start to move next and be swept all away down the streets. Well its doing that to weak club players, washing the foundations of their houses all down the streets. as the trouble continues to rise, it just unhinges everything off their foundations. The buggy whip puts the tennis court on a whole new level. Puts it on a whole new planet because it floods the court with continual rising trouble. So you are now making players play Rainbow Islands to play catch up tennis keep on forcing them to hop up to higher ground to try to keep themselves out of trouble as the water keeps on rising. You can put your opponents into deep trouble quite early in matches with that buggy whip especially if you do combos with it. I have seen the devastating results for myself in my own matches for they couldn't do anything to stop that forehand from hooking the ball no matter if they sliced or hacked or even drove the ball flat.. And if they lob, you got the swinging volley with that buggy whip to just keep the pressure rising up on the court.... As for MEP the famous pusher with the unorthodox weak strokes,, he wouldn't stand a chance against that Nadal forehand.
I just lost today against an older man, slicing the shizzle out of me, mostly on my backhand! I managed to win the first set but lost the other two, he got in my head and I tried to do too much. I ended up making a lot of errors or gave him an easy ball to pass me (and he could place the ball so damn good on the lines as well)
Great tactic. I've found that I more often hit my topspin forehand into the net when I'm aggressively trying to return a slice shot from my opponent. The slice shot bounces lower then topspin so you have to hit up to clear the net. But another consideration is that when the slice shot bounces on my side of the net, the balls rotation is like it already has some topspin on it. When I hit my normal topspin stroke, the ball tends to curve sharply down into the top of the net. What I like about your buggy whip shot is that it forces you to lift the ball high over the net and creates a great high percentage shot. The extra topspin and net clearance also has the effect of kicking your groundstroke up to shoulder level of your opponent where it is more difficult for your opponent to slice from.
@@TennisEvolution And alot of pros make that mistake of using the flat forehand to hit aggressive off a low sliced ball instead of using their buggy whip and always seem to slam it down into the top of the net or blast it long out of the court. Giving away easy points when they could've used the buggy whip to clear it over the net.
Buggy whip is fine. Will have to practice it. But still not clear why bending down and getting below the low incoming slice and swinging low to high with a normal topspin stroke, and finishing over the opposite shoulder, is not just as good as a buggy whip... The few times I experimented with the buggy whip I hit myself in the forehead. 😟
Just watched Jeff at 6:30 and he is teaching a shorter finish than Rafa. Rafa goes out and then comes back towards the head whereas Jeff's finish finishes shorter, with less chance of hitting myself in the forehead.
the buggy whip is definitely a great way to generate top spin, besides the next gen forehand. to seal off a slicer's main weapon, i would hit hard and fast balls towards their backhand and let them slice, then step 1 step up from the baseline. chances are if the contact is off, which will be quite likely considering to hit a good slice with enough backspin and not get it to fly too high, the contact must be perfect. the extra power from the fast ball will cause the slice to fly up and short, which i can then finish with a volley, overhead or approach shot. either that or just hit a shoulder height top spin shot or float a high ball towards the baseline, since slicers usually prefer waist level shots which are not too fast or not too slow, since if the shot is too fast, it is difficult to time the perfect contact, and if the shot is too slow, they can't feed of its pace. then the return will probably be a short floater since they will try to do a backhand slice but couldn't use the pace from the incoming ball. or i would just aim towards their forehand side if their forehand is not good enough.
Agreed. Sometimes I hit very fast ball towards a good slicer's backhand, and time and time again, it was easily sliced back. So if you want to hit a fast ball, aim the body, not the backhand side.
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I would just like to know if it is necessary to use a semi-western forehand grip for this buggy whip ? Because that is rafa's grip. I might not be able to do this shot with my ancient Australian grip.
Hi Jeff, Nate from PlayYourCourt explains that an incoming hard low slice will actually have topspin after the bounce. A common mistake that players make is not letting the "topspin" of the slice diffuse. They take it too early off the bounce, which makes it harder to time. Instead, move back away from the ball a little bit and let the "topspin" diffuse. This makes it easier to time and make clean contact. Now, this was in the context of using a conventional topspin groundstroke to defend against hard low slice; take a step back. If we choose to defend the hard slice with buggy whip, do we still take a step back to let the "topspin" of the slice diffuse? And even if we have plenty of time to set up and swing, why is it better to have a short finish on a hard incoming slice? Not clear on that. m.th-cam.com/video/0UpooYPqAgE/w-d-xo.html#searching
Lolll just watched that vid before this I think yes, what Jeff seems to be saying is you can take it late while it’s doing that if you use the buggy whip
amazing, as always, jeff!
This one was for you!
The buggy whip really is an extreme follow through. Essentially what i discovered a few years back on my own is that you are trying to follow through but the only way to do so without hitting yourself is kind of to essentially let the arm kind of helicopter around, so essentially towards other shoulder, over and around. It's also a means to hit the ball harder with margin.
Thanks for sharing your insights!
Thanks for the tip. For slices, I use "extra" loopy backswing to lift the ball up and give forward momentum. This naturally results in a buggy whip follow through.
nice explanation. Thanks
Great lesson, thank you Jeff!
You're welcome Fuzz! Thanks for watching.
Hahah that speaks VOLUMES that Jeff got up to the top 100 with adding in the deadly Buddy Whip Finish. When I added this Buggy Whip I saw big changes in the results in my matches. It doesn't just take down the Slicer or the Pusher, it destroys them. The buggy whip is capable of hitting up to 110-120 mph speeds through the court like a serve. It hits the ball with tremendous pace.
Well said! Glad you've taken action and are seeing the results.
@@TennisEvolution
That buggy whip acts in three ways I can think of. 1) For Velocity is more like the RYNO in Rachet 'n' Clank. It can hit the ball through the court at ridiculous speeds with FULL leverage..
2) Accuracy. it is deadly accurate even in the tightest spots in the court it can thread the angles. Here's where threading the needle becomes a breeze when you're on the run and in trouble.. Why its special is because it allows you to be late with the ball, not just always early. That makes you more dangerous on the court. The late contact also allows you to disguise the ball to hit it one way or another.
4) Effectiveness. You know how a tsunami works, it starts off very small at first as a small running puddle of fast moving water but the water just keeps on building up until it becomes a raging unstoppable torrent within a minute later and then starts to sweep everything all away out of its path. And then a few minutes later all the foundations of the houses start to move next and be swept all away down the streets.
Well its doing that to weak club players, washing the foundations of their houses all down the streets.
as the trouble continues to rise, it just unhinges everything off their foundations.
The buggy whip puts the tennis court on a whole new level. Puts it on a whole new planet because it floods the court with continual rising trouble. So you are now making players play Rainbow Islands to play catch up tennis keep on forcing them to hop up to higher ground to try to keep themselves out of trouble as the water keeps on rising. You can put your opponents into deep trouble quite early in matches with that buggy whip especially if you do combos with it.
I have seen the devastating results for myself in my own matches for they couldn't do anything to stop that forehand from hooking the ball no matter if they sliced or hacked or even drove the ball flat.. And if they lob, you got the swinging volley with that buggy whip to just keep the pressure rising up on the court....
As for MEP the famous pusher with the unorthodox weak strokes,, he wouldn't stand a chance against that Nadal forehand.
@@germanslice Well said and written!
Wow!! Can't wait to use this in my arsenal as well.
@@yakzivz1104 Nice!
Great content, thanks, Jeff.
You're welcome Ryan!
I'm going to try this.
Awesome! Let me know how it goes.
Thank you for your Videos 👍
My pleasure!
Thanks Jeff, I learned this tip from you long time ago and it worked well.
You're welcome Nguyen! That's great to hear.
Brilliant tip. Thanks Jef
You're welcome Laurence!
I just lost today against an older man, slicing the shizzle out of me, mostly on my backhand! I managed to win the first set but lost the other two, he got in my head and I tried to do too much. I ended up making a lot of errors or gave him an easy ball to pass me (and he could place the ball so damn good on the lines as well)
Same guy bageled me 2 weeks ago
Practice the buggy whip forehand and give it a go on your next match. You either win or learn!
Nice lesson
Great tactic. I've found that I more often hit my topspin forehand into the net when I'm aggressively trying to return a slice shot from my opponent. The slice shot bounces lower then topspin so you have to hit up to clear the net. But another consideration is that when the slice shot bounces on my side of the net, the balls rotation is like it already has some topspin on it. When I hit my normal topspin stroke, the ball tends to curve sharply down into the top of the net. What I like about your buggy whip shot is that it forces you to lift the ball high over the net and creates a great high percentage shot. The extra topspin and net clearance also has the effect of kicking your groundstroke up to shoulder level of your opponent where it is more difficult for your opponent to slice from.
Thank you for watching Kent and sharing such an insightful comment!
@@TennisEvolution And alot of pros make that mistake of using the flat forehand to hit aggressive off a low sliced ball instead of using their buggy whip and always seem to slam it down into the top of the net or blast it long out of the court. Giving away easy points when they could've used the buggy whip to clear it over the net.
@@germanslice Spot on!
Buggy whip is fine. Will have to practice it. But still not clear why bending down and getting below the low incoming slice and swinging low to high with a normal topspin stroke, and finishing over the opposite shoulder, is not just as good as a buggy whip... The few times I experimented with the buggy whip I hit myself in the forehead. 😟
Just watched Jeff at 6:30 and he is teaching a shorter finish than Rafa. Rafa goes out and then comes back towards the head whereas Jeff's finish finishes shorter, with less chance of hitting myself in the forehead.
great tip...
the buggy whip is definitely a great way to generate top spin, besides the next gen forehand. to seal off a slicer's main weapon, i would hit hard and fast balls towards their backhand and let them slice, then step 1 step up from the baseline. chances are if the contact is off, which will be quite likely considering to hit a good slice with enough backspin and not get it to fly too high, the contact must be perfect. the extra power from the fast ball will cause the slice to fly up and short, which i can then finish with a volley, overhead or approach shot.
either that or just hit a shoulder height top spin shot or float a high ball towards the baseline, since slicers usually prefer waist level shots which are not too fast or not too slow, since if the shot is too fast, it is difficult to time the perfect contact, and if the shot is too slow, they can't feed of its pace. then the return will probably be a short floater since they will try to do a backhand slice but couldn't use the pace from the incoming ball. or i would just aim towards their forehand side if their forehand is not good enough.
Thanks for watching and sharing a great comment!
Agreed. Sometimes I hit very fast ball towards a good slicer's backhand, and time and time again, it was easily sliced back. So if you want to hit a fast ball, aim the body, not the backhand side.
Maybe a strategy to consider against MEP : ]
Perhaps!
what grip I should use?
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I would just like to know if it is necessary to use a semi-western forehand grip for this buggy whip ? Because that is rafa's grip.
I might not be able to do this shot with my ancient Australian grip.
You can still hit the buggy whip forehand with an eastern forehand.
Hi Jeff, Nate from PlayYourCourt explains that an incoming hard low slice will actually have topspin after the bounce. A common mistake that players make is not letting the "topspin" of the slice diffuse. They take it too early off the bounce, which makes it harder to time. Instead, move back away from the ball a little bit and let the "topspin" diffuse. This makes it easier to time and make clean contact. Now, this was in the context of using a conventional topspin groundstroke to defend against hard low slice; take a step back. If we choose to defend the hard slice with buggy whip, do we still take a step back to let the "topspin" of the slice diffuse?
And even if we have plenty of time to set up and swing, why is it better to have a short finish on a hard incoming slice? Not clear on that.
m.th-cam.com/video/0UpooYPqAgE/w-d-xo.html#searching
Lolll just watched that vid before this I think yes, what Jeff seems to be saying is you can take it late while it’s doing that if you use the buggy whip
Need to get another camera to show the ball flight into the court. Very annoying not to see the ball land in the court
Thanks for suggestion. The key is to focus on the technique to go get tot he next level
I like seeing the close-up from the front view. Thanks Jeff
0:56 - The buggy whip forehand
I lose a final today on clay vs a f*** player that use only slice 🤬🤬🤬😅.
who even spell Rafa's name as Rafial Nadal 😮
perhaps instead of dhow your own example how about put real Rafa Nadal example of hitting in the video 😅