Stepping on or inside the baseline with the front foot is the most common type of foot fault. Here is what you need to do if you have this problem: 🎾 Transfer weight on your back foot while the toss and hitting arm are inside the baseline 🎾 Initiate the toss while simultaneously transferring weight onto your front foot 🎾 As the racquet starts approaching the trophy phase apply pressure towards the tip of the front foot 🎾 The front foot is now set firmly into the ground and it is impossible to take a step from this position 💪
When you try to demonstrate crossing the middle line during serve, in the moment of contact with the ball, your whole body and feet is not crossing or touching the middle line. So what counts? the initial position or the moment you hit the ball?
I am presently a 4.5 player ( former 5.0 ) and have always struggled with exactly the foot fault you showed. I was NEVER taught properly. Watched the video yday and completely corrected foot fault. My toss started way too early while weight still on back foot. Not only that, but the serve is now smooth and much better. All from one video. You are a superb teacher Nic.
Nik, thanks so much! I’ve been called out on occasion for foot faulting and recently confirmed it as I was videoing my serve. It is the most common type you last mentioned where the front foot moves slightly over the baseline. I tried your correction relative to weight transfer and rhythm and it works beautifully. Your insight is amazing.
Hi Nikola, Another very informative video (I personally didn’t know that crossing the middle line is a foot fault). I especially like your suggestion on how the weight should go from back leg to the front leg. Excellent suggestion. Thank you! Regarding the foot fault on the recreational level. I have never seen this being called; even though I am sure it occurs quite often. The fact of the matter is that during the recreational match neither player is watching for the foot fault. The server is praying that the ball goes in; and the receiver is praying that the serve misses :)
Hi Dmitry You are so right. Foot faults are not called at the rec level so it’s up to the individual player to have enough integrity to serve according to the rules.
Thanks for the video and focusing on this issue. Not sure I understand the fourth kind of foot fault. Federer frequently lifts his left foot off the ground during the racquet takeback. After doing this, he sometimes places the left foot down for a more closed stance on the ad side for a second serve, so he is moving his left foot mid-serve.
Thank you for the informative video...if you jump and cross the baseline (without touching the baseline) prior to contact does that constitute a foot fault? In other words when you contact the ball you are in the air and in front of the baseline.
i just videod myself serving & realised i am sliding my front foot onto the baseline every time! Thanks for the video, I will try shifting my weight onto the front foot & see if the sliding stops.
If your foot touches the imaginary extension of the singles side line it is a foot fault. In doubles, you are allowed to serve up to the imaginary extension of the doubles side line. But there is never a reason to serve so close to either the singles side line or doubles side line. *You are leaving way too much open court for your opponent!*
So if you must put that foot past the "baseline" boundary - to avoid faulting, do not let that foot go past or land past that baseline boundary until after the ball hits the racket during the serve. Only then - you can do that "hop forward" past the baseline. Do it post-hit of the ball on that racket. Not exactly as it is hit, and not before that. After you hit the ball - you can bring your front foot at or over the line. Failure to do all that will result in a fault.
Hi Nikola, just want to ask.Is moving the front foot during service motion is still a foot even not touching the line?Honestly I'm doing that on my first serve, but not touching line because i stand 1 foot from the baseline normally at the start of my service motion..And also I've seen some pros doing that specially doubles players like Juan Sebastian Cabal. And singles players like Tommy haas, Marat, Safin and kei Nishikori..
There is no lunging up on the tennis serve, especially from the back foot. All high level servers load the front foot and have the back foot leave the ground first. th-cam.com/video/rSPc480H9uo/w-d-xo.html
@@IntuitiveTennis I think so. He had a few in Cincinnati and actually had a double foot-fault double fault against Wawrinka which I've never seen before!
Hi Nikola, i'm confused about what you say as well as the rule 18 about moving the front foot during service motion.You mean, it is still a FF if your front foot is moving during the service motion even if it didnt touches the baseline? I see some players consistently doing that like Tommy Haas, Juan Sebastian Cabal, and Marat Safin.They are moving their front foot but it didnt touches the line and the umpire did not do something.According to Rule 18, a slight movement is permitted, but i don't know how big or how small is that particular tolerable slight.Can you please give me a clear explaination..Thanks
Hey nick, how to handle opponent steping more than half a meter inside the court? Unfortunately no one calls on foot faults at the recreational level. If I serve half an inch off the box the opponent can call “out”, if the opponent steps a meter inside the court that’s fine. 😔😔
Once you show the successful platform serve at the end of the video, it is obvious that your foot crosses over the baseline in the air while you are hitting the ball at apex. I think foot fault advice is frequently lacking to explain that it is only a foot fault when the line is touched or a foot lands inside the court before the ball is struck. Would you agree?
What about if someone changes position during his serve. My opponent last week changed his position from the left to the right almost one meter during his pin point. so basically it were 2 steps in his pin point. No one beleived me that this is not allowed everybody is just talking about steping into the court. No one talks about changing player positions during the serve or the position and the diagonal serve direction (if one foot is on the center line). Can you clarify? 1. what if one foot is on the center line? 2. changing pisitions in the serving motion (Ein Fußfehler ist laut Regeln dann gegeben, wenn man während der Aufschlagbewegung seine Stellung durch Gehen oder Laufen stark verändert. Leichte Schrittbewegungen sind hingegen erlaubt.)
I share a problem with Ben below and may other recreational or club tennis players. I move my right backfoot in front of my left frontfoot during the toss and then jumps up from my right foot before hitting the ball. I have tried to break that habit for several years without success.
I share your problem. I move my right backfoot in front of my left frontfoot during the toss and then jumps up from my right foot before hitting the ball. I have tried to break that habit for several years without success.
Stepping on or inside the baseline with the front foot is the most common type of foot fault.
Here is what you need to do if you have this problem:
🎾 Transfer weight on your back foot while the toss and hitting arm are inside the baseline
🎾 Initiate the toss while simultaneously transferring weight onto your front foot
🎾 As the racquet starts approaching the trophy phase apply pressure towards the tip of the front foot
🎾 The front foot is now set firmly into the ground and it is impossible to take a step from this position
💪
When you try to demonstrate crossing the middle line during serve, in the moment of contact with the ball, your whole body and feet is not crossing or touching the middle line. So what counts? the initial position or the moment you hit the ball?
I am presently a 4.5 player ( former 5.0 ) and have always struggled with exactly the foot fault you showed. I was NEVER taught properly. Watched the video yday and completely corrected foot fault. My toss started way too early while weight still on back foot. Not only that, but the serve is now smooth and much better. All from one video. You are a superb teacher Nic.
You're not a 4.5 def not 5.0 if you foot fault you living in your fantasy world buddy lol. 😂😂😂
Nik, thanks so much! I’ve been called out on occasion for foot faulting and recently confirmed it as I was videoing my serve. It is the most common type you last mentioned where the front foot moves slightly over the baseline. I tried your correction relative to weight transfer and rhythm and it works beautifully. Your insight is amazing.
Happy to help!
Hi Nikola, Another very informative video (I personally didn’t know that crossing the middle line is a foot fault). I especially like your suggestion on how the weight should go from back leg to the front leg. Excellent suggestion. Thank you!
Regarding the foot fault on the recreational level. I have never seen this being called; even though I am sure it occurs quite often. The fact of the matter is that during the recreational match neither player is watching for the foot fault. The server is praying that the ball goes in; and the receiver is praying that the serve misses :)
Hi Dmitry
You are so right. Foot faults are not called at the rec level so it’s up to the individual player to have enough integrity to serve according to the rules.
Tried the tip and it works just as you said it would.
Glad to hear that rd 🙏🙏
I like Roger's stance and serve motion. So stable, perfect, no room for foot fault.
Thanks for the video and focusing on this issue.
Not sure I understand the fourth kind of foot fault.
Federer frequently lifts his left foot off the ground during the racquet takeback.
After doing this, he sometimes places the left foot down for a more closed stance on the ad side for a second serve, so he is moving his left foot mid-serve.
thank you! thank you! thank you! :-) the sampras serve stance to the rescue !
Thank you for the informative video...if you jump and cross the baseline (without touching the baseline) prior to contact does that constitute a foot fault? In other words when you contact the ball you are in the air and in front of the baseline.
That’s not a foot fault
i just videod myself serving & realised i am sliding my front foot onto the baseline every time! Thanks for the video, I will try shifting my weight onto the front foot & see if the sliding stops.
Terrific tip on foot faults. I am guilty of such. Thanks!
My pleasure James
Hi and thanks for your video! How about stepping on the imaginary extension of the side line? Is it also foot fault? Thanks again and best regards!
If your foot touches the imaginary extension of the singles side line it is a foot fault.
In doubles, you are allowed to serve up to the imaginary extension of the doubles side line.
But there is never a reason to serve so close to either the singles side line or doubles side line.
*You are leaving way too much open court for your opponent!*
could you make a video about sun protection??
sure K 😎
So if you must put that foot past the "baseline" boundary - to avoid faulting, do not let that foot go past or land past that baseline boundary until after the ball hits the racket during the serve. Only then - you can do that "hop forward" past the baseline. Do it post-hit of the ball on that racket. Not exactly as it is hit, and not before that. After you hit the ball - you can bring your front foot at or over the line.
Failure to do all that will result in a fault.
Hi Nikola, just want to ask.Is moving the front foot during service motion is still a foot even not touching the line?Honestly I'm doing that on my first serve, but not touching line because i stand 1 foot from the baseline normally at the start of my service motion..And also I've seen some pros doing that specially doubles players like Juan Sebastian Cabal. And singles players like Tommy haas, Marat, Safin and kei Nishikori..
Almagro used to do that. It’s not a foot fault
@@IntuitiveTennis tnx Nikola
If you put a pressure (weight) on front foot during tossing what happened to advice to use your back foot to lunge yourself up when serving ?
There is no lunging up on the tennis serve, especially from the back foot. All high level servers load the front foot and have the back foot leave the ground first.
th-cam.com/video/rSPc480H9uo/w-d-xo.html
Thank you Mr. Aracic, exelent video !
My pleasure Milivoj
Medvedev needs to watch this before his semifinal :D
Does he foot fault a lot? I wasn’t aware of that
@@IntuitiveTennis I think so. He had a few in Cincinnati and actually had a double foot-fault double fault against Wawrinka which I've never seen before!
Interesting Kabir, I love his serve (one of the best on tour), I’ll take a look at his feet
Hi Nikola, i'm confused about what you say as well as the rule 18 about moving the front foot during service motion.You mean, it is still a FF if your front foot is moving during the service motion even if it didnt touches the baseline? I see some players consistently doing that like Tommy Haas, Juan Sebastian Cabal, and Marat Safin.They are moving their front foot but it didnt touches the line and the umpire did not do something.According to Rule 18, a slight movement is permitted, but i don't know how big or how small is that particular tolerable slight.Can you please give me a clear explaination..Thanks
Not saying that
Front foot can move but it can’t step on line prior to contact
Hey nick, how to handle opponent steping more than half a meter inside the court?
Unfortunately no one calls on foot faults at the recreational level.
If I serve half an inch off the box the opponent can call “out”, if the opponent steps a meter inside the court that’s fine. 😔😔
Once you show the successful platform serve at the end of the video, it is obvious that your foot crosses over the baseline in the air while you are hitting the ball at apex. I think foot fault advice is frequently lacking to explain that it is only a foot fault when the line is touched or a foot lands inside the court before the ball is struck. Would you agree?
How about Serene Williams footfault, which mistake she made ?
But does it matter if the back foot crossed the mid line *before* ball contact? 🤔
What about if someone changes position during his serve. My opponent last week changed his position from the left to the right almost one meter during his pin point. so basically it were 2 steps in his pin point. No one beleived me that this is not allowed everybody is just talking about steping into the court. No one talks about changing player positions during the serve or the position and the diagonal serve direction (if one foot is on the center line).
Can you clarify?
1. what if one foot is on the center line?
2. changing pisitions in the serving motion
(Ein Fußfehler ist laut Regeln dann gegeben, wenn man während der Aufschlagbewegung seine Stellung durch Gehen oder Laufen stark verändert. Leichte Schrittbewegungen sind hingegen erlaubt.)
Center line are definitely foot faults. Not sure about changing positions
I share a problem with Ben below and may other recreational or club tennis players. I move my right backfoot in front of my left frontfoot during the toss and then jumps up from my right foot before hitting the ball. I have tried to break that habit for several years without success.
You might find the answer towards the end of this video 👉 th-cam.com/video/gEG6jOIyOz0/w-d-xo.html
I’ve got a strange issue that the back foot end up in front of the leading foot
Perhaps I need to work on the funder mentals
Boris Becker, sabatini, novotna did it too
@@IntuitiveTennis how did they correct it thanks
I have the problem that I serve and have a little jump where my front foot keeps getting into the court without touching the baseline.. :/
Do your feet have to touch the ground while serving? Maybe stupid question
No you can get airborne
I didn't see my kind of foot fault where the back foot steps in front of the front foot before contact.
I share your problem. I move my right backfoot in front of my left frontfoot during the toss and then jumps up from my right foot before hitting the ball. I have tried to break that habit for several years without success.
And foot falt duple ?
I didn't know Safin was affected by such problem in his career. 😅 I guess im a fake fan.. 😂
Wheres Serena Williams?