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I made this for a person I coach. My stroke examples could be improved but I think you will get the idea. Comments welcome.

I feel you need to recover from your serve much faster. Maybe more weight transfer from the back leg to the front leg in the serve would help. Coming down more in the serve keeps the ball low. If you end up low its easier to jump back in a low stance. Serve then jump into a position with the...

What % of the time is harimotos heal raised in his backhand topspin punch in the first video.? Look at the second video. I see 80% of the time the heal is raised. I see a few strokes where his heal does not touch the ground at all in the first video. He brings his right hip back a bit as he...

Watch one of my favorite pros below. What percentage of time is her heal raised? What percentage of the time is her heal raised in fast backhand rallies? 100%? What percentage of time is your heal raised in your own game? I'm not suggesting to have it always raised 100% but it is a great...

Blahness, did you read my post? I said on the forehand pushoff you do have the heal on the ground. Moving in and out your heal will touch the ground too. Another pro coach said you should be able to slide a piece of paper under your heal. So full weight on the balls of the feet. Just what I...

I watched a few videos on this thread. I see the heal of the foot touching the ground a bit too much that could imply that the stance is not forward enough. One thing that really helped me do more mini split steps between shots is to always have a forward stance so your heal is raised a little...

Thanks. Great comments.

NDH, I love your feedback. I will post a video of my form against the robot soon. Some comments. I was looking at the computer screen on the side to check my form as I did a shadow swing. So this explains the strange head position!!! I did also notice my wrist action was maybe too relaxed. Its...

NDH. I did have a big issue with my lack of relaxation then I posted my first post which was some days ago. I have worked on it over last few days and feel I am getting on top of it, at least against the robot. The last email feedback from my pro level coach was more positive. Feel free to...

Thanks for all the comments. I liked that video that was posted. I forgot to add the real issue is how to get a totally relaxed arm that I feel is needed at the beginning of the forward stroke. If I am relaxed, the arm naturally straightens a bit after the forward swings starts from the dynamic...

I have a forehand where the arm is slightly bent on the end of the backswing. I wish to change this to having the arm much more bent at the end of the backswing and then straighten it more just after the start of the forward swing. I see the Chinese use this technical point in their forehand. I...

This ties in with Bretts advice to delay the backswing so the elbow is going back as the body is going forward. I looked at slow motion on his backspin forehand serve and he is clearly doing this.

This was Bretts exact reply to this issue. He clearly is on another level compared to my technical knowledge. Anyone want to explain his comment about leading with the elbow?

Its interesting that you get differing advice from coaches about the serve motion. I actually asked Brett Clark the question about tightening up the fingers on ball contact 2 days ago and he said 50% of top coaches say to do this and 50% of top coaches say to be relaxed. There is also Mats...

I think most coaches give incomplete advice. You create racket head speed in the backhand by fast forearm speed and then stopping the arm to create a wrist whip action. You see a wrist shake at the end of the stroke in some pros. The feeling is acceleration into ball contact. Pros do this whip...

I much prefer Ma Longs and Harimotos body work in the backhand compared to Pitchford's backhand. Pitchford's backhand is excellent but the game is becoming faster and faster. These 2 pros squat and rotate the right hip back a bit compared to rotating the left hip back. Ma Longs backhand is...

Here is a shadow swing video I made for one of my students of how the elbow comes out from the body in the backhand as the body goes up. This is a no backswIng before the back whip pattern. Its a bit like Ma Longs backhand. Comments welcome. https://youtu.be/HSbHoGqfFFo

Cytivrat, Check out how Harimotos elbow comes out as the bat goes back for the backswing. Body comes up and forward as the bat goes back allows a more effortless faster swing and should reduce your tension issues. Its hard to see on the video unless you use slow motion. You are just rotating...

I know Brett Clark is working on an app that uses machine learning to give you advice about your playing technique real time. I am looking forward to testing it out as I respect his coaching advice.

I made this short video for a guy I coach remotely. The second part could interest beginners and intermediates that feel their feet are rooted to the ground. The exercise I recommend has really helped myself and the people I coach get light on our feet.. Feel free to add any comments or...