this video is a joke. Any real tennis athlete knows that they do not focus on this bull sh** jump step footwork. They vary their footwork to the ball they are hitting and receiving. This guy is no coach. If he is, why is he sponsored by head babolat and nike. ha
take a beginner to top 50 in the country in 3 years. Then you will have credibility with the viewers. "cameroon davis cup"haha the guy cant even demonstrate a proper backhand. "modern footwork" haha read your tennis history silly. i think michael chang knew how to move. someone shut down these silly videos and rhetoric
Will, good info but WAY too long. Get it down to 3 or 4 minutes. Check out Brent Able's instructions, to the point with no rambling or repeating everything 2 or 3 times. If necessary, break it up into more video instructions rather than one 38 minute video.
We'll go back over and over if 3 minutes long, we won't go back to a 38 minute video and try to find exactly where the instruction we're looking for is.
Wrong SadegoGG, the top pros work on their mechanics till they are a habit and don't need to be thought of, just like 'racket back' or balance, usually as juniors and well before you see them on TV. Check out The Bailey Method, just one of the methods the juniors work on. It's work, not 'creating pictures.' Most of us can 'create a picture' but unless you work on mechanics you won't have footwork like the pros. It doesn't take long to get these mechanics down so you don't need to think of them.
I've tried what you guys have said, and damn I could feel the improvement immediately. I'm a counterpuncher, and It's easier to transition from defense to offense with this footwork. I'm hitting lots of winners. I used to hit with a maximum of just 7 winners when I win matches, but this is so good.
this guy is such a liar...he wasn't coach of the year in 2010...and he is universally disliked and disrespected in the area....its called napoleon complex....
To say that footwork mechanics is not necesairy is like saying technique is not important in strokes. YES there is a proper and more efficient way to move on a tennis court. Anticipation is also important but you need all these things to be competitive. Tennis is not a simple game...
With old wooden rackets, closed stances and open grips were the rule. Eastern grip front foot points at the net. Now, closed grips and open stances are the rule. I would argue that the speaker's opinion is not strictly true: the level of athleticism is generally higher, but the influence of technology is very strong in tennis. The ball stays on the racket so long, and the sweet spot is so much bigger, than it was 30 years ago.
All this analysis of the game is annoying me. I just want to get on the court and do what feels good and f'ing hit the ball. Who gives a shit if it's modern foot work or fancy foot work. Stop trying to complicate the game. Just hit ball where your opponent isn't and make sure to not hit it into the net. That's the only things you need to know. (Take it from me a solid 1.5 player)
@o15523 I was being facetious. I'm really a 4.0 player. A force to be reckoned with on the court and off the court. I will often seek out my opponents hmoe prior to the match to cut their racquet strings. And before you criticize me for doing that, show me in the official Tennis rules and regulations where it says I can't cut my opponents strings.
There is a real high-tech video instruction for free right here on youtube. please type this into youtube search engine, because youtube will not let me post the link. type this into youtube search engine:
Tennis instruction: The Federer Tsonga Hass Monfils Maria Scissor kick Forehand
xstf has some other great videos on youtube please enjoy and feel free to comment. THanks.
A factor of why Federer is so good is because he reads every hip and leg movement in everyone's shot and kills people who can't hip fake or shoulder fake. That's why Federer is better than "modern footworK" because he reads it in everybody. Notice only unorthodox players like Nadal can beat Federer?
(2nd continued comment) It makes one wonder if the preparation and timing of these initial movements should be different for either position in either sport? And, to get the maximum advantage would it be smart to start all movements at the earliest possible moment after the player determines the direction of the ball? So I can't see why so much detailed teaching of multiple ways to get to a ball. The first step is where one should concentrate their time, do you agree?
In tennis, the players at the net, like the in-fielders in baseball have to be quick off the ball because they are close to the persons striking the ball and neither have much time. Players at the baseline, like outfielders in baseball have to be quick off the ball so as to move laterally, up or back to cover the greater distances involved from those positions. continued...
Careful with that cross step, especially when you're tired it makes it more likely that you will hurt your ankles or fall. They yell at you for doing that in high school basketball because it's so much more likely that you'll get hurt like that. Especially when you get tired.
Hmm, on the cross step, I noticed that Federer for example, crosses over in front instead of behind demonstrated in the video (after the split step). Feels more natural in my opinion.
Excellent stuff. Notice you hit before the hop, is this essential? Is the cross step able to be used when getting to wider balls or is it better to run directly to the ball on wider shots?
remember how everyone whas aying that Nadal is running to mutch and he whont last long,, and he proved everyone wrong.. same with that he wouldnt win Wimbeldon. as a tennis player just be you.. and perfect it, and you will reach the top.
Nadal and Federer don't move by thinking of the mechanics. Rather they move by creating pictures of where they want to go and their end result. Anybody who stresses mechanics lack an understanding of what athleticism is and how movement is produced.
True, but mechanics are necessary for beginners so when they get to a higher level they won't have to think about it. It will just be natural for them kind of like the pros.
Mechanics are never essential for athletic development. It may be important for someone to know what a movement looks like, however teaching mechanics where a full body movement is broken down into small parts is never efficient. Full body movements are done by activating the core (By establishing a feeling), then commanding that feeling to move from one endpoint to another. The individual body parts don't matter, and neither does anything between the endpoints.
Of course they don't think about it. They move the way they do thanks to the training they did when they were younger. Today is all automatic for them. Movement mechanics are key in the development of young players.
@SadegoGG First of all, I have never heard of an average "high school" player who has became a pro player period. Second of all, when I mentioned junior development I meant more specifically 9 to 14 years old. Finally, as a college coach, I have had success in using mechanics as part of conditioning to efficiently improve footwork, stances, rotations, and transfers. Check my channel and you will understand what I am talking about. Thanks
Well if your theory centers around mechanics only helping children from 9 to 14 and it makes no difference in high school athletes, then why would you bother teaching them to college athletes? Your argument is all over the place. Also, your conditioning drills have nothing to do with teaching the concept of mechanics. Teaching mechanics is the act of teaching artificial movements to an athlete based on exterior motions you can see in another athlete.
@SadegoGG First of all I never said it "only" helps children from 9 to 14. I brought up that age to explain you in detail what I meant with my first comment on Nadal's and Federer's movement mechanics (or technique). About you not understanding my conditioning drills, well, Its clear to me that you don't understand how mechanics and technique are really the same, and that tennis is one of the most technical sports period. I just hope you are not teaching tennis anywhere.
You could argue any sport is the most technical sport in the world. Hell, I could easily argue chess or Starcraft (yes, a video game) is more technical than tennis. Also, out of the millions of high school athletes around the world practicing mechanics its interesting that only the ones who are really good before practicing mechanics make it professionally and all the others see little if no improvement.
@SadegoGG I think its safe to assume that you do not play tennis, but you do some sort of sport like track (and that you do not like to listen to your trainer!
@SadegoGG you're wrong. people actually learn how to move their feet today. footwork's incorporated into the stroke. when i learned and used to work out, what our coaches would say is, "move your feet". they never had a method to do it or a pattern. yeah, we did plyos, strength and quickness training, but not actually how to move.
Whatever method you learned isn't right either. And the methods that I would teach also aren't right. There is no right way to do anything since there is always a better way than the methods that have been discovered today. There are more effective ways to do something, but there is no right way.
Now, isn't the whole point in tennis to maximize the force that is transferred from the tennis racket to the tennis ball? How does moving your feet maximize this force?
@SadegoGG you're kind of right now when you say "whatever method [i] learned isn't right". i didn't learn a method, which is huge difference in developing a player today. of course someone's natural athletic ability is key, but it can only take someone so far. there are some fundamentals that must exist, and as you said, probably the biggest one is "to maximize the force that is transferred from the tennis racket to the tennis ball."
@SadegoGG if your feet aren't in the right place, this amount of force you can transfer to the ball is reduced. in my opinion, the most important thing a player can do is get the outside foot (the foot nearest the alley) loaded in preparation for the shot. once that's done, the entire body can be unloaded into the ball. there are definite techniques a player can learn to help them get to this point. the faster, quicker, anticipatory, they are, the more consistently they can...
"if your feet aren't in the right place, this amount of force you can transfer to the ball is reduced."
But how do you know the feet being located in that area is not a side effect of work on the inside of the body and just because someone consciously puts there foot there doesn't mean they are replicating the work of the inside of the body? Energy is transferred on the inside of the body, which we can't see.
So to argue that exclusively looking at the outside of the body and replicate it is a good way to develop athletes is absurd. Replicating the outside of the body doesn't mean you're body is working in the same manner or as effectively as someone else who's body looks the same. There is a lot more to movement than exclusively what you can see with an ordinary video camera regardless of how much it can slow down an image. Your entire theory neglects the inside of the body,
and we all know energy is transferred through the inside of the body. We can feel this in every day experiences and we can feel this after exercise. So to make a theory that only takes into consideration a side effect of the cause of movement (Work done inside the body is what causes the movement) and to neglect all other theories regarding how movement can be trained is just bad science. This is why numerous scientists view nutrition and weight training as social sciences
@SadegoGG I think you will find that what you consider to be natural talent was actually taught to Nadal and Federer at a very early age. It is 15% grace and 85% learned muscle memory. Perhaps the pros do not have to think about their footwork, but thats only because some coach they had when they were young did the thinking for them...
sure u know something more, but why arent you sideways when preparing for a forehand? :S your BH is way better. you would help me a lot by responding, im quite confused
Thanks for the free lessons Yann. I've always wonder how the pro's move so smoothly in court bingo it's there footwork!!! thanks for laying it all out for us. Cant wait to practice these movement.
These "doctors" create a pseudo-science out of the NATURAL movement of the pro's. Any person, left alone, will move just as efficiently after some practice chasing balls. The Mother Nature gave us the gift of moving efficiently to perform tasks. Making people think about it hinders natural fluidity. Just look at the video - poor kids look like robots, trying to perform the silly dance :-( They don't look like the pro's.
these videos, and i have watched a lot from fyb, are superb. they really get to the most important info and in my opinion are better than some lessons.
get a good hitting partner and watch these vids. you wont go far wrong
quite honestly if you type in bailey footwork (tennis) in youtube search engine you can get more of a modern footwork that any young person can do. i know bailey method is patented by someone, but my point is that the bailey method footwork is quite similiar to what the pros are doing today.
Is this really modern footwork or is it just footwork in tennis in general?
The truth is that professional players have used the same foot patterns for a long time. Tempo of the game has grown so the footwork has become increasingly important. Today's tennis players have the same foot patterns when the older players, but the center of players mass is lower than before, therefore players have wider stands (better balance).
Here is some prof of my theory. (Next comment not enough space)
@kaleaht the big difference is how the various footwork patterns are applied. for example, the open stance has been around forever. but pros are using that stance much more frequently than they did in the past. so modern tennis footwork is more about a change in application vs a new way of moving (i.e. a completely new technique).
@FYB2007 Hello .. I have a question and I need help .. The thing is that I'm not too tall .. And when my oponent throw a tall ball I don't know how to hit it ... When I hit it I stay in bad position for the next shot .. and It's really hard to get a tall ball .. Thank you very much ..
Thank you so much for sharing so much useful information. I can see that going from a static stance to a dynamic stance is going to add a lot more fluidity and flexibility in shot selection and strategy. One more benefit, if I may add, is that this helps reduce the injury rate and add to one's longevity since fluid movement is more agreeable to ligaments, joints and body's alignment. Thanks again for sharing so much great information with everyone. It is greatly appreciated !
Take it with a grain of salt - some of his analysis is just dead wrong! Even when he is demonstrating his footwork, he is not moving exactly the way he describes it. He naturally knows how to move, but doesn't seem to have good understanding of "why" and "when".
Student demos are great and are perfectly filmed.
yeee this lil white kid is hulaRious hah,.,.,., gotta repeat everythin tha muthafuckazayin an do everythang he doin. shoulda had that lil kid edited out an just had everything coach was sayin Yessir Hurrmeh
i gotta say i think this video could easily take a player to the next level easy or even more im definetly goin to work to mastering these footwork techniques and see how it works in action
Be as efficient as possible w/ ur footwork. Some good tips in here. Also in order to save time and space, think about recovery in a new light. It used to be thought that you should recover to the center of the court. This is wrong- instead recover to an imaginary line connecting your body, the service box "T" on your side and where your opponents contact point will be. This takes away time and space from your opponent while maximizing your time and space.
we coach hgh school girls...we coaches tried the pivot to return after the groundstrokes today...great if opponent hits to open court but if you are wrong footed, it was harder to change directions...any suggestions?
@andyacetennis . tell your students to split step just before their opponent hits the ball. then if the ball is hit hard back behind them they can pivot step back to run to the ball.
just noticed Roger use the pivot step a lot this week in toronto (especially on the forehand side).
btw will, could you do an analysis of this week in Toronto? Especially Fed's tough matches with Berdych and Djokovic and how Murray was able to pull through in the final
Tried the walking step - very effective! Thanks guys! Going to try the cross over step next. Q: Why didn't he use the cross over step (at 17:10 ) before taking the pivot step?
Using you feet and legs for power and your hands and arms for control is akin to formula 1 where power comes from the rear (drive) wheels and control is from the front (steering) wheels.
I feel this is for the same reasons. It's really hard to do two conflicting things really well at the same time. Best for one group of muscles and joints to focus on power. The other, control. Each unit does one thing really well. It's easier for a player to control as well.
Using you feet and legs for power and your hands and arms for control is akin to formula 1 where power comes from the rear (drive) wheels and control is from the front (steering) wheels.
I feel this is for the same reasons. It's really hard to do two conflicting things really well at the same time. Best for one group of muscles and joints to focus on power. The other, control. Each unit does one thing really well. It's easier for a player to control as well.
Good! (a bit long...can be done in 9-10 minutes). Walking step" which is actually a classic tennis movement (not modern) but reworded nicely. 5 things to reconsider: 1) racket head speed + swing weight vs. weight. Speed is important. "Weight" is part of concept of transfer of momentum (kinetic chain) but is confused as heavy spin. Several readers pointed this out.
2) Hopping step is not for "less flexible" players...(e..g, Federer's favorite mid-court forehand). Hops steps are for bit short balls from the middle third court (inside-out). Walking steps are used for wide + short. 3) Static steps don't exist (contradictory), 4) Reverse cross step is never used to move to the ball, but in recovery. It is not the same as the crossover step which is used for movement to the ball. 5) Neutral or square is not closed stance.
@10sDog Why is a static step contradictory and what footwork techniques could I be using for, say Racquetball? I'm a big guy and it's important that I incorporate Plyometrics into developing my foot coordination, but what type of steps should I be taking for my body type, since I'm not as flexible!
@NTNSLUVMNZUHVNTSCRD inherently "static" and "step" are contradictory or an oxymoron since "step" indicates dynamic. You can have a static stance but not a static step. A sport like racquetball differs from tennis since it is more linear and with often a lower contact point. Hence, lunging, wide stances, etc are more valuable in racquetball. Squash and racquetball players should practice skipping steps and lunge combinations. Not a loading and upwards driving force, like tennis.
@NTNSLUVMNZUHVNTSCRD In addition, certain plyometric exercises are better for tennis than racquetball...e.g., depth jumping (using plyo-boxes) can be valuble for volleyball or basketball. For racquetball, you may want closed link exercises like forward lunges, reverse lunges, step-ups (with a plyobox)...and some open-line exercises like split squat lunges. Also practice footwork patterns, e.g, step out and lunge to ghost a backhand, then recover and stride to the front to ghost a forehand.
@NTNSLUVMNZUHVNTSCRD you can google some of the exercises I mentioned since I used the commonly known names. You can also look up Donald Chu, a plyometric guru who wrote a few books and I believe he indicates racquetball exercises in his main book "Jumping into Plyometrics. Good luck!
hey will i know this havent much to do with this but could you please do a video about ading light weigt tape i know im not the only one out there there would like to know how to do that it would be a great help thanks alot
Thanks for this video. I tried it this am and I can really feel the difference in my shots. I feel I can reach more shots and hit it with a lot of pace without too much arm acceleration.
i start recreative play tennis only week ago..but before i play badminton so i have some little tecnique of footwork...but this vid helps alot..great coach..
I realized I did some of this without even knowing it. He's right, it comes with the generation. Great video, i wish there was a little more demonstration. All and all it's a very good video, that would help even the best of players.
i don't see how the cross step is any better than the basic shuffle... i would think that half of the intermediate players would trip on their own feet trying to do that
wow those kids all seemed like pretty solid players, awesome video
@champ1193 i don't know how to explain it is true..but the cross step is actually more proficient than the basic shuffle..umm for me it give me more time to recover. You're right though i kept tripping the first time i used it but after a while after a long time of practice, it's better than the shuffle. just my 2 cents :)
this video is a joke. Any real tennis athlete knows that they do not focus on this bull sh** jump step footwork. They vary their footwork to the ball they are hitting and receiving. This guy is no coach. If he is, why is he sponsored by head babolat and nike. ha
spearzo77 2 weeks ago
take a beginner to top 50 in the country in 3 years. Then you will have credibility with the viewers. "cameroon davis cup"haha the guy cant even demonstrate a proper backhand. "modern footwork" haha read your tennis history silly. i think michael chang knew how to move. someone shut down these silly videos and rhetoric
HawaiiProTennis 3 weeks ago
Will, good info but WAY too long. Get it down to 3 or 4 minutes. Check out Brent Able's instructions, to the point with no rambling or repeating everything 2 or 3 times. If necessary, break it up into more video instructions rather than one 38 minute video.
We'll go back over and over if 3 minutes long, we won't go back to a 38 minute video and try to find exactly where the instruction we're looking for is.
mikie6453mikie 3 weeks ago
Wrong SadegoGG, the top pros work on their mechanics till they are a habit and don't need to be thought of, just like 'racket back' or balance, usually as juniors and well before you see them on TV. Check out The Bailey Method, just one of the methods the juniors work on. It's work, not 'creating pictures.' Most of us can 'create a picture' but unless you work on mechanics you won't have footwork like the pros. It doesn't take long to get these mechanics down so you don't need to think of them.
mikie6453mikie 3 weeks ago
I've tried what you guys have said, and damn I could feel the improvement immediately. I'm a counterpuncher, and It's easier to transition from defense to offense with this footwork. I'm hitting lots of winners. I used to hit with a maximum of just 7 winners when I win matches, but this is so good.
betweenthesaga 1 month ago
this guy is such a liar...he wasn't coach of the year in 2010...and he is universally disliked and disrespected in the area....its called napoleon complex....
gpaukstis 1 month ago
that guy has no backswing
Ollydolan 1 month ago
Nadal if u are lissening... YOU WOULD NEVER GONNA BE LIKE FEDERER... REMEMBER TILL U DIE!! PIECE OF SHIT!
CorneliaBonifacio 1 month ago
@CorneliaBonifacio Oh cornelia deixa de ser ordinaria minha granda porca e vai pra cozinha que é aí o teu lugar sua porca do caralho.
JPlayer88 1 month ago
@CorneliaBonifacio e nem ingles sabes escrever estupida. é 'listening' e 'will' sua BURRA DO CARALHO
JPlayer88 1 month ago
Gosh guys way too much talking. Get to the instruction already!
hclmml 2 months ago
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aspillaga 2 months ago
To say that footwork mechanics is not necesairy is like saying technique is not important in strokes. YES there is a proper and more efficient way to move on a tennis court. Anticipation is also important but you need all these things to be competitive. Tennis is not a simple game...
quingquad 2 months ago
His students are so well coached they all look like pros.
jamesgraul 4 months ago
With old wooden rackets, closed stances and open grips were the rule. Eastern grip front foot points at the net. Now, closed grips and open stances are the rule. I would argue that the speaker's opinion is not strictly true: the level of athleticism is generally higher, but the influence of technology is very strong in tennis. The ball stays on the racket so long, and the sweet spot is so much bigger, than it was 30 years ago.
lebarosky 4 months ago
After watching this, i notice myself doing the walking step, ALOT! :D
IcanYoLikeCrazy 6 months ago
All this analysis of the game is annoying me. I just want to get on the court and do what feels good and f'ing hit the ball. Who gives a shit if it's modern foot work or fancy foot work. Stop trying to complicate the game. Just hit ball where your opponent isn't and make sure to not hit it into the net. That's the only things you need to know. (Take it from me a solid 1.5 player)
DuhEnlightenedOne 6 months ago
@DuhEnlightenedOne Why do you think you're just a 1.5? There's a lot more to tennis if you want to be anything more than a rec player.
o15523 6 months ago
@o15523 I was being facetious. I'm really a 4.0 player. A force to be reckoned with on the court and off the court. I will often seek out my opponents hmoe prior to the match to cut their racquet strings. And before you criticize me for doing that, show me in the official Tennis rules and regulations where it says I can't cut my opponents strings.
DuhEnlightenedOne 6 months ago 5
@DuhEnlightenedOne This is why it's VERY IMPORTANT to practice bouncing the ball on the frame of your racket kids!
o15523 6 months ago
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slashgnrvr92 7 months ago
Also type this into youtube search engine:
Nadal's new serve: It's not just a grip Adjustment!
and also try this one also in youtube search engine:
Serve instruction: The elbow up myth by tennisoxygen
SupremeTennis 7 months ago
There is a real high-tech video instruction for free right here on youtube. please type this into youtube search engine, because youtube will not let me post the link. type this into youtube search engine:
Tennis instruction: The Federer Tsonga Hass Monfils Maria Scissor kick Forehand
xstf has some other great videos on youtube please enjoy and feel free to comment. THanks.
SupremeTennis 7 months ago
How do you do the pivot step and still keep the ball down the line ?
kaarthikification 7 months ago
@kaarthikification - Ok, the same rules for any down the line shot, alright.
kaarthikification 7 months ago
Doing it better, faster, harder. I LOLed
TheXanxox123 8 months ago
stfu will
yeonathon 8 months ago
Why is the volume so low on this video?
Kalipathekid 8 months ago
Very nice lessons... :-)
kobayashimaruaikiken 8 months ago
where does he coach?
lengvang916 8 months ago
A factor of why Federer is so good is because he reads every hip and leg movement in everyone's shot and kills people who can't hip fake or shoulder fake. That's why Federer is better than "modern footworK" because he reads it in everybody. Notice only unorthodox players like Nadal can beat Federer?
ryanrenesis 8 months ago 9
@ryanrenesis Djokovic is pretty modern.
MrOssumAnt 3 months ago
@ryanrenesis novak????
joh74377 1 month ago
@ryanrenesis what about djoko u fool
cynexist 1 month ago
@ryanrenesis And Nole
jroman715 3 weeks ago
does Yann Auzoux spank the players with his racquet if they fuck up?
gspsucks 9 months ago
Great work!
crimsonfrog 9 months ago
Thank you
crimsonfrog 9 months ago
Um I am confused. When do we use cross-step?
Thieuanh 9 months ago
@Thieua doesnt matter. its all bullshit.
gspsucks 9 months ago
(2nd continued comment) It makes one wonder if the preparation and timing of these initial movements should be different for either position in either sport? And, to get the maximum advantage would it be smart to start all movements at the earliest possible moment after the player determines the direction of the ball? So I can't see why so much detailed teaching of multiple ways to get to a ball. The first step is where one should concentrate their time, do you agree?
BikerVic1 9 months ago
In tennis, the players at the net, like the in-fielders in baseball have to be quick off the ball because they are close to the persons striking the ball and neither have much time. Players at the baseline, like outfielders in baseball have to be quick off the ball so as to move laterally, up or back to cover the greater distances involved from those positions. continued...
BikerVic1 9 months ago
Careful with that cross step, especially when you're tired it makes it more likely that you will hurt your ankles or fall. They yell at you for doing that in high school basketball because it's so much more likely that you'll get hurt like that. Especially when you get tired.
spartan231490 9 months ago
do you use the hop step on a close or open stance
Sn3aKerFr33kZ 10 months ago
do you use the hop step on a close or open stands
Sn3aKerFr33kZ 10 months ago
fuzzy yellow balls in the best :D its so much helpful...
iyagaldones12 10 months ago
man this was so much helpful
Sn3aKerFr33kZ 10 months ago
THANKS THIS IS AWSOME.
HELPED SOO MUCH
alijaafary 10 months ago
Hmm, on the cross step, I noticed that Federer for example, crosses over in front instead of behind demonstrated in the video (after the split step). Feels more natural in my opinion.
nighster1 10 months ago
the kid at the top right corner look so annoying
ZzAn0nYm0uSzZ 11 months ago
Excellent stuff. Notice you hit before the hop, is this essential? Is the cross step able to be used when getting to wider balls or is it better to run directly to the ball on wider shots?
MrJoolz71 11 months ago
remember how everyone whas aying that Nadal is running to mutch and he whont last long,, and he proved everyone wrong.. same with that he wouldnt win Wimbeldon. as a tennis player just be you.. and perfect it, and you will reach the top.
DonChilenito 11 months ago
Yann Auzoux is an awesome coach.
DNX091 1 year ago
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lmsypj 1 year ago
Nadal and Federer don't move by thinking of the mechanics. Rather they move by creating pictures of where they want to go and their end result. Anybody who stresses mechanics lack an understanding of what athleticism is and how movement is produced.
SadegoGG 1 year ago 9
@SadegoGG
True, but mechanics are necessary for beginners so when they get to a higher level they won't have to think about it. It will just be natural for them kind of like the pros.
Bears0054 11 months ago
@Bears0054
Mechanics are never essential for athletic development. It may be important for someone to know what a movement looks like, however teaching mechanics where a full body movement is broken down into small parts is never efficient. Full body movements are done by activating the core (By establishing a feeling), then commanding that feeling to move from one endpoint to another. The individual body parts don't matter, and neither does anything between the endpoints.
SadegoGG 11 months ago
Of course they don't think about it. They move the way they do thanks to the training they did when they were younger. Today is all automatic for them. Movement mechanics are key in the development of young players.
easpill0 2 months ago
@easpill0
Name a single professional athlete who was an average player in high school who became a professional player by practicing mechanics.
There isn't one.
SadegoGG 2 months ago
@SadegoGG First of all, I have never heard of an average "high school" player who has became a pro player period. Second of all, when I mentioned junior development I meant more specifically 9 to 14 years old. Finally, as a college coach, I have had success in using mechanics as part of conditioning to efficiently improve footwork, stances, rotations, and transfers. Check my channel and you will understand what I am talking about. Thanks
easpill0 2 months ago
@easpill0
Well if your theory centers around mechanics only helping children from 9 to 14 and it makes no difference in high school athletes, then why would you bother teaching them to college athletes? Your argument is all over the place. Also, your conditioning drills have nothing to do with teaching the concept of mechanics. Teaching mechanics is the act of teaching artificial movements to an athlete based on exterior motions you can see in another athlete.
SadegoGG 2 months ago
@SadegoGG First of all I never said it "only" helps children from 9 to 14. I brought up that age to explain you in detail what I meant with my first comment on Nadal's and Federer's movement mechanics (or technique). About you not understanding my conditioning drills, well, Its clear to me that you don't understand how mechanics and technique are really the same, and that tennis is one of the most technical sports period. I just hope you are not teaching tennis anywhere.
easpill0 2 months ago
@easpill0
You could argue any sport is the most technical sport in the world. Hell, I could easily argue chess or Starcraft (yes, a video game) is more technical than tennis. Also, out of the millions of high school athletes around the world practicing mechanics its interesting that only the ones who are really good before practicing mechanics make it professionally and all the others see little if no improvement.
SadegoGG 1 month ago
@SadegoGG I think its safe to assume that you do not play tennis, but you do some sort of sport like track (and that you do not like to listen to your trainer!
crasshelmet 3 weeks ago
@SadegoGG you're wrong. people actually learn how to move their feet today. footwork's incorporated into the stroke. when i learned and used to work out, what our coaches would say is, "move your feet". they never had a method to do it or a pattern. yeah, we did plyos, strength and quickness training, but not actually how to move.
euroclyde 1 month ago
@euroclyde
Whatever method you learned isn't right either. And the methods that I would teach also aren't right. There is no right way to do anything since there is always a better way than the methods that have been discovered today. There are more effective ways to do something, but there is no right way.
Now, isn't the whole point in tennis to maximize the force that is transferred from the tennis racket to the tennis ball? How does moving your feet maximize this force?
SadegoGG 1 month ago
@SadegoGG you're kind of right now when you say "whatever method [i] learned isn't right". i didn't learn a method, which is huge difference in developing a player today. of course someone's natural athletic ability is key, but it can only take someone so far. there are some fundamentals that must exist, and as you said, probably the biggest one is "to maximize the force that is transferred from the tennis racket to the tennis ball."
euroclyde 3 weeks ago
@SadegoGG if your feet aren't in the right place, this amount of force you can transfer to the ball is reduced. in my opinion, the most important thing a player can do is get the outside foot (the foot nearest the alley) loaded in preparation for the shot. once that's done, the entire body can be unloaded into the ball. there are definite techniques a player can learn to help them get to this point. the faster, quicker, anticipatory, they are, the more consistently they can...
euroclyde 3 weeks ago
@euroclyde
You have finally said something I agree with:
"if your feet aren't in the right place, this amount of force you can transfer to the ball is reduced."
But how do you know the feet being located in that area is not a side effect of work on the inside of the body and just because someone consciously puts there foot there doesn't mean they are replicating the work of the inside of the body? Energy is transferred on the inside of the body, which we can't see.
SadegoGG 2 weeks ago
@euroclyde
So to argue that exclusively looking at the outside of the body and replicate it is a good way to develop athletes is absurd. Replicating the outside of the body doesn't mean you're body is working in the same manner or as effectively as someone else who's body looks the same. There is a lot more to movement than exclusively what you can see with an ordinary video camera regardless of how much it can slow down an image. Your entire theory neglects the inside of the body,
SadegoGG 2 weeks ago
@euroclyde
and we all know energy is transferred through the inside of the body. We can feel this in every day experiences and we can feel this after exercise. So to make a theory that only takes into consideration a side effect of the cause of movement (Work done inside the body is what causes the movement) and to neglect all other theories regarding how movement can be trained is just bad science. This is why numerous scientists view nutrition and weight training as social sciences
SadegoGG 2 weeks ago
@SadegoGG hit shots with more power.
euroclyde 3 weeks ago
@SadegoGG I think you will find that what you consider to be natural talent was actually taught to Nadal and Federer at a very early age. It is 15% grace and 85% learned muscle memory. Perhaps the pros do not have to think about their footwork, but thats only because some coach they had when they were young did the thinking for them...
crasshelmet 3 weeks ago
Thank you SOO SOOOOOO much for this! I love your tennis clips! Never Stop!! :)
4evermoocow 1 year ago
the link isn't working now
pls check
laya1980 1 year ago
Need exercise tips for tennis ?
TheLeilisa 1 year ago
man he talks slowly ...
Gbax13 1 year ago
sure u know something more, but why arent you sideways when preparing for a forehand? :S your BH is way better. you would help me a lot by responding, im quite confused
Gbax13 1 year ago
thatsmeee:)
eastcoastprepstah 1 year ago
This guy is who?
HW2800 1 year ago
She gonna pennatrate the move in ;) xD
vincentbadminton 1 year ago
This man knows his stuff (Y)
vincentbadminton 1 year ago
Thanks for the free lessons Yann. I've always wonder how the pro's move so smoothly in court bingo it's there footwork!!! thanks for laying it all out for us. Cant wait to practice these movement.
cmjr7 1 year ago
Here is a beginner student having great footwork without being taught: Search for "Tennis In 10 Minutes " on youtube
zfszfascsd 1 year ago
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zfszfascsd 1 year ago
These "doctors" create a pseudo-science out of the NATURAL movement of the pro's. Any person, left alone, will move just as efficiently after some practice chasing balls. The Mother Nature gave us the gift of moving efficiently to perform tasks. Making people think about it hinders natural fluidity. Just look at the video - poor kids look like robots, trying to perform the silly dance :-( They don't look like the pro's.
zfszfascsd 1 year ago
these videos, and i have watched a lot from fyb, are superb. they really get to the most important info and in my opinion are better than some lessons.
get a good hitting partner and watch these vids. you wont go far wrong
intoxicologist 1 year ago
this video deserves a high-five
dragonfliproductions 1 year ago
do u really think will u have federer and nadal footwork just watching 36 minutes of a video?
RSMS8 1 year ago
So is she a lefty or a righty?...
shes ambidextrous
"THATS NOT FAIR"!!!! xDD
i8thefood 1 year ago
quite honestly if you type in bailey footwork (tennis) in youtube search engine you can get more of a modern footwork that any young person can do. i know bailey method is patented by someone, but my point is that the bailey method footwork is quite similiar to what the pros are doing today.
SupremeTennis 1 year ago 2
Let us go back to the year 1976.
youtube.com/watch?v=XMfBpkUJeKE&feature=related
00.06 Hopping step by The great Borg while he is fitting forehand and moving away from the ball. The hop is not that big but is is there nonetheless.
00.09 Pivot step by Bjorn.
00.13 Pivot step by Rod Laver
Almost all the first volleys are walking step.
01.24 Walking step By Rod.
and now to the year 1970
youtube.com/watch?v=K8IJ0F01IiU&feature=related
00.48 awesome "modern" jump forehand :D
kaleaht 1 year ago
Is this really modern footwork or is it just footwork in tennis in general?
The truth is that professional players have used the same foot patterns for a long time. Tempo of the game has grown so the footwork has become increasingly important. Today's tennis players have the same foot patterns when the older players, but the center of players mass is lower than before, therefore players have wider stands (better balance).
Here is some prof of my theory. (Next comment not enough space)
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kaleaht 1 year ago
@kaleaht the big difference is how the various footwork patterns are applied. for example, the open stance has been around forever. but pros are using that stance much more frequently than they did in the past. so modern tennis footwork is more about a change in application vs a new way of moving (i.e. a completely new technique).
FYB2007 1 year ago 12
@FYB2007 Hello .. I have a question and I need help .. The thing is that I'm not too tall .. And when my oponent throw a tall ball I don't know how to hit it ... When I hit it I stay in bad position for the next shot .. and It's really hard to get a tall ball .. Thank you very much ..
tinchotenis 1 year ago
@FYB2007 im from france and cameroon and play tennis to!
loren10197 7 months ago
@kaleaht its the target audiance. lol
vincentbadminton 1 year ago
Thank you so much for sharing so much useful information. I can see that going from a static stance to a dynamic stance is going to add a lot more fluidity and flexibility in shot selection and strategy. One more benefit, if I may add, is that this helps reduce the injury rate and add to one's longevity since fluid movement is more agreeable to ligaments, joints and body's alignment. Thanks again for sharing so much great information with everyone. It is greatly appreciated !
samson98 1 year ago
20mph rally for intermmediate players...really? Can you tell my 4.0 opponents that they should be hitting 20 mph groundstrokes? please?
Angler180DC 1 year ago
Take it with a grain of salt - some of his analysis is just dead wrong! Even when he is demonstrating his footwork, he is not moving exactly the way he describes it. He naturally knows how to move, but doesn't seem to have good understanding of "why" and "when".
Student demos are great and are perfectly filmed.
thinksimon 1 year ago
Thanks guys that was very usefull ! Love FYB
cahutman 1 year ago
you guys should charge for this
claus1225 1 year ago
now that felt like alot of time to explain F = m * a -.-
erbgorre 1 year ago 14
Awsome video I learned so much !!!!!!!!!!!
kevhproductions 1 year ago
Too much talking, repeating.....stretched this vdo to 3x as long as it should be. Too bad, cuz the actual footwork instrux are really very useful.
unibrook 1 year ago
yeee this lil white kid is hulaRious hah,.,.,., gotta repeat everythin tha muthafuckazayin an do everythang he doin. shoulda had that lil kid edited out an just had everything coach was sayin Yessir Hurrmeh
nikkaight 1 year ago
this is interesting...opposite of stepping in basketball, where all this cross stepping is asking for a broken ankle
fiercex 1 year ago 3
this white guy is such a loser
ManMingLam 1 year ago
i gotta say i think this video could easily take a player to the next level easy or even more im definetly goin to work to mastering these footwork techniques and see how it works in action
SILK334 1 year ago
Less talk, more play to illustrate!
dakaufman12 1 year ago
I didn't understand the "walking step".
Will says it's the same shot as the open stance, except you move in.
But after he moves in and hits, it looks like a closed stance forehand.
ravi48819 1 year ago 3
@ravi48819 it's probably the same thing as you describe
fiercex 1 year ago
@ravi48819 Notice that when he hits he has an open stance. A closed stance is when ur body is perpendicular( or close to it) when you hit.
minhboi2 1 year ago
@ravi48819 the closed stance happens after the ball is already left the racquet.
handhtr 7 months ago
TOO LONG COULD OF MADE IT ALOT QUICKER
frilloz4 1 year ago
@frilloz4 then don't watch it all next time :-)
TheQuitList 1 year ago
just like #WOW this`s video is just awesome!!!
please,make episodes .2 ,3,4......keep it up!
midomansour1 1 year ago
Be as efficient as possible w/ ur footwork. Some good tips in here. Also in order to save time and space, think about recovery in a new light. It used to be thought that you should recover to the center of the court. This is wrong- instead recover to an imaginary line connecting your body, the service box "T" on your side and where your opponents contact point will be. This takes away time and space from your opponent while maximizing your time and space.
bkahlin23 1 year ago
i have a question, when to use the walking step, humping step, karaoke step, crossover step, and that one when you turn sideways immediately.
thanks for answering FYB2007
88rafanadal 1 year ago
stupid
sersilfer9 1 year ago
wow, this really showed me so much more than i ever knew what was happening!
however, toward the end, it was difficult for me to see what they said was a cross-step whereas to me, it looked like shuffling without a cross. :(
randalwax 1 year ago
we coach hgh school girls...we coaches tried the pivot to return after the groundstrokes today...great if opponent hits to open court but if you are wrong footed, it was harder to change directions...any suggestions?
andyacetennis 1 year ago
@andyacetennis . tell your students to split step just before their opponent hits the ball. then if the ball is hit hard back behind them they can pivot step back to run to the ball.
handhtr 7 months ago
that babolat racquet sucks . head youtek prestige mp ftw
Kbaek11 1 year ago
I review this video before I go to the court everytime recently...simply the best tennis coaching video ever!
southp0105 1 year ago
most valuable tennis instruction video on youtube.
whitenoisestereoband 1 year ago
Thank you will,
Please keep it up
radicalsquared 1 year ago
just noticed Roger use the pivot step a lot this week in toronto (especially on the forehand side).
btw will, could you do an analysis of this week in Toronto? Especially Fed's tough matches with Berdych and Djokovic and how Murray was able to pull through in the final
fbinsulation 1 year ago
great vid, as usual
Doggieman1111 1 year ago
Is this guy Indian pro player? (I mean not Native american but Indian from India)
d0min0danc1ng 1 year ago
honestly...i just watched the first half and i've learned so much! one of the most VITAL tennis lessons EVER.
verdell 1 year ago 30
@verdell this lesson sucks
lordofkronos 1 year ago
i heard will paid this guy with blow jobs cuz he had no money
lordofkronos 1 year ago
Tried the walking step - very effective! Thanks guys! Going to try the cross over step next. Q: Why didn't he use the cross over step (at 17:10 ) before taking the pivot step?
AnIolar 1 year ago
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Using you feet and legs for power and your hands and arms for control is akin to formula 1 where power comes from the rear (drive) wheels and control is from the front (steering) wheels.
I feel this is for the same reasons. It's really hard to do two conflicting things really well at the same time. Best for one group of muscles and joints to focus on power. The other, control. Each unit does one thing really well. It's easier for a player to control as well.
colchambers1978 1 year ago
Using you feet and legs for power and your hands and arms for control is akin to formula 1 where power comes from the rear (drive) wheels and control is from the front (steering) wheels.
I feel this is for the same reasons. It's really hard to do two conflicting things really well at the same time. Best for one group of muscles and joints to focus on power. The other, control. Each unit does one thing really well. It's easier for a player to control as well.
colchambers1978 1 year ago
Can these techniques be applied to the movement in Racquetball?
NTNSLUVMNZUHVNTSCRD 1 year ago
good job at explaining how tennis is about forcing your opponent to move around and giving them little time to react
sfsTrader 1 year ago
excellent. Thx FYB !!
FairwayJack 1 year ago
thumbs this up if you think that the 3 people that thumbed this bid down
should be HIT by Ivo Karlovics flat serve
NJRman1 1 year ago
very nice and good lesson thank you
sfn3 1 year ago
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Good! (a bit long...can be done in 9-10 minutes). Walking step" which is actually a classic tennis movement (not modern) but reworded nicely. 5 things to reconsider: 1) racket head speed + swing weight vs. weight. Speed is important. "Weight" is part of concept of transfer of momentum (kinetic chain) but is confused as heavy spin. Several readers pointed this out.
10sDog 1 year ago
2) Hopping step is not for "less flexible" players...(e..g, Federer's favorite mid-court forehand). Hops steps are for bit short balls from the middle third court (inside-out). Walking steps are used for wide + short. 3) Static steps don't exist (contradictory), 4) Reverse cross step is never used to move to the ball, but in recovery. It is not the same as the crossover step which is used for movement to the ball. 5) Neutral or square is not closed stance.
10sDog 1 year ago
@10sDog Why is a static step contradictory and what footwork techniques could I be using for, say Racquetball? I'm a big guy and it's important that I incorporate Plyometrics into developing my foot coordination, but what type of steps should I be taking for my body type, since I'm not as flexible!
NTNSLUVMNZUHVNTSCRD 1 year ago
@NTNSLUVMNZUHVNTSCRD inherently "static" and "step" are contradictory or an oxymoron since "step" indicates dynamic. You can have a static stance but not a static step. A sport like racquetball differs from tennis since it is more linear and with often a lower contact point. Hence, lunging, wide stances, etc are more valuable in racquetball. Squash and racquetball players should practice skipping steps and lunge combinations. Not a loading and upwards driving force, like tennis.
10sDog 1 year ago
@NTNSLUVMNZUHVNTSCRD In addition, certain plyometric exercises are better for tennis than racquetball...e.g., depth jumping (using plyo-boxes) can be valuble for volleyball or basketball. For racquetball, you may want closed link exercises like forward lunges, reverse lunges, step-ups (with a plyobox)...and some open-line exercises like split squat lunges. Also practice footwork patterns, e.g, step out and lunge to ghost a backhand, then recover and stride to the front to ghost a forehand.
10sDog 1 year ago
@NTNSLUVMNZUHVNTSCRD you can google some of the exercises I mentioned since I used the commonly known names. You can also look up Donald Chu, a plyometric guru who wrote a few books and I believe he indicates racquetball exercises in his main book "Jumping into Plyometrics. Good luck!
10sDog 1 year ago
@NTNSLUVMNZUHVNTSCRD that should read open-link exercises...not open-line exercises...
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10sDog 1 year ago
mid calves obviously
xPachacha 1 year ago
hey will i know this havent much to do with this but could you please do a video about ading light weigt tape i know im not the only one out there there would like to know how to do that it would be a great help thanks alot
MrNikolajdkk 1 year ago
Thanks for this video. I tried it this am and I can really feel the difference in my shots. I feel I can reach more shots and hit it with a lot of pace without too much arm acceleration.
conj1124 1 year ago
what a waste of liife
Rasputiy 1 year ago
You guys need to be picked up by the Tennis Channel, this is awesome!
laughingmandude 1 year ago
awesome!
aldocammara 1 year ago
wow..thx a lot for this vid.. :)
i start recreative play tennis only week ago..but before i play badminton so i have some little tecnique of footwork...but this vid helps alot..great coach..
VuXs 1 year ago
great coach!!
ribcat 1 year ago
hey Will, quick question: the Pivot Step (16:48), allows you to return quickly to the middle but, how can you avoid a completely open stance?
diegochangos 1 year ago
I realized I did some of this without even knowing it. He's right, it comes with the generation. Great video, i wish there was a little more demonstration. All and all it's a very good video, that would help even the best of players.
demonfire07 1 year ago
great footwork instructional!
yoyodunno 1 year ago
they talk way too much in this vid, less talk more demonstration
canihazrecon123 1 year ago
I think federer uses the hopping shot often. good video :)
retadinftw 1 year ago
very well explained and great footwork...
darkkyuin 1 year ago
Will i wanna see you play a match. thank you
syncroneyes 1 year ago
i don't see how the cross step is any better than the basic shuffle... i would think that half of the intermediate players would trip on their own feet trying to do that
wow those kids all seemed like pretty solid players, awesome video
champ1193 1 year ago
@champ1193 i don't know how to explain it is true..but the cross step is actually more proficient than the basic shuffle..umm for me it give me more time to recover. You're right though i kept tripping the first time i used it but after a while after a long time of practice, it's better than the shuffle. just my 2 cents :)