Tennis Tutorial Part 1 - The Forehand

Watch our first tennis turorial with professional coach Liam Shelbourne - this one on hitting a forehand shot. Video by Paul Mannion.

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[acrididi]

Thanks man, now it's over for you guys... i'm coming!

[bruperina]

Coach My Coach!

[Diamondketo]

i keep doing the low to high thing and it just goes too high and when i try to hit it very light it goes too far

[emi3chan]

@TheLeilisa I'm 5'0 and I play tennis

[TheAsianPranks]

@TheLeilisa , tennis never tells height.

[lshelbourne1]

Please check out my own youtube channel:

Liam Shelbourne Tennis Channel

Cheers

[lshelbourne1]

@TheLeilisa - ...so there is hope for us mere mortals, I'm 6'1, against the giants of modern tennis - Karlovic 6'10, Berdych 6'5 & Soderling 6'4... David Ferrer who is currently ranked number 7 in the world and is shorter than you at 5'9 - shorter players tend to develop more all-court games which, I think, are more attractive to watch - think Michael Chang in the 90's.

[lshelbourne1]

@TheLeilisa - Hi,yep 5'10 is fine for tennis-any height or body shape is ok as tennis is pretty much a sport for all as well as a sport for life.The taller you are the longer your 'levers' are so it can be easier to gain more power and acceleration/rotation of the arms & shoulders therefore increasing racket speed (biomechanics). Extra height is also an advantage when serving - I think the crucial height is 6'5 or 6'6 where you can hit directly down into the service box. However,Roddick is 6'2..

[TheLeilisa]

how tall are you ?

is 5'10 good for Tennis?

[hsu912174]

The point is the racket must not be knocked off direction it contacts the ball.