Tennis Tips: The Crossover Step

Visit PlaySportsTV http://www.playsportstv.com/tennis to view more great tennis instruction videos and tennis drills. In this video, Gilad Bloom demonstrates how to use a crossover step to get back to the ready position from either the forehand or backhand.

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• tennis
• backhand
• forehand
• crossover
• ready
• position
• Gilad
• Bloom

[jiggaluv123]

lol i love all the haters posting here, nothing but trolls. If you know how to play tennis, and you are good at it, you would say that this guy is good. The guy knows how to play, period. If you disagree, then I am sure you suck badly at tennis.

[rooksaiz]

For some reason, he appearance is like that of a Pete sampras/ Agassi hybrid.

[ilmelangolo]

@rooksaiz

the bald head of Agassi + the eyebrows of Sampras!

[tomalaga]

this Coach was ranked 60 in the world as a player! his name is gilad bloom! Anyone who disparages him you can show a little respect!

[federerbestcIass]

@smswaff1 so what is it then?

[chrism216]

this crossover shouldn't be practiced like this. the crossover step is something you don't train intentionally, because it does have one major downside. if your opponent sees you do it too much, he will play two shots in a row to the same corner and that will completely wrong foot you if you do a crossover step every single time. that is why it must be a natural thing to do, only in the correct circumstances, and shouldn't be mechanized to the point that you do it every single time.

[blahraptors]

@jiggaluv123 you're exactly right. You can tell by his shots that this guy is a player. The only thing I would add to this drill is the split step when he recovers to the cone.

[smswaff1]

i thought this was about a tennis lesson...just saying..

[TennislesTV]

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[sornjn]

"If you don't have a good ready position...you will simply not be ready."

[supercr1]

I will feel as if  i might trip but this is good