Unbelievable teaching video!

[hockeyscout]

As per the groundstrokes, technically speaking, it's not going to get much better then this. In spite of what worldsbest says, this is the antithesis of a backward emphasis stroke. It couldn't be shorter and more linear in the backswing, while still coiling fully.

The real technical evolution over the next 5 yrs will be on the women's side....

Yes, woman's tennis has a long way to go. I'm surprised the William's sisters dominance didn't bring it to a much higher level sooner.

I will explain what I see as the next evolution. I think the next is kind of apon us, it is in other sports, and that is intuitive (autoregulatory).

Will tennis get there? Don Budge is right, it's a different sport. Not sure if it's ready to brace the next as it is very, how can I say, coach driven? Man, I sure got a harsh reaction on grips. Very interesting, and telling.

For me it's a sign of what's to come on the coaching front, and people fear it because they don't understand how they'll fit into the new.

With IPADS, Ubersense, online video, instruction on the web, nutritional science and all the rest the next generation of athletes will be better cued into their individuals skill-sets. And, their same practice hours in 2013, compared to 2003, are much better used as a result.

It's amazing what the Australian Federation is doing these days with their studies in mood, heart rate variability, CNS systematic evaluations, mitochondrion functions on an energy generation and all the rest. And, this is all starting to come out in applications, and simplified programs. You no longer need a PHD to sort it out, it's there for the taking!

Athletes today are getting so good at picking up cues. I fully believe in the future it'll all be about self monitoring and regulating, and those who apply this skill the fastest will survive in high end athletics.

Proactive and informed "coach inside player athletes" are the wave of the future. Optimal results only come for athletes who are purposeful, educated and structured. It's all just starting now folks, and this new age of auto-regulation will create a new wave of athletes who will slow down, think, allign and pay close attention to form - feel (along of course better inner dialogue).

Ask Tiger Woods. He agrees. I put up a link on that a while ago. Tiger knows what he is talking about I think in terms of what the next wave will be.

I keep preaching kinesthetic sense to get to desires outcomes and no one likes it!

Anyways, in my opinion intuitive training is fun, so the athlete gets better, over one who is in rigid conditions. An athletes body will move how an athletes body wants to move, and experimentation, play, play and play will get them to their maximum potential.

I could be wrong, however, I want you to do something for me. Turn on your IPHONE, and guess what, it runs like a dream for you doesn't it? Kids who are five can figure it out. Intuitive. Play a IPHONE game. Simple. It's here. Everything's changed. Kid's have changed. It's the new. Combine it with play, play, play and fun, and it'll be a game changer.

Also, I'd like to point out form will get much better! Wait until slow motion camera's start cropping up on IPHONE which film like John Yandell. It'll happen, and soon. Check this link out, it looks like they'll be able to do it for $4,000, however, I bet in time we'll make some HUGE leaps, and it'll be a major revolution.

http://www.gizmag.com/edgertronic-slow-motion-camera/29298/

[damir]

When I say "unit turn," I just mean the immediate preparation of the racket to the incoming ball -- the way famous coaches Rick Macci & David Nainkin teach the preparation for the topspin forehand. Macci & Nainkin used the term, so I thought the term "unit turn" was standard. In this month's issue here, in Yandel's article on forward motion in the 1-hand topspin backhand, John Yandell used the term "unit turn" for the backhand -- first time I have heard that. I didn't exactly understand the term for the backhand.

Unit turn for the forehand is all parts preparing at same time: hips sideways; shoulders sideways; racket slightly back tracking the ball on edge with racket tip up; free hand pointed to sideline. I think the teaching of this unit turn has hampered American & world tennis, even at the pro levels.

"Unit" turn is reaction with a body to a coming ball, instead of just racket,arm.Good analogy would be when somebody threw something at you, you do not move just your arm, you move whole body.

On the other hand "unit" turn is false description because feet,legs,hips,shoulders are all links of biomechanical body chain, and they do not move as an unit - they move (which link), and how much depends on coming ball.

[don_budge]

Backswing...

On the other hand "unit" turn is false description because feet,legs,hips,shoulders are all links of biomechanical body chain, and they do not move as an unit - they move (which link), and how much depends on coming ball.

Yeah...come to think of it...it is a backswing isn't it?