Thanks for these tips! Gonna remember this next time my doubs partner tells me to run, stop, and hit.

Outstanding one more..! waiting like crazy for the next video!

Where is the split step? How does it fit into these moves? Thanks Jeff!
Can you slow down at least once on each pattern?

Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the movement demos. I’m 55 and have learned to play on clay during the past couple of years. I’m constantly coached to stop before I hit the ball but noticed you really didn’t…is it different on clay?

Wow…makes me feel better about me and my footwork. I have a hard time stopping to hit. The outside hop should really help. Thanks Jeff

The speed of the video makes it hard to see what the steps are in pattern # 2. Inside, out side inside is the foot pattern I saw.

First off…Thank-you for all that you do. I have TFS
But it was still great to see more examples of it..in your
first video . Love the footwork video. Good info…you are
So right about…nobody is teaching HOW to move.
Thanks

Jeff,

I like what you have presented and it makes sense. I may have been taught incorrectly but was told the reason one stops on the transition was to get balanced and not to over hit (as one has to compensate for the forward momentum if you are moving forward) and thus get a better shot. Do you see overhitting as a problem when you teach this transition footwork? I am on the court for 3 hours today (a cardio program and hitting with a friend) and will give this a try.

Thanks,

Greg

These steps are great, finally someone who recommends not to stop when you come in, now its a matter of knowing how and when to use it properly.

Hi Jeff, I´m Diego from Argentina.
Ive 2 questions. One from this video and the other from the TFsolution that I bought weeks ago.

The first one: which footwork is best when you have a short and high ball. I see many times that people, even the profesionals (and me jajajaja) has these balls that should be easy but for any reasson fail and fail.

The 2nd one is from the TFs program. I don understand weel at all the the concept of AIM higher and AIM lower.

Thanks and best regards!

Diego

LIft and land also known as the front foot hop is a very effective footwork pattern when moving forward. It must be noted that on this move you must make contact with the ball before you hop.Great job with all you videos and all the tips you provide. On a side note I watched you play many matches on the pro tour and followed your career. I have the utmost respect for guys like you and Paul Goldstein. You guys were absolute warriors, and unless you follow the game closely the causal fan has no idea how good you have to be to have a consistent ranking in the top 150.I wish more people would go to division 1 college matches, and see how well these guys play, and then realize out of the thousands of college players maybe a couple of them well crack the top 150.Even being an NCAA champ is no guarantee of making it on the pro tour. Keep up the good work.

great job ……………………..waiting for tennis serve solution thanks for all your efforts. I will come to meet you if i get a chance:)

My boy needs improve these technique. He always make someone give him a half courte ball but he couldn’t finish it. You are very relax when you do these approching shot, I think that might be the key for winning these shot.

Just recently introduced to your website/blog. I can’t tell you how much I love your approach to tennis (mind, body, training off the court, technique, footwork, etc.). I’m fairly new to tennis and you are the coach I’ve been looking for! Wish I lived in Denver…

The footwork video is extremely helpful. At the level I’m playing I see a lot of balls that land mid-court and this info will definitely help with my transition game.

Thanks!

Salzy – i’m loving these videos. I just started playing tennis last year so am loving these tips. Keep up the good work.

Mullins

Excellent video examples of the moves in live play situation. Nice input on which situations call for which footwork choice – kind of “when” to do “what”. As you develop this in your series, maybe a bit more instruction on where the contact point is relative to the moving body parts.

In working with your students, do you do intensive feeding drills to develop the footwork in response to the four different situations?

Thanks Jeff! I have enjoyed watching these videos. I actually am glad you do not analyze each little step, just let the student watch and make their own applications and connections to their game. I am a teacher and tennis coach, too often we over analyze the game and take away the flow or the dance. Don’t think, play tennis! The lack of description may have some critics, I find it refreshing.

I’m familiar with the footwork patterns in the TFS (wonderful product) and I think they are one of the best parts of the course because they tell you where to put your feet – not just “move your feet” as you point out. One problem I do the karaoka on the backhand with a slice approach down the line and sometimes it works really well but about 50% of the time the ball clips the tape or just below. I can’t work out why the difference. I don’t think it’s as simple as “targets”? These new patterns look fantastic. Are you thinking of making these and more as a purchasable suplement to TFS (at an attractive price!)

Whose are great footwork paterns, but if you did not hit the ball well to use it as an approach shut. How do you use if you have to come back to the baseline?

Excellent video clip! I like your Tennis Forehand Solution. H I have one question: what footwork one should use if you do not move to the net after hitting e.g. return of serve? Some kind of weight forward movement is critical.

Jeff you are almost the greatest but YHWH is the greatest ever!!!!!!!

Just loved you piece on footwork patterns…..But you are a lefty

and we all are RT Handed……so could you do it in this Righty format.

Please please do it cause I know footwork is the biggest key thing in tennis.

Also holding the finish up is hugh like last lession. Can not wait for the next lession

Shalom

Dr George Jones

Your transition is excellent. Lift and land, Karioka………. They are really need to learn and practise. Totally agree

Thanks a lot Jeff!
I write from Italy and your videos are very helpful for me. Could you show us the best footwork to play serve and volley? I like to play serve and volley but I didn’t succeed in understanding why I always find myself badly balanced at net after serving. Thanks a lot!

Hey, Jeff, really great videos. Extremely helpful. Personally, I learn better from the pictures but I understand that others may find voiceovers an additional help. Keep up the good stuff. When’s your series on the backhand coming out? Need some help there!

Wow! Need to practice them, Coach! I play doubles exclusively and those steps are so important to master.

Thanks!

Hi Jeff,
I am a USPTR pro in St. Petersburg, Florida, and being one of those unconventional instructor I teach these techniques to my boot camp students, many of my doubles ladies, and even my recreational junior players. Once they do it right, they see the light. It slows down the game for them, they are able to execute a better split-step, and therefore a better volley. I too get students all the time who have never been introduced to footwork patterns. Most instructors will place a student in the corner, hit balls to them, but never speak a word about how to most efficiently get to the ball. My students love learning what I have come to call “The things that your other tennis pros never taught you.” I also agree that footwork patterns for the backhand would be great. Excellent tips!

Certainly makes a lot of sense. I have often said I have to get to the net more but saying and doing are not the same. The main concern I have is the loss of accuracy. I find that when I hit while moving forward my accuracy drops dramatically. any ideas?

I seem to be having sound problems with your videos, I hear the intro music but not your words, is this a common problem and what can i do to fix, It seems as if all my system sonds are enabled. Any help would be appreciated

Good stuff, Jeff. As a subscriber to your Tennis Forehand Solution, it’s great to add to that solid foundation of information you provide there.

A suggestion on video angles: Might try mixing in some video of your demo shots from behind as well as from the front and other angles. I notice that when I’m watching a pro match, I get much more out of seeing them play from behind them as that perspective more closely mimics how I would move, swing, position myself, etc. Allows me to more easily “shadow” what I need to do to improve or learn a new skill.

Thanks for all your good work!

i have seen many pro players when they spin the ball after drop it moves away from the opponent that is in curve directions or sideways making the opponent difficult to hit the ball like nadal when he hit a down the line passing shot it moves from doubles line to the inner court. how they generate that spin.

Very helpful concept to get more aggressive coming to the net because most guys I play with are “baseliners” when it comes to singles especially. These four transition postures will help make my average volleying skills more of a weapon because the set-up will be more effective through use of these approach shots. I also notice the backswing and follow through are slightly different for each. Am I imaging things? Thanks, good stuff!

Jeff, thanks for tips on the footwork, all footwork is easy to understand,The question I have is both shots look very similar on the the lift and the carioca. I see the difference in your footwork but if the shot looks the same what would be the difference or the situation that you would want the different footwork on what looks to me as the same ball.?

Hi Jeff, Thanks for generous tips. A technical note: the music volume is too high once you start speaking—your vocal track should be the hero, and the music should merely be background.

To say that no-one is teaching foot work patterns or “how to move the feet” is a stretch. Just off the top of my head, I can think of 2 popular online courses that covers this in detail. And you can buy a 2 hour course from David Bailey (Australia) that only covers footwork patterns. I’m sure there are many many others.

Jeff, convential wisdom allows 10 weeks to make a shot muscle memory. Who in the Denver area along with your self is able to teach these techniques?

Jeff,
You should be on the Tennis Channel. No kidding.

Hi Jeff, thank you giving me such useful lession. I had used it on court and it worked.
Can i use it at backhand side ?

Hi Jeff, I am from India. Your site is just wonderful. This was a very good video on the footwork , it will definitely help all players who struggle with their footwork. Do you mean one can use any of the four when approaching the net?