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Intro to the Tennis Forehand Progressions
This video introduces the forehand progressions section of the website. The way we present learning the tennis forehand in this section is different from the Forehand Fundamentals seciton: We build your forehand up from scratch, step by step. read more…

Tennis Forehand Progressions Step 1: Contact
The first step in the forehand progressions is to start at your contact point and follow through. You need to establish your hitting arm position and then simply push the tennis ball over the net and catch your racket as you follow through. read more…

Tennis Forehand Progressions Step 2: Racket Back
The second step of the tennis forehand progressions is to start with your body sideways and your racket all the way back. From here, rotate your body back towards the net and swing the tennnis racket forward to your contact point. Finish the stroke by following through. read more…

Tennis Forehand Progressions Step 3: Pivot & Turn
The third step of the tennis forehand progressions is to start in the ready position, then pivot and turn your shoudlers. Your racket should then come straight back, with no loop, to your prepared position from Step 2 of the progressions. read more…

Tennis Forehand Progressions Step 4: Loop
The fourth step of the tennis forehand progressions is to start adding a loop to your swing. We start with the racket behind you at shoulder level, with the racket head pointed up. From here, you can drop the racket down and then swing forward to the tennis ball. read more…

Tennis Forehand Progressions Step 5: Full Swing
The fifth and final step of the tennis forehand progressions is to put together the full forehand motion using the techniques we've developed in this section. Start at the service line in the ready position, and once you have mastered hitting from here you can move back to the baseline. read more…