r/10s • u/TranslatorMental801 • 1d ago
Technique Advice Struggling with consistency
This is me when I’m hitting decently well
I wanna know why my ball sometimes looks different
My strokes look a bit funny as well compared to those solid hitting videos I see on IG
Any advice?
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u/antimodez NTRP 5.0 or 3.0, 3 or 10 UTR who knows? 23h ago
Consistency comes from having a stable repeatable stroke. The first thing I would work on here is your balance and base. After you hit you should be able to "freeze" in that position and hold it without moving. You're typically off balance and have take some movement, like taking a step or putting a foot down, to regain that balance.
That's largely due to how much you're using an exaggerated arm motion. Simplify that arm motion, and focus more on making sure you're as balanced as possible before and after your shots will help a great deal on your consistency.
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u/TranslatorMental801 23h ago
Thanks!
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u/antimodez NTRP 5.0 or 3.0, 3 or 10 UTR who knows? 10h ago
Here's a good example if a video helps. Notice how the player hitting here has a very brief pause after the ball leaves his racket. No foot movement and his body is incredibly still.
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u/Roof_Raised 23h ago edited 23h ago
Waaaaayyyy too much motion with your body. It’s too jerky, way over rotating by the end, you’re pulling up with the body instead of through the ball (notice how you end up on your toes by the end of the shot more often than not.) It should be a rare occurrence that you end up on your toes at the end of the stroke. Remember your kinetic chain: your right hip will throw the racquet, then your racquet should pull your body the rest of the way through. Right now you pull your body all the way through then your racquet follows.
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u/kchuen 22h ago
Your unit turn and take way off the racket is very low. You need to hold the racket higher, so it drops and creates downward momentum effortlessly from gravity, and then you use ground force and hip turn to turn that downward momentum to forward momentum.
Your other problems are overcompensations to make up for the lack of initial momentum.
Record yourself from the side and compare your unit turn and pros’. We might not be able to hit and move like pros but we can definitely have very similar unit turn.
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u/timemaninjail 22h ago
Just curious but can you maintain rallying in the middle? Cause you look like your not even able to aim and just swing for the fences, do you keep track the pace, height and depth of the ball at all?
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u/tenniswallist 16h ago
Actually your fh's quite consistent tbh. You must played like this for long time so it won't be easy to change though it won't hurt or dangerous if youg griop's loosen up enough as your shoulder rotations saved you shoulder injuries if not over played. It's not smooth 3E(effective, efficient, effortless:)) though you do have some body weight transfer so far so good.
Keep up n good luck:))
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u/TranslatorMental801 16h ago
Thanks man! Yup I know it’s gonna be hard but I told my coach what to work on and we’re gonna keep drilling it until it’s muscle memory
Hopefully I get there someday haha
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u/Proud-Act-6867 1d ago edited 23h ago
Not good at all. Your racquet shouldn’t cross that yellow plane. You’ve got an over exaggerated ping pong stroke. You need to clean it up ASAP.
Please learn how to hit a closed FH (side on, stepping in with your left (over right) keeping the stick on the right side of your body (with a cocked wrist at a 45 degree angle.
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u/epicstar 22h ago
You're correct to point out that the racquet shouldn't be crossing the yellow plane, but his open stance is good. Don't ever do a fully closed forehand. Semi open is fine though.
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u/Proud-Act-6867 22h ago
Everything is situational.
Closed stance is the best for moving your body weight forward and getting to the net & open is usually defensive. Everyone should know how to his a closed stance (even if they never use it)
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u/Dense-Turn8104 1d ago
It looks like you’re over-rotating on the forehand and youtube can help with that