3.5+ Tennis Practice Drills Forehand Drive

Enhance your conditioning and routines.

Highest rally: July 1st, 2025, 83 degrees, continuous rally of about 120 hits.

Modern Forehand (FH) Drive
Shoulder turn.
Relaxed arm and grip.
Keep your racquet on your frontside.
Elbow up, Pet, Legs, Pull/Flip
Imagine pulling your racquet and the pull “path” sort of resembles a Christmas candy cane. Pull straight toward your target, pull some more, eventually turn door knob left.
Prior routines allow your racquet to reach your backside which causes a circular path.

Kinetic Chain Power (4 Minutes)
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LmRahhQ_p20&pp=0gcJCcUKAYcqIYzv**

Forehand Compilation, Slow Motion (9 Mins)
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CxttdybdLLI&pp=ygUlZm9yZWhhbmQgY29tcGlsYXRpb24gc2xvdyBtb3Rpb24gMjAyMw%3D%3D**

Macci: Forehand “Flip” (1 Min)
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BdsjAk2ds7k&pp=ygUQTWFjY2kgcG9zaXRpdml0eQ%3D%3D**

Federer Forehand (20 Mins)
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5MHugAF2DiQ&pp=ygUPTWFjY2kgZm9yZWhhbmQg**

Sabalenka Forehand (5 Mins)
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eerzFr3fqrk&pp=ygUYTWFjY2kgc2FiYWxlbmthIGZvcmVoYW5k**

Carlos Alcaraz Whip Like Forehand (9)
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Ehi-kSCto&pp=ygUndGhlIHNlY3JldCBiZWhpbmQgYWxjYXJheiBmb3JlaGFuZCB3aGlw**

Carlos Alcaraz, Slow motion (6 Mins)
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a7M6A8e-rXM&pp=ygUjY2FybG9zIGFsY2FyYXogZm9yZWhhbmQgc2xvdyBtb3Rpb27SBwkJwQkBhyohjO8%3D**

Mouratoglou: How good can her forehand get in one lesson? (15 Mins)
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8XYxMn0sXsY&pp=ygUrSG93IGdvaWQgY2FuIHJyIGZvcmVoYW5kIGdldCBpbiBvbmUgbGVzc29uINIHCQnYCQGHKiGM7w%3D%3D**

Macci: Forehand Slice (1 Min)
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nR_RQryIJXg&pp=ygULbWFjY2kgc2xpY2U%3D**

Ground Strokes
Relax & Focus, Goal: 100+ in a row
Give ‘em a “surprise, hit on the rise.”
Lean toward the net.
Hit the ball higher over the net.
FH: Elbow up, Pet, Legs, Pull/Flip
BH Slice: Major shoulder turn, Knuckles up.
BH Slice: End with eagle wings.

Fred Astaire Dances, Balance
Embraceable You (3 Mins)
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Kqi4RBZOs&list=RDz1Kqi4RBZOs&start_radio=1&pp=ygUaRW1icmFjZWFibGUgeW91IGphY2sgam9uZXOgBwE%3D**

Novak Djokovic
Forehand, Backhand (6 Mins)
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FmrLQmZ1CVQ&pp=ygUZbm92YWsgZGpva292aWMgc2xvIG1vdGlvbg%3D%3D**

Lobs/Overhead & High Ball Volley
Overhead Experiment:
“You/Me.”
Point your left elbow at the lob. This induces you to turn while your left hand guides your racquet back.
Left elbow, footsteps, point, hit.
Say, “Elbow, feet, now complete.”
2/3 Speed, controlled placement.
Goal: Make 50+ in a row

Babel: Forehand Swing Volley (8 Mins)
Semi-Western grip for topspin.
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijm7tfl7uHk&pp=ygUSQmFiZWwgc3dpbmcgdm9sbGV5**

Volley
Racquet head higher than your wrist.
Ready in “U” shape.
Shoulder turn.
High ball: High energy 8, finish point.
Low ball: Less energy 2, finesse/drop.
Aim for sharp angle, “Low and Slow.”
Fast ball: No time, so just BLOCK it.
Half Volleys: “Forward.”

Drop Shot (Dropper)
Delay and say, “Disguise to surprise.”
Lock your wrist, 90 degrees.
For backspin, pull high to low.
Say, “Hit a drop and make it stop.”
Goal: 50+ in a row

33 Forehand Drop Shots by Alcaraz (8 Mins)
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2nuXv2BCE8w&pp=ygUMMzMgZHJvcCBzaG90**

Roger Federer, Drop Shots (8 Mins)
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=syiphi23vmw&pp=ygUYcm9nZXIgZmVkZXJlciBkcm9wIHNob3Rz**

Serve
Middle grip, maybe a bit Eastern.
Pinpoint your feet.
Relax your arm. “Be water, my friend.”
Racquet palm toward you so that a side edge of your racquet “leads.”
Experiment:
Space your grip fingers more.
Bend your knees to jump higher.
Underhand side spin serve.

Return of Serve
1st: Get the ball back over the net.
Think USPS: “Return to Sender”
Forward “split, for better hit.”
Quick, brief backswing.
Generally return cross court.
Consider chip, volley your return.
Consider more lobs.

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Roger Federer Practicing (14 Minutes)
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RvwGv8Ie6Dk&pp=ygUQRmVkZXJlciB0d28gZ3V5cw%3D%3D**

Carlos Alcaraz Practicing (16 Mins)
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MFpSeZRx83g&pp=ygUXY2FybG9zIGFsY2FyYXogY2xvc2UgdXA%3D**

Novak Djokovic & Carlos Alcaraz
Practice (13 Mins)
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Gl-T2dtss&pp=ygUdY2FybG9zIGFsY2FyYXogcHJhY3RpY2UgcGFyaXPSBwkJwQkBhyohjO8%3D**

Chris Evert vs Monica Seles
Moon balls, patience (18 Mins)
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AKwAHVo5nyQ&pp=ygUMRXZlcnQgc2VsZXMg**

Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett
It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got that Swing
**https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LYfF9VKMp4w&list=RDLYfF9VKMp4w&start_radio=1&pp=ygUWTGFkeSBnYWdhIHRvbnkgaXQgbWVhbqAHAQ%3D%3D**

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