Milos Forehands

This is Milos Forehand. Milos has been improving his forehand and it is much stronger than what it used to be in the past. Milos is capable to hit great forehands but sometimes it lacks consistency. Footwork is a main issue for Milos and quite often Milos is not in a good position to hit the ball. Milos prefers to hit his shots with an open stance and likes to hit the ball just behind the baseline. Actually all of his shots are being hit in the same area of the court just behind the baseline. As soon as Milos starts stepping in more to the ball (and waiting less) with a neutral stance and even stepping back away from the baseline to play his shots safer he will become a stronger player.

24/07/10 - 1


Milos starts his preparation with a unit turn. When his shoulders become perpendicular to the net he releases the left hand from the racket and he stretches it out to the ball to reach the power position. On the previous shot Milos was late for the power position since his right foot wasn't ready to load by the time the ball bounced on the court.


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24/07/10 - 3


The previous two shots the ball was a bit more difficult for Milos. They were deeper and they were both hit on the rise. On both shots Milos was rushed and the left arm that was stretching out collapsed a bit to soon although on both shots Milos was still able to hit a reasonable shot.

24/07/10 - 4


Milos needs to make his swing more compact. He can elevate his right hand on the unit turn while elevating the right elbow making sure that it is not so tucked in to his torso. If we focus our eyes on Milos right hand we can see that it goes at the same height throughout the whole swing. Another important element is the position of the right hand on the power position. Milos has his right hand on the left side of his body and with his arm almost stretched back which makes his swing too big and horizontal and again with the right elbow tucked in to the torso. The majority of the pros have the right hand more on the right side of the body and have a higher position of the right elbow. As I'm writing this we have been changing it on court already. The results will come...


24/07/10 - 5




24/07/10 - 6


The previous shot Milos was running to his forehand on a difficult ball and instead of doing a big step with his right foot before contact he closed his stance therefore he didn't hit it as good as he could have.

So this was Milos forehands. Milos hit hundreds of better shots that were not recorded on video.His forehand is much better than what it was before and who knows how far can Milos go.
I can't wait to put his shots on the blog again in a couple of months. I think you're gonna be surprised!