You’re mere months away from the best forehands of your life. We can get you there.
You get:
- personalized video analysis and guidance from Johnny & Alexa
- our forehand digital library (forever).
You’ll learn:
- Exactly how the modern forehand works.
- How to improve your stroke, for your body, your style, and your game.
- How to practice for practice-to-match skill transfer.
End result:
- You will LOVE the act of hitting your forehand, in matches.
The program is not a just another online course, and it’s not just another video analysis service either. You won’t find a video about “grips” or “backswing,” and when we look at your video footage, we won’t just give you one or two quick tips, hope they help, and then leave you to fend for yourself.
Instead, we’ll work alongside you, on your own, personal forehand journey, and everything we do will improve your foundational understanding of the forehand stroke. That will improve your practice, and practicing the right way will win you matches.
Where Courses/Analysis Usually Fail
Most other services teach technique in a way that doesn’t transfer into matches. We see so many players stuck, confused, and frustrated because they’ve internalize tennis in a way that’s never actually going to work. As a result, they miss easy shots, lose to players “worse” than they are, and choke, all the while having no idea why. This program will fix that for you. We’ll teach you how to develop your forehand habits in such a way that skill-transfer to matches will be automatic.
It won’t be overwhelming, either; it’ll be fun. We work with your current stroke, not against it, and you’ll get a little bit better, day-by-day, as we go. Improving will NOT require some grandiose undertaking where you change your entire technique, getting painfully worse before you finally get better. There are many right ways to hit the forehand, and this program will give you the tools to develop your stroke, that works for your style, your game, and your body.
To join us, email us coaches@faulttoleranttennis. We’ll chat about your tennis, your goals, and your forehand, and then get you set up.
The Digital Library
The digital library is not a video course, but rather a toolbox. It lays out the foundational concepts that underpin the forehand, and drills to implement them yourself, all broken down into easily digestible <4 minute videos.
With it, you can chart a path, as an adult player who doesn’t have infinite time to practice, to develop effortless racket head speed on the forehand, and then, to harness that effortless racket head speed to win matches.
With each drill and exercise, we clearly articulate what it’s for, as well as what it’s not for, so you won’t get stuck in any frustrating plateaus, because you’re practicing with the wrong tool for the job.
Video Analysis
Most video analysis services fail because they aren’t sufficiently personalized, and they aren’t iterative. There’s no room for Q&A, no room to say, “hey coach, I don’t understand this, can you help me?” That’s fixed here.
You send us videos of your matches (or drills, workouts, hitting sessions, whatever you want), and together we chart a path for improvement. It’s a collaborative process during which you’re encouraged to ask questions and routinely follow-up with what’s working, and what’s not.
Pricing
We charge $100 for the digital library, and then $100/month for personalized analysis and guidance. Think of it as a $100 tennis lesson with us, but spread out asynchronously across the month, instead of all at once during a single hour.
You may need another ~$50 for various simple pieces of equipment (like a medicine ball, resistance bands, stuff like that). We’ll give you recommendations if you don’t know what to buy.
When you initially sign up, you’ll pay $200.
- $100 for the library
- $100 for your first month
After that, you keep the library forever, and we’ll happily continue asynchronous guidance across as many months as you’d like.
A Little More Detail
After signing up, you’ll immediately get access to:
- A direct chat with Alexa and Johnny
- Our member community
- The entire forehand digital library
We’ll start by answering any immediate, broad questions you have, and then by reviewing one of your recent matches or hitting sessions, to help you decide which drills, workouts, and exercises to begin your training with, to make the biggest right away.
The App
We host our program on a service that is separate from faulttoleranttennis.com – the screenshot you see above is what you’ll see when you sign up. It can be accessed easily via desktop, iOS, or Android.
Within this app is where you’ll access the program, and where you’ll communicate with Alexa and Johnny. There’s also the community page, where you can chat with other members if you’d like, and where we’ll post updates about ongoing program improvements.
Sending Us Video
YouTube’s slow motion and frame-by-frame features are ideal for watching your video. If possible, you’ll upload videos you’d like us to review to YouTube, and then paste the link in our chat. Upload unlisted if you’d like no one else to see it.
Timeline
When you sign up, you get access to the digital library, and to our community, forever, and access to us personally guiding you for as long as you’d like. Whatever your goals, we’re happy to help you get there.
While working with us, you’ll develop a coherent model for how to foster continuous improvement – from the moment you sign up, your forehand will get a little better, day-by-day, into perpetuity.
Email Us
We’d love to hear from you. Write us coaches@faulttoleranttennis.com, even if you just want to tell us about your tennis, vent about a frustration, celebrate a win.
Below is an email I received from MJ, a 56-year-old photographer in New York, who worked with us after going 2-6 during his 2023 4.0 USTA season. Fast forward to 2024, and he’s been computer bumped to 4.5, with a record of 15-3, including a massive win at 4.0 sectionals.
Hi Coach,
I wanted to share some really exciting news with you, since you and your book had such a profound impact on my forehand for the past month. I just played 10 hours of tennis in the Men’s 4.0 USTA Eastern championships. I WON my final match!!!! 6-7 (9-11) 6-1, 1-0 (10-6) Most intense match ever. I hit the most insane drop shot and then won the match with a volley winner! I am SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WON all MY EASTERN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES!!!!!!
BUT the real winner was my forehand and what YOU were able to do from your book and YouTube videos (and the weighted shadow swings). My forehand was on feugo! Ripping cross-courts with such FAULT-TOLERANCE – I just waited until I got my short ball.
MJ
Your own forehand transformation is right around the corner.
Email us coaches@faulttoleranttennis.com, and we’ll get you set up.
We can’t wait to work with you.
January 13, 2025
What racket do you use? Wha rackets do you recommend? Anything better for one handers?
January 21, 2025
Personally, I find I play well with a pretty wide variety of rackets. I prefer 95-98 head size, head light, and between 11-12 ounces. The most important thing is that the frame fits your game – what you like to do on court.
On the one-hander, it’s critical you use a racket light enough that, when you’re a little bit late, you can still whip it through contact. Imo this is more important than having slightly more power when you’re on time.
If Roger Federer’s backhand transformation is any indication, a 98 sq inch head size is also useful, as opposed to smaller. On the one-hander specifically, you want to take the ball early, in order to keep it in the strike zone. This makes clean contact more difficult, so the larger sweet-spot of the 98 becomes very relevant.