When you watch professional players return serve, they rarely look rushed, and when a player hits heavy spin at them, they never look bothered. There’s a clip from an exhibition tournament were Federer requests...
There’s one defining aspects of Carlos Alcaraz’s world class forehand that often gets overlooked – generous use of gravity. Carlos’s unique mechanics are precisely the result of this technical decision, so let’s dive in...
The calendar just switched over to April, and I’d like to christen the new month by recapping the technical underpinnings behind a perfect forehand. Before we start, a quick word of warning: Don’t click...
The “buggy whip forehand.” The “reverse forehand.” The “over the head follow-through.” It goes by many names, but my favorite pays homage to the first man to really abuse it on the pro tour...
I get this question a lot: If I’m trying to master the modern forehand, who should I emulate? Look no further than 2022 Rotterdam champion Felix Auger-Aliassime. We always talk about how the optimal...
The knee, like the foot, is a beautiful, well engineered piece of biological machinery. And also like the foot, the knee is very easy to injure. When a person is standing, their weight is...
Velocity is a measure of speed and direction. The sentence “my racket was moving fast when I struck the ball” is referencing the racket’s high velocity. Acceleration, on the other hand, is a measure...
Almost every tour player prepares for their waist height forehand with their strings down, often with their palm down as well. Some even begin with the hitting face of their racket pointing behind them....
Tour level players hit surprisingly high over the net. The amount of net clearance they’re getting is pretty difficult to see from the typical broadcast view: the bird’s eye camera, and as such, I...
There are many ways to hit the wide forehand, but Emma Raducanu’s way is the best way. At Fault Tolerant Tennis, we believe in finding the optimal biomechanics for a particular swing, and then...