After signing up, you’ll immediately get access to:
- The Digital Library
- Personalized Video Review
The App
Both services are run through an app separate from faulttoleranttennis.com, accessible from mobile or web (though payment currently only works on Android and web, not iOS). The image at the top is what you’ll see when you sign up. We’ll start by answering any immediate, broad questions you have, and then review your video and get to work.
If you haven’t already introduced yourself, fill this out.
The Digital Library
The digital library is a set of bite-sized explanations and drills, organized distal-to-proximal by part of the body. We start with the hand, then move through the arm, into the trunk, and finally onto the legs and feet. The library is organized distal-to-proximal, because your forehand is planned in distal-to-proximal order. Contact is planned first, then how to swing to it, then how to move so you can swing like that.
The library teaches a modular swing. Each section – the hand, shoulder, etc – teaches you how to master that specific part of your forehand independently of the rest. You don’t need great trunk control to have a great hand. You don’t need great footwork to have a great shoulder. Each link is effective on its own and also synergies with the rest. You’ll master each link, modularly, in distal-to-proximal order, and then knit them together in distal-to-proximal order to create your full swing.
The library is always under active development. You get lifetime access.
Video Review
When you sign-up, I will say “hi” over direct messages. That’s where we’ll converse, and it’s where you’ll send me video links.
Recording video
The most useful angles are:
- From the back, court level. This is the most useful footage and should be the primary way you film.
- From the hitting-side.
Competitive footage is great, provided there are enough forehands in there. Hitting footage and ball-machine footage also work. Unedited footage is best (SwingVision is fine, just don’t delete points).
Sending Me Video
Upload to a google product, and share the links in DMs. YouTube (unlisted) and google drive are best. Google has the best video player which allows both frame-by-frame, easy skipping, and slow-mo. I will ask you to re-upload otherwise.
Cadence
When you sign up, we’ll do an initial review and I’ll recommend exactly what to focus on. Then, weekly, we’ll touch base. Over the course of the week, drop things in messages as they come up, and film anything you want me to take a look at.