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Transfer the weight.
I heard Cliff has the best forehand and I want to learn. Can you teach me?
Well, I don't know if I have the best forehand, but I can definitely help you with your forehand.
Okay. So, I've been playing pickle ball for about a year and a half now, and my forehand can be pretty strong, but a little inconsistent sometimes driving into the net, stuff like that. Um, right now I'm around between a 40 and a 45. I'm like a 43.
Okay.
And I think that if I could improve my forehand, that would help me get to the next level.
Okay.
Teach me how to keep it consistent. Keep me teach me how to drive and more power.
Okay. So, I'm going to see how you hit the ball. Uhhuh. And maybe you don't need any help. So, let's go. Let's figure it out. All right. Ready? Go. one.
So, I can tell the forehand. Yeah, it is a little bit inconsistent. Okay. But this has to do with your technique. All right. So, this is what I'm going to do. By the end of this video, I'm gonna try to improve your technique and you're gonna see like an increase of 10 to 20% consistency as you drive. Okay. So, but first I'm going to have to go over three things that going to allows you like to improve your forehand.
Are you ready?
Excited.
Excited.
Let's go. Okay. Now, the first thing we're going to go over it is very important. Okay. It's your paddle. This is how you make contact with the ball. So, show me your grip. How do you hold your paddle when you're ready to drive the ball? Just your paddle. I don't want to see your swing. So, this is your grip, right?
Okay. Which is which is not bad. Which is good. Okay. So, this we call that continental, right?
Mhm.
Show me.
No. Here. Okay. You see the bevel
is in the middle of your hand.
You see that? So, when I'm ready to hit a to spin forehand, you see how I move up my battle. Now, the bevel is here. Now you see my paddle got a slightly angled,
right?
Okay. So that's the way I hold my paddle, right? As soon as I get that under control, I say, "Okay, I got the first step." Now the second step, it's my swing. Okay. So what you're doing, your swing is very short.
Mhm.
All right. I can tell that. So if I show you in slow motion how you hit your swing, the ball is here. You're just doing this. Okay. Basically, this is what you're doing. You're slapping the ball. Okay? you don't actually have like a swing. We call that swing path. Okay? But in my case, if I hit a ball, you see my paddle is way on my back. Same thing again. You see this is my hips. I'm turning my hips. You see now
this is the shot.
Okay? So this from this position until I make contact with the ball, we call it like swing path. Okay? So that's going to be very hard for you because I already realize you develop like that bad habit to just hit the ball like this. So that's going to be one of your biggest issue. The grip is easy, but this one is going to take you a minute before you get used to pull your paddle back and just follow through and just hit it. Right?
Okay. Okay.
That's the number two. All right. Number three, it's your footwork. Okay. So what do I mean by footwork? So, I'm going to bounce a ball for you. Okay. I just want you to hit it. Hit it. That's it. So, now there's what we call open stand. This is what you just did.
Mhm.
And what we call close stand. Okay. So, I just bounced the ball for you. What you just did and I've been watching you. This is what you do, right? So, now I'm going to make you use the close stand. Okay. Not only that, when the ball is coming at you or he's not coming at you, I'm gonna show you exactly how to chase it, how to hit it. Instead of you standing like this, I want you to do this. Okay? So, what is important? I want you to see how I'm dragging my feet in the floor. Okay? So, watch this. That's it. So, now I'm going to take your toy. Give me that paddle. Okay. So, now you're going to dance with me. It's like we're going to dance. Okay. So, this is what we're going to do. I want you to stand like this. You're going to put your hand out in front of you like this. So, watch how I'm pulling my hand. You see, I'm forcing you to use your hips. Yeah, you can feel it in your hips. So, now you're going to go back again. Okay. Watch this. We're going to do the same thing, but this time I want you to drag your feet back at the same time your hand is going back. That's it. That's the position. So now you're going to drag your feet forward with your arm and you're going to finish over your shoulder like this. All right.
Okay.
Yes. Oh my god, you look so stiff. All right. Okay. So this is how you're going to fix that. That's it. There's something again we call weight transfer. Okay. So, this is why you're so stiff because you're not transferring your weight well enough. So, I want you to watch me right from this position. Watch. I'm going to go back. You see when I go back, you see?
Yeah.
You see that? You see how transferring the weight?
I transfer the weight in my back legs. So, now when I'm ready to make contact, you see first even before I swing, watch my hand. Before I swing, I transfer the weight in my front leg. And after I transfer the weight, this is where now I follow through and I swing and I come back to my position again. All right, let's go.
Nope. All right, watch. I want you to do it very slowly. Watch. I'm going to go back. You see? Boom. Before I do anything else, watch me. Watch me, please. Okay. I transfer the weight forward first. And now this is where I go. Uh
oh. Yes. Okay. Yeah, you're still too fast. All right, so I want you to feel it. Okay, you're running away from the burn. I want you to feel the burn. Go. Transfer the weight. Wait, wait. And now you can go now. Okay.
Okay.
So, can you do it again?
Uh-huh. Okay. So, now your swing. I want you to think this is the ball. This is where you're making contact with the ball. You remember that thing you you did when you do this? Okay. So, I want you to do the same thing here. When you get here, you're gonna slap the ball now. But it's going to be one motion.
Okay.
Slap it. Okay. But you have to follow through. Yes. Again. That's it.
Okay.
All right. So, now keep going. You're still tense. Feel like you're going to fall over. All right. Relax. Go again. All right. So now, as I mentioned earlier, we were like dancing, right? You want to dance again? We're going to do it together. One, two, transfer the weight. Three, transfer the other weight. And four, and we follow through. Okay, let's do it again. Ready? One, two, three, and we go again. We're going to do it for the last time. Go. One, two, and three. Okay. So, this is what you need to hit like a very awesome to spin. Okay. So, I'm going to show you. Ready? Watch. Ball is going to bounce. Okay. Ready? Again. Again. Transfer the weight. So the reason I can hit everything almost the same speed and the same spot,
it's because of my mechanic. So I'm not changing anything. I'm doing the same motion every time, every time. And this is how I become consistent. Okay. Okay.
So now going to give you a few baby shots and you're going to try to do the first step. Okay. Go.
Oh. Oh. Nice shot.
Okay. So, I want you to see how you finishing the shot.
Okay.
Okay. So, you take even your back swing is from here. At least it's better now because you used to have it like this. Okay. I can live with that. But the only thing I cannot live with that is when you finish, you stay like this. You see? I want I need to come forward. Yes, ma'am. I want you to take the step forward and follow through with it. All right. Here we go. Okay, take your time. Go. That's it. Okay, so now I'm going to give you a trick. What What was the step one?
Come back.
Okay, I want you to stay. Where is your paddle?
Here.
What he's doing here?
He's supposed to be behind you, right? You remember the back swing? Yes. Okay. So, not only that. Uhhuh. Okay. Let's start again.
Step one. Okay, that's it. And step two, step two is not the swing. Remember, step two is transferring the weight first. Yes. And step three, you follow through. In step four, you're coming back to your initial position. Ready?
Yeah.
So, I want you to cheat a little bit. I want you to start with the step one. Step one, paddle back. Yes. Go. See that? This is the full swing. So by doing that your toss spin already increase in power 20%. Go.
Sorry.
Oh my god. Go again. Go. Okay. That that wasn't good. So it has to be one motion when you're hitting the ball and when you follow through with it. Go. Nice. Again. No, you're not following through. You're not taking the step forward. All right. Go. Here we go. That's one. See that? That's two. That's three. That's four. Now, the only problem is remember that is is very important. It has to be one motion.
Right?
Right now, you're taking your paddle back, but instead of you firm back swing and follow through, you taking the paddle forward and you do this again. Okay? So, it has to be like this. You see, I got one motion. Go. That's one.
Okay. Timing.
Yeah.
Okay. I want you to be conscious, okay, that you're transferring your weight because right now you're not doing it.
Okay.
Yeah. You just went back, but you forget about this one. And after that, strike. Okay.
All right. Go again. That's good. That's good shot. Go again. Nope. That's bad. Remember, it's not about getting the ball over. It's about doing the four steps. Okay, here we go. That's one. That's good. That's two. Yep. Three. Yep. Four. There we go. Yep. And then. Yep. Go. Uh-huh. Okay, now I'm curious. You just hit 10 to spin and every single one of them went in. So
I want to hear your opinion about it. What did you do? What did you
transferred the weight and came back forward
and hit it
and swung all the way through
and follow through with it?
And not only that, you're doing one motion. So the fourth step is very important. I really want you to remember about those four step. Okay. So the other thing, the last thing I want to go over it, right now I'm giving you like a very static ball, right? The ball is coming right at you.
Yeah.
What do you do now if the ball is not coming right at you?
You want to try it?
Yeah.
All right. Ready? Go.
Nope. Run around. Use your forehand. That didn't make itself.
Don't forget to follow through. Go. Yep.
Awesome. I was going to go back. Okay. All right. So, last thing. Okay. Last thing. You already see. You see that? like you got 20 to almost 30% consistency. All right, increase it in your forehand.
The only thing that is bothering you, it's this. Don't forget your gold when you're making contact with the ball is not only hitting the ball in the back, but you want to go under the ball. And sometime the ball is not high enough. So this is where you have to use your legs. Right now when you're making contact you have your legs like this.
But if you see me when I'm making contact you see that
low. Yeah.
Yes. I stay like in a athletic position. I'm ready. I turn my body. Okay. I didn't even need to teach you that because you already you did it properly. So step one you turn.
Mhm.
If you realize when you turn because this is what people would say. But if I turn before the ball touch the ground and the ball is not coming at me, what should I do? So now you shuffle sideway, but you don't break the technique and you hit it and you come back again. You realize the ball is going on the other side. You move, you shuffle,
right?
You stop, you hit it, and you come back to that position again. Okay, let's do a few more.
Okay.
Okay. Don't forget to follow through.
Set. Be in your legs. Low. Yep. Again. Go. Set. Go.
God, I was going to go back in.
That's it. Again. Oh my god. Go. All right. I want you to tell me, do you notice like any difference when you first hit your forehand and how you're hitting the forehand right now?
Yeah. I feel like it's a lot more accurate. It has a lot more power. It's also staying lower when it goes over the net, so it can't be attacked from the other side.
Okay. I think it's more in my mechanics like you said
getting low transferring my weight following all the way through. Okay.
That I wasn't doing before. I just had a short swing.
Okay. You have to remember those four step. Okay. The first one you turn your body you transfer your weight in your back leg. Okay. And the second one you transfer the weight in the front leg and the third one you follow through with it and you regain your position again. Okay. So you try to you always try to make sure like you're low enough. Okay. So you can get under the ball. Okay. So if you do that, as you can see, your to spin is always going to get better better better again. So now any advice like for I don't know someone that is watching the video that want to to improve the force,
follow the mechanics that you taught me because that was the biggest difference.
Okay.
For me.
All right. Thank you.
Thank you.
All right. See you next time.