Forehand & Backhand – Noah S. (Germany)
The name is Noah Schafer, a 14 year old from Frankfurt Germany, the oldest kid in the Schafer tennis family. A very talented player with great touch & feel, he’s been a Tennis Vault videos follower which made me so happy. And to have an opportunity to work with him in person was great, changes came easily for him, anything I suggested he did without blinking, was so easy to coach. Check out how smooth his ground strokes are, a very nice forehand and backhand 
Forehand & Backhand – Joerg S. (Germany)
It didn’t take long for me to become good friends with Tennis Vault Member Joerg Schafer from Frankfurt in Germany. I much enjoyed spending time with him and his family, and helping their tennis games. We even convinced his wife Christiane to start playing… from scratch!!… Joerg has played some tennis in the past, therefore had original classic wood racket style kind of strokes, which we revamped real fast to a more modern looking forehand and backhand. Although still “baking in the oven”, here a couple videos of how his new stroke is shaping up to look like, after he practices and substitutes the old muscle memory
Forehand – Christiane S. (Germany)
Well, all the boys in her family (husband and 2 sons) were playing tennis with coach Mauro and so excited about their sudden ultra fast improvement, so it became easy to convince Mama Christiane to come out there to the court and try it too, as she was missing out on having lots of fun and just didn’t know it yet. It was amazing, within 30 minutes she was hitting the ball correctly and inside the court most times, over the net and not spraying balls all over the place. After 45 minutes she knew the stroke from head to toe, from the ready position to finish, preparation to end of the follow through. Now it’s a matter of time (practice) and Christiane will be able to play together with her husband Joerg and her 2 sons Noah(14) & Joshua(9). Plus, little 2yr old Elena already has her own racket, wow, that’s awesome, go girl!! The Schafers, a true tennis family from Frankfurt!!
Forehand – Elena S. (Germany)
She’s “2 yr old” Elena Schafer…do I need to say anything?!!
READY POSITION
EYE ON THE BALL
BALL IMPACT IN FRONT
FINISHING THE FOREHAND
Forehand & Backhand – Howard (London)
Meeting with Howard Napper from London was a double pleasure. First of all, the opportunity to check out his 6 year old son Kai was priceless, bright future ahead that kid!! Secondly, fixing up in person this Tennis Vault subscriber and videos follower great guy Howard’s basic strokes was also priceless, we had a fantastic time together. Check out his before & after “1 lesson”
Forehand & Backhand – Nigel (London)
Had a chance to meet in person Tennis Vault subscriber member Mr. Nigel Charman from London, a photographer with one of the coolest best sense of humored attitude I’ve had the opportunity to coach. We remodeled all his basic strokes, check out the forehand & backhand after couple training sessions
Forehand & Backhand – John (London)
What an immense pleasure to meet with Tennis Vault Member John Levin from London, it was instant connection of positive energy, just like running into a good ol’friend! We revamped all his basic strokes and also had a fantastic time together, which left us both with priceless memories. Check him out
Forehand & Backhand – Michael Damiani
Last week I met with Michael Damiani in Sausalito. A Tennis Vault subscriber and follower, Mike told me he wanted a general scan on all his basic strokes, and then a revamp job where it was needed or advised. After only one lesson Mike was hitting the ball with “correct fundamentals”, very clean strokes, crisp shots, good stuff!! Welcome back to the sport Mike, cheers!! Check him out
Forehand & Backhand – Yuri Radomsky
Last month as I mentioned on last week’s post, I was down in Porto Alegre City in southern Brazil coaching Tennis Vault client 15 year old Thomas Ramos (few ATP Challenger Tour Futures’ Qualifiers experiences). His current practice partner is ATP Challengers player Yuri Radomsky. We had a great time together, and he also gave me the opportunity to tweak a bit his basic strokes too, which was a blast because Yuri “rocks the ball”!! Check him out, enjoy the ball ripping!!
Forehand & Backhand – Thomas Ramos
Last month I was in Porto Alegre City in southern Brazil coaching a very special Tennis Vault client. The kid’s name is Thomas Ramos, he’s 15 years old and has a few ATP Challenger Tour Futures’ Qualifiers experiences under his belt. His father Luis Ramos a very nice, smart & funny man, also a tennis player himself, invited me to come down there for a whole week to help his current coach ATP Challengers level player Yuri Radomsky with Thomas’s stroke mechanics. I flew down and much enjoyed the city and hospitality of all people I met. At first we worked on timing, earlier impact more in front (he was hitting late when I met him, and his arm had been paying the price with some pain even at times, as he said). Zip-Zap Timing-Change and Bingo, we were done with that, there was no more arm pain, and hitting now was easier and looser, now he was striking the ball in front every single time!! We made a few quick & good changes, tweaked a few things here and there… and wow! he started to rip away balls effortlessly, crushing his forehands and backhands, hitting very crisp shots, nailing the racket sweet spot every single time now, because of being able to watch the ball better now, because of earlier impact now! And on the Two-Handed Backhand on the video, we still hadn’t changed his preparation back swing yet, which ended up a tight elliptical “loop” style, way smoother. Check him out, enjoy the banging!