Not Junior player! She's a WTA Pro! Haruna's Cool Forehand! - Pro Tennis Lesson (BQ)

Hello Terrace Fan I'm Michihisa Onodawa Today we have a special guest I'd like to introduce her to you She is Arna Arakawa Nice to meet you Welcome Nice to meet you I met her for the first time this morning So I don' t know much about her I'm a little older than her So I don't know much about her Less than half Don't say that You don't have to say that We have a lot of female guests I'm sure there are a lot of viewers wondering what kind of play we're going to do with such a small figure I'd like to find out about that Let's start with the forehand today Let's start with the forehand Thank you for your cooperation Star Tennis Academy Thank you for your cooperation You can keep speeding up I'll do it for the last time Let's start with the grip The grip is quite thick How is it It's thick but that's normal these days You look up when you look at the picture I think it's better to be thick than thin You haven't changed your grip much have you You're still 21 years old aren't you Yes I haven't changed it much It's been like this for a long time I see You're pulling the take-back like this Women's players tend to pull it back like this In the case of Arakawa it's pretty simple It's a boy's way of hitting It 's a boy's way of taking back I was looking at it from behind I don't feel like I'm wasting it I feel like I'm touching it very cleanly Is there anything you're careful about As you just said I'm aware of it too It's a great opportunity The take-back is quite important I don't have the power so I try not to miss it I've been thinking about it since the second half of my junior year Are you doing it Yes I'm going to use the pros as a reference I'm going to make it compact Who's your favorite player My favorite player is Ladanska I'm going to use that compactness as a reference Was it a little big until a while ago When I was practicing at a foreign club I didn't fix it because the coach didn't notice it For those who are quick If you have a lot of power you'll make it in time That's why I made the take-back small I think the way you hit it now is to make the follow bigger I don't think you can fix the take-back Some people know the take-back but they can't fix it Is there a way to fix it I was like this but I'm still like this I try not to let go of my elbow When I hit it I think of a small circle Make it a large forward If you let go of your elbow you'll put the racket behind Put it here I'll open it up a little bit I'll make sure I don't release it I'm going to draw a small circle and swing it Is this also a return shot If it's a first serve it would be even more compact More compact I'm playing with a rhythm like 1 2 The grip is a bit thick so there are quite a few places where it tends to go off but after hitting it like this do you pay attention to this part after finishing the shot I just swing forward as I was told I try to hit it with a lot of power imagining sending it forward from behind I don't think you can really be conscious of everything Come from behind and take the lead by following Since the grip is thick here does it feel like it just moves on its own Or does it feel like you have to hold it yourself I think it's common to do it naturally So do you focus on the backswing or the follow-through but you end up focusing on the backswing The backswing is quite This also splits into two you know people who focus on this side and people who focus on that side I tend to focus more on this side Opposite I didn't have too much trouble around here but I did try various things and in the end I adjusted it to match the impact here I was working on how much the racket can accelerate But who was it again Takahashi Yuusuke also was here in the consciousness It was said that he couldn 't go out from here There were also some things that seemed like it was not appropriate around here That's why the points that people focus on are a bit different from person to person It's still the takeaway I see the setup the left hand or other parts besides the racket Have you ever noticed the feeling or the position of your head and being aware of it My left hand often ended up being dead a lot This is actually quite common among female players I also give guidance to students sometimes When they get into position boys surprisingly have a good balance with their left hand like this But it just ends up like this no matter what Then I ended up doing nothing here and ended up doing a lot over here that's exactly how it was at first yes I've been pointed out by many people and I finally started to fix it What about your left hand I imagine pulling the string at the same time as releasing it here with my left hand then pulling out the right hand yes I see Well that's probably more efficient isn't it But this place just can't seem to die That's just how it is even if you try to position yourself like this That's because the racket is expensive and the left hand is low There were times when it just felt unbalanced but I realized that the left hand is actually quite important and it's still about pulling I see Accelerate the racket and follow through to the finish Yes I had him do a little bit of the Dan Bridge how's the stance and footwork I think this is actually quite important but I have quite a lot of open stances the forehand is The previous ball is hit with a closed stance but I separate it Yes I basically separate it For the backcourt rally I often hit it like this Open stance Jump using your right foot and hit like this The previous ball was with the left foot Yes Previously the left foot was stepped in This is also a female player after all Some people just tend to hit more shots from the square while those who are not comfortable with an open stance usually don't do it much but when the ball gets faster they start to do it more You don't have much time to step in do you No Then you end up in an open stance Yes I'm almost always in an open stance Even with short balls I do it like this That's how it is I had a habit of just going ahead and doing it Rotating with an open stance on the left I still feel like both stances are necessary I think this is quite fundamental on its own I often play straight back so I 'm told to not miss the front so I step in a bit earlier and hit the ball from inside the court I was thinking of playing within the baseline yes when launching an attack I try to step in and hit when I usually play rallies Where is the position Probably behind here I'm doing quite well About a step back I'm rallying So it's not that I'm going to go much further back Is it like we should go forward from here It's quite defensive in terms of playing style I haven't seen much of Harukawa's play yet It seems like he runs around a lot That is aggressive and persistent In the professional world you can't win unless you take the initiative so lately I'm conscious of being at the front of the rally When you're playing aggressively many people tend to go backward but isn't having the courage to move forward quite important Being aware of the kind of play you're going to do Isn't it impossible to react or make a judgment without thinking first Yes it's impossible I'm from the Spanish tennis generation so I go in quickly for short balls and hit high ones I was told I should hit it upwards rather than trying to make it defensive They told me to go through about two meters on the internet so it was quite tight Women's tennis players tend to hit the ball quite sharply and with a lot of power so there was a feeling that you had to bend your knees and return the ball like this I see there are a lot of things I really need to be able to do Yes that's right Then let's go for the finish hit it and finish up here get into position It's like coming back into a stance through a crossover like this Yes I don't think Mr Arakawa is someone with a very tall height I really need to pay more attention to my footwork but what kind of practice methods are there for the parts you usually focus on with your footwork What kind of training are you doing usually The training is mostly rally-related Practice where you get tossed around in the rally So it's quite physical It's quite common to do it every day Training often consists of physical exercises Then I would like to try a little rally Initially slow-paced Never make a mistake I was tired so I tried a rally for a bit but from the other side I really felt that the follow-up was a bit big The takeaway was really compact and I had the impression that the follow- through was strong so the ball really stretched out and had a lot of spin It's impressive that you're still using your legs like that That's the feeling I had but how about you It's a really long rally and I'm struggling to catch my breath The carpet makes it hard for the ball to come up a bit but I think the professional world is really tough if you don't hit it with your own feet They often practice things like being manipulated and controlled so the general viewers also come and follow What if you practice with these points in mind Thank you for the forehand lesson Thank you Your mobile device will instantly become a pro tennis school Let us know what lesson you want to learn from us See you next time Bye