Your Strokes: Ryan Dickerson: Forehand

Ryan Dickerson’s forehand: technically sound and filmed according to the Tennisplayer protocol.

If you’ve noticed I haven’t published a Your Strokes article for a few months. The reason is that the fundamental problems most players have are quite similar, and it started to feel that the analyzes were getting repetitive.

Then I got some video from coach and long time subscriber Kevin Patrick. I’d worked with Kevin on his own game several years ago in San Francisco and done one of the first Your Strokes on his forehand. (Click Here.)

So I was interested when he sent me video of Ryan Dickerson. Kevin is a hitting partner for Ryan, who is a top 50 national junior and headed to Division 1 college tennis.

The Tennisplayer Protocol

One thing that was great was that Kevin used a high speed camera with a high speed shutter and filmed Ryan from both the side and rear angles. He also filmed with the player relatively tight in the frame.

The result was that it was possible to see what was happening very clearly. It’s the protocol I use myself on my court in San Francisco, and I recommend it for anyone who wants to…