Brent Abel

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Video Library (43 videos)

Name FPS Duration
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (11 of 18) Brent Abel's serve from a central position, filmed from a court-level angle, is used to teach the chip-and-charge/serve-and-volley pattern. The racket contacts the ball at full extension slightly in front of his body with a closed racket face, setting up forward momentum to move in behind the serve.
6.9s
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (13 of 18) Brent Abel's drop shot versus passing shot animation from the center of the court, filmed from a side instructional angle. The trunk rotation difference is clear as the shoulders stay more closed and compact on the drop shot while uncoiling more fully and earlier through the contact zone on the passing shot.
9.3s
All Court Tennis: The Grips (13 of 20) Brent Abel's forehand and backhand pickup drills from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. The video emphasizes how a continental grip is used with a relatively firm but adjustable grip pressure while the wrist stays quiet and stable through contact on low balls.
5.6s
All Court Tennis: The Grips (14 of 20) Brent Abel's short-hop forehand and backhand drill from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. His compact split step into a wide, low base makes it clear how he adjusts his stance quickly between neutral and slightly open as he shuffles laterally to handle the short hops.
4s
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (15 of 18) Brent Abel's instructional segment on "Taking Time" court positioning, filmed from a CourtLevel angle. His recovery steps and follow-through emphasis focus on getting back into a balanced ready position with the non-hitting hand active in preparing the next shot.
13.8s
All Court Tennis: The Grips (15 of 20) Brent Abel's overhead from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level front angle. His continental grip is easy to see, with the wrist laid back in a classic throwing position before snapping up and through the contact.
3.2s
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (16 of 18) Brent Abel's easy volley from the net area, filmed from a court-level front angle. His shoulders stay relatively quiet while the trunk makes a compact coil and uncoil, clearly linking the shoulder line to the forward step for a simple kinetic chain into the volley.
3.1s
All Court Tennis: The Grips (16 of 20) Brent Abel’s instructional medley on grips and stroke preparation from center court, filmed from a mixed court-level and side perspective. His footwork sequences emphasize a clear split step into compact adjustment steps that set up a stable, mostly neutral stance before contact on both forehand and backhand patterns.
3.4s
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (18 of 18) Brent Abel's serve-and-volley sequence from a central baseline position, filmed from a court-level angle. His knees load deeply on the serve and then drive forward into a pronounced hip shift as he moves through the court toward the net.
7.5s
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (1 of 18) Brent Abel’s mixed-shot instructional sequence from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level side angle. The shoulder and trunk rotation are clearly emphasized as he coils early with a pronounced upper-body turn, then uncoils in sync with the hips to illustrate proper kinetic chain sequencing.
8.9s
All Court Tennis: Tennis That Lasts a Lifetime (1 of 9) Brent Abel's instructional animation on all-court tennis fundamentals, filmed from a neutral diagram-style angle. The hips and legs are illustrated with clear knee bend and weight transfer patterns that emphasize how the legs load and drive into each stroke phase.
7.1s
All Court Tennis: The Grips (1 of 20) Brent Abel's medley video of various stroke animations is filmed from mixed on-court and side angles. The racket face angle and contact point relative to the body are clearly contrasted across different grips, making it easy to see how grip choice changes the hand position and racket orientation at impact.
6.9s
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (2 of 18) Nadal's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle animation. His footwork pattern includes a pronounced load on the outside leg into an open stance, followed by a quick recovery step that readies him for the next ball.
4.6s
All Court Tennis: Tennis That Lasts a Lifetime (2 of 9) Brent Abel's teaching animation on all-court tennis concepts from a central court position, filmed from a diagram-style instructional angle. The footwork patterns are broken down into clear split-steps, adjustment steps, and recovery movements that illustrate how to move efficiently into and out of a neutral stance for different areas of the court.
5.6s
All Court Tennis: The Grips (2 of 20) Brent Abel’s instructional animation medley on grips from a central court position, filmed from a mixed court-level and side perspective. The sequence emphasizes how a relaxed continental grip with minimal wrist tension transitions into different grips, making the change in wrist angle and knuckle position easy to track.
7.2s
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (3 of 18) Brent Abel's serve-and-volley sequence from a central baseline teaching position, filmed from a court-level angle. His footwork emphasizes a pronounced split-step just after contact followed by quick, compact adjustment steps moving forward to close the net in a balanced, athletic stance.
5.7s
All Court Tennis: Tennis That Lasts a Lifetime (3 of 9) Rafael Nadal’s forehand from the baseline, filmed from a side animation angle. His footwork pattern emphasizes a strong open stance with a pronounced loading on the outside leg before driving through the shot.
5.9s
All Court Tennis: Tennis That Lasts a Lifetime (4 of 9) Brent Abel’s forehand and backhand volleys from mid-court, filmed from a front court-level angle. After contact he keeps the racquet head slightly above his hand with a compact finish and quickly resets his feet into a neutral ready position in front of the net.
3.9s
All Court Tennis: The Grips (4 of 20) Brent Abel’s forehand and backhand swing path animations from center court, filmed from a side and overlay angle. The contact points are illustrated with the racket face transitioning from slightly closed to more neutral through impact, clearly mapping the low-to-high swing path and racket head speed curve for each stroke.
5.8s
All Court Tennis: The Grips (5 of 20) Brent Abel’s animation of hand positions on the racquet, filmed from a front instructional angle. The follow-through is illustrated by the non-hitting hand releasing and then rejoining the racquet to emphasize how the player recovers back to a neutral ready position.
6.8s
All Court Tennis: Tennis That Lasts a Lifetime (5 of 9) Brent Abel’s instructional animation on stroke variety from a central court position, filmed from a side and overhead graphic angle. The animation emphasizes how early shoulder rotation and a fully coiled trunk precede the forward swing, with a distinct uncoiling sequence from hips to shoulders to arm.
9.6s
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (6 of 18) Brent Abel’s neutral stance forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a side animation angle. The animation emphasizes a laid-back wrist position with clear lag prior to contact, followed by controlled wrist pronation through the hitting zone.
3.4s
All Court Tennis: The Grips (6 of 20) Brent Abel’s instructional medley on grips and stroke foundations, filmed from mixed court-level and side angles. The shoulder and trunk focus is on how different grip choices slightly alter shoulder turn and trunk coil, with clear sequencing from hip rotation into shoulder uncoil emphasized across the animations.
6.8s
All Court Tennis: Tennis That Lasts a Lifetime (6 of 9) Brent Abel plays a full singles point from a central baseline position, filmed from a high rear court-level angle. The video makes it easy to see his continental grip on volleys and overheads, along with a relaxed wrist that firms up only at contact.
5s
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (7 of 18) Brent Abel’s serve ritual from the baseline, filmed from a court-level angle. The video emphasizes how his relaxed continental grip and minimal early wrist movement set up a consistent, repeatable wrist snap just before starting the service motion.
4.3s
All Court Tennis: Tennis That Lasts a Lifetime (7 of 9) Brent Abel plays a live doubles point from a central baseline position, filmed from a high rear court angle. At contact, his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist height, and the swing path accelerates smoothly through the hitting zone for controlled racket head speed.
7.5s
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (8 of 18) Brent Abel's serve-and-volley sequence from a central baseline teaching position, filmed from a CourtLevel angle. The contact point is struck slightly in front of his body with a square racket face, and the racket head accelerates up and through the ball on a pronounced upward swing path.
8.7s
All Court Tennis: Tennis That Lasts a Lifetime (8 of 9) Brent Abel’s neutral-court forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side CourtLevel angle. His hips stay relatively closed through the loading phase with a noticeable knee bend, then unwind as his rear leg drives forward into the court.
4.8s
All Court Tennis: The Grips (8 of 20) Brent Abel's serve from a central baseline position, filmed from a rear court-level angle. The follow-through leaves his hitting arm relaxed across his body while his non-hitting hand drops naturally, helping him settle into a balanced stance ready for the next shot.
3.6s
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (9 of 18) Brent Abel's serve-and-volley teaching animation from a central court position, filmed from a diagrammatic overhead and side-composite angle. The animation emphasizes a classic continental grip with a relaxed wrist that pronates through contact and then firms up as the racquet moves forward into the first volley position.
6s
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (12 of 18) Brent Abel's approach shot moving forward to the net, filmed from a teaching animation perspective. The animation clearly depicts the racket staying out in front at contact with a slightly closed face and a compact, forward swing path designed to keep the ball low through the court.
8.3s
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (17 of 18) Brent Abel’s approach shot from the center of the court, filmed from a teaching animation angle. His footwork pattern emphasizes a small adjustment step into a balanced, slightly closed stance just before contact to set up for moving forward to the net.
5.8s
All Court Tennis: The Grips (12 of 20) Brent Abel's backhand from a central teaching position, filmed from a side court-level angle. His follow-through carries the racquet up and across his body while his non-hitting hand stays back for counterbalance before he recovers to a neutral ready stance.
2.8s
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (14 of 18) Brent Abel's drop shot from the center of the court, filmed from a front teaching angle. His follow-through stays compact with the racquet hand finishing in front of the body as he quickly recovers forward, bringing the non-hitting hand up and ready for the next ball.
2.8s
All Court Tennis: The Grips (11 of 20) Brent Abel's forehand from a neutral court position, filmed from an animation-style side angle, illustrates the Eastern forehand grip. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist height, with a low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head through the hitting zone.
4.7s
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (4 of 18) Brent Abel's forehand chip return from a central returning position, filmed from a court-level angle. His slight knee flex and subtle hip turn forward into the ball emphasize a compact leg drive rather than a deep loading action.
5.4s
All Court Tennis: The Grips (7 of 20) Brent Abel's forehand volley from a central net position, filmed from a side angle. His shoulders stay relatively square with a compact trunk rotation, emphasizing a short unit turn and minimal torso coil before a controlled uncoil into contact.
5.4s
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (10 of 18) Brent Abel's second serve from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side court-level angle. After contact he drives up and into the court, letting his hitting arm finish across his body while his non-hitting hand drops for balance before he moves forward toward a ready volley position.
6.8s
All Court Tennis:  How to Win a National Title (5 of 18) Brent Abel's second serve from a central position, filmed from an animation-style side angle. The hips clearly load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, showing how the legs initiate the upward motion into the serve.
6.6s
All Court Tennis: The Grips (10 of 20) Brent Abel’s slice FH from a neutral court position, filmed from an animation-style instructional angle. The shoulders are visibly closed early with a pronounced upper‑body coil, then uncoil in sync with a compact trunk rotation that stays relatively level through contact.
4s
All Court Tennis: The Grips (3 of 20) Brent Abel's slice from the center of the court, filmed from a side animation angle. His hips stay relatively closed with a noticeable flex in the knees as the front leg supports a stable base through contact.
4.2s
All Court Tennis: The Grips Paul Hamori's slice from a neutral court position, filmed from a side angle. His knees stay softly flexed while the front hip remains relatively closed, letting the back leg trail and lightly load to support the low, skimming swing path.
12.7s
All Court Tennis: The Grips (9 of 20) Brent Abel's backhand slice from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side angle. His hips stay relatively closed while the knees flex into a low loading position, then the back leg extends to drive the body forward through the slice.
4.4s