Jeff Counts
United States
Coach
Tennis teaching professional and instructional contributor focused on stroke mechanics and player development.
Tennis teaching professional.
Video Library (62 videos)
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The Straight Arm Forehand: Part 2 (1 of 24)
Jeff Counts' forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. His stance progression from a semi-open loading position into a more neutral alignment is clearly visible, along with a small adjustment step taken just before initiating the forward swing.
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4.9s |
John's Legacy: Visual Tennis (1 of 2)
Jeff Counts’ forehand mechanics from a central baseline teaching position, filmed from a side animation angle. His hips clearly load with a deep knee bend before uncoiling, and you can see the rear leg driving forward to initiate hip rotation into contact.
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4.8s |
Wimbledon Journal
Jeff Counts’ mixed-stroke animation medley from a neutral central position, filmed from a court-level side angle. His grips and wrist positions are clearly contrasted across strokes, with distinct changes in wrist lag and pronation that emphasize the mechanical differences between each shot type.
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6.5s |
The Fognini Forehand (1 of 5)
Jeff Counts's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a side animation angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point just in front of his lead hip, with the swing path accelerating steeply upward to create heavy topspin.
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6.3s |
The Windshield Wiper Forehand (1 of 5)
Jeff Counts's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. His hips and legs load with a deep knee bend before driving upward, and his hips rotate aggressively toward the net as his rear leg releases and comes around.
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4.1s |
John's Legacy: Visual Tennis (2 of 2)
Jeff Counts’ forehand from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a side animation angle. The animation clearly depicts his shoulders turning well past 90 degrees relative to the net as the trunk coils, then uncoils in sequence from hips to shoulders to arm during the forward swing.
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9s |
The Fognini Forehand (2 of 5)
Jeff Counts’ forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. His shoulders and trunk exhibit a pronounced unit turn with the chest rotating well past perpendicular to the net before uncoiling in sync with the forward hip rotation.
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10.6s |
The Fognini Forehand (3 of 5)
Jeff Counts’s forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a side angle. His footwork pattern emphasizes a loaded open stance with a strong coil and uncoil through the hips, using a firm outside leg plant before rotating into contact.
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3.7s |
The Fognini Forehand (4 of 5)
Jeff Counts' forehand from the court baseline, filmed from a side angle. His semi-western grip is paired with noticeable wrist lag on the forward swing, releasing into a controlled pronation right through contact.
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5.3s |
The Fognini Forehand (5 of 5)
Jeff Counts’ forehand from a neutral position, filmed from an animation-based instructional angle. His follow-through extends fully across his body with his non-hitting hand counterbalancing behind him, and he quickly regains a stable, forward-weighted stance ready for the next shot.
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12.6s |
Your Strokes: Ron Milenko One-Handed Backhand
Acasuso's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His deep knee bend and strong push off the right leg are clearly visible as his hips uncoil into the shot.
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Your Strokes: Ron Milenko One-Handed Backhand
Acasuso's groundstroke from a central baseline position, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His early split-step into a wide semi-open stance sets up a smooth weight transfer, followed by a couple of quick recovery steps back toward the center.
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The Windshield Wiper Forehand (5 of 5)
Jeff Counts's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His semi-western grip is evident in the closed racket face on the takeback, with clear wrist lag maintained before a pronounced windshield-wiper pronation through contact.
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3.8s |
Your Strokes: Jon Chen Forehand (6 of 7)
Jon Chen's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a rear court-level angle. The contact point is well in front of his body with the racket face slightly closed and the racket head accelerating upward on a steep low-to-high path.
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2.4s |
Your Strokes: Jon Chen Forehand (1 of 7)
Jon Chen's forehand from the Deuce side, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees relative to the baseline on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils aggressively ahead of the arm to initiate forward racket acceleration.
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3.3s |
Your Strokes: Jon Chen Forehand (3 of 7)
Jon Chen's forehand from a neutral position, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His semi-western grip is evident in the closed racquet face, and you can see the wrist laid back with clear lag maintained up to just before contact.
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3.9s |
Your Strokes: Jon Chen Forehand (7 of 7)
Jon Chen's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. After contact he lets the racquet wrap fully around his shoulder while his non-hitting hand retracts toward his body and he quickly re-centers his stance into a ready position.
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4.1s |
Your Strokes: Ching Lee Serve
Ching's complete sequence of groundstrokes and serves from both Ad and Deuce court positions, filmed from a rear court-level angle. The contact points consistently appear slightly in front of the body with a relatively closed racket face, and the racket head accelerates upward on a low-to-high path through impact.
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4.1s |
Your Strokes: Ching Lee Serve
Ching's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His hips stay closed during the racquet drop while his knees remain deeply flexed, then the legs drive upward as the hips rotate into contact.
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3.9s |
Your Strokes: Ching Lee Serve
Ching's serve from the center baseline, filmed from a rear angle. His continental grip stays firm with a noticeably quiet wrist, showing very little pronation or snap through contact.
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3.2s |
Your Strokes: Ching Lee Serve
Ching's groundstroke from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His small adjustment steps before setting into a neutral stance and the quick recovery shuffle back to center are clearly visible from behind.
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4.7s |
Your Strokes: Ching Lee Forehand
Ching's windshield wiper forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His open stance is clear as he plants his outside foot, rotates the hips, and then uses small recovery steps to return to a neutral ready position after contact.
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3.7s |
The Windshield Wiper Forehand (4 of 5)
Jeff Counts's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side angle. His footwork features a clear adjustment step into a neutral stance before contact, followed by a small recovery step that returns him toward a balanced ready position.
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3.8s |
The Straight Arm Forehand: Part 2 (4 of 24)
Jeff Counts's forehand from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a court-level side angle. His shoulders turn well past perpendicular to the net on the unit turn, creating a pronounced trunk coil that then unwinds sequentially from hips to shoulders through contact.
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2.9s |
The Giant Slayer: Diego Schwartzman
Diego's neutral-court movement during baseline rally patterns, filmed from a side angle. His semi-western forehand grip is evident in the way his wrist stays laid back through the swing, with a distinct snap forward right at contact.
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The Forehand: A Spring Event: Part 2
Trey Waltke's drop shot from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. His continental grip stays relaxed with a noticeably soft wrist that slightly absorbs the ball at contact to take off pace and create the drop effect.
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5.3s |
The Forehand: A Spring Event: Part 2 (3 of 14)
Jeff Counts's forehand from a neutral position, filmed from a side angle. His shoulders turn well past his hips to create noticeable trunk coil, then uncoil in sequence with the hips initiating rotation before the upper torso and arm follow through.
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5.3s |
The Forehand: A Spring Event (1 of 4)
Jeff Counts's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His follow-through finishes high with the racquet wrapping over his shoulder as his weight transfers onto his front foot and he quickly recovers toward a neutral ready position.
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3.9s |
The Windshield Wiper Forehand (2 of 5)
Jeff Counts's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact his racket face is slightly closed with the ball struck around waist-to-chest height, and the windshield-wiper swing path accelerates the racket head up and across his body.
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3.8s |
Your Strokes: Jon Chen Forehand (4 of 7)
Jon Chen's forehand from a neutral middle-court position, filmed from a front angle. His hips visibly unwind from a coiled, closed position into a more open stance as his knees drive upward out of a deep bend during the forward swing.
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2.3s |
The Forehand: A Spring Event (4 of 4)
Jeff Counts's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His contact point is slightly in front of his lead hip with a closed racket face and a low-to-high swing path that accelerates the racket head through contact.
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14.7s |
The Forehand: A Spring Event: Part 2 (2 of 14)
Jeff Counts's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. The contact point is slightly in front of his lead hip with the racket face square to the target and the racket head accelerating upward on a steep low-to-high path.
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9.1s |
The Forehand: A Spring Event: Part 2
Trey Waltke's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His shoulders turn well past 90 degrees relative to the baseline, with a pronounced trunk coil that clearly unwinds ahead of the arm as he initiates the forward swing.
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9.1s |
The Straight Arm Forehand: Part 2 (8 of 24)
Jeff Counts's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His semi-western grip is paired with a laid-back wrist that stays relaxed through contact before releasing into a pronounced reverse finish over his head.
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3.5s |
The Straight Arm Forehand: Part 2 (5 of 24)
Jeff Counts's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a side angle. His hips stay closed during the unit turn, then rotate aggressively through contact as his legs drive up from a deep knee bend into extension.
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9.1s |
The Straight Arm Forehand: Part 2 (6 of 24)
Jeff Counts' forehand from a neutral position, filmed from a rear court-level angle. After contact his straight arm continues across his body with the non-hitting hand counterbalancing behind him as he recovers back to a ready position.
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5.3s |
The Forehand: A Spring Event: Part 2 (6 of 14)
Jeff Counts's forehand drop shot from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His follow-through finishes with the racquet hand relaxed in front of his body as he quickly recovers his stance, bringing the non-hitting hand back toward the racquet to reestablish a neutral ready position.
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2s |
The Forehand: A Spring Event: Part 2
Trey Waltke's forehand drop shot from the middle of the court, filmed from a side angle. His hips stay relatively square to the net while a pronounced double knee bend loads the legs before a subtle upward drive into the ball.
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2s |
The Forehand: A Spring Event: Part 2 (5 of 14)
Jeff Counts's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His footwork includes a small adjustment hop into a semi-open stance, followed by a quick recovery step that returns him toward the middle after contact.
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1.8s |
The Forehand: A Spring Event: Part 2
Trey Waltke's locked wrist forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from CourtLevel. His semi‑western grip is firm with minimal wrist lag, keeping the wrist fixed through contact to emphasize a solid, stable hitting structure.
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1.8s |
The Forehand: A Spring Event: Part 2
Trey Waltke’s forehand lesson from center court, filmed from a side angle. His extended follow-through carries the racquet high across his body while his weight finishes on the front foot before he resets the non-hitting hand into a neutral ready position.
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3.1s |
The Forehand: A Spring Event: Part 2 (8 of 14)
Jeff Counts's neutral-stance forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His semi-western grip is easy to see as his wrist stays laid back through the lag phase and then pronates sharply just after contact.
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3.1s |
The Forehand: A Spring Event: Part 2
Trey Waltke's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His hips stay closed during the unit turn with a pronounced knee bend, then unwind as his legs drive upward and forward into the ball.
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3.6s |
The Forehand: A Spring Event: Part 2 (7 of 14)
Jeff Counts's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees relative to the net on the unit turn, then uncoil in sequence with the trunk leading the arm to create a pronounced stretch-shortening action through contact.
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3.6s |
The Windshield Wiper Forehand (3 of 5)
Jeff Counts's neutral forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His shoulders rotate well past 90 degrees relative to the net on the unit turn, then the trunk uncoils ahead of the arm so the racquet lags behind his rotating torso.
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3.8s |
The Forehand: A Spring Event (2 of 4)
Jeff Counts's FH from the Deuce side, filmed from a CourtLevel angle. His follow-through wraps high over the shoulder with the non-hitting hand staying in front of his body, helping him recover quickly back into a neutral ready position.
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3.5s |
Your Strokes: Ching Lee Serve
Player's drop shot from the center of the court, filmed from a court-level angle. The hips stay relatively square to the net while the knees soften to lower the body and reduce leg drive, helping take pace off the ball.
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7.2s |
Your Strokes: Ching Lee Serve
Player's serve from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear angle. The rear view makes it easy to see the trunk rotating ahead of the shoulder internal rotation, with the hitting shoulder staying elevated as the chest opens toward the court.
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7s |
The Forehand: A Spring Event: Part 2 (4 of 14)
Jeff Counts's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His hips stay closed during the unit turn, then open explosively as his legs drive up from a deep knee bend into contact.
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11.9s |
The Straight Arm Forehand: Part 2 (7 of 24)
Jeff Counts' forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. At contact, his straight hitting arm reaches slightly in front of his body with the racket face closed a few degrees, and the racket head accelerates steeply upward in a pronounced windshield-wiper path around shoulder height.
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3.3s |
Your Strokes: Ron Milenko One-Handed Backhand
Ron's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from a side angle. At contact, his racket head lags slightly behind the hand with a closed racket face and the ball meeting the strings just in front of his lead hip.
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Your Strokes: Ron Milenko One-Handed Backhand
Ron’s forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear court-level angle. After contact his racquet finishes high over his shoulder while his non-hitting hand drops back for balance before he recovers to a neutral ready position.
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The Straight Arm Forehand: Part 2 (2 of 24)
Jeff Counts's straight-arm forehand from a neutral position, filmed from a rear court-level angle. The contact point is well in front of his body with a slightly closed racket face and a pronounced upward swing path that accelerates the racket head through the ball.
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8.7s |
The Straight Arm Forehand: Part 2 (3 of 24)
Jeff Counts's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. His straight-arm forehand uses a wide base with an open stance and a pronounced unit turn, with small adjustment steps taken before planting the outside foot for contact.
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6.1s |
The Forehand: A Spring Event (3 of 4)
Jeff Counts's FH from the middle of the baseline, filmed from CourtLevel. His semi-western grip and pronounced wrist lag are clearly visible as the racquet head stays relaxed and laid back well behind the hand before uncoiling into contact.
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9.1s |
Your Strokes: Ching Lee Serve
Player's serve toss motion from the center of the baseline, filmed from a front CourtLevel angle. After releasing the ball, the tossing arm stays extended upward briefly before dropping as the body weight begins to shift forward into the court.
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5.8s |
Your Strokes: Jon Chen Forehand (5 of 7)
Jon Chen's forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a rear angle. His split-step is timed just before the opponent's contact, leading into a quick pivot and semi-open stance with a pronounced left-leg recovery step back to the middle.
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2.8s |
The Forehand: A Spring Event: Part 2 (1 of 14)
Jeff Counts's forehand from the Deuce side, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His hips load in a semi-open position with a noticeable sit into the legs, then drive up and around as the knees extend through contact.
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2.9s |
Your Strokes: Ching Lee Forehand (1 of 4)
Ching Lee's forehand from a central court position, filmed from the front. His wiper-style follow-through finishes high across his body while his non-hitting hand stays out for balance before he recovers to a neutral ready position.
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2.8s |
Your Strokes: Ching Lee Forehand (2 of 4)
Ching Lee's forehand from a neutral position, filmed from the side. At contact the racket face is slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings around waist height, and the windshield-wiper motion brings the racket rapidly up and across the body.
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4.7s |
The Giant Slayer: Diego Schwartzman
Diego's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. After contact his follow-through finishes high over his opposite shoulder while his weight moves into the court and his non-hitting hand extends back to help him recover toward a neutral ready position.
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Your Strokes: Jon Chen Forehand (2 of 7)
John's forehand preparation from the center of the baseline, filmed from a rear court-level angle. His semi-western grip is clearly set early with a relaxed wrist that stays laid back throughout the unit turn before accelerating forward.
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3.5s |
