Tom Downs
United States
Coach
Tennis teaching professional specializing in stroke development and player improvement.
Tennis teaching professional.
Video Library (18 videos)
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Samantha Stosur's Forehand (2 of 10)
Tom Downs's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side angle. His footwork emphasizes an early unit turn into a neutral stance, with a clear pivot on the back foot before stepping into the ball.
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3.1s |
Samantha Stosur's Forehand (3 of 10)
Tom Downs's forehand from the middle of the baseline, filmed from a side CourtLevel angle. His shoulders and trunk coil deeply with the hitting-side shoulder turning well past the net post, then uncoil in sequence from hips to shoulders to arm, making the degree of torso rotation and timing of the release very clear.
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5.6s |
Grand Sam: Samantha Stosur's Serve Motion (4 of 9)
Tom Downs' serve from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side angle. His follow-through carries his racquet hand down across his body as his weight lands on his front foot, and he quickly brings both hands back to a neutral ready position after the serve.
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15.6s |
Samantha Stosur's Forehand (4 of 10)
Tom Downs's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side angle. His stance shifts from a neutral setup into a semi-open position as he pivots on the outside foot, with clear weight transfer and recovery step back toward a ready position.
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3.3s |
Grand Sam: Samantha Stosur's Serve Motion (5 of 9)
Tom Downs' serve from the baseline, filmed from a side angle. His continental grip is easy to see here, with a relaxed hand and pronounced wrist pronation as the racquet accelerates up and through contact.
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19s |
Samantha Stosur's Forehand (5 of 10)
Tom Downs's forehand from the middle of the court, filmed from an animated instructional angle. His hips stay closed longer through the unit turn while the knees load deeply, then the legs drive up and rotate the hips into contact with a straight hitting arm.
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3.9s |
Samantha Stosur's Forehand (6 of 10)
Tom Downs' forehand from a neutral baseline position, filmed from a side angle. His hips load over the outside leg with a pronounced knee bend, then drive upward and forward as the rear hip rotates through contact while the front leg stabilizes the stance.
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2.3s |
Grand Sam: Samantha Stosur's Serve Motion (6 of 9)
Tom Downs' serve toss from the center of the baseline, filmed from an animation-based instructional angle. His hips and legs stay relatively quiet with a slight knee bend, emphasizing a stable lower body as the tossing arm extends upward.
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9.2s |
Grand Sam: Samantha Stosur's Serve Motion (7 of 9)
Tom Downs' serve arm rotation sequence from the center baseline, filmed from a side angle. His shoulders and trunk are clearly seen coiling together on the trophy phase, then uncoiling with the hitting shoulder rotating up and around as the chest turns toward the court.
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8.5s |
Samantha Stosur's Forehand (7 of 10)
Tom Downs's forehand from the center of the baseline, filmed from a side CourtLevel angle. The racket face is slightly closed at a contact point around waist height, with the racket head accelerating upward on a steep low-to-high path through the ball.
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2.2s |
Samantha Stosur's Forehand (8 of 10)
Tom Downs' forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. After contact he extends his racquet fully toward the target with his non-hitting hand staying back for counterbalance before recovering into a neutral ready position.
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3.1s |
Grand Sam: Samantha Stosur's Serve Motion (8 of 9)
Tom Downs' serve from a central baseline position, filmed from a side angle. His continental grip is clearly maintained through contact, with a pronounced wrist pronation and relaxed wrist snap driving the racket up and across the ball into the follow-through.
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8.1s |
Samantha Stosur's Forehand (9 of 10)
Tom Downs' forehand from the center of the court, filmed from a side angle. At contact, the racket face is slightly closed with the ball meeting the strings around waist height as the racket accelerates steeply upward through the hitting zone.
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2.8s |
Grand Sam: Samantha Stosur's Serve Motion (2 of 9)
Tom Downs's first serve from a central baseline position, filmed from a side angle. His motion features a pronounced shoulder-over-shoulder action with a deep trunk coil that uncoils sequentially from hips to shoulders just before racket acceleration.
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6.5s |
Samantha Stosur's Forehand (1 of 10)
Tom Downs’ forehand from a central baseline position, filmed from a side animation angle. The animation clearly depicts a semi-western grip with pronounced wrist lag on the forward swing, followed by strong wrist pronation through contact.
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5.7s |
Grand Sam: Samantha Stosur's Serve Motion (1 of 9)
Tom Downs's serve from a central baseline position, filmed from a side angle. His footwork features a rhythmic rocking motion into a pinpoint stance, with a clear loading of the back leg before driving up into the ball.
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7.9s |
Grand Sam: Samantha Stosur's Serve Motion (3 of 9)
Tom Downs's second serve from a central baseline position, filmed from an animation-style rear angle. The racket face is slightly closed at contact with the ball struck just above head height, and the upward swing path creates noticeable racket head speed through the contact zone.
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7.2s |
Grand Sam: Samantha Stosur's Serve Motion (9 of 9)
Tom Downs's wide second serve from a deuce/center position, filmed from a wide rear court-level angle. After contact he lands on his front foot with his hitting arm finishing across his body while his non-hitting hand drops and he quickly regains a neutral ready position on the baseline.
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5.1s |
