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It feels depressing to play "safe", even if I win.

I remember Novak, who I consider the greatest player ever, saying that he was quite nervous during a match with a much lower level player simply because Pete Sampras was in the audience. The pros do get nervous.

people don't call that a snap but is a wrist snap as called a pronation; it is still a wrist snap...

what was the exercise that helped him to improve so much like this?

Just a normal serve

Wow! I never understood exactly what top spin means, but your explanation is great! You’re an awesome teacher!🎾❣️

Damn the production value went up, but it doesn't feel as relateable. Msybe its the lighting

i'm lazy when it comes to PT, but i can go all out on the pickleball court. i love to hit hard, and now i'm paying the price. once the video loads (i have an ad blocker so YT is known for all types of shenanigans, including sending malicious code through the browser to increase cpu usage -- this is not anecdotal, it has been proven)...so i'm STILL waiting for the video to play, even after i have begun and finished this comment.

The birth of RealTennis out of the atrophy is an absolutely powerful element that has a lot of legs left. Truely. Amazing and still the best in its genre/market. Hope you refer both channels to each other. Have the brands reconnect. (I loved that time and space in the warehouse. Maybe you can find a great one once more! As part of new directions) It seems you also really love doing that type of presence, and the product of it. In a sense it's like the podcast to your educational content. It's a more personal casual vibe. You pop off the screen, during matches and commentary.( I mean not as much as Scott but heck who does.) I hope RealTennis remains part of your focus on ET. All the best to you.thank you and respect from Europe.

Wow

Thank you. I'm looking forward to try this routine. *** The most complex thing for me (as a person who tried to server for about a solid half an hour) is to try to find a proper angle the force should be applied with. It's not a very common thing in life to throw smth for a position above the head, trying to place a hit in some range. And it becomes a bit more coprehensive when one have to do it with some tools (like a racket) rather than a part of the body... an extra height, provided by a length of a racket, helps a bit tho. I quite sure it's matter of time to get used to this procedure. But it's a relatively complex thing even on a initial level (without a strong impulse and different spins).

Ian, you are such good coach. Here all I see is those ball feeders coach where for one hour straight they just feed the ball.

Oh man that shot where his racquet flips looked painful haha

Im over 70 and i run two teams. I have to tell/convince my partner NOT to stay closer to the net than the rear serve box line or the opp will just hit the ball over their heads left and right to run me back and forth at the rear of the court until they exhaust me, which doesnt take long at my age! so if my partner stands on the rear service box line, they can usually easily cover any shot trying to get over their heads and cut that off by backing up 4 steps. my partner can run forward 4x faster than they can run backwards is what i tell them, which soon becomes obvious if they ignore me. my fast shots down the sideline is my bread n butter, and drop shots if u can scare the opp into staying far back. most of my opps are 10 20 30 yrs younger than me but i can still score on them no problem. i bring my bluetooth speaker and play it LOUD salsa music, everyone loves it!!

I’m a lifetime tennis player, having said , this is what I see about picket ball: It’s just an easier game to play! Playing picket ball you have fun a *lot earlier* in the learning curve than in tennis. I’ve never played picket ball so far, but times are changing.

Let’s go! I just started working on the kick serve today. I hit about a hundred balls and 2 of them looked like really good kick serves. I’ll take it 😂

I want to know how to do this. Sounds easy to say “don’t focus on it” or “it’s not important”…. If you were looking over the precipice of a cliff, your brain stem takes over and your body follows your brain stem not the part that’s saying there is nothing to worry about…

Amazed that more people aren’t interested in “stroke mastery” - that’s the interesting challenge in my mind. If you want to win, play someone that sucks. If you want to compete, play someone better. Ball dinkers are horrible to play against. They feast on players with technical flaws, while they hide their own weaknesses by not actually swinging at the ball. Sure, it’s a legit strategy but how boring. Why show up to the court only to hide from the ball- just go play golf or something.

The videos that I just watched parts 1 and 2 was very helpful to me. Mark and Scott are perfect examples that I can learn from as a beginner to take lessons being a better player to become a 4.5 -5.0. I'm waiting for part 3 to come out. Thanks again for your videos. This will help me to be consistent in my game. Thanks again for helping people like myself to be a better tennis player. Your channel is expanding others to reach thair goal.

I'm enjoying your video as a beginner. I will continue watching your videos. This will help me to a better player. I appreciate it very much. Thanks for your support. It's needed. Keep up the good work.

This was a really great video with detailed explanations. Thanks Ian

Can Ian hit heavy topspin groundstrokes?

Yeah, it's so funny. When you stop trying to flip the racquet over and just swing out with your whole body and arm (not wrist), you actually get tons of topspin. It's really unintuitive until you experience it. A lot of people it seems even with the right swing path get no control and spin when they just arm it. So the body plays a role too.

Notice that on your forehand side that your elbow is tight to your body. Your arm is quiet and just the tip of the racquet is moving. On your backhand your elbow is away from your body and you are using more of your shoulder to move the racquet. Biggest mistake of many players and instructors. Keep the elbow squeezed in just like the forehand and think about moving only the tip of the racquet. 😊

Wow great video. It really got me thinking that topspin is kinda reverse slice. Which really helped me as I am good at putting a lot of spin on my slice.

All about physics and vectors.

Ian is so good at teaching! ❤

If only

Ian, your new series is soooo great! When 4 monts ago you said you were going to reinvent your channel, I was afraid you had run out of steam and you were going to attempt some desperate moves, but I'm glad to see that you only changed the gear and accelerated forward. Your new videos are on a much higher level than those from the past. They are carefully written, planned in high detail, shot and edited with a high degree of proffesionalism. And most importantly: the content is interesting, you describe the technique in a very clear manner, you also touch subjects that others ignore (I especially loved the two videos directly after "Starting over..."). Hats off!

Well, even with the correct way my elbow started hurting. It isnt tennis elbow, feels more like it might be golfer's elbow but this or a serve caused it. Taking a month break now. Sucks to be out for so long !

Does MEP look like a Neanderthal who just came out of a cave?

I guess I'd be curious how much of a factor the type of grip you use plays into top spin generation. That wasn't discussed in this video. If I normally use continental grip, which isn't considered great for generating top spin, would you recommend switching grips or is it achievable/useful to just try to incorporate a bit of top spin in spite of using a continental grip?

My balls are big, bouncy, and smell good, my wife has no complaints. Also I don’t play tennis 😂

I play tennis for mental health and the improvement of cognitive functions.

Excellent Video!

Here's how to hit your forehand with dramatically more smoothness: ua-cam.com/video/guaiNrtW4kU/v-deo.html

number 3 because unless it hits you it's not considered a fault

My coaches are. Working day and night just for improvement of our tennis games.❤

What hap is that that he's using?? Also great video!🙂

Seeing a player with well executed strokes and strategy is indeed inspiring. But I go back to the many videos done with MEP who is far from a classic stroke player. Of course, with his current game he would not progress to next level competitive tennis. But really, how many people even with extensive training progress to 5.0 levels and above? I am not discounting good coaching, only saying that tennis should be fun and at intermediate levels it is always about who gets the ball over the net, in the opponent's court, and the opponent does not return it. If a "hack" beats a player with better strokes and form, the hack is the better player in that match.

Title: Hit Your Drop Shot Like Carlos Alcaraz Content: Actually, don't do any of it like Carlos Alcaraz

Great analysis and lesson as always!

My little brother always do wide slow serve and it bounce in serve box and then outside. Is that right

hah. your last 'fake fake' was started by a decent serve. The returner couldn't hit down the line with her backhand!

Ian's mechanics are abysmal but his tennis acumen and good hands make up for it. Kevin is the better athlete and has better form but takes himself out mentally. Too bad the deciding set was left unplayed.

That's a great video. Id be curious to know when he actually decided to go for the drop shot: when the ball was hit by the opponent? When it just crossed the net so that he knows that the shot can actually be done. Or even later?

It would be fascinating to see a breakdown of how shorter players make things work amidst a field of tallness... I'm thinking players like Ash Barty, Diego Schwartzmann, Jasmine Paolini, Maria Sakkari, and I guess you could even include Carlos Alcaraz

Yeah but the point is to create space to hit a winner. I don't have to run anywhere if I hit a down the line winner . What's the point of endlessly hitting cross court? Surely you run way more than hitting a clean winner. The problem with this strategy is that you are not taking into account who is hitting. If you can't hit a clean winner down the line then no strategy will help as you will just get exhausted hitting cross court or your tennis becomes about the other player making errors. If you can hit a winner down the line then you must do it when the opportunity arises. So the idea is to hit an effective serve, plan for a forehand into space and go from there using the simple cross court or inside in method. If you can't do that then you won't have any control over what happens as your opponent will come into play more often. Lets be honest, most players can't do the above so it makes no difference to play cross court or down the line as the points are decided by errors not winners. Not an enjoyable way to play any game.

Love your channel. I know this video is old, but a little disappointed you did not hit a ball demonstrating how to hit a drive with a western grip. Most of us are visual learners, and benefit from seeing how the ball responds to the explained swing sequencing.

when’s the next real tennis match?