Yours is one of the best also! I think there are 3 categories in YT Tennis: Match Play, Instruction, and Tennis Appreciation. You’re at the top of the Appreciation category for sure! Thanks for great vids
Footwork is your best friend in tennis. If you get to the ball in time you can have a clean hit without the need for adapting on the fly. Imo the best example is the one handed backhand, the simplest hit when it comes to the kinetic chain. As long as you make it to the ball in time and hit it at the proper height you get the easiest shot to make in tennis. You get there late, you set up badly then you have to improvise from you wrist or worse from your elbow and you're gonna screw it up every time
The first point you made about needing to hit better shots when you hit with players that are at a higher skill level is very accurate. I always tried to set up practices with players that were more skilled. Also my foot work and speed were a big asset in being able to stay in the rallies. Hitting deep is probably one of the most important factors in staying in a point. Being able to move the ball around me hit consistently off of both sides will help you win points.
Man the first two tips (footwork and depth) are the two parts of my game that I’ve been wanting to improve on and I think they are definitely underrated advice. I’m sold, you got my sub and I’ll check out your footwork video.
Great info Karue!!! This is why we loved Brad Gilbert's book Winning Ugly so much....it taught us how to play the game better....not have the ATP forehand 😁
Karue...I love how you make things simple...don't hit 2 short balls in a row such an easy concept during matchplay...thru your vids I used problem-solving to help me get to the finals of a recent tournament when before I would have lost...such a break thru for me to win close matches...thank you...I can be your video hitting partner for 3.5 level...utr of 4.5...I keep buying using your links...lets support MYTHQ!!!!
I really liked what you said there, "it is ok to hit short, once in a while!". My view is that to every strategy there is a counter strategy and it all depends on your opponent. Even if one tries and is mostly successful at keeping the ball deep, if you do it all of the time your opponent can easily step 3-4 steps back and your deep balls would not be a problem any more all you are left with is the high risk of hitting the ball long. That is exactly what Medvedev, Thiem and all those guys do by standing 5-6 feet behind the base line, they neutralizes their opponent's deep balls because even if their opponents are successful at hitting the ball 1 foot from the baseline it is still 7-8 feet away from them. So I think it is not only ok to hit short once in a while, it is necessary. A better advice would be vary your ball depth, and do it intentionally.
I really appreciate you pointing out the ways you differ from other youtube tennis coaches. I suspect e.g. Top Tennis Training is probably just better for beginners, and your videos are better for later on, but I conveniently found their videos as a beginner 2.5 years ago, and your videos more recently, and it seems to have helped a lot to use them in that order.
Hi Mr.Sell. I found your site weeks ago and you are helping me understanding the theory and logic of tennis. I am around 4.0. Now what amazed me and helped me the most is "🎉first person point of view tennis" series. That helped me SO MUCH feeling the timing, how I should hit the ball at the top, and the rhythm of it all.... I would be so happy if you do the "first person point of view tennis". just hitting (I know you did that before). , for ground stroke , volley, like that. You improved my tennis watching your first person point of view tennis. In any case, I truly appreciate your contents and good luck on your tennis endeavors! Cheers!
Karue, for some reason the sound from your mic is only going to the right speaker, prob something with editing. For those using earphones it's a bit weird.
Thanks for the video Karue! And thanks to Marcos for sharing his time. I’ve been focusing on depth and variety in my practice session lately and nice to see I’m on the right track 😎
Late comment but love the idea where you slow down the match play and put your comments on top, in this case explaining what is happening but you could also use this to help inexperienced tactical players understand how a pro sees the court and the opponent, plus of course, shot selection based on this. Maybe you've done this already, beyond what you did here. Good stuff.
Dude, these FPV videos are awesome. I bet you one will blow up big time... If you feel like doing more work/ editing and add in some third-person shots, that might make the video even cooler.
One of my favourite tennis videos ever with the pusher analogy. Always laugh when someone says the pusher who beat them didn’t play properly - you’ve just called yourself a terrible player 😁
Karue great tips as always. Could you make a video about how to attack different balls and teach us more about the approach shot in general. For example a high ball (shoulder level and above) with no pace between the T and the baseline and shorter top spin ball that lands inside the T but still has some speed spin and height or a slower and shorter ball below the net. Your video about how to handle heavy top spin was really helpful showing and explaining in great depth the right technique the slow mo and everything. MytennisHQ is the best tennis channel on youtube thanks for all the great advice.
Yes! You're exactly right! Saying the right stuff and keeping it simple. Focusing solely on technique makes it sound like it's the key to tennis although there are a lot of more elements that are as important ESPECIALLY FOOT WORK! Thank you Karue for the video, will support you in patreon! PS: you should put all the links in the description, so it would be easier to support the channel hah.
Invaluable advise this... Thanks Karue. Also I would like to add that playing well on clay accentuates the necessity to perform these 4 steps even further. Hit them clay courts and dont be afraid of the pushers.
Some great advice here! I'm guilty of over complicating the game and making my patterns far too complicated. But listening to your video has,definitely set a light bulb off in my head to keep things far more simple and just focus on good depth, variety and quality footwork. Keep up the great work👍
Its so funny. I strive so hard to get this message across to my students. You explained it so well. I’m sharing this video with all of them. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video. I share your sentiment with all this over production of TH-cam tutorials and “ATP forehands”, sick top spins ... this video is a real deal.
Awesome tips. I feel like I just unlocked some of these ideas myself to a less obvious or less nuanced way but yeah I was deffo trying to do too much... and I realised yeah just chill, and play with the ball more in an easier way. Like. Hmm. Basically what you said. Back of the court. Less winner shots. More simple. Anyway. Peace.
First person pov is great, it helps visualise and differentiates your tennis channel - if you can come up with novel ways to film the experiences including serve etc from a unique point of view, we could have something special here. Thanks!
Thanks for the video. Could you please give us an instruction how to deal with short and low ball(below knees)? Sometimes it is either easy to hit the net or over the line due to no pace and low
A simple good and applicable video. What would be good to see would be your and/or Marcos Giron's on court footwork, fitness or sprinting exercises. That is what drills you or he do Also how do you vary your play or matchplay strategy/tactics for different surfaces like Red Clay or Grass? Or do you just equivalently apply the main principles you have noted here?
Hello there! I got an off kinda topic question that I wanna ask you and love to guide me! I am an intermediate to advanced baseline player and atm I own a Wilson blade v7 18x20 and a vcore 98 2021 model, I just can’t decide which one to hold and progress with!! I would appreciate any guidance and help! Tyvm in advance! Keep the good work, your videos and guides helped me a lot! Auto sub :)
Hey are you playing Spikeball? Love the game,prometed it here in Europe,Croatia. Film yourself, it is great sport and you can help putting spotlight on it
@@KaruesellHQ nice to hear that. Been playing Spike last 5 years, tennis is my new passion. If you are in Europe, come enjoy Croatia and i will happily host you
No doubt about it--footwork is absolutely essential. However, good footwork doesn't mean much if you fail to predict accurately where the ball is going on your side of the court, how fast it is traveling, how high it is going to bounce on your side of the court and what kind of spin it has. When we have to lean unnecessarily toward or away from the ball we automatically blame our footwork when the problem may be that we didn't correctly predict where the ball was going to be as it approached us. Better footwork won't fix this problem. Only lots of experience and innate aptitude will refine our ball predictive skills to a high level. So we should discriminate footwork problems from ball prediction problems and then apply the right solution.
Random question, but what breed of dog is that? Me and my family had a dog who sadly passed away a few years ago and we always wondered what breed she was. She definitely shared a lot of similarity to your dog.
THANK YOU ...they should try FRIGGIN lagging in a real match and show us... all this bull online cant be done in real match... your more Truthful ...keep up great vids
Being a better hitter doesn't always mean u win more matches. I hit really well my last match overall but vs an opponent I destroyed before I almost lost simply cause of footwork, I felt heavy and slow
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Wivo!!!!
Yours is one of the best also! I think there are 3 categories in YT Tennis: Match Play, Instruction, and Tennis Appreciation. You’re at the top of the Appreciation category for sure! Thanks for great vids
i would like to see a video where you play with a player that is very good at game but not having great technique:)) ?
"I don't want to make you a better hitter, I want to make you a better player"
Wise words! This is the way 🤝
Ha! A true Mandalorian!
A great tennis player you must become. I have spoken!
Love the comment: “ Bad footwork can breakdown good technique”. So Freakin’ True!!!
Footwork is your best friend in tennis. If you get to the ball in time you can have a clean hit without the need for adapting on the fly. Imo the best example is the one handed backhand, the simplest hit when it comes to the kinetic chain. As long as you make it to the ball in time and hit it at the proper height you get the easiest shot to make in tennis. You get there late, you set up badly then you have to improvise from you wrist or worse from your elbow and you're gonna screw it up every time
The first point you made about needing to hit better shots when you hit with players that are at a higher skill level is very accurate. I always tried to set up practices with players that were more skilled. Also my foot work and speed were a big asset in being able to stay in the rallies. Hitting deep is probably one of the most important factors in staying in a point. Being able to move the ball around me hit consistently off of both sides will help you win points.
Man the first two tips (footwork and depth) are the two parts of my game that I’ve been wanting to improve on and I think they are definitely underrated advice. I’m sold, you got my sub and I’ll check out your footwork video.
Lots of us intermediate’s out here who struggle with nerves, thank you for your content!!
Great info Karue!!! This is why we loved Brad Gilbert's book Winning Ugly so much....it taught us how to play the game better....not have the ATP forehand 😁
I haven't watched the whole thing yet but I know its another banger 🎾💪 these FPV vids are so good!
Karue...I love how you make things simple...don't hit 2 short balls in a row such an easy concept during matchplay...thru your vids I used problem-solving to help me get to the finals of a recent tournament when before I would have lost...such a break thru for me to win close matches...thank you...I can be your video hitting partner for 3.5 level...utr of 4.5...I keep buying using your links...lets support MYTHQ!!!!
I really liked what you said there, "it is ok to hit short, once in a while!". My view is that to every strategy there is a counter strategy and it all depends on your opponent. Even if one tries and is mostly successful at keeping the ball deep, if you do it all of the time your opponent can easily step 3-4 steps back and your deep balls would not be a problem any more all you are left with is the high risk of hitting the ball long. That is exactly what Medvedev, Thiem and all those guys do by standing 5-6 feet behind the base line, they neutralizes their opponent's deep balls because even if their opponents are successful at hitting the ball 1 foot from the baseline it is still 7-8 feet away from them. So I think it is not only ok to hit short once in a while, it is necessary. A better advice would be vary your ball depth, and do it intentionally.
Best tennis channel on TH-cam without a doubt.
I really appreciate you pointing out the ways you differ from other youtube tennis coaches.
I suspect e.g. Top Tennis Training is probably just better for beginners, and your videos are better for later on, but I conveniently found their videos as a beginner 2.5 years ago, and your videos more recently, and it seems to have helped a lot to use them in that order.
Hi Mr.Sell. I found your site weeks ago and you are helping me understanding the theory and logic of tennis. I am around 4.0. Now what amazed me and helped me the most is "🎉first person point of view tennis" series. That helped me SO MUCH feeling the timing, how I should hit the ball at the top, and the rhythm of it all.... I would be so happy if you do the "first person point of view tennis". just hitting (I know you did that before). , for ground stroke , volley, like that. You improved my tennis watching your first person point of view tennis. In any case, I truly appreciate your contents and good luck on your tennis endeavors! Cheers!
Karue, for some reason the sound from your mic is only going to the right speaker, prob something with editing. For those using earphones it's a bit weird.
Yes
"Im gonna make another video of a different players of different level" sounds very good for this channel👏
Thanks for the video Karue! And thanks to Marcos for sharing his time.
I’ve been focusing on depth and variety in my practice session lately and nice to see I’m on the right track 😎
This video is definitely one of the most important ones I have ever watched. Full of great advice. Keep up the fantastic work, karue!
Late comment but love the idea where you slow down the match play and put your comments on top, in this case explaining what is happening but you could also use this to help inexperienced tactical players understand how a pro sees the court and the opponent, plus of course, shot selection based on this. Maybe you've done this already, beyond what you did here. Good stuff.
Great lesson , definitely makes sense. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Glad to discover this gem of a channel!
Loved the discussion on depth being a big factor of establishing control in a point.
Dude, these FPV videos are awesome. I bet you one will blow up big time... If you feel like doing more work/ editing and add in some third-person shots, that might make the video even cooler.
Sound advices as they can be applied by any player. Props!
One of my favourite tennis videos ever with the pusher analogy. Always laugh when someone says the pusher who beat them didn’t play properly - you’ve just called yourself a terrible player 😁
Karue great tips as always. Could you make a video about how to attack different balls and teach us more about the approach shot in general. For example a high ball (shoulder level and above) with no pace between the T and the baseline and shorter top spin ball that lands inside the T but still has some speed spin and height or a slower and shorter ball below the net. Your video about how to handle heavy top spin was really helpful showing and explaining in great depth the right technique the slow mo and everything.
MytennisHQ is the best tennis channel on youtube thanks for all the great advice.
Excellent advice! Next time I’m in trouble I’m gonna think “hit deeper” not harder. Karue, this channel is about to explode!
Yes! You're exactly right! Saying the right stuff and keeping it simple. Focusing solely on technique makes it sound like it's the key to tennis although there are a lot of more elements that are as important ESPECIALLY FOOT WORK! Thank you Karue for the video, will support you in patreon! PS: you should put all the links in the description, so it would be easier to support the channel hah.
14:00 I totally agree with that I always practice harder when I should be playing harder during matches
Invaluable advise this... Thanks Karue. Also I would like to add that playing well on clay accentuates the necessity to perform these 4 steps even further. Hit them clay courts and dont be afraid of the pushers.
On the west coast of USA...no clay courts around here!
truly unique tennis channel good job Karue
Best tennis-youtube-player coaching!!!
Thank you!
Some great advice here! I'm guilty of over complicating the game and making my patterns far too complicated. But listening to your video has,definitely set a light bulb off in my head to keep things far more simple and just focus on good depth, variety and quality footwork.
Keep up the great work👍
Glad I could help!
well said my man, you're going to blow up keep it up. I will show this to a lot of my students. Really like how you worded it so simply
Its so funny. I strive so hard to get this message across to my students. You explained it so well. I’m sharing this video with all of them. Thank you!
Super practical, immediately useful. Really enjoying your approach to your videos.
Thank you!
bro i love your videos, so helpful !!
Great vid, thank you!
Well said. The person with easier, more consistent depth control will almost always win the match, regardless of stroke production or "skill level".
Thank you so much for this video. I share your sentiment with all this over production of TH-cam tutorials and “ATP forehands”, sick top spins ... this video is a real deal.
Awesome tips. I feel like I just unlocked some of these ideas myself to a less obvious or less nuanced way but yeah I was deffo trying to do too much... and I realised yeah just chill, and play with the ball more in an easier way. Like. Hmm. Basically what you said. Back of the court. Less winner shots. More simple. Anyway. Peace.
love the pattern discussion!
Awesome video...and super helpful perspective. This will help me so much
I like the way you approach the game. I have sent some clients to your channel and I'm also watching to improve my game. Thanks for the content
Thanks amigo for sharing greqt staff
Amazing video. You are a tennis guru with your videos.
First person pov is great, it helps visualise and differentiates your tennis channel - if you can come up with novel ways to film the experiences including serve etc from a unique point of view, we could have something special here. Thanks!
Thanks for the video. Could you please give us an instruction how to deal with short and low ball(below knees)? Sometimes it is either easy to hit the net or over the line due to no pace and low
How about in a video include heavy shape ball included building a point where the camera angle shows the height and depth of the ball?
Great information 👍 and your movie on 2 handen backhand , have help me a lot.
Awesome!
amazing tips, please keep on going. Cheers from Germany
Thanks for a great vid!
Serves and overheads from a first person view will be great
another really really good video that makes a lot sense. Will try to focus more on variety (and less on hitting hard....guilty...)
A lot of useful advice here, appreciate it.
You are welcome @
Awesome stuff! Would love to get more tactical tips
Great advices! Thanks and keep it up!
Cheers Karue.
All your vids are fire. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! Spread the word
Hey, Karue can you make a video on how to fix hitting long? I think that is a big part of what makes club players less solid.
Topspin
Thank you!!!
Good stuff Karue!
Wow . . . this channel is amazing! Subbed with pleasure.
Another amazing video!!!🙌🏼👏🏼
I don't know why but the sound from the left ear is lower than the right
Great video, coach! I like the way you think :) Tennis is about who plays the game better :) Keep rockin', stay safe :)
Thank you! You too
Great lesson man, thanks ! Same mentality as being a better musician, not a better instrumentalist :)
Absolutely!
You’re awesome!
I agree 100%
Can you do a tutorial on the serve and how to keep your arm loose?
Top guy! Great video
Thank you!
A simple good and applicable video. What would be good to see would be your and/or Marcos Giron's on court footwork, fitness or sprinting exercises. That is what drills you or he do
Also how do you vary your play or matchplay strategy/tactics for different surfaces like Red Clay or Grass? Or do you just equivalently apply the main principles you have noted here?
We'll do that one day for sure
Hello there! I got an off kinda topic question that I wanna ask you and love to guide me! I am an intermediate to advanced baseline player and atm I own a Wilson blade v7 18x20 and a vcore 98 2021 model, I just can’t decide which one to hold and progress with!! I would appreciate any guidance and help! Tyvm in advance! Keep the good work, your videos and guides helped me a lot! Auto sub :)
First person POV returning serves would be helpful
Can you do a pro staff review?
You’re insane,! Amazingly smart. This is just like life
Haha thank you
Best tennis advice I’ve ever seen om youtube ever! 👍
I need to have this motto tattoed so that i can remember it while playing!
Great content
Does variety clash with consistency?
No. It improves consistency
Hey are you playing Spikeball? Love the game,prometed it here in Europe,Croatia. Film yourself, it is great sport and you can help putting spotlight on it
My partner works for spikeball. We play all the time it's a great sport!
@@KaruesellHQ nice to hear that. Been playing Spike last 5 years, tennis is my new passion. If you are in Europe, come enjoy Croatia and i will happily host you
Footwork, Depth, Patterns, Variability: 🔥
The new hot technique to "improve" your forehand: 💩
Hi amigo . How i can know the level i have?
Nice
For the algorithm!
No doubt about it--footwork is absolutely essential. However, good footwork doesn't mean much if you fail to predict accurately where the ball is going on your side of the court, how fast it is traveling, how high it is going to bounce on your side of the court and what kind of spin it has. When we have to lean unnecessarily toward or away from the ball we automatically blame our footwork when the problem may be that we didn't correctly predict where the ball was going to be as it approached us. Better footwork won't fix this problem. Only lots of experience and innate aptitude will refine our ball predictive skills to a high level. So we should discriminate footwork problems from ball prediction problems and then apply the right solution.
Random question, but what breed of dog is that? Me and my family had a dog who sadly passed away a few years ago and we always wondered what breed she was. She definitely shared a lot of similarity to your dog.
Hahah that's the million dollar question. We think he is a mix between mini Australian Shepherd and crocker spanial but we have no idea!
maybe a court level pov video with william but his pov playing against you
THANK YOU ...they should try FRIGGIN lagging in a real match and show us... all this bull online cant be done in real match... your more Truthful ...keep up great vids
1:25 360 😱
Ive noticed that mamy soccer players learn tennis very quickly...their footwork is usually very good.
you have a spider-man ps4 logo red thing on your brown poster board!!!
Could you please make a similar video on what factors matter the most, competitively, on the serve and on serve+return.
great points as usual.
Wdym by Federer variety????
Video starts at 2:46 for anyone wanting to escape the fluff and like/subscribe/member crap.
Being a better hitter doesn't always mean u win more matches. I hit really well my last match overall but vs an opponent I destroyed before I almost lost simply cause of footwork, I felt heavy and slow
Lol I think he is playing with the go pro in his mouth @4:55
My only strategy: attack the weaker side, usually the backhand
Yes with the shade on clickbait insta-coaching!!
Glad you caught that lol