AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN : great lesson, eloquently explained, wonderful tips, VERY useful strategies ... YOU'RE SIMPLY THE BEST, Ryan - thank you for this - because of YOU ... we got this !
These are great tips for matches at my level, thank you, essentially they're a game plan and following them has improved my results and enjoyment of matches massively, of course I still lose to better players but they have to beat me, I don't beat myself! 😀 1. Get high percentage of your 1st serves in. 2. Return serve back direct at server. 3. At baseline be on opposite side to opponent. 4. At net be on same side as opponent. 5. Hit Baseline rallies cross court. 6. At net Hit Volleys short. 7. When Opponent comes to net hit low shot at them.
This is my third time watching this video. I've had a busy summer of tournaments every week and have watched many videos for singles strategy. This is by far the simplest to implement and has gotten me through many tough matches. I am now purely winning on these strategies, not having time to improve my technique whatsoever. Thank you sooooo much!
Wow this awesome to hear. Thanks for watching the video so many times and for trusting the strategies. Glad they’re helping you and that they’re working. Keep up the great work and you got this!
This is the best video I have seen. I understand where to stand in singles now. I have a singles match tonight I will try to remember these points to hit my returns. Thanks
Coach Ryan, you’re a tennis genius. I could literally listen to you teach day! So simple, easy to follow and apply. Thank you for taking the time to invest in our development.
ever since i've started watching your videos, i have won a lot more matches, even against oppenents i thought i could never beat. Thank you so much for sharing these amazing tips !!!
I enjoy how simple, concise, and detailed you communicate your teaching. There are SO MANY ways to misinterpret most vague instructions in tennis. You do a great job explaining, showing, and answering the most common questions!
Your first tips is really spot on and is so common. I have played with so many players when they always want to try to hit ace on their first serve and their serve is always fault more than 90%. Even when the 10% that land in, at least 80% the opponent can return the serve. Chances they get double fault is 30 percent. SO there is no value to serve so hard for their first serve when they usually just waste their first serve away when they can just serve harder with more confident to land the ball in than hit all out and missed all the time. I also totally agree with returning of serve just to put the ball in play. I have a friend always like to show off his power trying to hit a winner from a serve and he missed most of the time. I feel like telling him just put the ball in play, not easy to hit winner from a serve, the serve come faster and he don't have even time to set up a good strike for winner. All your tips really make sense. Thanks. Gonna show this to my friends. On second thoughts, I better keep this to myself so he don'y have this tactics against me. Hahaha
Hey I love your content! Want to point out one thing: instead of standing right in the middle for crosscourt rally, you need to be slightly more towards the crosscourt side, away from downtheline side.. reason being, the opponent is more likely to send the ball to the crosscourt side
Great basics, Ryan. Make your first serve, service returns to the middle, recover bisecting the return triangle, jam up the rushing opponent at the service line. Very few club players practice to cover the long volley/half-volley hit to their body at the service line, a very effective offensive shot to set up the easy put away.
14:07 why would the opponent attack, he will just give a short ball and make me run as you discussed for me to do in the previous strategy when I'm near the net
Fantastic video - I've learnt so much and look forward to implementing these strategies. 1. Get high % of 1st serves in. May need to aim to middle, drop speed, add spin. If not hitting aces then no reason to have high pace. 2. Preplan that returns of 1st serve go down middle. Double faulting is no diff to missing a return of serve. (Who tracks returns missed?!) Need to make return to break serve. 2nd serve still can go down middle or be more aggressive. 3. Where to stand when you're both at your basline. If opponent on your right at his baseline, you should move to left of centre (may be 3 -4 ft from centre), be on opposite side of court compared to opponent. Centre of court is rarely centre of where they can hit the ball. If opponent at middle you can stay in middle of BL. Watch the pros! 4. Shadowing. Where you should stand when you're at net. Need to be slightly on same side of the court - bisect his two extreme shots. 5.Where to hit when you're both at BL rallying. Cross court is your friend - where do you stand/ move to? Offense/ defense. Down the line =78ft , crosscourt is 82.5ft. More time to recover if hit CC and less misses, lower net. 6. When you're at the net. See 4 for the position. If you volley deep they have short distance to reach ball and can pass you. VOLLEY SHORT, the basics -aim 'middle of opposing service box'. 7. When your opponent comes to the net. 2 shot passing shot strategy. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO AVOID THEM! 1st shot, hit on their body low to them - they'll miss or hit short ao you can pass hem on the 2nd shot. They dontbwant a low volley!
This video is fantastic, just like all your other videos, but I wonder if, rather than saying "this is where you should stand", you said "this is where you should split step" it would help players even more.
again and again. you are the best online coach ever! i love following your strategies and i get better all the time because of it. wish you the best :)
I had some intuition that hitting cross court was usually the better option with singles, but I love your breakdown of all the reasons why it's the best default option.
Hit a top spin, short ball at your opponent ‘s feet is my favorite shot, called “dipping” that I mastered long time ago but never thought about it. Thanks 🙏 so much for your tips.
Thank's for emphasizing this, I can't wait to try this out together with Ryan's last tip because trying to "avoid" the player heading towards the net has been a losing strategy for me.
Thank you for those great tips. I am learning to play tennis without an actual coach by watching your videos and putting your knowledge into practice. Cheers from Madrid, Spain
Great lesson: I was always trying to avoid my oponent when they come to the net, but now I tried to hit low right into them and they missed most of it and they where getting frustrated ... Thank you for your lessons, great tips, great presentation, you are the best!
Coach Ryan has completely changed the way I play at look at tennis. I used to be so confused with where to stand in doubles but am now finding clarity. Singles is a new challenge for me, but I'm excited. From a mental perspective I used to blame and punish myself for mistakes, but I now look at it as I don't come to win or lose (although winning is always nice), I come to play and have fun. Sometimes in the tennis world getting the correct advice can be tough, especially if your still learning, a lot of coaches don't really want to know about you. But Ryan is passionate about tennis and encourages everyone to play. My newfound confidence is because of these videos, and the 2-minute tennis channel, and the improvements have been incredible. I am now being asked by other players to join teams, and that blows my mind. I think know you have a brilliant coach in your corner when you're improving all the way from Australia.
Hey Ryan, good job on this video! Right here you have probably all the strategic information you'll ever need for your entire club singles career. I especially liked the last point on "hitting AT the rushing net player"! Excellent. You're so right, we all try (and fail, spectacularly) to hit the highlight reel passing shot and gift yet another point to our opponents. Just hit it AT 'em! Half the time they'll flub it up. Beautiful. And oh so true. I'm keepin' that one. Thanks Ryan, keep up the good work - JD, Canada
Great lesson here. Positioning and footwork knowledge is rarely taught this easily understood. Now I can just forget everything you said and do it all wrong again. :). Hopefully I remember this! Thanks again.
all these tips are worth implementing.. but more questions arise :) for example.. How long should one continue rallying cross court? (ie when to change it for hitting down the line? and how to change - using high or low balls? using slice or topspin balls) 2. when is it worth to run around your backhand and hit forehand (of course if it's better) 3. is it better to hit balls on the rise or move back and hit dropping balls ? or maybe to shift from time ti time between those attitudes
Hey thanks for the questions. Simply put, following these ideas helps you play better. Of course there are times to deviate. Most players don’t struggle with deviation. They struggle sticking to basics that help them win. I like teaching the basics with my videos, as the more complex strategy theories tend to be more “entertaining for the video purposes only” instead of being actual implementable by rec players. Players don’t lose matches because they don’t know when to deviate, they lose matches bc they don’t stick to basics enough.
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7 Singles Strategies (Win Your Next Tennis Match)
Thanks 😊🙏🏻
AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN : great lesson, eloquently explained, wonderful tips, VERY useful strategies ... YOU'RE SIMPLY THE BEST, Ryan - thank you for this - because of YOU ... we got this !
Wow thanks Kincaid!
These are great tips for matches at my level, thank you, essentially they're a game plan and following them has improved my results and enjoyment of matches massively, of course I still lose to better players but they have to beat me, I don't beat myself! 😀
1. Get high percentage of your 1st serves in.
2. Return serve back direct at server.
3. At baseline be on opposite side to opponent.
4. At net be on same side as opponent.
5. Hit Baseline rallies cross court.
6. At net Hit Volleys short.
7. When Opponent comes to net hit low shot at them.
This is my third time watching this video. I've had a busy summer of tournaments every week and have watched many videos for singles strategy. This is by far the simplest to implement and has gotten me through many tough matches. I am now purely winning on these strategies, not having time to improve my technique whatsoever. Thank you sooooo much!
Wow this awesome to hear. Thanks for watching the video so many times and for trusting the strategies. Glad they’re helping you and that they’re working. Keep up the great work and you got this!
This is the best video I have seen. I understand where to stand in singles now. I have a singles match tonight I will try to remember these points to hit my returns. Thanks
Coach Ryan, you’re a tennis genius. I could literally listen to you teach day! So simple, easy to follow and apply. Thank you for taking the time to invest in our development.
ever since i've started watching your videos, i have won a lot more matches, even against oppenents i thought i could never beat. Thank you so much for sharing these amazing tips !!!
I’m so happy to hear that!! I’ll keep making them!
7 ways to overthink tennis :D (it's a good video - thank you!)
I enjoy how simple, concise, and detailed you communicate your teaching. There are SO MANY ways to misinterpret most vague instructions in tennis. You do a great job explaining, showing, and answering the most common questions!
Your first tips is really spot on and is so common. I have played with so many players when they always want to try to hit ace on their first serve and their serve is always fault more than 90%. Even when the 10% that land in, at least 80% the opponent can return the serve. Chances they get double fault is 30 percent. SO there is no value to serve so hard for their first serve when they usually just waste their first serve away when they can just serve harder with more confident to land the ball in than hit all out and missed all the time. I also totally agree with returning of serve just to put the ball in play. I have a friend always like to show off his power trying to hit a winner from a serve and he missed most of the time. I feel like telling him just put the ball in play, not easy to hit winner from a serve, the serve come faster and he don't have even time to set up a good strike for winner. All your tips really make sense. Thanks. Gonna show this to my friends. On second thoughts, I better keep this to myself so he don'y have this tactics against me. Hahaha
Hey I love your content! Want to point out one thing: instead of standing right in the middle for crosscourt rally, you need to be slightly more towards the crosscourt side, away from downtheline side.. reason being, the opponent is more likely to send the ball to the crosscourt side
Yep. Well aware. Thanks!
Great basics, Ryan. Make your first serve, service returns to the middle, recover bisecting the return triangle, jam up the rushing opponent at the service line. Very few club players practice to cover the long volley/half-volley hit to their body at the service line, a very effective offensive shot to set up the easy put away.
4:37 great point , specially one which I make errors in. thanks for the tips !
These tips are golden. Thanks, buddy!
Glad you liked it Charles!
I don’t think you can explain this any better. Thank you!!!
Thank so much!!
This is a masterclass, thank you so much!!!
Thank you Ivar!!
Thanks for these tips. I noticed Im returning better with your tip re: not standing in the centre.
Thanks!
Top quality info. Thank you
Genius! love these series. Could you please also talk about where to hit when your opponent hits a drop shot and have you go to the net? Thank you.
Your ideas are so good I can’t share them with my friends…. 🙈🤣🤣🤣
Amazing Video as always! Greetings from an Italian beginner living in the Netherlands!
14:07 why would the opponent attack, he will just give a short ball and make me run as you discussed for me to do in the previous strategy when I'm near the net
Thank you so much, very clear instructions and simple to follow. You are a star!
Fantastic video - I've learnt so much and look forward to implementing these strategies.
1. Get high % of 1st serves in. May need to aim to middle, drop speed, add spin. If not hitting aces then no reason to have high pace.
2. Preplan that returns of 1st serve go down middle. Double faulting is no diff to missing a return of serve. (Who tracks returns missed?!) Need to make return to break serve. 2nd serve still can go down middle or be more aggressive.
3. Where to stand when you're both at your basline. If opponent on your right at his baseline, you should move to left of centre (may be 3 -4 ft from centre), be on opposite side of court compared to opponent. Centre of court is rarely centre of where they can hit the ball. If opponent at middle you can stay in middle of BL. Watch the pros!
4. Shadowing. Where you should stand when you're at net. Need to be slightly on same side of the court - bisect his two extreme shots.
5.Where to hit when you're both at BL rallying. Cross court is your friend - where do you stand/ move to? Offense/ defense. Down the line =78ft , crosscourt is 82.5ft. More time to recover if hit CC and less misses, lower net.
6. When you're at the net. See 4 for the position. If you volley deep they have short distance to reach ball and can pass you. VOLLEY SHORT, the basics -aim 'middle of opposing service box'.
7. When your opponent comes to the net. 2 shot passing shot strategy. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO AVOID THEM! 1st shot, hit on their body low to them - they'll miss or hit short ao you can pass hem on the 2nd shot. They dontbwant a low volley!
Just wanted to say thank you very much for all of your great strategies!!! They are very helpful and successful!!!
Excellent summary. I have now watched this several times and use in matches. Increased my percentage success. Thanks appreciated
The best video on tennis strategies I've seen thus far. Thank you sir!
This video is fantastic, just like all your other videos, but I wonder if, rather than saying "this is where you should stand", you said "this is where you should split step" it would help players even more.
Thanks for the kind words 99. And that’s a great idea. Thanks!!
again and again. you are the best online coach ever! i love following your strategies and i get better all the time because of it.
wish you the best :)
Love your explanation of baseline positioning---bisecting their angle of play is the perfect description!
I had some intuition that hitting cross court was usually the better option with singles, but I love your breakdown of all the reasons why it's the best default option.
awesome tips - thank you!! I listen to your podcast all the time and many of them multiple times - really appreciate your passion!
Hit a top spin, short ball at your opponent ‘s feet is my favorite shot, called “dipping” that I mastered long time ago but never thought about it. Thanks 🙏 so much for your tips.
Thank's for emphasizing this, I can't wait to try this out together with Ryan's last tip because trying to "avoid" the player heading towards the net has been a losing strategy for me.
I feel I learnt a lot with this session, much appreciated, thanks!
The two steps passing shot tip is GOLD! Tks!
So glad you liked it!!
Amazing simple but valuable tips! Thanks a lot!
Thank you for those great tips. I am learning to play tennis without an actual coach by watching your videos and putting your knowledge into practice. Cheers from Madrid, Spain
Same from Dublin, Ireland 😊
I love this video! I hope to see more videos about strategies for playing single and double tennis.
Great advice.
I totally agree with all the points.
Looking forward to apply now.
Great lesson: I was always trying to avoid my oponent when they come to the net, but now I tried to hit low right into them and they missed most of it and they where getting frustrated ... Thank you for your lessons, great tips, great presentation, you are the best!
Great tips, Ryan, You are the best!! Wish you the best...
wonderful strategies.... hope it will help me in today's game. thanks. Take Love
Wow, I'm sure this will save me a lot of time! Thank you so much-I'm really glad I watched this!❤
Thanks a lot, my friend. That’s exactly what I needed to improve in my game.
Glad to hear!
Brillant,thanks! Easy to follow instructions…
Coach Ryan has completely changed the way I play at look at tennis.
I used to be so confused with where to stand in doubles but am now finding clarity.
Singles is a new challenge for me, but I'm excited.
From a mental perspective I used to blame and punish myself for mistakes, but I now look at it as I don't come to win or lose (although winning is always nice), I come to play and have fun.
Sometimes in the tennis world getting the correct advice can be tough, especially if your still learning, a lot of coaches don't really want to know about you. But Ryan is passionate about tennis and encourages everyone to play.
My newfound confidence is because of these videos, and the 2-minute tennis channel, and the improvements have been incredible. I am now being asked by other players to join teams, and that blows my mind.
I think know you have a brilliant coach in your corner when you're improving all the way from Australia.
❤
Brilliant tips, great work Ryan.......
Thanks so much Sami!!!
Absolutely brilliant information and perfectly articulated. Where da tip jar at?
Haha there is a tip jar under the video. Super thanks. Thank you!!!!
thank you for your tips. Really helpful.
Many thanks Ryan. Your lesson has been fantastic, as usual. "Ciao"
Thank you so much!
Brilliant. Gonna apply starting today!
So happy to help you Vivek!
Ryan u are a genius. Thank you for these great strategies.
Opened my eyes. Thank you
Thank You... Geometry and trigonometry...love it
Great lesson! I wish I found this yesterday...I could have used it for my match last night 😆
Hey Ryan, good job on this video! Right here you have probably all the strategic information you'll ever need for your entire club singles career. I especially liked the last point on "hitting AT the rushing net player"! Excellent. You're so right, we all try (and fail, spectacularly) to hit the highlight reel passing shot and gift yet another point to our opponents. Just hit it AT 'em! Half the time they'll flub it up. Beautiful. And oh so true. I'm keepin' that one. Thanks Ryan, keep up the good work - JD, Canada
Good, clear, do-able instruction. Thanks
Awesome teaching.
So happy to help you Susan
Great video, im gonna use this strategies in my matches and see how it goes
Best advice available anywhere on You Tube! Thank you
Great lesson here. Positioning and footwork knowledge is rarely taught this easily understood. Now I can just forget everything you said and do it all wrong again. :). Hopefully I remember this! Thanks again.
This video is excellent! As someone new to tennis and helping my 7yr old daughter, this makes a lot of sense. Thank you!
Excellent tips thank you for sharing.
Great tips!!! Especially how to deal with guy moving at the net!!!
Thank you so much for those tips!
I have a match today so I'll practice the strategies, let's see how it goes!
Good luck Alberto. You got this!
This is amazing. I really did not expect to learn so much.
Merci beaucoup !!! Great teacher !!!
Muchas gracias.
great tips coach thanks
This is simply amazing! Thank you so much. Can’t wait to put your tactics into practice
I’m so glad you liked the singles strategies
Awesome! Thank you so much for such a great series of strategies!
So glad to help you Gabriela!
This channel is incredible. Thank You!!
Wow thank you so much!
Such highly helpful contents presented with great competence and in a super style..top job man!
Such simple smart strategies. Playing percentages gives you an edge
Very helpful. Thank you so much guys.
So glad you liked the video!
Excellent singles strategy. Thank you!
Nice explaination, thank you
Even apart from the excellent content, you are an outstanding presenter. I really enjoy your stuff.
Wow thank you. I really enjoy coaching. Thanks!!
In my opinion this is the best video of your chanel I ever seen; thank you so much
Thank you so much!!!!
Amazing video and your explanation is so clean and engaging.
Great advice. Excited for my next match.
Fantastic and so very helpful. Thank you!!
Love your channel sir. Thanks for all the great tips!
Very clear explanation! Really helpful!
all these tips are worth implementing.. but more questions arise :) for example.. How long should one continue rallying cross court? (ie when to change it for hitting down the line? and how to change - using high or low balls? using slice or topspin balls) 2. when is it worth to run around your backhand and hit forehand (of course if it's better) 3. is it better to hit balls on the rise or move back and hit dropping balls ? or maybe to shift from time ti time between those attitudes
Hey thanks for the questions. Simply put, following these ideas helps you play better. Of course there are times to deviate. Most players don’t struggle with deviation. They struggle sticking to basics that help them win. I like teaching the basics with my videos, as the more complex strategy theories tend to be more “entertaining for the video purposes only” instead of being actual implementable by rec players. Players don’t lose matches because they don’t know when to deviate, they lose matches bc they don’t stick to basics enough.
so very thanks for this very very effective video
Thank You for the great tips, Awesome.
Best video regarding basic strategies that I've fiind! 👍
Great video, thanks!!
Love your stuff man! Fantastic. Thanks so much.
Excellent lesson ! Thank you so much.
Simple but brilliant strategies, Ryan. Thanks
brilliant, I learnt so so much!
great tips. thank you...
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What an amazing video! So informative!
Loving all this bisection talk. I think it's the key
Great video thank you so much! I am playing 2 years and I have never heard about that.
Thank you for your helpful straightforward videos. I've learned a lot from them. 🙂
Great explanation. I drop shot a lot but where should I be moving to after ?
Slightly inside the court. In case they drop shot or angle back. Thanks for watching Steve!!