I LOVE LOVE LOVE watching your lessons with Anna! These are so helpful as a beginner! Watching other how to perfectly xyz vids can be such an information dump and they only focus on perfection. It's so helpful to see what I'm sure are common beginner issues pointed out and ironed out little by little in real time and seeing the end result. Thank you!
i love her confidence she thought she could repeat your serve but she came back to earth great attitude though you explain things so simply with the right amount of details
Not that odd since she is a trained dancer. A good dancer can see a move a few times and be able to replicate it. Mimicking is a nice tennis skill if you can do it.
@@tennisone6376 why does that suck? Isn't that a mark of dedication and wanting to continually improve? IF they stopped working on it it would probably stagnate and not be very good.
Anna is a good listener. she always ends the video with beautiful surprises. The mentor is there all time for her, he knows her potential. love the video
Great coach! It was funny when Anna tried to replicate your fast serve and knocked it into the other court 🤣 But when she listened her serve improved a lot 👍
Amazing. There couldn't be better and simple video on how to do serve. He is the best teacher. He keeps it straight and simple. Whatever tennis I can play is all because of his coaching through TH-cam.
I never write comments but wanted to say thank you for all of your awesome videos! You are the best coach. I follow religiously and have made so much progress in the past few months. My husband is a intermediate player and he has benefited from your instructions as well.
HOWS IT GOING HAVE U WON UR FIRST MATCH? im also a beginner, i started a few weeks ago and we’ve lost every match bc all the tennis players we go against have played atleast over a year so im trying my best to improve fastly
thanks for the video. You are so patient w/ your students and don't get upset when they challenge you :) This video is helpful even though I am not a beginner, I can see similar problems in my game.
What really helped me build a proper serve with my coach was starting with tossing the ball only. Before even taking up the racket in each training session, they told me to do 10-15 tosses to develop muscle memory for a quality and consistent toss.
nice job coach, as a tennis coach and instructor i was laughing the whole time because it is always a balance about how much bad technique we can let go so they can just play .
I’m one of the few players in my club that my first practice allways involves serving. I’ve allways placed a priority on practicing placement on first and second serves. It’s about drawing a short ball more than trying to get the flashy ace. Deception, pace, spin and bounce are the key factors. 👍👍
I love these videos! I wanted to start learning tennis for fun but was hesitant because I’m older than a lot of kids who play. But after seeing Anna, it makes me think it is never too late to learn/start something new.
This is what I do. I get one of those "spy" microphones that you get in the toy section just so I don't have to pay for tennis lessons. Jk I have never done this 😂
Anna, being a dancer, has athletic ability, and she takes instruction well from her dance training. I wish all students learned so quickly, and later, she appreciates the results.
Sometimes it helps to see the larger picture (in this case, the full speed serve). But of course he’s right, no one can do everything at once - stepping stones are required.
you and yaron brook are my favorite youtubers i watch yaron for philosophy and you for tennis thank you ps i look forward to new videos from both to improve in tennis and life
It is complex, but taking the toss out works nicely. You can work on getting the windmill, the main thing ive noticed anna is not doing is splitting the hands when doing the toss, bringing the racket arm backwards begins a nice curve. Practicing slowly without a ball really helps, its like a cricket type throw with the windmill
Im a beginner. I feel ill never be able to serve properly. Our tennislessons always ends with only 5 minutes servepractise. We all stand at the baseline end serve till the ballbasket is empty. Our teacher stands behind us and just watches without saying anything. Luckily we have video s like this.
The beginner series is very important even to an intermediate player because it shows the foundations of the tennis serve I would like to say that the toss can be practiced by tossing and catching the ball with the arm extended until you master it then start all over again in a trophy position then practice the contact point it will get complicated with the rotation and the shoulder turn however if you can get a toss right wow !!!! then the rest will come easily Nikola I learn more from the beginner series than intermediate or advance!!!! it makes you think more ...
Good lesson. I find getting students to work on throwing the ball overhand as if they were a baseball player in the outfield can allow a lot of the body mechanics, including pronation of the right wrist, to fall into place.
So many elements of pro serve that you can't just replicate by watching. Weight on Front foot, move to back foot, straight up toss, racquet down, weight on front foot, trophy pose, racquet drop, contact with shoulder front, non dominant hand tucked in, PRONATION, follow thru.
I really believe that your coaching videos are great for beigginers. I would appriciate that you post some of them inverted since for lefties like me is kind of hard to get the same movements right and there aren't much left handed videos on youtube.
Good intro video. Regarding longer takeback giving more power, many of the biggest servers (Groth, Roddick, Kyrios, Isner, etc) have relatively short takebacks.
My first serve lesson with the coach was exactly this but then we tried the Nadal variation by bending the elbow straight into the serve motion and snap up. Is there a difference between this serve and Nadal serve? I loved the lesson on the Toss, really needed it.
Dancers are generally very good at replicating kinetic movements of the body, so I understand why she asked the coach to show the full serve and a chance to just replicate the whole serve..
Very good video. Can you explain why when you told her to use the continental grip she took to it without any trouble. Most coaches say that to switch to this grip takes time , especially if you have been playing for some years.
best piece of advice he gave her was: don't try to serve like I do because you can't. and he proved it to her. I made this mistake at the beginning, I wanted to have the service motion " like the ATP guys" of course; my coach was begging me not to try that and do it step by step instead, but I couldn't help myself, and I developed this strange very complex, veeery elaborate movement, and forward body acceleration with a jump and all, which was actually quite impressive as a choreographic stunt maybe but I didn't have the basics, my toss was all over the place, next my serving arm started to play tricks on me, and currently after a few years of struggle I'm coming back to the basics because everything went haywire on me and I just can't serve at all to be honest. The body remembers what you teach it, and it's really difficult to unlearn the mistakes when you're an adult student of tennis or any other sport/dance. for real. Second good piece of advice is the time to be spent on the serve each training session - it's a very common occurrence in recreational tennis coaching not to spend a lot of time on service. This makes the other parts of the game develop way faster and this lack of balance is unwelcome. it's very frustrating when you're a decent ball striker in all other areas but this one last is just not working for you.. so, don't try this at home for sure. make your coach spend even 5 minutes on your serve each lesson, don't get discouraged if it's not working for a long time, it won't, it's the most difficult shot in tennis. I'm still on it, trying hard
Do you have any tips for an older player..l have played tennis since l was 14 and until a couple of years ago my game with based on running and making the opposition play again and again.. However now l am an old fool at 64 l run out of steam after a couple of sets..How can l develop a game based on less running but still dominating rallies.Bearing in mind my age..Hitting harder is exhausting and feet really have to be in exactly the right place..???
Dear Nikola, Love all you do on your channel. Can you please do a video about using different string tensions for mains and crosses and how those differences affect a racquet's feel and playability?
@@IntuitiveTennis Thank you. I look forward to it. You are one of the best tennis instructors on TH-cam. Your coaching and insights are top notch and we'll delivered in an easy to understand and apply manner. I think strings and tensions are very overlooked by all players below the pro level. Buying my own stringer and stringing my own racquets has literally changed my game and how I play tremendously for the better. It's way beyond gut, multis, and syn guts for comfort and polys for control and spin. It's way beyond string tighter for control and looser for more power. Hybrid strings and what I'll call "hybrid tensions" (different tensions in mains and crosses) also play a huge role. Not understanding and using these factors is almost like playing with one arm tied behind your back because of not taking advantage of creating the changes in racquet feel and playability that is brought about by using different strings and tensions, even on the same racquet.
This is so helpful! I am only 6 minutes in so far but notice you haven't mentioned the trophy position. Is that something that is unhelpful to talk to someone about on their first day serving?
My question is it is more important to teach what the body does e.g. feet- sideways- arm separation- both arms up- weight transfer etc rather than what the whole path of the racket should be doing ? Thanks. I enjoyed the video
Now she needs to unlearn the pancake and learn the pronation.. this and the toss are the hardest things for me... Also changing where you got the ball for the kick serve.. I often change the motion rather than the contact point
Do you have videos on peaking balls up without touching them on the ground ? There are different ways to hit the balls to make those jump up to the hand. 😁
This is really really good coaching. She literally couldn't serve at all in the beginning and by the end she has a solid foundation.
That's a scam she knew every thing.
@@ashwintomar497 then she should pursue acting too. It’s still good coaching. Everything he said is valid😉
This beginner series is GREAT! Self taught players like me can learn a lot- Thank you!
I wish I could take a lesson from him! I love his style.
I wish I could take a lesson from HER!!
@Jeff Paxton Her? You mean him?
@@melonade1798 I absolutely mean that I want a lesson from Nic!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE watching your lessons with Anna! These are so helpful as a beginner! Watching other how to perfectly xyz vids can be such an information dump and they only focus on perfection. It's so helpful to see what I'm sure are common beginner issues pointed out and ironed out little by little in real time and seeing the end result. Thank you!
Thank you 🙏
i love her confidence she thought she could repeat your serve but she came back to earth great attitude though you explain things so simply with the right amount of details
Not that odd since she is a trained dancer. A good dancer can see a move a few times and be able to replicate it. Mimicking is a nice tennis skill if you can do it.
@@IamnotJohnFord yes brad mimicking is a nice skill to have and sometimes better to see in the actual fast motion than slow motion
The serve is the hardest thing to learn in tennis. Still working on my serve 35 yrs after I first started playing..
oh man that sucks try to focus better and break down all part throw and jump and arm movement
@@tennisone6376 why does that suck? Isn't that a mark of dedication and wanting to continually improve? IF they stopped working on it it would probably stagnate and not be very good.
@@againsthegrainx7556 but when it is 35 year??
@@againsthegrainx7556 bruh 35 yrs to a serve, i mastered my serve in 6-8 months
@@LagartoChicloso doesn’t mean that is normal or to be expected
Anna is a good listener. she always ends the video with beautiful surprises. The mentor is there all time for her, he knows her potential. love the video
Great coach! It was funny when Anna tried to replicate your fast serve and knocked it into the other court 🤣 But when she listened her serve improved a lot 👍
Amazing. There couldn't be better and simple video on how to do serve. He is the best teacher. He keeps it straight and simple. Whatever tennis I can play is all because of his coaching through TH-cam.
So many key tips in such a short video. The position of the toss in front and the tilt ....that's gold, baby!
Almost 40 years old. Just started out with tennis. Can totally relate to Anna's learning curve. Great coaching. Learning allot!
I never write comments but wanted to say thank you for all of your awesome videos! You are the best coach. I follow religiously and have made so much progress in the past few months. My husband is a intermediate player and he has benefited from your instructions as well.
Thank you 🙏
this is so good i am a beginner i have never played tennis and i am going in a training near and i got so excited thanks alot
👍👍
HOWS IT GOING HAVE U WON UR FIRST MATCH? im also a beginner, i started a few weeks ago and we’ve lost every match bc all the tennis players we go against have played atleast over a year so im trying my best to improve fastly
This dude is an awesome coach, gotta use this video's for self thought.
thanks for the video. You are so patient w/ your students and don't get upset when they challenge you :) This video is helpful even though I am not a beginner, I can see similar problems in my game.
"Just wait, just wait"
--- Tries pro serve
"Alright, so you just destroyed your serve"
Lol lol lol
LMAOOO
@@jkim3464 LMAOOO
Best part of the video =P hahaha joking! I'm learning a lot with his videos!
What really helped me build a proper serve with my coach was starting with tossing the ball only. Before even taking up the racket in each training session, they told me to do 10-15 tosses to develop muscle memory for a quality and consistent toss.
She slowly improve, good teacher and excellent coach
I absolutely LOVE these videos with Anna...GREAT coaching...please keep doing MORE!
nice job coach, as a tennis coach and instructor i was laughing the whole time because it is always a balance about how much bad technique we can let go so they can just play .
I like how you don't explain everything at the same time and go step by step. Very easy to understand
I’m one of the few players in my club that my first practice allways involves serving. I’ve allways placed a priority on practicing placement on first and second serves. It’s about drawing a short ball more than trying to get the flashy ace. Deception, pace, spin and bounce are the key factors. 👍👍
I love these videos! I wanted to start learning tennis for fun but was hesitant because I’m older than a lot of kids who play. But after seeing Anna, it makes me think it is never too late to learn/start something new.
It’s never ever too late while your heart is beating
@@ANYADISCO You’re right! Thank you
This is super helpful 👏🏻 Great coaching! I'm starting tennis and this video helped me alot
6:30 background guy trying to get some free coaching
i didn't notice him hahaha
lol
i do this hahaha. not paying for lessons but if one is happening I'm all ears
LMAO
This is what I do. I get one of those "spy" microphones that you get in the toy section just so I don't have to pay for tennis lessons.
Jk I have never done this 😂
By far the hardest thing for me to learn staring out was serves but 2 years later the kick serve is by far my favorite shot in tennis.
This brings back the memory of how I was learning the serve I have now
Anna, being a dancer, has athletic ability, and she takes instruction well from her dance training. I wish all students learned so quickly, and later, she appreciates the results.
Sometimes it helps to see the larger picture (in this case, the full speed serve). But of course he’s right, no one can do everything at once - stepping stones are required.
I cant wait to see Anna take off like a rocket and do that serve like federer.. keep working coach.. haha had fun watching this
Terrific serve tip. Great coaching
you and yaron brook are my favorite youtubers i watch yaron for philosophy and you for tennis thank you ps i look forward to new videos from both to improve in tennis and life
Thankً you for the video. It is exactly what I wanted to see. I know now my issues and I have improved my serve spot on
Thanks for the video. Your videos help players that don’t have the money to pay a coach.
It is complex, but taking the toss out works nicely. You can work on getting the windmill, the main thing ive noticed anna is not doing is splitting the hands when doing the toss, bringing the racket arm backwards begins a nice curve. Practicing slowly without a ball really helps, its like a cricket type throw with the windmill
Tolles Video, erstaunlicher Unterrichtsaufbau... ein riesiges Kompliment für deinen Kanal, sehr inspirierend!!
The training session video is very interesting and helpful. Awsome job , keep up guys.
It is a real confidence boost to see someone who is so uncoordinated clumsy. If someone with this little athletic aptitude can do it, than anyone can.
Im a beginner. I feel ill never be able to serve properly. Our tennislessons always ends with only 5 minutes servepractise. We all stand at the baseline end serve till the ballbasket is empty. Our teacher stands behind us and just watches without saying anything. Luckily we have video s like this.
Get a new coach or all ask him to give you pointers. Don't be afraid to make him work.
This coaching is insanely good 👍
Another excellent post Nic 👏🏼👏🏼🎾🎾
Great explanation and coaching! Good job Ana too!
Thanks Ema 🙌
The beginner series is very important even to an intermediate player because it shows the foundations of the tennis serve I would like to say that the toss can be practiced by tossing and catching the ball with the arm extended until you master it then start all over again in a trophy position then practice the contact point it will get complicated with the rotation and the shoulder turn however if you can get a toss right wow !!!! then the rest will come easily Nikola I learn more from the beginner series than intermediate or advance!!!! it makes you think more ...
You are an amazing coach! I consider myself pretty advanced but I'm going to use your videos to teach my girlfriend. They are excellent!
Same over here hahaha amazing coach, explaining in simple the complex things.
When are we going to see Anna help Nikola with some dance moves? Let Anna be the master for once 😛
i would love to see that hahaha
Great idea! That would make a brilliant video! 💃
Yes.
Does she do ballet?
Thank you for the good teaching
Great. I ll use your suggestions to improve my serve. Thx u.
I had my first match with seed players last day ,it was good , they were kind too, thanks a lot.
She did really well
Man this was me. I watched some slow mo ATP servers and thought I could go right out and do what they did 😆😆
Good lesson. I find getting students to work on throwing the ball overhand as if they were a baseball player in the outfield can allow a lot of the body mechanics, including pronation of the right wrist, to fall into place.
Very helpful instruction, Nik.
These videos are so good Nick ! i like Anna she's a good student
Anna is going to be a champ
I really hope that you don’t coach in Georgia because I might loose all of my business! Great coaching as always!
So many elements of pro serve that you can't just replicate by watching.
Weight on Front foot, move to back foot, straight up toss, racquet down, weight on front foot, trophy pose, racquet drop, contact with shoulder front, non dominant hand tucked in, PRONATION, follow thru.
Who agrees with me?
Serve is the hardest thing on tennis.
Mostly our coaches teach us serve more than ANYTHING
Very great coaching , Compared to her i am way bad a serving
Thank you for this amazing video!I just released my faults on my service!
Great videos, Ana is also great 🙂
Thank you so much you did help me very much
You are the best
This is the best coaching
Really it's helpful, thanks a lot
Great lesson. Thanks
I really believe that your coaching videos are great for beigginers. I would appriciate that you post some of them inverted since for lefties like me is kind of hard to get the same movements right and there aren't much left handed videos on youtube.
Extremely good
Wow! Explanation step by step in serve is stupendous though the dancing girl is in hurry to serve like a PRO
I have been practicing serve since years.. but this coach has taught her ecxellently though she was raw at the beginning
Good intro video. Regarding longer takeback giving more power, many of the biggest servers (Groth, Roddick, Kyrios, Isner, etc) have relatively short takebacks.
th-cam.com/video/uvYVAlQZXlY/w-d-xo.html
@@IntuitiveTennis Cool, thanks!
My first serve lesson with the coach was exactly this but then we tried the Nadal variation by bending the elbow straight into the serve motion and snap up. Is there a difference between this serve and Nadal serve?
I loved the lesson on the Toss, really needed it.
Great coaching!
Thank you 🙏
Wow this has really helped me too
I want the gloves back!
Dancers are generally very good at replicating kinetic movements of the body, so I understand why she asked the coach to show the full serve and a chance to just replicate the whole serve..
Das macht viel Spaß!))
1. Sees serve
2. Says 'not bad at all'
This guy is clearly maxed out on his deception skill
yea, she almost served his head.. missed by a few inches... haha
Very good video. Can you explain why when you told her to use the continental grip she took to it without any trouble. Most coaches say that to switch to this grip takes time , especially if you have been playing for some years.
best piece of advice he gave her was: don't try to serve like I do because you can't. and he proved it to her. I made this mistake at the beginning, I wanted to have the service motion " like the ATP guys" of course; my coach was begging me not to try that and do it step by step instead, but I couldn't help myself, and I developed this strange very complex, veeery elaborate movement, and forward body acceleration with a jump and all, which was actually quite impressive as a choreographic stunt maybe but I didn't have the basics, my toss was all over the place, next my serving arm started to play tricks on me, and currently after a few years of struggle I'm coming back to the basics because everything went haywire on me and I just can't serve at all to be honest. The body remembers what you teach it, and it's really difficult to unlearn the mistakes when you're an adult student of tennis or any other sport/dance. for real. Second good piece of advice is the time to be spent on the serve each training session - it's a very common occurrence in recreational tennis coaching not to spend a lot of time on service. This makes the other parts of the game develop way faster and this lack of balance is unwelcome. it's very frustrating when you're a decent ball striker in all other areas but this one last is just not working for you.. so, don't try this at home for sure. make your coach spend even 5 minutes on your serve each lesson, don't get discouraged if it's not working for a long time, it won't, it's the most difficult shot in tennis. I'm still on it, trying hard
Well put thank you 🙏
Watch Anna learn the modern forehand: th-cam.com/video/W1Ef8HFZAuU/w-d-xo.html
Do you have any tips for an older player..l have played tennis since l was 14 and until a couple of years ago my game with based on running and making the opposition play again and again.. However now l am an old fool at 64 l run out of steam after a couple of sets..How can l develop a game based on less running but still dominating rallies.Bearing in mind my age..Hitting harder is exhausting and feet really have to be in exactly the right place..???
Good morning. Which country are you from coach?
@@stanmax7828 croatia
So you coaching players in crotia?
Very interesting to watch ......
I love her enthusiasm,cute
Thanks Coach Nick Great Videos
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Anna reminds me of Ripley in Aliens when Hicks is going over the pulse rifle manual of arms: “Show me everything.” 100% bad ass. 💪🏻
I love Anna she's so cute!
Dear Nikola, Love all you do on your channel. Can you please do a video about using different string tensions for mains and crosses and how those differences affect a racquet's feel and playability?
Sure
@@IntuitiveTennis Thank you. I look forward to it. You are one of the best tennis instructors on TH-cam. Your coaching and insights are top notch and we'll delivered in an easy to understand and apply manner.
I think strings and tensions are very overlooked by all players below the pro level. Buying my own stringer and stringing my own racquets has literally changed my game and how I play tremendously for the better. It's way beyond gut, multis, and syn guts for comfort and polys for control and spin. It's way beyond string tighter for control and looser for more power. Hybrid strings and what I'll call "hybrid tensions" (different tensions in mains and crosses) also play a huge role. Not understanding and using these factors is almost like playing with one arm tied behind your back because of not taking advantage of creating the changes in racquet feel and playability that is brought about by using different strings and tensions, even on the same racquet.
New tennis player
Well that will imprive my tennis left serving
as usually to give you like then to watch
And I'm using my summer just for tennis but luv
This is so helpful! I am only 6 minutes in so far but notice you haven't mentioned the trophy position. Is that something that is unhelpful to talk to someone about on their first day serving?
My question is it is more important to teach what the body does e.g. feet- sideways- arm separation- both arms up- weight transfer etc rather than what the whole path of the racket should be doing ? Thanks. I enjoyed the video
I wish I could take lessons with him… but Im in a different country
10:36 ahahahaha iam done. Look at Nicks face!! :D
7:30 I LOL'd
That's the foundation I need lol
This video is a good example of how difficult it can be for a beginner to understand the basics of serve technique. It's not an intuitive motion
Now she needs to unlearn the pancake and learn the pronation.. this and the toss are the hardest things for me... Also changing where you got the ball for the kick serve.. I often change the motion rather than the contact point
Do you have videos on peaking balls up without touching them on the ground ? There are different ways to hit the balls to make those jump up to the hand. 😁
th-cam.com/users/shortsQwby-AImntM?feature=share
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