If I hit the1st serve in the tape, then I hit the 2nd serve at a similar speed to what I hit my 1st serve with, even if I double fault I still will go for a fast 1st serve. But I try to keep my 2nd serves at around 70% power level while I go for 70% or higher up in power for the 1st serve. Depending if I want to use near max level for a 1st serve which I do those when I'm up in points or just or do a normal three quarter match speed serve when behind in points when I don't have all the momentum in the match and put under pressure and behind....I vary the power levels in my serve is because it gives me a greater chance of getting the ball into the court.
I love those match play commentaries, they are super helpful! I did the match stats, Milan had 61% 1st serve %, with 60% of 1st serve points won, 38% of 2nd serve points won. Milan did win 3 more points on the longer rallies (5+ shots) but had 15 less points on the 1-4 shot rallies, with the biggest difference on the 3rd shot (serve +1). You won 8 more points on those. Full stats are on my website
This point video is not only useful for Milan. It's full of great tactical tips for all of us watching and trying to improve our game. Tips stick better in our head through real point examples such as these. Thanks as always!
This is amazing! And it is beautiful that Milan is truly appreciate your couching! Also it is EXTREMELY great valuable insight about "slowing a serve". It is ruining your motion. I developed a powerful flat serve with good placement and a decent kick. And from time to time i choose to play a risker kick on T or wide or even a 2nd flat when i "feel it" or see that opponent is disrespecting my serve and step in too much. And some rec players used to tell me that i do two first serves 😂 and advise me to slow down for safety. By that thay mean a dink serve...
It's one of the best coaching videos that I've seen. Anaylzing weaknesses first on a natural environment and then go after to fix them with training. Excellent..
This was a excellent video, and you just made a valuable point I also say a professional like yourself can pick a part an amateur in about a game of play. You could have beat him very badly, but you wanted people to see even good amateurs have problems with their footwork and short balls. I think both of you played some really great tennis, and you could have kept hitting low shots and got him to make a ton of errors. I also recognize the language, my grandfather was from Poland and spoke 4 languages and I think Milan was speaking Croatian it sounded familiar. Hahe This is one of the best videos I’ve seen on here. I also love how humble you are my friend. You are a good man my friend.
@@IntuitiveTennis I love that country and the people from Croatia, I am a retired Chef and boy Zoe is from Croatia, and my other buddy Stan is from Russia and they are funny together in the Restaurant. My Great Grandfather is from Croatia, and Grandfather on my fathers side is from Poland and I have relatives from Ukraine, and Romania. It’s a small world my dude. The food is amazing from those countries. My grandmother used to make Pulaski’s which is Polish Potato pancakes with onions, and cheese in it. So good and delicious my friend. You fellas played a great match and I always enjoy watching your videos my friend.
I know that Nick is an all-round mad good player. But I love your serve in particular. It looks so effortless (I know that is a result of years and years of putting in the effort) but it seems to come off so quick. Awesome to see.
This was a fantastic watch. Very thoughtful and intentional. A little mental game too, cuz sometimes you have to have faith and go all out, especially with those first serves.
I really enjoy watching these match play commentaries. Really enjoyable and insightful. I watched a futures final live between Arthur Fery who's top 400 in the world and another very talented brit player who's around 500 in the world and it seems to me that one of the most important abilities at the high level is being able to turn defence into attack from deep in the corners(especially the backhand side and open stance) by keeping the ball deep with considerable pace to force the other player to miss or to put them on immediate defence. Fery was masterful at this. Whenever the other guy put Fery under pressure by hitting deep and hard into the corners, Fery's defensive capabilities were incredible and most of the time, he won the point. It's one thing to hit big but another thing to hit big and deep when in a defensive position especially open stance on the backhand side. It amazes me how well the pro players do this. Players at the rec or even highish level(just below futures) dont really have this ability. Great video Nick👍
Love this mid-court drill near the end of the video. I often find that this is a ball you get when you've created advantage from your serve or from a good forehand but also one that threatens that advantage. Particularly on the slice balls, chips, etc., that get below your waist and rob you of the advantage you've gained.
Great video man! It is entertaining and helpful. Keep up the good work. One thing I want to point out though is at 18:07. That second serve is not actually good, it goes directly to opponent's forehand where it is common for strong player to have strong forehand. They will likely just smash the forehand return easily like you did or take advantage of it easily. Better choice for second serve to hit it out wide to the backhand or to the middle where your opponent need to pick between backhand or forehand and not just move in to smash the forehand return
man! this was so seriously good and informative! it's crazy !! it helped that I have same problem with sitters as Milan did... please can you make more of this format ? find a catchy name on this format to that it's your "invention" ;-) I can definitely watch this a number of times and pick up lots of stuff I missed first time around ! fantastic format !
Nick im a ex soccer player , live in romania and started playing tennis after stopping with soccer , in a year due to all of ur videos i corrected my 1 hand backhand my forehand and i have a monster of a serve (im 6'4) i really appreciate the work u put in and without ur videos i would have never acheived a 120+mph serve ! ty NICK
Good job Nikola and Milan! I enjoyed watching you guys very much. Nick, I am wondering how you managed to keep your playing sharpness and focus while trying to coach your oponent at the same time. I think once you get inside the coach's role you tend to be sympathetic for you player. How did it feel to root for and want to the defeat the opponent at the same time?🤭
It’s a great question, in a way not thinking about myself during the set resulted in decent level. My thoughts were 100% on evaluating Milan’s game. Tennis can be very mysterious at times.
Nik, one thing you may not have noticed was that you broke him down mentally. He became more defensive and weaker late in the set. You stepped into that gap and became stronger.
Nik, you ole sly rascal, breaking dat youngin down like a lion catching an eating a cheetah.🦁🐆 Speaking as someone who never reached nowhere near you-alls levels, If Milan would consider looking at Novac's open stance bh. It appear from the rear cam perspective, the rac has to travel from too far behind his body to strike the ball, especially when he's pulled wide and or pushed deep.
I could beat the old guy. He's got a weak game. Just kidding Nick. Lol. I'm older than you and nowhere near your level. But I really enjoy the videos. This type of coaching is extremely valuable for Milan and helps us hackers out here as well. I really like how you tell him to wait on balls that aren't threatening. A problem many of us face. Great video!
Wow...great job this is hard to do playing and winning while coaching and commenting and focusing on the other player is very difficult to do....that would twist anyone's mind
Getting the racket head more on the right hand side of the ball (or atleast picturing it in your ming as you hit) that way you can naturally follow through as your swing comes from right to left. If you imagine hitting the back of the ball, your follow through goes back to forward (not a natural body motion) rather than left to right and loose some power and consistency
Nick's comments about Milan are all very valid, but the biggest criticism that is missing is that Milan fundamentally doesn't know how to hit a serve. His upper body motion is not based on a throwing action, and is therefore quite artificial and uncoordinated. There is no loading of his back leg in the trophy position, and he pushes forwards off that leg totally out of sync with the front leg. The effect of all this is that Milan has very little power or control over the shot. I would immediately get him to start practicing throwing balls overarm every day before serving, and teach him how to load properly with his legs.
at 13:10 you say Milan made a footwork mistake on his +1.. is the mistake that the ball was too wide for a shuffle and he should have used the crossover pattern like you use at 16:13 instead?
This vid just popped up again. I don't know but it seems like Milan plays tight. It's like he's playing not to lose. Also it seem like his elbow is too close to his body during his forehand swing. He also seemed to pull his head up too early instead of holding it still during the swing process. Last but not least, Nik is in his head. The cam maybe making him nervous too. Slow down execute and breathe young Warrior. You have all the tools..
Milan's backhand is really wristy. On his take back he just lays back the wrist, but he's not using his arm or shoulder at all through the swing. He has an excellent backhand slice though. It stays low.
You talked a lot about footwork here. Maybe it'd be helpful to explain what exactly you're referring to? Sorry- maybe this is obvious to everyone else here.
Milan’s Road to Men’s Open EP1
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If I hit the1st serve in the tape, then I hit the 2nd serve at a similar speed to what I hit my 1st serve with, even if I double fault I still will go for a fast 1st serve. But I try to keep my 2nd serves at around 70% power level while I go for 70% or higher up in power for the 1st serve. Depending if I want to use near max level for a 1st serve which I do those when I'm up in points or just or do a normal three quarter match speed serve when behind in points when I don't have all the momentum in the match and put under pressure and behind....I vary the power levels in my serve is because it gives me a greater chance of getting the ball into the court.
can you explain the breathing technique you were doing when moving like at 14:10 ? thanks
I love those match play commentaries, they are super helpful!
I did the match stats, Milan had 61% 1st serve %, with 60% of 1st serve points won, 38% of 2nd serve points won.
Milan did win 3 more points on the longer rallies (5+ shots) but had 15 less points on the 1-4 shot rallies, with the biggest difference on the 3rd shot (serve +1). You won 8 more points on those.
Full stats are on my website
Wow you’re the man 💯🔥
I've watched coach Nik so much that I hear his voice when I make mistakes on the court
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Lol
yeah! like obi wan to Luke !! lol
Ha
This point video is not only useful for Milan. It's full of great tactical tips for all of us watching and trying to improve our game. Tips stick better in our head through real point examples such as these. Thanks as always!
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This is amazing! And it is beautiful that Milan is truly appreciate your couching!
Also it is EXTREMELY great valuable insight about "slowing a serve". It is ruining your motion.
I developed a powerful flat serve with good placement and a decent kick. And from time to time i choose to play a risker kick on T or wide or even a 2nd flat when i "feel it" or see that opponent is disrespecting my serve and step in too much.
And some rec players used to tell me that i do two first serves 😂 and advise me to slow down for safety. By that thay mean a dink serve...
nick did you noticed that there was a lizard on 13:56 XD
Look like a baby snake
Amazing stuff I could watch those videos everyday I enjoy it more than ATP tour!
My man casually beating a utr 12 player while coaching and wearing cool Raybans!!!
Nik is just chill like that
Why did you have to spoil this?
Nick is the UTR 12 and milan is the D2
I know! Walked away a like a boss!
Great high level coaching session.
His career high was 12.6 but now he’s more like 10 nick is probably 11
I'm at 0:45 and already know its gonna be a great video!!!
It's one of the best coaching videos that I've seen. Anaylzing weaknesses first on a natural environment and then go after to fix them with training. Excellent..
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This was a excellent video, and you just made a valuable point I also say a professional like yourself can pick a part an amateur in about a game of play. You could have beat him very badly, but you wanted people to see even good amateurs have problems with their footwork and short balls. I think both of you played some really great tennis, and you could have kept hitting low shots and got him to make a ton of errors. I also recognize the language, my grandfather was from Poland and spoke 4 languages and I think Milan was speaking Croatian it sounded familiar. Hahe This is one of the best videos I’ve seen on here. I also love how humble you are my friend. You are a good man my friend.
Thank you. Yes both Milan and I are from Split, Croatia
@@IntuitiveTennis I love that country and the people from Croatia, I am a retired Chef and boy Zoe is from Croatia, and my other buddy Stan is from Russia and they are funny together in the Restaurant. My Great Grandfather is from Croatia, and Grandfather on my fathers side is from Poland and I have relatives from Ukraine, and Romania. It’s a small world my dude. The food is amazing from those countries. My grandmother used to make Pulaski’s which is Polish Potato pancakes with onions, and cheese in it. So good and delicious my friend. You fellas played a great match and I always enjoy watching your videos my friend.
Blown away by the quality of your coaching, thank you for posting this!
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Great format! Even though I'll never reach this level I appreciate where you emphasize fundamentals that apply even at the ~4.0 level
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I know that Nick is an all-round mad good player. But I love your serve in particular. It looks so effortless (I know that is a result of years and years of putting in the effort) but it seems to come off so quick. Awesome to see.
This was a fantastic watch. Very thoughtful and intentional. A little mental game too, cuz sometimes you have to have faith and go all out, especially with those first serves.
I hope Nik records more matches, it's so fun seeing him play sets!
Really enjoyed this coaching session and learned a lot! Thank you.
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Amazing Nick and Amazing Milan. Love it. Quality stuff!
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you got a visitor on the sidelines at 13:58 😂
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11:37 Nice point Nick
I really enjoy watching these match play commentaries. Really enjoyable and insightful.
I watched a futures final live between Arthur Fery who's top 400 in the world and another very talented brit player who's around 500 in the world and it seems to me that one of the most important abilities at the high level is being able to turn defence into attack from deep in the corners(especially the backhand side and open stance) by keeping the ball deep with considerable pace to force the other player to miss or to put them on immediate defence.
Fery was masterful at this. Whenever the other guy put Fery under pressure by hitting deep and hard into the corners, Fery's defensive capabilities were incredible and most of the time, he won the point.
It's one thing to hit big but another thing to hit big and deep when in a defensive position especially open stance on the backhand side.
It amazes me how well the pro players do this. Players at the rec or even highish level(just below futures) dont really have this ability.
Great video Nick👍
Thank you Fery is a great player 💯
@@IntuitiveTennis yes. He can be top 150 maybe even top 100. He has such a great all round game and he has a great tennis IQ.
This was really helpful and insightful, thank you!
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You are not an old, stiff guy.... You are amazing BRE. Ali ozbiljno! 😊
Love this mid-court drill near the end of the video. I often find that this is a ball you get when you've created advantage from your serve or from a good forehand but also one that threatens that advantage. Particularly on the slice balls, chips, etc., that get below your waist and rob you of the advantage you've gained.
Mid court is so important
Love these types of videos.
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9:25 you scared the birds with your forehand Nic
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Amazing coaching and content. 💯
I appreciate that!
Great match Nick and Milan! 👍👍
Thank you Hans
Awesome video. Thanks!!
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Nicely done both of you 😊
Thank you Javi
So good !
I have no words
Thanks Nik
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Great content Nick!
Let’s go Milan!
Thank you 🙏
Great content!
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Great video man! It is entertaining and helpful. Keep up the good work.
One thing I want to point out though is at 18:07. That second serve is not actually good, it goes directly to opponent's forehand where it is common for strong player to have strong forehand. They will likely just smash the forehand return easily like you did or take advantage of it easily. Better choice for second serve to hit it out wide to the backhand or to the middle where your opponent need to pick between backhand or forehand and not just move in to smash the forehand return
man! this was so seriously good and informative! it's crazy !! it helped that I have same problem with sitters as Milan did...
please can you make more of this format ? find a catchy name on this format to that it's your "invention" ;-)
I can definitely watch this a number of times and pick up lots of stuff I missed first time around !
fantastic format !
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Nick im a ex soccer player , live in romania and started playing tennis after stopping with soccer , in a year due to all of ur videos i corrected my 1 hand backhand my forehand and i have a monster of a serve (im 6'4) i really appreciate the work u put in and without ur videos i would have never acheived a 120+mph serve ! ty NICK
th-cam.com/video/LrquoUhcqTg/w-d-xo.html - nick's video on the high ohb
That’s a good video on the high 1-hb
Did you switch from the pure drive to the Wilson shift? Great match. Milan is a great athlete. Enjoyed
Dead-ball drill was good. Milan was ripping those first-serves during the cone drills.
Awesome video! I'd love to see a hard-court version of the match as well!
Nick would destroy Milan on hard court.
This was fantastic thx
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Excellent!
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Good job Nikola and Milan! I enjoyed watching you guys very much.
Nick, I am wondering how you managed to keep your playing sharpness and focus while trying to coach your oponent at the same time. I think once you get inside the coach's role you tend to be sympathetic for you player. How did it feel to root for and want to the defeat the opponent at the same time?🤭
It’s a great question, in a way not thinking about myself during the set resulted in decent level. My thoughts were 100% on evaluating Milan’s game. Tennis can be very mysterious at times.
Nik, one thing you may not have noticed was that you broke him down mentally. He became more defensive and weaker late in the set. You stepped into that gap and became stronger.
Nik, you ole sly rascal, breaking dat youngin down like a lion catching an eating a cheetah.🦁🐆 Speaking as someone who never reached nowhere near you-alls levels, If Milan would consider looking at Novac's open stance bh. It appear from the rear cam perspective, the rac has to travel from too far behind his body to strike the ball, especially when he's pulled wide and or pushed deep.
I could beat the old guy. He's got a weak game. Just kidding Nick. Lol. I'm older than you and nowhere near your level. But I really enjoy the videos. This type of coaching is extremely valuable for Milan and helps us hackers out here as well. I really like how you tell him to wait on balls that aren't threatening. A problem many of us face. Great video!
Thank you
When I'm serving, I imagine I'm pitching a baseball game. Different speeds as well as different locations and spins.
loving those courts! what city is that? so green a lush
Wow...great job this is hard to do playing and winning while coaching and commenting and focusing on the other player is very difficult to do....that would twist anyone's mind
it would be interesting to hear your thoughts on Shift :)
Nick, can you explain what you mean about the difference between footwork and speed.
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Nick mentions “come around the ball” several times in the 2nd part of the video. Does anyone know what that really means? Getting more under the ball?
Getting the racket head more on the right hand side of the ball (or atleast picturing it in your ming as you hit) that way you can naturally follow through as your swing comes from right to left. If you imagine hitting the back of the ball, your follow through goes back to forward (not a natural body motion) rather than left to right and loose some power and consistency
Which racquet are you using?
You can still beat Milan in your mid40s I can’t imagine what you would do to him in your prime😂
Lol waiting for the day someone beats Nick, bring in Djokovic!
Milan had quite many foot faults on the deuce side, if my understanding is correct.
How would nick do against the Du?
any reason why you guys are playing on this type of courts and not in totally hard courts? great video btw
Doesn’t make much of a difference
Har-tru is common in Florida?
Gold 🥇
Thank you
Lord those pickleball lines 😂
Nick's comments about Milan are all very valid, but the biggest criticism that is missing is that Milan fundamentally doesn't know how to hit a serve. His upper body motion is not based on a throwing action, and is therefore quite artificial and uncoordinated. There is no loading of his back leg in the trophy position, and he pushes forwards off that leg totally out of sync with the front leg. The effect of all this is that Milan has very little power or control over the shot. I would immediately get him to start practicing throwing balls overarm every day before serving, and teach him how to load properly with his legs.
Milan has a fundamentally sound serve, hits it plenty fast too.
Milan’s biggest weakness-by far-is the short length of his socks. 🧦
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at 13:10 you say Milan made a footwork mistake on his +1.. is the mistake that the ball was too wide for a shuffle and he should have used the crossover pattern like you use at 16:13 instead?
Very very cool
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Nick, what part of Florida do you live? I would like to book some lessons in person with you
I'd like to ask permission to use the excuse that I suck because Nikola is not training me.
It looked pretty even, until it didn't. Nick is just on another level
At 10:20 Milan should’ve positioned a little back to be able hit the ball more in front and cross the shot above the net
This vid just popped up again. I don't know but it seems like Milan plays tight. It's like he's playing not to lose. Also it seem like his elbow is too close to his body during his forehand swing. He also seemed to pull his head up too early instead of holding it still during the swing process. Last but not least, Nik is in his head. The cam maybe making him nervous too. Slow down execute and breathe young Warrior. You have all the tools..
tell milan the first thing he gotta do is wear long socks
Milan's backhand is really wristy. On his take back he just lays back the wrist, but he's not using his arm or shoulder at all through the swing. He has an excellent backhand slice though. It stays low.
The opposite is more accurate
damn, milan is being roasted so hard here.
Coach Nick's game is too strong, it felt like even if Milan was to be more aggressive he wouldn't be able to outhit those flat bombs.
Nick you should challenge mytennishq to a match
Good video content. Milan just doesn't have any real offensive weapons. Too much of a counter puncher.
Mel Purcell: Highlight-reel shots are impossible to consistently maintain over the course of a match.
Alcaraz: Hold my beer.
You talked a lot about footwork here. Maybe it'd be helpful to explain what exactly you're referring to? Sorry- maybe this is obvious to everyone else here.
Should just play as normal and then add voice over commentary later with replays if needed to explain what you wanna get at.
Why always playing Milan . Bring some division 1 players or even pros
Why's his skin so pale? Shouldn't players be tanned from playing in the sun a lot
He wears sunscreen and I’ve protective clothing
all that useless and meaningless talk between points just ruins the video
Check out Winston Du channel. He has great matches (no coaching)