You’re a great coach. When I was a protege of Nick Bolletieri along with Agassi and courier in the mid 80s, we would play a set where one of us could not pass the baseline or we’d lose the point automatically. Your video and instructions are great. Thanks! Agassi did it best for sure!
I do it rather often because I want to play a bit more aggressively and not get stuck having to run a lot in a neverending rally :'D It does feel more risky to hit the ball early, but if you keep doing it, I find that surprisingly many actually work out just fine. Despite that slightly uncomfortable, uncertain feeling. And the rewards can be great. I think it does require an even more intense, active focus / state of mind though, and quick feet.
@@MeikeBabelTennis I have a couple of tennis friends whose go-to ground stroke is a slice or flat shot where there IS NO rise. So just by the nature of playing against these particular opponents, I have to get close to the bounce or else the ball is only an inch or two off the ground. 😝
My right handed forehand is weak. If I put a little bit of force on my forehand then it easily goes "Out". My 90% of forehands goes out. So for now I have slowed down my forehand to hit "in" forehands. Which video would you recommend of your channel to watch in-order to drastically improve my forehand with speed & precision of hitting "in". Please help.
Would you say its easier to hit lower incoming balls on the rise ie slices, flat groudstrokes? I'm imagining moonballs or heavy looping spin balls may not be appropriate to take early. Great video thanks
Great lesson from my perspective so many players don’t have the footwork or energy to move constantly move into the optimal hitting position. Being an old high school tennis coach I was a big fan of Jimmy Connors. His feet never stopped moving as he got into position. The first time I watched McEnroe I noticed he constantly moved forward into many of his shots talking it on the rise and then going forward. Andre Agassi was a master of hitting on the rise and dominating a point while standing near or inside the baseline. The prevalence of top spin in today’s game seems to put many players into the hit and wait for the ball to fall mode. Unless you are hitting against and exceptional heavy top spin it’s to you advantage to move forward and take that slow light weight top spin on the rise. The closer you get into the court the greater your possible angles become. Then you can move them wide to one side with one shot then follow up with a down the line to the opposite side or hit behind them once they break to cover the open court. This is an athletic chess game.
Great staff, just a question, when taking on the rise but mentally defending, is there technical difference from attacking? I found it much difficult with open stance, but also difficult if I choose to backward a bit to avoid hitting on the rise when defending.
Thank you Meike. I often don’t react quick enough to the incoming ball and end up hitting the ball at its peak, rather than taking it on the rise. Should I have a mindset of anticipation or based on the quality of my previous shot to always be moving forward to take the ball on the rise?
Both I would say. But it's a really good way to anticipate when your previous shot put a lot of pressure on your opponent. It's most likely going to be a lower quality shot that you can attack
Tiriac was the first to coin Ping-pong style referencing Mecir. He was different from the Connors/Aggassi flat style. He covered both sides like ..well..ping-pongers and kept it smooth and compact with more top. I used to emulate the Connors tactic but slowed a step and got much better at reading. So quicker read and covering with safer harder top eschewing the sidelines gives me more effective net approaches. I gain the time I steal from my opponent and run way less by dominating the high ground of the center. Oh if they manage to find the deep corners which are open behind me I just hit a chopping sidearm smash or knifer. These are wicked as you cannot read their depth or whether they will slide or stick.
One of the most successful on-the-rise-hitters must be Bencic. She hits almost everything open stance and on the rise. When watching her matches, it is very obvious and shows exactly how effective this is to stress the opponents into making mistakes.
@@MeikeBabelTennis Meike, please help! I mishit so many short balls today. I'm not reading them correctly, not getting to them on time, and then trying to do too much with them once I arrive late. Need a lesson on this.
There is that button, you know, it’s called “forward” if you think you get it without understanding why you’re supposed to execute a shot a certain way
You’re a great coach. When I was a protege of Nick Bolletieri along with Agassi and courier in the mid 80s, we would play a set where one of us could not pass the baseline or we’d lose the point automatically. Your video and instructions are great. Thanks! Agassi did it best for sure!
That was really the generation who ushered in that new aggressive play style
I do it rather often because I want to play a bit more aggressively and not get stuck having to run a lot in a neverending rally :'D
It does feel more risky to hit the ball early, but if you keep doing it, I find that surprisingly many actually work out just fine. Despite that slightly uncomfortable, uncertain feeling. And the rewards can be great.
I think it does require an even more intense, active focus / state of mind though, and quick feet.
Yes, I agree! You have to be "more alert" to see that the ball is attackable
@@MeikeBabelTennis I have a couple of tennis friends whose go-to ground stroke is a slice or flat shot where there IS NO rise. So just by the nature of playing against these particular opponents, I have to get close to the bounce or else the ball is only an inch or two off the ground. 😝
6:27 and then I'm out of breath😂
My right handed forehand is weak. If I put a little bit of force on my forehand then it easily goes "Out".
My 90% of forehands goes out.
So for now I have slowed down my forehand to hit "in" forehands.
Which video would you recommend of your channel to watch in-order to drastically improve my forehand with speed & precision of hitting "in".
Please help.
I'd go with this one: th-cam.com/video/HvZFMaB6iMs/w-d-xo.html
I love all your videos Meike, insightful, great explanations , great examples of how, why, etc .
Thank you so much!
Would you say its easier to hit lower incoming balls on the rise ie slices, flat groudstrokes? I'm imagining moonballs or heavy looping spin balls may not be appropriate to take early.
Great video thanks
Great lesson from my perspective so many players don’t have the footwork or energy to move constantly move into the optimal hitting position. Being an old high school tennis coach I was a big fan of Jimmy Connors. His feet never stopped moving as he got into position. The first time I watched McEnroe I noticed he constantly moved forward into many of his shots talking it on the rise and then going forward. Andre Agassi was a master of hitting on the rise and dominating a point while standing near or inside the baseline. The prevalence of top spin in today’s game seems to put many players into the hit and wait for the ball to fall mode. Unless you are hitting against and exceptional heavy top spin it’s to you advantage to move forward and take that slow light weight top spin on the rise. The closer you get into the court the greater your possible angles become. Then you can move them wide to one side with one shot then follow up with a down the line to the opposite side or hit behind them once they break to cover the open court. This is an athletic chess game.
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Great staff, just a question, when taking on the rise but mentally defending, is there technical difference from attacking? I found it much difficult with open stance, but also difficult if I choose to backward a bit to avoid hitting on the rise when defending.
You may have to shorten your backswing when you defend and I would definitely then go cross court.
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Thank you Meike. I often don’t react quick enough to the incoming ball and end up hitting the ball at its peak, rather than taking it on the rise. Should I have a mindset of anticipation or based on the quality of my previous shot to always be moving forward to take the ball on the rise?
Both I would say. But it's a really good way to anticipate when your previous shot put a lot of pressure on your opponent. It's most likely going to be a lower quality shot that you can attack
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Thank you Meike
Can you provide a link to the fuzzy yellow balls singles playbook. I can’t find it in the description
one of the best "feeling" play in tennis when you get it right
Agree!
Tiriac was the first to coin Ping-pong style referencing Mecir. He was different from the Connors/Aggassi flat style. He covered both sides like ..well..ping-pongers and kept it smooth and compact with more top. I used to emulate the Connors tactic but slowed a step and got much better at reading. So quicker read and covering with safer harder top eschewing the sidelines gives me more effective net approaches. I gain the time I steal from my opponent and run way less by dominating the high ground of the center. Oh if they manage to find the deep corners which are open behind me I just hit a chopping sidearm smash or knifer. These are wicked as you cannot read their depth or whether they will slide or stick.
YT channel Feel Tennis put out a video today that has a different perspective. Interesting.
One of the most successful on-the-rise-hitters must be Bencic. She hits almost everything open stance and on the rise. When watching her matches, it is very obvious and shows exactly how effective this is to stress the opponents into making mistakes.
It’s a useful video. Thanks .
Glad it was helpful!
I do it mostly on defense when the ball is heavy and close to the baseline and offensively when returning kick serves because I'm closer to the net.
Geacias
Great Vid!
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Great lesson Meike. Great drills. I will need to watch this one a few times.
Awesome, thank you!
@@MeikeBabelTennis Meike, please help! I mishit so many short balls today. I'm not reading them correctly, not getting to them on time, and then trying to do too much with them once I arrive late. Need a lesson on this.
4 minutes and still no action….
There is that button, you know, it’s called “forward” if you think you get it without understanding why you’re supposed to execute a shot a certain way