As of right now, I'd say that this is the most interesting non pro match video channel on TH-cam. The videos are put together so well, not too long, not too short and tell a good story reach time!
NICE Playing!! Cedric looks like a super tough all court player. He's got great court coverage, groundstrokes, and net game. You stayed super tough and kept getting better. Haha I noticed both of you guys doing some underarm serves??
Great win! Also, like to see the great sportsmanship between you two. Sometimes, maybe often, underhand serves are kind of a trigger for people in my little area of SoCal. But it's honestly totally fair game and really helps if double faults creep in or just to mix it up.
Congratulations on the win and the mental toughness to come back from the first set. You win more points on your forehand when your toes are at the baseline or moving forward. Backhand down the line was working. Maybe throw in some drop shots when you know your opponent is struggling physically. Great match!
great match. Definitely hard to play against a consistent player like that. Would love to see some more aggressive plays that would break his rhythm because he definitely seemed to be a rhythm player
Suggestion. Include some kind of speedometer. It would be awesome to see the speed of the strokes. One could relate to the situations and perhaps do some strategic thinking and mental training on stroke selections.
Subbed! I also started recording my matches recently and at 3.5 and would be amazing to get to 4.5 in a few years if I'm consistent and put in the work. It's great seeing your level and what I can aspire to play like if I want to get to 4.5, but for now need to focus on winning at my level :)
I feel you it would be fun if you appeared on Winston Du's channel or if he appeared in yours. Would totally watch that. See you play some of their 5.0 or top juniors.
Hey Kevin, great match to watch and love your channel! I think once you relaxed into the match you started to swing through the ball more and got more depth. In the first set you were tight and trying to hit hard, but hitting shorter as your strokes were shortened. I notice you get a lot of attacking opportunities where you have opened up the court for either an approach shot or outright winner, but you still loop the ball nice and high allowing your opponent time to revover instead of driving the ball much lower and taking time away. I think if you commit to trying to flatten out your forehand when you are in offensive positions you will become a much more dangerous player. You don't even need to risk hitting hard and overhitting - just hitting flatter will take more time away from your opponent if you aren't confident of hitting so hard. Not much point hitting hard balls if they loops so high that your opponent can retrieve - it just tires you out more? Also, you never seem to hit drop shots? There were many opportunities where you ran your opponent side to side and he's deep behind the baseline - these are perfect opportunities to mix things up and bring him scrambling to net to chase a drop shot, or even to hit a low attacking slice instead of looping it back like a neutral ball and just re-setting the rally when you have the advantage!
1) Can you let us know how Cedric does against Slicer Hassaan? Interested to see how much difference Cedric’s net savvy and greater willingness to attack, makes. 2) it might be a good idea to hit some drop shots on a few mid court balls. The real benefit would be to plant the drop shot idea in your opponents head and make them take a step or two closer to the baseline. Cedric just camped behind the baseline and never had to worry about a short ball. 3) If the double faults were due to the strings they would occur more randomly and not on so many break points. The tried and true solution is to just hit a second serve on the first serve in nervy situations. It’s not like your first serve is so big that you’re necessarily giving up a service winner, nor is your second serve super weak and being plastered. Don’t let ego get in the way of winning. 3) The TH-cam All Calf Tennis Championships . 😮😂
Would love to play Winston one day haha. I honestly don’t know where it came from. I had many coaches as a junior and they never mentioned it so my best guess is that every time i took a decent lengthed break from tennis, my grip got slightly more western. It started out as semi-western
Great job on the comeback! Impressive! It was certainly the right decision to change your game plan! I really like the way you hit your backhand! Looks beautiful! Not as crazy about your forehand, however. It's good, but it looks like maybe you hit the ball not quite out in front enough so you end up having to swipe up on the ball. Good for spin, but not as good for driving through the court... It would probably help you to go to the net sometimes to keep him from being able to just lob the ball back to you to reset the point after you hit a good shot... I know that's not really your game, but it's probably worth working on.... You were tired, though, so maybe your decision to play from the backcourt was the right one...
@@kvnliang Yup, we all get into bad habits without realizing it. Damn hard to correct things, but getting back to basics once in a while is a good thing... Good luck to you!
Great fight by both of you. A few thoughts. On average, you overhit the ball with not enough shape. You really don't put enough depth pressure on your opponent. I estimate that 80% of your shots land inside the service box. Try to hit higher over the net with plenty of topspin/shape on the ball and look for the short reply. Also, you may slightly over think the match. Your double faulting definitely is mental. Most people that double fault do so because they decelerate their swing on their second serve. Hit the second serve just as hard as the first with the same height on the toss, but with more spin to eliminate doubles.
Your game is good but is suffering due to the fact that you dont move into your shots and actually back up in cases where you should be pressing the net. Your ground strokes if possible, should be weight moving forward into the ball... Aggressively attacking with approach shots into a volley. Your slices will have more pace that is knifed, back hand and forehand will improve with your extreme grip before you'll be hitting through or down on the ball. Stop backing up...Agassi refused toback off the baseline. This kept his opponents pressed back with constant pressure.
As of right now, I'd say that this is the most interesting non pro match video channel on TH-cam. The videos are put together so well, not too long, not too short and tell a good story reach time!
Wow thank you! Really appreciate it
I’ve gotta agree, my editing is nowhere near this level 😂 I gotta respect the time he’s putting into it
You have a future in TV production. Your videos are so well produced, edited and narrated.
Thank you! Maybe one day 🙂
OWN PERSONAL TENNIS COURT? So sick. Great video, man. Also loved seeing your match and the commentary from Kevin on his channel!
Thank you! The courts were super cool and very clean. And yeah was very fortunate to have coach Kevin do a review of that match. Super helpful :)
Great video! Heart was racing throughout the tiebreakers!
NICE Playing!! Cedric looks like a super tough all court player. He's got great court coverage, groundstrokes, and net game. You stayed super tough and kept getting better.
Haha I noticed both of you guys doing some underarm serves??
Thanks Matt! And yeah we both threw in underhands in the final tiebreaks due to nerves haha
Great win! Also, like to see the great sportsmanship between you two. Sometimes, maybe often, underhand serves are kind of a trigger for people in my little area of SoCal. But it's honestly totally fair game and really helps if double faults creep in or just to mix it up.
hit him with my favorite one two combo!! double fault!! love your deadpan humour haha😁
subbed! loved your content!
Thank you!
Marathon. These matches are some of the most gratifying to win - huge shame that it still dropped your UTR, though. Thanks for the video
Thank you! This win felt great for sure
Great comeback!
F**k yeah, keep up the good work!
Congratulations on the win and the mental toughness to come back from the first set. You win more points on your forehand when your toes are at the baseline or moving forward. Backhand down the line was working. Maybe throw in some drop shots when you know your opponent is struggling physically. Great match!
Some long points! I never have the patience for those. Kudos!
great match. Definitely hard to play against a consistent player like that. Would love to see some more aggressive plays that would break his rhythm because he definitely seemed to be a rhythm player
Good mental fortitude after the first set and good job down shifting your hitting aggression so your error rate dropped down 🎾💪
Thanks coach! 💪
Suggestion. Include some kind of speedometer. It would be awesome to see the speed of the strokes. One could relate to the situations and perhaps do some strategic thinking and mental training on stroke selections.
Good suggestion, will look into that in the future! I do use swing vision so it is possible
Subbed! I also started recording my matches recently and at 3.5 and would be amazing to get to 4.5 in a few years if I'm consistent and put in the work. It's great seeing your level and what I can aspire to play like if I want to get to 4.5, but for now need to focus on winning at my level :)
Thank you! And yeah keep playing you’ll get there for sure 💪
I feel you it would be fun if you appeared on Winston Du's channel or if he appeared in yours. Would totally watch that. See you play some of their 5.0 or top juniors.
That would be awesome! Hopefully will be able to one day
Hey Kevin, great match to watch and love your channel! I think once you relaxed into the match you started to swing through the ball more and got more depth. In the first set you were tight and trying to hit hard, but hitting shorter as your strokes were shortened.
I notice you get a lot of attacking opportunities where you have opened up the court for either an approach shot or outright winner, but you still loop the ball nice and high allowing your opponent time to revover instead of driving the ball much lower and taking time away. I think if you commit to trying to flatten out your forehand when you are in offensive positions you will become a much more dangerous player. You don't even need to risk hitting hard and overhitting - just hitting flatter will take more time away from your opponent if you aren't confident of hitting so hard. Not much point hitting hard balls if they loops so high that your opponent can retrieve - it just tires you out more?
Also, you never seem to hit drop shots? There were many opportunities where you ran your opponent side to side and he's deep behind the baseline - these are perfect opportunities to mix things up and bring him scrambling to net to chase a drop shot, or even to hit a low attacking slice instead of looping it back like a neutral ball and just re-setting the rally when you have the advantage!
Thanks! And yeah I’m working on adding more variety to my game at the moment 👍
1) Can you let us know how Cedric does against Slicer Hassaan? Interested to see how much difference Cedric’s net savvy and greater willingness to attack, makes. 2) it might be a good idea to hit some drop shots on a few mid court balls. The real benefit would be to plant the drop shot idea in your opponents head and make them take a step or two closer to the baseline. Cedric just camped behind the baseline and never had to worry about a short ball. 3) If the double faults were due to the strings they would occur more randomly and not on so many break points. The tried and true solution is to just hit a second serve on the first serve in nervy situations. It’s not like your first serve is so big that you’re necessarily giving up a service winner, nor is your second serve super weak and being plastered. Don’t let ego get in the way of winning. 3) The TH-cam All Calf Tennis Championships . 😮😂
Haha 😂 Thanks! And yeah definitely need to vary up my game. I will update with the other results in my next videos
Where did you learn that Western grip? A Match against Winston du would be great
Would love to play Winston one day haha. I honestly don’t know where it came from. I had many coaches as a junior and they never mentioned it so my best guess is that every time i took a decent lengthed break from tennis, my grip got slightly more western. It started out as semi-western
Yeah a match against Winston would be really cool. i think that it would be a close match
Wonder how old Cedric is. The baseline grinding and length of rallies looks exhausting.
@@acidape669 Not sure, but i definitely had the age advantage by quite a few years. His speed/stamina is really impressive
Great job on the comeback! Impressive! It was certainly the right decision to change your game plan!
I really like the way you hit your backhand! Looks beautiful!
Not as crazy about your forehand, however. It's good, but it looks like maybe you hit the ball not quite out in front enough so you end up having to swipe up on the ball. Good for spin, but not as good for driving through the court...
It would probably help you to go to the net sometimes to keep him from being able to just lob the ball back to you to reset the point after you hit a good shot... I know that's not really your game, but it's probably worth working on.... You were tired, though, so maybe your decision to play from the backcourt was the right one...
Thank you! I do need to work on driving my forehand more. Think i have been building up some bad habits
@@kvnliang Yup, we all get into bad habits without realizing it. Damn hard to correct things, but getting back to basics once in a while is a good thing... Good luck to you!
hey Kevin, what is your racket specification especially the racket weight ? curious
@@bettafish6 I use the Head Speed Pro
310g unstrung weight
18/20 string pattern
100in head
27in length
16:48 not including the serve it was a 50 ball rally
Great fight by both of you. A few thoughts. On average, you overhit the ball with not enough shape. You really don't put enough depth pressure on your opponent. I estimate that 80% of your shots land inside the service box. Try to hit higher over the net with plenty of topspin/shape on the ball and look for the short reply. Also, you may slightly over think the match. Your double faulting definitely is mental. Most people that double fault do so because they decelerate their swing on their second serve. Hit the second serve just as hard as the first with the same height on the toss, but with more spin to eliminate doubles.
what courts are these
That dude's personal court he said
Is this camera angle better?
No
Hey Kevin,
I am your 857th subscriber. I will request meet up at 100K subs
The same as last Match, no dropshots
does this mean another tiebreak win?
i hate tiebreaks man
@@kvnliang but you do seem to win a lot of them
Your game is good but is suffering due to the fact that you dont move into your shots and actually back up in cases where you should be pressing the net.
Your ground strokes if possible, should be weight moving forward into the ball... Aggressively attacking with approach shots into a volley.
Your slices will have more pace that is knifed, back hand and forehand will improve with your extreme grip before you'll be hitting through or down on the ball.
Stop backing up...Agassi refused toback off the baseline. This kept his opponents pressed back with constant pressure.
Thank you! Will have to work on moving forward more.
marathon
Put some socks on