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We need more of these commented match play videos. Safin's style of play and the mistakes he makes are very similar to mine. So I can take a lot from this video. Thank you Nik!!!
Milan such a humble guy words of encouragement to his opponent and thanking him very much for playing after beating him 6-1. That’s humility and a classy person.
The one thing I would add, is you made an excellent point, when you mentioned footwork, I think that because of footwork, most players at every level miss shots, because they didn’t move. Excellent point you made Coach.
@@IntuitiveTennis Nick this the biggest problem I am having, because of the two hip replacements. So I try and keep my feet moving during rallies. If I can get my footwork back, I would be a 4.5 or maybe even a 5.0 player. I was so fast when I played in the 90s, I used to be able to run an 4.9 to 5.1 in the 40 yard dash. My best friend Alfonzo Harris could run 4.4 and 4.5 in the 40 and he was a tough fella to tackle, so I learnt footwork by playing football, so I trained that way in tennis. I used to run the tennis lines, and that helped me with every shot, but most importantly I taught me to never quit on points. Maybe you can train the fellas to run the lines, and you and I can watch them run while we eat some Doritos. Hahe all jokes aside, I started running 40 yard dashes at 5.4 to 5.5, but by practicing against Alfonzo I got much faster my friend. The only difference is that we were track shoes which can give a few extra seconds, so if time them on a football field, the time will be faster then the tennis courts, because of the track shoes, believe me these drills work my friend. You are a great coach, because you’re not sugarcoating your talks to the father and the player. I have learnt a lot from you and your videos. When I win my tournament in December I will be wearing one of your t-shirts. I usually don’t support you tubers because most of them are complete grifters, and I appreciate your honesty and integrity my friend.
Man.. i feel sorry for Milan (sorry if I said his name wrong) for giving him so low credit! I saw previous videos of him training with Nik and he's a beast! He has to trust his game and have more confidence! My highlight of Safin was during the 13min of the video, showed a noticiable higher intensity than the beginning.. but then again, maybe he's pacing himself so he lasts the match and doesn't burn out? Very great content Nik, your comments are gold for us, as you said in your previous video "the importance of match play" is key, watching this kind of content with your insights its awesome.. Thanks!!
GOD bless you young people to be able to keep playing on these hard courts and not feel any pain after playing on what I call knee killers. I played on the hard tru yesterday and I felt no pain afterwards. This was a excellent match, and great coaching my friend. I am thinking of Milan hit a more a flatter forehand on put away shots, it would help out in his matches. It’s also to see Milan not wearing a hat, I literally thought he slept with his hats on! Hahe I was demoing some new racquets yesterday and I am liking the Yonax on serves, and the Pro Staff on ground strokes, it’s a little heavier, I also like the head racquets, they are nice. I have always played with Wilson racquets, but I really like the Yonex when hitting slice and kick serves. I would say that the Yonex strings are complete trash, and I broke strings on two different racquets. Dude I am 51 year old disabled man, and if I am hitting serves hard enough to break a string, the strings are trash. I am wondering what type of strings these fellas are using?
@@IntuitiveTennisk I just got some Wilson Revolve Spin 17g for my Wilson Profile 95, I wanted to see how it feels. Have you ever tried these strings before? I am just curious what you think of these types of strings. I look forward to seeing your video discussing this topic. Ty coach
@@IntuitiveTennis me either, I only have 11 bucks invested in the strings, and I am looking for a stringer to string tennis rackets, I used to string my own rackets when I played in tournaments, and I loved stringing my own rackets because I could try different strings and different tensions. I also have been a player who always had a lower tension in the profiles, I usually sting 38, 35, and 40, my friends at the time strung their racquets in the high 60s and lower 70s. My coach at the time always taught us to let the racquets work for you, and not you working for the racquets. Control is easy for me because I literally have the most basic swing in tennis. I just bring the racquet back and use very little topspin on contact, I just step into the ball and swing through the ball, so I am trying different strings to get a feel for the ball and get my touch back at the net. Ashley and I have been playing mini tennis, and now from watching your videos she can serve from the service line. I have to be honest, I enjoyed playing with the demos yesterday and trying modern racquets. I like Boabolet, and the Yonex, the Blade wasn’t balanced enough for me to hit proper topspin, but my flat strokes were accurate, deep, and on the lines. I was hitting some great slice serves and kick serves, until the stupid Yenox strings broke, on two separate and completely different racquets, the Yonex broke strings, and the Blade broke a string on my second ball I hit on serve and it was a kick serve, and the strings, so I am going with a different string if I get a Yonex racquet, I like Boabolet better for every shot, it was a much lighter racquet. So I will let you know about the strings on your string video. I lost 25 pounds my good man, from using your videos. Ty
Man this is such a great training video. Lots of valuable lessons to be learned. Listen to Nick’s comments. Watch how both players are constantly on their toes and moving their feet to be ready or adjust to the ball. They use different spins, placement and net clearance to work and construct each point. TH-cam is a great learning tool but at the end of the day nothing beats working with a teaching pro on an actual court to develop your game. Just an opinion from an old high school tennis coach. Nick has one of the best tennis channels on TH-cam. He is the real deal 🎾🎾
Now, THAT is good content. Very good format. High level set with live commentary is just amazing. It is amazing because you instantly understand what is going on, why X guy missed and what he has to do to improve. That just clicks with our own games. SO you are coaching safim and all the internet at the same time.
Love the format of coaching commentary during the play. Very impressed by both players. Safin, way to go putting yourself out there. It's brave, and I think you'll learn a lot from this.
Watching this match was kind of like watching a horror movie... I would see Safin hit a series of solid shots, then move Milan off the court with a really good one to get a short ball, and then come in for the approach and I'm watching anxiously thinking "oh no Safin don't put this one in the net give it some spin omg I can't watch noooooo..." Following Safin's progress I feel invested now and am rooting for him... Like Nick said, he's a junior and wasn't that far off from a former D2 level player, so close... c'mon Safin, you can do it!
@@ZOMBIELANDakaUSA it was 6-1, but there were multiple deuces in the first and third game, and in the third game Safin had break point and played a first serve that was pretty clearly out. Qualitatively, though Safin was able to hang with a high level player that most rec players would struggle to win points against, and many of the points he lost were points he where he had the advantage and then missed the putaway shot, whether it was a volley, overhead, or forehand from the service line. I think it's a good sign that for his potential that he had Milan on the defensive for much of the match
Great video, and great teaching Nick! I just started playing in January, and learning so much from your videos. Really appreciate what you’re doing. PS good luck to Safin! He’s doing incredibly well.
Master pro Nick does it again. Valuable insights on strategy& mindset. Will heed his advice & play aggressive @ the Net. Half court game is super important will keep in mind in my future match play 👌🏼
Terrific content Nik. Like you’ve mentioned previously it’s about more matches for Safin. His matchcraft will improve such as better shot selection, couple that with further training with you on specific growth areas, eg. treatment of short ball and Safin is certain to improve and achieve his College goal.
Love this content and explaining point plays and strategies - made me understand tennis way more. Safin's definitely got some good foundation - just needs more practice and gets solid. Milan is such a nice guy trying to encourage the young man - Thoroughly enjoyed this episode!
Very entertaining. Very educational. imho, you made one very important acknowledgement and that is that sometimes a player may make a "wrong" shot selection according to convention but they execute well and win the point which makes it a "good" selection for them.
Love it. ❤️ The dialogue with his dad. The critiques. The encouragement... The overhead issue is from lack of strength. Hopefully he will get stronger, but at the same time he need to hit the gym. His front court issues could be from his lack of concentrating on the ball 'through' the contact process. The serve toss issues may be from turning his shoulders and body away from the ball a little too much during the trophy position. Not really trying to run all the balls down appear to be again, from lack of strength. He just doesn't have the energy to consistently move. Don't know how old he is so it's hard to know where he is physically. Like the other player said; "the potential is there, he just need to put it all together". I concur. 👍
I loved this video Nick. I can see a lot of myself in Safin as I am an aggressive style of player with a single hander but I too can make easy mistakes especially in the mid-court and at the net. If Safin can cut down on his errors, beef up his serve and get more decisive in the forecourt and net, good things will come his way. As a side note, tennis is a really hard sport to play as there are so many variables so I think it is super important to keep your game simple and how ypu want to play very clear. Indecisiveness and indecision and a lack of understanding of who you are as a player has held many a good player back. So Safin needs to keep it simple, develope his serve plus 1 plays onto his forehand and finish at the net. But an awesome video, I love matchplay videos👍
8:07 he definitely should have put the ball away with the between the legs shot. Love the coaching, Nick telling him to blast it when the opportunity presents itself instead of pushing it.
Interesting match analysis … just a suggestion for put-away balls, i teach my students to spin the ball and aim for the service line … huge margin of error and builds confidence … great success teaching this method but its only a suggestion
Hi Nik....Coach Mark here ...Safin has a beautiful game...EXCEPT when he's at the net..and he has to put those away every time....no D1 would take him with those errors....work on the net game!
Nick is a great teacher. All up and coming players should get coaching from Nick. But the one in the blue hat, how can you play tennis 10 feet behind the baseline? All you are doing is passing the ball back and forth waiting for the opponent to hit the net or out. I’m tennis you cannot wait for the opponent to miss. What is the strategy? The volleys. Drop volleys at the net. The serve and volley that disappeared from tennis ? I also find it amazing that the backhands are not as strong as their forehand’s.
Awesome video! Seems like Safin was consistently getting winning positions then dumping the approach forehands in the net, maybe worth spending some time on that shot for him?
@@IntuitiveTennis Yeah! I watch with subtitles so I don't wake up my wife haha. I'm guessing you already hit on that during the coaching sessions between changeovers?
The one in the pink shirt has a weak two handed backhand, he seems to be tentative to follow through, although I am unsure how much a two handed backhand can follow through and his forehand backswing is off it’s not short and compact too much preparation, waiting for the ball to come to the baseline is everyone’s mistake today too.
Safin is such a good player, but he has this weird problem where he can’t hit the easiest shots 😂. Forehand cross court? A forehand in general? I’m thinking when he transitions from bh to fh, or gets tentative on the shot he over rotates his grip, dunking it into the net. It can be solved very easily regardless of the problem. You shouldn’t even have to open your eyes to hit a fh. As far as his net play, he just needs to practice more at the net or it could be that tentative overthinking he does like when he hits a fh cc.
Hi Nik. When you are coaching players that are beyond beginners, do you think about this, and if so, how do you coach it? th-cam.com/video/qEVVwa8IAyM/w-d-xo.html
Nick is a great teacher. All up and coming players should get coaching from Nick. But the one in the blue hat, how can you play tennis 10 feet behind the baseline? All you are doing is passing the ball back and forth waiting for the opponent to hit the net or out. I’m tennis you cannot wait for the opponent to miss. What is the strategy? The volleys. Drop volleys at the net. The serve and volley that disappeared from tennis ? I also find it amazing that the backhands are not as strong as their forehand’s.
Clearly if you watched Safins series with Nick, you could see his improvement and how he’s working on his game. He’s not simply the “one in the blue hat” if you watched Nicks videos you would know him and his lessons with Safin, it’s quite disrespectful to say that and not even know the player you are criticizing
@@Frosty-Films00 ??? I watched this video and made a comment on this video. Blue hat ?? Haha. Nick is great it’s not Nick. It’s possible he improved that’s good but standing on a baseline and especially 10 feet behind the baseline will not get him far. I have no idea how D1 players play maybe they are all standing 10 feet behind the baseline, haha, but tennis is a strange game, the 1,000th ranked player can beat the top 10 player on a good day, there is very little difference between all the players. Everyone is getting coaching and training. I think Nick should take on the and coming women’s players that’s where the $$ is, the mens game has no real differences everyone can do basically the same as the other. The women who have an athletic edge are more apt to making it big, that is where Nick should be. I wish him well but it’s just simply too difficult in the mens game. You can have perfect strokes and still lose. If he changes and rushes the net on every possible attempt he may be able to rattle his opponent but baseline play can only go so far. And pickle ball is really taking over tennis. Best. And more Anna videos Nick please. :)
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We need more of these commented match play videos. Safin's style of play and the mistakes he makes are very similar to mine. So I can take a lot from this video. Thank you Nik!!!
Milan such a humble guy words of encouragement to his opponent and thanking him very much for playing after beating him 6-1. That’s humility and a classy person.
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The one thing I would add, is you made an excellent point, when you mentioned footwork, I think that because of footwork, most players at every level miss shots, because they didn’t move. Excellent point you made Coach.
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@@IntuitiveTennis Nick this the biggest problem I am having, because of the two hip replacements. So I try and keep my feet moving during rallies. If I can get my footwork back, I would be a 4.5 or maybe even a 5.0 player. I was so fast when I played in the 90s, I used to be able to run an 4.9 to 5.1 in the 40 yard dash. My best friend Alfonzo Harris could run 4.4 and 4.5 in the 40 and he was a tough fella to tackle, so I learnt footwork by playing football, so I trained that way in tennis. I used to run the tennis lines, and that helped me with every shot, but most importantly I taught me to never quit on points. Maybe you can train the fellas to run the lines, and you and I can watch them run while we eat some Doritos. Hahe all jokes aside, I started running 40 yard dashes at 5.4 to 5.5, but by practicing against Alfonzo I got much faster my friend. The only difference is that we were track shoes which can give a few extra seconds, so if time them on a football field, the time will be faster then the tennis courts, because of the track shoes, believe me these drills work my friend. You are a great coach, because you’re not sugarcoating your talks to the father and the player. I have learnt a lot from you and your videos. When I win my tournament in December I will be wearing one of your t-shirts. I usually don’t support you tubers because most of them are complete grifters, and I appreciate your honesty and integrity my friend.
Man.. i feel sorry for Milan (sorry if I said his name wrong) for giving him so low credit! I saw previous videos of him training with Nik and he's a beast! He has to trust his game and have more confidence! My highlight of Safin was during the 13min of the video, showed a noticiable higher intensity than the beginning.. but then again, maybe he's pacing himself so he lasts the match and doesn't burn out? Very great content Nik, your comments are gold for us, as you said in your previous video "the importance of match play" is key, watching this kind of content with your insights its awesome.. Thanks!!
GOD bless you young people to be able to keep playing on these hard courts and not feel any pain after playing on what I call knee killers.
I played on the hard tru yesterday and I felt no pain afterwards. This was a excellent match, and great coaching my friend.
I am thinking of Milan hit a more a flatter forehand on put away shots, it would help out in his matches. It’s also to see Milan not wearing a hat, I literally thought he slept with his hats on! Hahe
I was demoing some new racquets yesterday and I am liking the Yonax on serves, and the Pro Staff on ground strokes, it’s a little heavier, I also like the head racquets, they are nice. I have always played with Wilson racquets, but I really like the Yonex when hitting slice and kick serves. I would say that the Yonex strings are complete trash, and I broke strings on two different racquets. Dude I am 51 year old disabled man, and if I am hitting serves hard enough to break a string, the strings are trash. I am wondering what type of strings these fellas are using?
I making a String recommendation Video soon
@@IntuitiveTennisk I just got some Wilson Revolve Spin 17g for my Wilson Profile 95, I wanted to see how it feels. Have you ever tried these strings before? I am just curious what you think of these types of strings. I look forward to seeing your video discussing this topic. Ty coach
@@Shaunsweeney-Kubach71 never tried them
@@IntuitiveTennis me either, I only have 11 bucks invested in the strings, and I am looking for a stringer to string tennis rackets, I used to string my own rackets when I played in tournaments, and I loved stringing my own rackets because I could try different strings and different tensions. I also have been a player who always had a lower tension in the profiles, I usually sting 38, 35, and 40, my friends at the time strung their racquets in the high 60s and lower 70s. My coach at the time always taught us to let the racquets work for you, and not you working for the racquets. Control is easy for me because I literally have the most basic swing in tennis. I just bring the racquet back and use very little topspin on contact, I just step into the ball and swing through the ball, so I am trying different strings to get a feel for the ball and get my touch back at the net.
Ashley and I have been playing mini tennis, and now from watching your videos she can serve from the service line. I have to be honest, I enjoyed playing with the demos yesterday and trying modern racquets. I like Boabolet, and the Yonex, the Blade wasn’t balanced enough for me to hit proper topspin, but my flat strokes were accurate, deep, and on the lines. I was hitting some great slice serves and kick serves, until the stupid Yenox strings broke, on two separate and completely different racquets, the Yonex broke strings, and the Blade broke a string on my second ball I hit on serve and it was a kick serve, and the strings, so I am going with a different string if I get a Yonex racquet, I like Boabolet better for every shot, it was a much lighter racquet. So I will let you know about the strings on your string video. I lost 25 pounds my good man, from using your videos. Ty
Man this is such a great training video. Lots of valuable lessons to be learned. Listen to Nick’s comments. Watch how both players are constantly on their toes and moving their feet to be ready or adjust to the ball. They use different spins, placement and net clearance to work and construct each point. TH-cam is a great learning tool but at the end of the day nothing beats working with a teaching pro on an actual court to develop your game. Just an opinion from an old high school tennis coach. Nick has one of the best tennis channels on TH-cam. He is the real deal 🎾🎾
Now, THAT is good content. Very good format. High level set with live commentary is just amazing. It is amazing because you instantly understand what is going on, why X guy missed and what he has to do to improve. That just clicks with our own games. SO you are coaching safim and all the internet at the same time.
I actually learned quite a lot about footwork from this vid watched the whole thing too . best tennis channel
love the personality of Milan. Trash talking to himself to give Safin more confidence haha😂
Love the format of coaching commentary during the play. Very impressed by both players. Safin, way to go putting yourself out there. It's brave, and I think you'll learn a lot from this.
Watching this match was kind of like watching a horror movie... I would see Safin hit a series of solid shots, then move Milan off the court with a really good one to get a short ball, and then come in for the approach and I'm watching anxiously thinking "oh no Safin don't put this one in the net give it some spin omg I can't watch noooooo..."
Following Safin's progress I feel invested now and am rooting for him... Like Nick said, he's a junior and wasn't that far off from a former D2 level player, so close... c'mon Safin, you can do it!
@@ZOMBIELANDakaUSA it was 6-1, but there were multiple deuces in the first and third game, and in the third game Safin had break point and played a first serve that was pretty clearly out. Qualitatively, though Safin was able to hang with a high level player that most rec players would struggle to win points against, and many of the points he lost were points he where he had the advantage and then missed the putaway shot, whether it was a volley, overhead, or forehand from the service line. I think it's a good sign that for his potential that he had Milan on the defensive for much of the match
Great video, and great teaching Nick! I just started playing in January, and learning so much from your videos. Really appreciate what you’re doing.
PS good luck to Safin! He’s doing incredibly well.
Keep going 🙌
I just love Safin's backhand. It's a weapon
Nicest thing here is the relationship between the two players. Great to have each other to play sets against!
He's got lots to work on but does show potential. These matches are super helpful for him.
What a great video! Thank you Nick!
Master pro Nick does it again. Valuable insights on strategy& mindset. Will heed his advice & play aggressive @ the Net. Half court game is super important will keep in mind in my future match play 👌🏼
Really awesome video. Match play is some of the best content you have on the channel, whether it be you, or your students playing.
Love these vids with the commentary, Nik!
It's so enjoyable to watch a match with excellent coaching tips like this. Awesome!👍
Terrific content Nik. Like you’ve mentioned previously it’s about more matches for Safin. His matchcraft will improve such as better shot selection, couple that with further training with you on specific growth areas, eg. treatment of short ball and Safin is certain to improve and achieve his College goal.
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Love this content and explaining point plays and strategies - made me understand tennis way more.
Safin's definitely got some good foundation - just needs more practice and gets solid.
Milan is such a nice guy trying to encourage the young man - Thoroughly enjoyed this episode!
Nice match ,this is it !! Playing against another player!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks Nick 👍🏻❤️ ,come on Safin!! 👍🏻❤️
What a brilliant video for insight. Thanks so much. Love it.
I learned a lot from this video. Thank you Nick👍👍👍
great video. i enjoy watching matchplay with your discussions live in the background
Very entertaining. Very educational. imho, you made one very important acknowledgement and that is that sometimes a player may make a "wrong" shot selection according to convention but they execute well and win the point which makes it a "good" selection for them.
He should try some doubles. That will fix his volleys and mid court game. I see lotta singles guys uncomfortable or confused at net.
Love it. ❤️ The dialogue with his dad. The critiques. The encouragement... The overhead issue is from lack of strength. Hopefully he will get stronger, but at the same time he need to hit the gym. His front court issues could be from his lack of concentrating on the ball 'through' the contact process. The serve toss issues may be from turning his shoulders and body away from the ball a little too much during the trophy position. Not really trying to run all the balls down appear to be again, from lack of strength. He just doesn't have the energy to consistently move. Don't know how old he is so it's hard to know where he is physically. Like the other player said; "the potential is there, he just need to put it all together". I concur. 👍
Wow great insight Nik!
I loved this video Nick. I can see a lot of myself in Safin as I am an aggressive style of player with a single hander but I too can make easy mistakes especially in the mid-court and at the net.
If Safin can cut down on his errors, beef up his serve and get more decisive in the forecourt and net, good things will come his way.
As a side note, tennis is a really hard sport to play as there are so many variables so I think it is super important to keep your game simple and how ypu want to play very clear. Indecisiveness and indecision and a lack of understanding of who you are as a player has held many a good player back. So Safin needs to keep it simple, develope his serve plus 1 plays onto his forehand and finish at the net.
But an awesome video, I love matchplay videos👍
Amazingly insightful
This is very interesting. Thanks
i love videos like this. maybe even do one with lower level players
Great seeing match play!
Nice video Nick!
Man I love your approach to the game. Wish that I lived down there so I could work with you as well.
8:07 he definitely should have put the ball away with the between the legs shot. Love the coaching, Nick telling him to blast it when the opportunity presents itself instead of pushing it.
17:12 you talk about the importance of feel in the short court. How do you practice that? Just play mini tennis?
Great video, lots of good insights.
Thank you 🙏
Another amazing video! Suggesting boxing as a way to learn aggression or literal fighting spirit
Nick, really like your opinion on every shots!
Very interesting content!
Good stuff
Hey Nick, how many rackets do you recommend for competitive players and how many do you have yourself? Maybe you could make a video about this.
Will do
Interesting match analysis … just a suggestion for put-away balls, i teach my students to spin the ball and aim for the service line … huge margin of error and builds confidence … great success teaching this method but its only a suggestion
It was almost like Fed and Rafa👍
This dude's backhand is beautiful
Great video Nick! As always... can you do a video commenting about players with two forehands? Also two handed forehands. Thanks for all the content!
th-cam.com/video/DqWTfaPZQ8w/w-d-xo.html
Can you shoot us a video about kicking the ball?
How should we hit which balls?
You should keep a score graphic in the corner.
Or maybe at least game score cuz it’s a lot of editing do include points as well.
Hi Nik....Coach Mark here ...Safin has a beautiful game...EXCEPT when he's at the net..and he has to put those away every time....no D1 would take him with those errors....work on the net game!
Nick is a great teacher. All up and coming players should get coaching from Nick. But the one in the blue hat, how can you play tennis 10 feet behind the baseline? All you are doing is passing the ball back and forth waiting for the opponent to hit the net or out. I’m tennis you cannot wait for the opponent to miss. What is the strategy? The volleys. Drop volleys at the net. The serve and volley that disappeared from tennis ? I also find it amazing that the backhands are not as strong as their forehand’s.
Awesome video! Seems like Safin was consistently getting winning positions then dumping the approach forehands in the net, maybe worth spending some time on that shot for him?
Did you have the sound off?
@@IntuitiveTennis Yeah! I watch with subtitles so I don't wake up my wife haha. I'm guessing you already hit on that during the coaching sessions between changeovers?
What type/brand of tennis balls do you use? 👍
The one in the pink shirt has a weak two handed backhand, he seems to be tentative to follow through, although I am unsure how much a two handed backhand can follow through and his forehand backswing is off it’s not short and compact too much preparation, waiting for the ball to come to the baseline is everyone’s mistake today too.
Can we get Milan closer to the baseline please
can u do a forehand return video please. ( you already have one from 3 years ago)
Safin game needs polishing, but huge potential no doubt...!
Like the comments !!!
Keep up the nice content
Hey Nick, can you tell which LK this would equal in German Ranking System?
Not familiar with that system. Ask @meintennisgame
Just curious, what racquet does Saffin use?
Pro Staff v12?
A Wilson pro staff 97 with the tuxedo paintjob
May I know the pair of shoes that Safin are wearing?
Asics Gel Resolution 8
I also have the problem hitting the finishing ball 🙂 so disturbing.
who is better safin or shamir?
Safin
"Tennis is easier said than done"
Is Milan originally from Czech republic? Because it is a Czech name...
Croatia
@@IntuitiveTennis Aha, Ok. Hes super consistent and in great shape. Tough openent for anybody...
He looks quite similar to Coric actually :)
Ohhh blue hat is really not setting his unit turn in time especilly on his forehand
Good players but no killer serve 😞
Safin is such a good player, but he has this weird problem where he can’t hit the easiest shots 😂. Forehand cross court? A forehand in general? I’m thinking when he transitions from bh to fh, or gets tentative on the shot he over rotates his grip, dunking it into the net. It can be solved very easily regardless of the problem. You shouldn’t even have to open your eyes to hit a fh. As far as his net play, he just needs to practice more at the net or it could be that tentative overthinking he does like when he hits a fh cc.
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Technically great player but he misses the mental attitude of the opponent
He seems like he is being lazy and not assertive enough he isn’t attacking , he’s playing more like a counter puncher than anything else.
Milan serve is weak . Because he palms thr ball on the toss. He needs to hold it on the fingers
Hi Nik. When you are coaching players that are beyond beginners, do you think about this, and if so, how do you coach it? th-cam.com/video/qEVVwa8IAyM/w-d-xo.html
Nick is a great teacher. All up and coming players should get coaching from Nick. But the one in the blue hat, how can you play tennis 10 feet behind the baseline? All you are doing is passing the ball back and forth waiting for the opponent to hit the net or out. I’m tennis you cannot wait for the opponent to miss. What is the strategy? The volleys. Drop volleys at the net. The serve and volley that disappeared from tennis ? I also find it amazing that the backhands are not as strong as their forehand’s.
Clearly if you watched Safins series with Nick, you could see his improvement and how he’s working on his game. He’s not simply the “one in the blue hat” if you watched Nicks videos you would know him and his lessons with Safin, it’s quite disrespectful to say that and not even know the player you are criticizing
@@Frosty-Films00 ??? I watched this video and made a comment on this video. Blue hat ?? Haha. Nick is great it’s not Nick. It’s possible he improved that’s good but standing on a baseline and especially 10 feet behind the baseline will not get him far. I have no idea how D1 players play maybe they are all standing 10 feet behind the baseline, haha, but tennis is a strange game, the 1,000th ranked player can beat the top 10 player on a good day, there is very little difference between all the players. Everyone is getting coaching and training. I think Nick should take on the and coming women’s players that’s where the $$ is, the mens game has no real differences everyone can do basically the same as the other. The women who have an athletic edge are more apt to making it big, that is where Nick should be. I wish him well but it’s just simply too difficult in the mens game. You can have perfect strokes and still lose. If he changes and rushes the net on every possible attempt he may be able to rattle his opponent but baseline play can only go so far. And pickle ball is really taking over tennis. Best. And more Anna videos Nick please. :)