FROM BEGINNER TO ??? - My 3 Year Tennis Journey / Progression / Improvement [2019-2022]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ธ.ค. 2022
- Watch me try and learn to play tennis from scratch without lessons. I started playing tennis 3 years ago after watching the Federer - Djokovic Wimbledon final. Instantly hooked, I started filming myself so I could tweak my game. Originally I just did this for myself. But I thought why not upload it to TH-cam. Videos from other players like Dill, Mark Sansait, TennisTroll etc I really enjoy. So who knows, maybe someone will enjoy my playing too.
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Ey bro I watch your vids all the time! Hopefully you'll get your ATP point this year. And if you're ever in the Netherlands let me know. Maybe we can hit some balls and you can show me how it's actually done hahaha.
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I have played tennis for 17 years, coached for 6 years. This is an unbelievable 3 year transition, keep it up! My advice you you, is to start drilling that forehand and never underestimate how footwork can help too control you’re game.
That means a lot man. I'm working on that forehand. Hopefully you can see some progress in my next videos.
l love how you play with so much freedom. It reminds me about how tennis can be used as a device for freedom and self-expression rather than it being winning and losing and feeling happy or sad as a result of it. As a competitive tennis player myself, l used to always play with fear and honestly l still do in important points which, really detracted my love for the sport over the years. However, l find it inspiring that you are able to smash the ball as hard as possible without much care of missing it. It's great to see.
Yo! I can tell you're destined for the 5.0+ level, and that's a level not many people reach. You've set up a great foundation: You've got a great habit of exaggerating your split step, taking the return early with your weight moving forward, good game sense, know when to hit a rally ball and when to finish it, good control at the net, and most of all -- passion! Subscribed to follow your progress.
Hi Nathan, your progression has been phenomenal, especially your serve and lightness of touch. I started playing a year ago and, like you, I'm obsessed. Unlike you, though, I'm still very much a beginner. Well done, mate
Thanks Alistair for the kind words. Good luck with your progression too. Keep working on it, and have fun!
You are a very fast learner! The progress with your service is particularly impressive. I used to coach in the UK. You should feel very proud of yourself. I'm happy you found the most wonderful sport in the world.
Dude this is insane progression. I've played over 20yrs and on a reslly high level, now I'm a coach. The most impressive thing to me is your ability to hit from different heights and take the ball early, that is something that comes naturally w time, but you hava mastered it unbeliavebly fast!!! CONGRATS!!
Also your ball recognition is off the charts, you react extremely well to your own and to your opponents shots
Keep going Nathan!! 💪💪
Completely missed your comment haha. But thanks man you're an inspiration, hope you make it to the tour!
It’s refreshing to hear how excited you are about hitting certain shots for the first time. Subscribed, will be fun following your tennis journey!
Impressive progression for someone who is self taught and learned as an adult. You clearly have some talent for tennis, and passion. I think regular lessons and hitting with players who are stronger and more consistent than you are would enable you to take a great leap forward very quickly.
This is amazing, to see that you were just enjoying the process 100%. I am a tennis coach and am going to share this with my students to encourage them!
This is quite phenomenal, Nathan! I really enjoyed watching the progression, which was huge. It's amazing to see what a difference three years can make!
Bro, absolutely love to see this…… because I picked up a racket in 2015, and not only been improving, but have been enjoying this ever since!!
I started playing tennis a year ago and I loooove to see your progression and your play style, so much fun to watch
Jesus!!! You’re a beast, great great accomplishment. This fuxking sport is so hard to learn, you are doing amazing my man. I wish you 2023 season ahead! So cool to see new players hooked and working to get better an better while enjoying the process
Awesome progress man. Started just over a year ago, and I am hooked. I play every weeks and I’m loving it. But I went with lesson, did think I could do much on my own. Keep sending more videos of your matches and progress.
Remarkable progress in three, four years! Inspiring stuff for players struggling to get over the plateau of development as the steep learning curve stalls gradually. You are doing something right - and have some serious talent for (the) sport. As I have always said sports and music mix well and go hand in hand nicely; especially a sport like tennis goes with music like a glove in a hand as the rhytmic, non-stop movement reminding of a dance, sharp timing of strokes plus the fine-tuned consistency are crucial factors for success. - Let’s keep playing tennis and music/instruments!
Incredible progress. I started playing 1 year ago. No sports background!!! Still a beginner!!! Your progress is inspiring!!!
Thanks man! Watching you gave me some insights on my game. I like how calm and relaxed you are when hitting. I'll start doing that coz i miss alot of shots trying to hit every ball will full power
This was truly awsome 🎾🎾🎾!
Wonderfull progression and great commentary.
I love your backhand! Congrats on your progession. You're just getting started, keep it going man!
Wow unbelievable, the progression is unreal. Keep it up!
Amazing my friend!! I can see you have put lots of hard work to improve your tennis skills. I have started playing tennis about a month and a half ago and started from scratch via youtube tennis lessons. Hope I can improve myself in the next few years. Thank you for sharing your video.
mate thats some insane progress you made. Can't wait for more videos!
Greets from Belgium!
So great to see your passion for tennis! My son Giacomo (7 years old tomorrow) says that you have improved massively! Keep training and keep having fun (and remember that power comes from the ground, through your legs .... stay balanced, use the ground). Peace to you broh. Daddy and Giacomo
Wow, unbelievable, you have gotten so good so fast. Well done!
Absolutely amazing progress mate!
I started to play myself at the age of 52. Played my first club tournament last summer. What a fantastic game.
Good luck and I'm looking forward to see more of you in the future!
Awesome video and awesome transformation! It really inspiring! Thanks!
Great highlights package mate! Subscribed and can’t wait to see more of those sick drop shots !
Great progress in 3 years....well done, good luck to you
You can very proud of you, very well! All the best for your game! Greetings from Austria
Great progression! 3 years is amazing! The amount of shots you have in your arsenal is impressive! Keep it up.
Big thumb up from Hong Kong!! Thank you for your amazing video, nice progression!
I am also learning tennis from my father in-law since 2021, hope to be as good as your level!
Please keep this channel updated and would love to know your progress and how do to train by yourself and playing so well.
That is really great progression for 3 years!
Thanks for sharing your journey!
Really enjoyed this video. I'm on a similar journey myself. I've played on and off for several years but I've started taking tennis really seriously as of this year. It's great to see how much you developed and I really like your aggressive game style
We are on the same journey haha! I’m about to be hit year 2 of self teaching myself. I’ve taken three lessons total only. But I also got the one handed BH and I also grew up playing basketball. Great to see a video like this
Thanks for posting! Really enjoyed this! I need to do this soon. I got a ton of footage.
Hey Nathan, absolute pleasure watching this video! Love to see newcomers getting into tennis I feel like its becoming rarer these days… Tremendous and remarkable progression you’ve went through there! Congrats:) Love that you’re also able to throw in some signature pro shots in there, musetti backhand hehe! Keep it going and keep enjoying yourself!
This is insane, keep it up 💪💪
amazing progress in just 3 years! good thing you captured it from the beginning.
Let’s goooo! Just started my 2023 tennis journey at the exact same time as you haha. Amazing progress you’ve made, and I look forward to seeing where we’re both at a year from now 👏 eskeeetit
Great video thanks💪🏼 you seem to have a lot of talent 🎾🔥
GREAT progress... congrats!!!
Great job documenting your journey! Dood, keep it up!
Wow, what a progress after only three years of training. I agree with some of the other comments, that your serve is really good. Also light hands with your dropshots. Awesome dude, keep up the good work. #Lovetennis 🎾😁💪
Terrific video, Nathan!
Awesome to see your progress through three years... This is a pretty good level for someone who picked up tennis this late!
What's striking here is the self-awareness you possess, and your tennis intelligence: really enjoyed how you constructed a lot of those points.
Oh, and your service motion reminds me of Kyrgios; I'm going to guess you're a fan! Ha ha...
Thank you so much for sharing your journey here. And my best wishes for 2023 and beyond!
Well played and nice progress!
Broo this is amazing congrats man
I’ve been playing for over 30 years, and I can see that you have lots of natural talent and very good hands. Keep it up!
every time I saw that serve i was amazed at how great it looked and makes me want to practice more
Respect bro, you came along way. Your shots look legit. I just started in April of 2022. And I love it. But I don't look as good as you yet.
incredible video! I play semiprofesional tenis and on my view your progresion is amazing! I hope you keep learning more and more 😁🎾
Nice improvement, and nice 1H-Backhand! 👍
Loved the video. Tennis is a journey! Keep going! As for your strokes, your serve looks the best, I would focus on practicing to make it even better. A good serve will win you matches
Great progression dude! Good luck with your tennis!
Amazing progress and athleticism!
Thank you! Love it.
amazing dog, I have played for 3 months now, hope I can play like you too in 3 years, thanks for the sharing and keep up!
Incredible transformation. I'm on the same path, keep it going.
Nice progress ! Congratz !
I don’t know how old you are but your video is another proof that tennis can be learned at any age 👏👏👏. I have seen some amazing movements in your video, well done for the progression : we can see that you are an athlete : good shape, dynamism, great speed on the ball… Your serve is very good, I love your backhand, keep the good job 👍. I have subscribed to your channel, I want to see your future progress 😊🎾🎾🎾
Helluva progression man. Well done.
your progression is awesome! keep it up!
Lekker bezig man! Gaaf om te zien
Really impressive progression! Enjoyed seeing your backhand become a solid weapon. You seem to have the serve pretty locked down as well, and for that I am jealous : )
WOOOOWWW, MAN! My absolute respect for what you've gotten. I am a self trained tennis player too. I tried Kyrgios's serve too but it takes so much energy and timing that I kinda gave up. Instead, I use an Andy Roddick-like version, hehehe. Great to see someboy else showing to the world how much can be gotten through deep passion!
thanks man for this video! inspired me to get better!
Woah you made more progress than me in 3 year than I have in 10 years. That was awesome to watch your progression.
Such a fun video! I love your passion and you have obvious talent for the game! Great that this video is getting viral! I hope it inspires you to put up more videos of your progress! You earned a subscription for sure!
Absolutely impressive 🎾🦾
A true tennis journeyman.
Amazing progress and still getting better 🏆
Great progress! I’m also a bball player that Covid made into tennis player and have also tried to learn from TH-cam and 2 lessons I took. It’s so fun to get better. Cheers from LA
Really big improvement! I have only been playing 18 months or so and still struggling with proper top-spin technique after playing years of squash. Hope to be hitting shots like you if I keep practicing!
thank you for this video i was about to give up tennis , this one motivates
Great stuff Nath, I've just started playing and noticed all the same technical flaws as you in the beginning 🤣
But, 3 months after hitting thousands of balls, I'm holding some respectable rallies with the recreational players at my club that have played for years.
Keep up the great work and a massive shout out to Nikola, he's inspiring me as he did you.
Inspiring progress! I just started a few months back so this gives me hope.
Awesome progression man, as someone recently starting out and only using videos to learn, this is really cool to see and encouraging. I especially like how much fun you seem to have with how you play. And I agree, I think learning the tweener would be fun to even if it's smarter to work on other things lol. Good luck to you
Man that serve is insane!
Your forehand can go a lot further but it's impressive how much topsping you're already getting
nice tennis journey, you must have played a ton over those 3 years, really good progression. I think your serve was better than most everyone else you faced. You switched from the beginner pancake serve to a much more effective advanced service in a relatively short amount of time. Really good serve and volley too. You are playing at a pretty advanced level, really good work!
heyy what a journey! subbb! amazing serve btw
This split-step quality in only 2 years... unbelibable. Bro, I know this is some highlights but this is amazing to produce that type of play in this time-frame. You've been really consistent on your practice ! Congrats !
The best sports before starting tennis are : football, basketball, every sports that teach spacing from the ball and footwork. I get also rekt by bodybuilders sometimes hahaha.
Cheers !
You improved so much over the 3 years!
Very nice improvement! Keep going! 😊
great job man, keep it up!
great improement over 3 years. Youve done really well on the serve motions. A lot of these opponenets youve been playing have weird janky out of rythym serves, and theyve probably been plaing twice or three times as long as you. You've got a good understanding of the rythym of moving each part of your body to contribute to the uncurling whip to get serve power. It's probably the hardest shot to learn from a beginner and youve done great
Love your passion!
Remarkable progress.
I can't believe this video is doing so well ... Did not expect this many views, comments and subs, thanks everyone! In the coming days I will upload a Q&A vid to answer all the questions I received. Way better than typing them all in the replies haha. Stay tuned 💪🏽 - EDIT: The new video is live, watch it here th-cam.com/video/bZs11mFtvrQ/w-d-xo.html
I have a question at which club do you play at? And what is your rating?
It’s a really well done video. I just Subscribed to see more of your progress in the future
Wow mate i have had a similar thing this year.
I've started playing when i was 7 until 10 then dropped until my 20s just re started about 2/3 years ago too
Never changed my easter forehand grip nor my one handed backhand.
Decided to get some lessons to fix my bad habits and im recording majority of my sessions to monitor my progress.
It's crazy about a year ago (before lessons) i was stiff and hittin quite late
After few lessons and a lot of sessions i managed to fix this and feeling more to get towards the ball and hit on time.
Im still not where i want to be because maybe im too hard on myself but i am a strong believer that through practice i can get closer to that shape.
Great video and great way to show your progression.
Subscribed to see more 👍
ALUCINANTE nivel en sólo tres años.
Enhorabuena!!
You sir, are a legend - I'm 1.2 years in!
it's really funny how you actually emulate Kyrgio's service motion 😅 good job! keep up
Wow! Your progression in 3 years is amazing! Maybe 3 more years you'll play in a pro tournament!
Tennis is one of the hardest sports to learn. Nice progression 👍
nice documentary. good improvement. congratulations.
Man, i’m a tennis coach and that’s IMPRESSIVE for being self-taught. Keep going, tennis is a beautiful and lifetime sport!!!!!!
Wow!!! That is great!!!
Ziet er goed uit Nathan!
Great video!
Agree with all who say that this is an unbelievable learning speed. You've got Kyrgios serve down the the T. It seems you did the youtube coaching approach and I think that is the right way. So many coaches out there that do not know how to teach and let people do the wrong thing over and over. I think it's lesson to them to see how good you've become entirely on your own.
Just amazing to see how much fun you're having with tennis, most people are so damn serious about it. I'm also going through the same journey with covid tennis coming from a basketball background and I'm having a blast. I know all about the backhand vs forehand issue! Just one tip is to maintain a stable core and don't open too early on the forehand side. In other words, copy what you're doing well on the backhand and great results will come in due time. PS: forget about all of the "atp forehand" videos, it produces very unreliable strokes for us self-learners.