I think it would tip his grand slam victories over Fed to Feds side. No longer could he pick on Rogers BH so easily. Serve would be much easier for Fed and Djoker to attack. I still think his fitness and forehand would make him a force at Roland Garros. So he'd probably still get at least 6-8 of those and then maybe a few HC slams. Wimby might be out of reach. Plus Fed's second serve would be more effective against Nadal.
Lefty here. Yeah, the advantage is there. I do get tired of people attributing the reason my serve was sucessful was because it from from a lefty. I have a pretty decent serve regardless of which arm I use. There are plenty of disadvantages as well. I've struggled with my forehand because everything comes to my backhand-which was once my best stroke. I've been working on it, and I have no doubt that a good forehand is a better weapon than a good serve-at the club level anyway.
u should play baseball then cuz lefties are sought after in baseball despite having no real advantage. theyre just nice to have and lefties end up getting more opportunities to pitch n do other shit j cuz left hand
Your coaching videos are great for beigginers. I would appriciate that you post some of them inverted since for lefties like me is kind of hard to get the same movements right and there aren't much left handed videos on youtube.
Lefty here. Serve is definitely the strength of my game. It doesn't have a ton of pace, but I can hit both kick and slice. I will vary placement and spin, especially if they shade to a particular side. On the ad side, the slice into the body on forehand side, or the kick that is angled wide but kicks back into the body have become very effective b/c opponents will anticipate the wide slice. I also hit a lot of wide kicks on the deuce side, again b/c opponents will shade for the expected slice. Playing other lefties is difficult b/c like righties, I'm not used to the spin, angles, patterns of play. But when thinking about it, these unfamiliar patterns/angles is how most people play going righty to righty.
Agreed. Also as a righty, I find in doubles on deuce side it is difficult to return the lefty slice down the T as it requires an inside out backhand return back to the server who is coming in to the net. Hitting somewhat across the line of that low ball that's moving away from you and avoiding his partner at the net is not easy.
This is going to be my third year in tennis so I'm looking on how to utilize my left hand in tennis since I'm left hand dominant, because I usually play with my right. Thank you ☺️
Strange thing is that when I learned to serve (I'm a lefty) I've always been slicing too much it came naturally so when it went in I had a big advantage (but it was mostly wide especially if I was serving on the left side of the court)
That's great. I do too and have trained to play with either hand. I believe ambidextrous tennis is what should be taught. I'm always interested in other players that play some form of ambidextrous tennis. We should talk.
I have a lefty playing partner and I’ve learned the ball comes of the racquet differently also. But whenever I play lefties I play to the forehand, I think it’s better for building points.
Hey man love the videos!! Im a relatively new tennis player, playing for around 4 months. I've been trying to slide on hard court for really long and cant seem to get the technique down. Can you make a video showing how to slide step-by-step? Thanks all the way from South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦
I'm a lefty also, and I don't even slice out wide that much. I'll add a bit of speed and spin and jam the returner trying to get around on a forehand. If righties slice to me, no big deal I prefer the backhand anyway lol. Hint: Never try to run around a forehand on my serve unless you actually practiced it. The spacing is weird and you have to get away further than you think. Use your backhand instead and just do a little quarter turn and contact it in front.
You forgot to mention Feliciano Lopez who had a great lefty serve. He had a serve that was over 152 HP, which is the record for 7th fastest official serve, and on top of that he is fourth on the record for all-time aces with over 10,000.
nadal writes using his right hand but learned to play tennis using the opposite hand, conversely moya writes using his left hand but hit balls with his right .. i am a lefty, but i play the guitar the way righties do, so does paul simon .. that's because we are cross dominants ..
Great video! I love being a lefty in tennis. Most people always forget I'm a lefty during a matc,h so when they go down the line, it's to my forehand. :D And I love serving. My favorite part of the game esp against people I haven't played against before. The ones who are familiar with me are already standing in the alley when I'm serving. grrrrr
Great video. As a righty, my experience with good lefty servers is that they seem to me to combine more kick (i.e. topspin) with side spin on their slice serves than righties. The result is that not only do I need to deal with the ball veering away on my backhand, but also a high bounce. (As a righty I have a good, severe slice serve, but it's not an especially high bounce.) Maybe I'm completely wrong on this "slick", slice+kick serve being more a lefty thing, but is there any validity to this? Very curious.
TBH I'm amazed at your lefty serve. Most people don't even realize how difficult it is for a natural born righty to master lefty serve. I'm actually working on it to mess with lazy and cocky righties on the court.
Except for probabilities to meet a lefty, I don't understand your serve argument: As a lefty, it's even hard to return a righty slice serve with my backhand on the deuce side!
It's the advantage of being a minority. Everyone is used to playing against righties and not so against lefties. In fact I know many lefties hate playing other lefties too.
All right-handed players (AND even the left - handed players) have a disadvantage when they play against lefty players. Just look at the number of top lefty players, like Nadal to McEnroe, Connors. Don't think the lefty will do so well if they are right-handed.
Never too late. I've been flipping my game the past month after getting tired of my right shoulder injuries recurring. Forehand is decent now, backhand is still wip and serve is lacking power but getting there. Definitely still a struggle as I played righty for 31 years and own a single handed backhand only.
@@IntuitiveTennis I said, nice vid Nick as always! Marcus send his regards and i think its time u guys face eachother, pretty sure he will woop your ass. :P
How many grand slams would Rafa have if he wasn’t lefty? 👇
Difficult to estimate. Assuming that everything else is same, I am sure he would have come up with other strategies to counter Novak and Roger.
Rafa would still be top 2 or 3, but gs would have been cut to half at least. His top spin is perfect invitation for Federer to attack
I think it would tip his grand slam victories over Fed to Feds side. No longer could he pick on Rogers BH so easily. Serve would be much easier for Fed and Djoker to attack. I still think his fitness and forehand would make him a force at Roland Garros. So he'd probably still get at least 6-8 of those and then maybe a few HC slams. Wimby might be out of reach. Plus Fed's second serve would be more effective against Nadal.
You bring up good points, but you can't discount the heart of a champion. His 13 RGs are safe I think (if not he'd change for another). I say 17-18
He isn't a lefty, he just plays one on court.
Lefty here. Yeah, the advantage is there. I do get tired of people attributing the reason my serve was sucessful was because it from from a lefty. I have a pretty decent serve regardless of which arm I use. There are plenty of disadvantages as well. I've struggled with my forehand because everything comes to my backhand-which was once my best stroke. I've been working on it, and I have no doubt that a good forehand is a better weapon than a good serve-at the club level anyway.
u should play baseball then cuz lefties are sought after in baseball despite having no real advantage. theyre just nice to have and lefties end up getting more opportunities to pitch n do other shit j cuz left hand
Your coaching videos are great for beigginers. I would appriciate that you post some of them inverted since for lefties like me is kind of hard to get the same movements right and there aren't much left handed videos on youtube.
Lefty here. Serve is definitely the strength of my game. It doesn't have a ton of pace, but I can hit both kick and slice. I will vary placement and spin, especially if they shade to a particular side. On the ad side, the slice into the body on forehand side, or the kick that is angled wide but kicks back into the body have become very effective b/c opponents will anticipate the wide slice. I also hit a lot of wide kicks on the deuce side, again b/c opponents will shade for the expected slice. Playing other lefties is difficult b/c like righties, I'm not used to the spin, angles, patterns of play. But when thinking about it, these unfamiliar patterns/angles is how most people play going righty to righty.
As a lefty I completely support and like this video :)
Agreed. Also as a righty, I find in doubles on deuce side it is difficult to return the lefty slice down the T as it requires an inside out backhand return back to the server who is coming in to the net. Hitting somewhat across the line of that low ball that's moving away from you and avoiding his partner at the net is not easy.
This is going to be my third year in tennis so I'm looking on how to utilize my left hand in tennis since I'm left hand dominant, because I usually play with my right. Thank you ☺️
Strange thing is that when I learned to serve (I'm a lefty) I've always been slicing too much it came naturally so when it went in I had a big advantage (but it was mostly wide especially if I was serving on the left side of the court)
I switch from left to right and that becomes really difficult to break..😂😂
That's great. I do too and have trained to play with either hand. I believe ambidextrous tennis is what should be taught. I'm always interested in other players that play some form of ambidextrous tennis. We should talk.
I'm getting so much help from your tennis video. Thank you very much. It's getting cold, so be careful not to catch a cold.
Hey coach! Struggling returning forehands and (one handed) backhands on the run when I’m being run across the court. Would be a great video!
Sure
As a leftie I liked the videos for pride sake
Also that serve is crazy!!!! Im sure the backhand (if you a have) is crazy consistent !!
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Amazed that you can shift hands! Well done Nick!
Two things I'll never wrap my head around: Nadal was born a righty and Sharapova was born lefty..
Also Moya’s a lefty but played right handed
Another top class informative vid 🤛
Wow thanks for this lesson for lefties like me. Thank you coach.
I’m a fan of you ! Thanks for your videos
I have a lefty playing partner and I’ve learned the ball comes of the racquet differently also. But whenever I play lefties I play to the forehand, I think it’s better for building points.
Hey man love the videos!! Im a relatively new tennis player, playing for around 4 months. I've been trying to slide on hard court for really long and cant seem to get the technique down. Can you make a video showing how to slide step-by-step?
Thanks all the way from South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦
Thank you David
Yes I got a video planned for that
The editing tricked me... Was a great lefty serve. 👍
I'm a lefty also, and I don't even slice out wide that much. I'll add a bit of speed and spin and jam the returner trying to get around on a forehand. If righties slice to me, no big deal I prefer the backhand anyway lol. Hint: Never try to run around a forehand on my serve unless you actually practiced it. The spacing is weird and you have to get away further than you think. Use your backhand instead and just do a little quarter turn and contact it in front.
You forgot to mention Feliciano Lopez who had a great lefty serve. He had a serve that was over 152 HP, which is the record for 7th fastest official serve, and on top of that he is fourth on the record for all-time aces with over 10,000.
As a lefty I approve of this vid
Yeah, great great, a bit more hit on my forehand cross-courts to cause some more damage to the lefty backhand. Ohhhh yeah
I am right handed and I have some problems at my serve and I don't no slice and I have very bad kick serve
Love ❤️ a lefty. I are one and have a decent serve, too.
nadal writes using his right hand but learned to play tennis using the opposite hand, conversely moya writes using his left hand but hit balls with his right .. i am a lefty, but i play the guitar the way righties do, so does paul simon .. that's because we are cross dominants ..
Great video! I love being a lefty in tennis. Most people always forget I'm a lefty during a matc,h so when they go down the line, it's to my forehand. :D And I love serving. My favorite part of the game esp against people I haven't played against before. The ones who are familiar with me are already standing in the alley when I'm serving. grrrrr
That’s when you go down the T😂
@@marcelled.3553 that, or body serve. Gotta keep them on their toes.
@@willa5701 True! I would rather the body serve. Better chance of no return! Still working on my T serve.
Great video. As a righty, my experience with good lefty servers is that they seem to me to combine more kick (i.e. topspin) with side spin on their slice serves than righties. The result is that not only do I need to deal with the ball veering away on my backhand, but also a high bounce. (As a righty I have a good, severe slice serve, but it's not an especially high bounce.) Maybe I'm completely wrong on this "slick", slice+kick serve being more a lefty thing, but is there any validity to this? Very curious.
There is no slice kick
It’s probably just a slice
TBH I'm amazed at your lefty serve. Most people don't even realize how difficult it is for a natural born righty to master lefty serve. I'm actually working on it to mess with lazy and cocky righties on the court.
Haha. Gotta love that lefty serve. 😂
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Except for probabilities to meet a lefty, I don't understand your serve argument: As a lefty, it's even hard to return a righty slice serve with my backhand on the deuce side!
As a matter of fact, this is how a lefty see other righties in the world. The same theory goes for that.
However, whereas lefties are used to playing with righties, righties are not used to playing with lefties. There’s still a huge advantage for lefties.
@@Joseph-co7uh I see your point. I hate lefties.
It's the advantage of being a minority. Everyone is used to playing against righties and not so against lefties. In fact I know many lefties hate playing other lefties too.
I'm a lefty and I hate playing lefties too!
I am a completely ambidextrous tennis player and can switch-serve. Why not advocate learnig this.
I honestly like playing lefty’s for some reason
"a lil bit toward middle" literally die after reverse serve
Imagine a left handed karlovic
😂😂 that’d be tough
All right-handed players (AND even the left - handed players) have a disadvantage when they play against lefty players. Just look at the number of top lefty players, like Nadal to McEnroe, Connors.
Don't think the lefty will do so well if they are right-handed.
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My young brother is almost 7 he always confuse me with both but he right with recht hand plays with left 😂😂🤦🏽♀️
Ummm ya..ok. I'll just learn how to hit a serve with a left hand now after 35 yrs of tennis playing. lol
Never too late. I've been flipping my game the past month after getting tired of my right shoulder injuries recurring. Forehand is decent now, backhand is still wip and serve is lacking power but getting there. Definitely still a struggle as I played righty for 31 years and own a single handed backhand only.
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I don’t delete comments even negative ones. Not sure what happened. Write it again
@@IntuitiveTennis I said, nice vid Nick as always! Marcus send his regards and i think its time u guys face eachother, pretty sure he will woop your ass. :P
Sure 😂😂
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