The other big benefit to starting right away with lessons is... creating fundamentals right away! If you develop bad habits and then go to a coach to right away it can take sooooo long to fix. Kudos on both of you guys putting the work in.
Can't be more true. I am self taught. Learnt via RUclips videos. Initially I progressed well. Started getting par with players playing for 2-3 year in about 3 months. I could play competitively with them and get to 6-2 in a set. A year on latter I have stagnated.
Awesome content guys. As a beginner also, love seeing your progression. The coach explains it all really well so it's easy to follow and replicate. Can't wait to follow the series and your journey to ATP Pros 😉
As also a tennis coach, this was a really fun watch! I think grey shirt guy seemed more natural with a two hander, white shirt guy (sorry I dont know yalls names 😅✌️) feels mich more natural with a one hander. Really cool to see good fundamentals being taught and then the instant improvement in the rally!
Jake, when the coach first had you demo your one handed backhands you made a common mistake of many beginners. You literally used only one hand/arm. Your left arm looked as if was tranquilized. My guess is the coach corrected this off camera cause you latter gave use of the left arm lip service in that you at least touched the racket on the take back. As a general rule: For every orthodox tennis stroke in existence if it is performed correctly the left arm (non racket arm) has a role to play. If you find your left arm flaccidly hanging by your side your doing the stroke wrong. From volley to overhead the left arm plays some role in contributing to the successful execution of the stroke. In the case of the one handed backhand the left hand/arm plays as critical a role as during a true two handed backhand. It takes the racquet back and holds the racket head in position. It even maintains contact with the racket through part of the forward swing (releases near left hip on a topspin backhand). It acts to counter balance the forward momentum of the racket arm. I again emphasize, if you find yourself with a dead hanging left arm at any point when your on the tennis court other than when you’re shaking hands at the end of a match you’re screwing up is some manner. The other thing I’d say is yes a coached tennis lesson is nice but it’s no substitute for becoming a “Student of the Game”. Why? Unless you guys are trust fund babies you’ll never have enough money to take lessons on every aspect of tennis you need to know to be a high level player. A coach Isn’t going to be there when things breakdown in a match. Things you learn on your own generally stay with you better than coached lessons. Plus in this age of RUclips there is no aspect of the game that hasn’t been covered by multiple coaches using multiple approaches to teach it. Because they have to keep producing new vids they often revisit a stroke and explain it in much greater detail than they would during a lesson where they don’t expect students to absorb to much technical information, especially during beginner lessons. This brings up what student of the game means. You guys mentioned you have been watching RUclips tennis vids. I’d bet there wasn’t a single thing he taught you during the lesson that you haven’t already seen or heard in a video. Take for example the unit turn of the forehand. It would be hard to find a basic forehand/backhand instructional video that doesn’t mention and explain this basic concept. I find it hard to believe that anyone who has watched a bunch of RUclips tennis vids isn’t at least aware of the concept of a unit turn. Yet neither of you sought to employ a unit turn until this lesson. Ask yourselves why this is?! Being a good student of a sport is the same as being a good student in school. You have to want to absorb information and most importantly be willing to do the hard stuff that is real homework. Non social stuff like hitting against the wall, dropping balls in front of you out of a ball bucket, taking hundreds of shadow swings in your living room (high ceiling required) hopefully in front of a large mirror or picture window and lastly pausing during any of these exercises and really pondering the stroke. Am I doing this correctly? Why not? Why am I doing this in this way ? What’s the technical reasoning behind it? …. Don’t give lip service to learning tennis and then say it’s a hard game to learn. Delinquent students in real school and tennis rarely get far. The problem with tennis is the majority of players are Delinquents thats why 4.5 usta is only 11% of the league playing population. 4.5 players are not the gods you think they are. They represent what “Competent “ tennis looks like. They can execute most strokes correctly. Those that have above average talent and technique have higher ratings. I like to say “Tennis is a easy game made hard by hard headed people.” Don’t be a Tennis Delinquent.
First time stumbled into your channel (thank you algorithm) & subscribed. I thought you guys were from the 70s for a moment for some reason 😅 but good content. Can't wait to see how fast you two get to enjoy the beauty of high level tennis 💪🏼
ayo bro. i saw your your backhand challenge. work on your Foot placement. there are exercises specifically on Foot placement. trust me it will work wonders!
Honestly, I dont think that they should do this kind of drills considering their level. It is quite inefficient and a bit irrelevant for them. I think it is more appropriate to start with the feet and proper stroke techniques, where you fist learn how to drop a racquet rather than coiling with racquet right up , then consistency and again feet, feet and feet. imho
u guys will make it to 4.0 but thats it. alot of biomechanical problems in ur kinetic chain. but the fat guy on the left has more of a ceiling than mustache man
@@Winners-Only He's probably just high.. Pay no attention.. Just do the best you two can, and enjoy the game.. With lots of practice & time, you can easily surpass 4.0, easily.
The other big benefit to starting right away with lessons is... creating fundamentals right away! If you develop bad habits and then go to a coach to right away it can take sooooo long to fix. Kudos on both of you guys putting the work in.
Can't be more true. I am self taught. Learnt via RUclips videos. Initially I progressed well. Started getting par with players playing for 2-3 year in about 3 months. I could play competitively with them and get to 6-2 in a set. A year on latter I have stagnated.
When he said let's hit a couple of backhands.... I was like.... YOU GOT THIS!
The instructor chill af
two months, you guys look amazing for 3 months of tennis
Am I the only one who realizes these two ARE NOT beginners? This was a total set up.
Awesome content guys. As a beginner also, love seeing your progression. The coach explains it all really well so it's easy to follow and replicate. Can't wait to follow the series and your journey to ATP Pros 😉
As also a tennis coach, this was a really fun watch! I think grey shirt guy seemed more natural with a two hander, white shirt guy (sorry I dont know yalls names 😅✌️) feels mich more natural with a one hander. Really cool to see good fundamentals being taught and then the instant improvement in the rally!
Jake, when the coach first had you demo your one handed backhands you made a common mistake of many beginners. You literally used only one hand/arm. Your left arm looked as if was tranquilized. My guess is the coach corrected this off camera cause you latter gave use of the left arm lip service in that you at least touched the racket on the take back. As a general rule: For every orthodox tennis stroke in existence if it is performed correctly the left arm (non racket arm) has a role to play. If you find your left arm flaccidly hanging by your side your doing the stroke wrong. From volley to overhead the left arm plays some role in contributing to the successful execution of the stroke. In the case of the one handed backhand the left hand/arm plays as critical a role as during a true two handed backhand. It takes the racquet back and holds the racket head in position. It even maintains contact with the racket through part of the forward swing (releases near left hip on a topspin backhand). It acts to counter balance the forward momentum of the racket arm. I again emphasize, if you find yourself with a dead hanging left arm at any point when your on the tennis court other than when you’re shaking hands at the end of a match you’re screwing up is some manner.
The other thing I’d say is yes a coached tennis lesson is nice but it’s no substitute for becoming a “Student of the Game”. Why? Unless you guys are trust fund babies you’ll never have enough money to take lessons on every aspect of tennis you need to know to be a high level player. A coach Isn’t going to be there when things breakdown in a match. Things you learn on your own generally stay with you better than coached lessons. Plus in this age of RUclips there is no aspect of the game that hasn’t been covered by multiple coaches using multiple
approaches to teach it. Because they have to keep producing new vids they often revisit a stroke and explain it in much greater detail than they would during a lesson where they don’t expect students to absorb to much technical information, especially during beginner lessons.
This brings up what student of the game means. You guys mentioned you have been watching RUclips tennis vids. I’d bet there wasn’t a single thing he taught you during the lesson that you haven’t already seen or heard in a video. Take for example the unit turn of the forehand. It would be hard to find a basic forehand/backhand instructional video that doesn’t mention and explain this basic concept. I find it hard to believe that anyone who has watched a bunch of RUclips tennis vids isn’t at least aware of the concept of a unit turn. Yet neither of you sought to employ a unit turn until this lesson. Ask yourselves why this is?! Being a good student of a sport is the same as being a good student in school. You have to want to absorb information and most importantly be willing to do the hard stuff that is real homework. Non social stuff like hitting against the wall, dropping balls in front of you out of a ball bucket, taking hundreds of shadow swings in your living room (high ceiling required) hopefully in front of a large mirror or picture window and lastly pausing during any of these exercises and really pondering the stroke. Am I doing this correctly? Why not? Why am I doing this in this way ? What’s the technical reasoning behind it? …. Don’t give lip service to learning tennis and then say it’s a hard game to learn. Delinquent students in real school and tennis rarely get far. The problem with tennis is the majority of players are Delinquents thats why 4.5 usta is only 11% of the league playing population. 4.5 players are not the gods you think they are. They represent what “Competent “ tennis looks like. They can execute most strokes correctly. Those that have above average talent and technique have higher ratings. I like to say “Tennis is a easy game made hard by hard headed people.” Don’t be a Tennis Delinquent.
First time stumbled into your channel (thank you algorithm) & subscribed. I thought you guys were from the 70s for a moment for some reason 😅 but good content. Can't wait to see how fast you two get to enjoy the beauty of high level tennis 💪🏼
Amazing series. Keep it up!
wow that was incredible improvement in a single lesson
The preparation for the forehand needs to change ASAP, i like how the coach focused on that first
ayo bro. i saw your your backhand challenge. work on your Foot placement. there are exercises specifically on Foot placement. trust me it will work wonders!
watch a few videos of court level practice and go slow mo, watch how they prepare their body but more specifically their feet.
Hitting like pros already!
i start tennis lesson then go to you tube . worth it
U picked if you quick on the forehand
If I understood correctly, and he just played two months ago, he has quite good strokes, considering.
Honestly, I dont think that they should do this kind of drills considering their level. It is quite inefficient and a bit irrelevant for them. I think it is more appropriate to start with the feet and proper stroke techniques, where you fist learn how to drop a racquet rather than coiling with racquet right up , then consistency and again feet, feet and feet. imho
They need to be more side on with their feet right?
Loved it!
good video 👍
Inspiration 😊
You were playing just for a mounth? This is really good quality tennis...
Beginners? Lol I don't think so 😂. Nice try guys!
Ikr. There is no way they were beginners😂 this is just their clickbait to get more views
@@Worldolphin watch his channel, he is a beginner, just athletically talented
@@louisedyhlen3234 this is probably their first lesson but they are not beginners.
@@grospipo20 in terms of time the taller dude for sure is a beginner, at that point he had been playing tennis for like 3 months
Is this at Caswell?
Caswell tennis center sucks
Solid coach
u guys will make it to 4.0 but thats it. alot of biomechanical problems in ur kinetic chain. but the fat guy on the left has more of a ceiling than mustache man
what does this even mean bro?
this is hate speech
@@Winners-Only He's probably just high.. Pay no attention.. Just do the best you two can, and enjoy the game.. With lots of practice & time, you can easily surpass 4.0, easily.