The reason why his dropshots are so effective is because he got cannons on both wings with a very compact form and his opponents know he wont settle for anything but a winner.
Yeah and these are all short balls that he also could have blasted past you in either direction. Hence why you’re standing so far back to have a chance. Deadly
You all shut up. They are effective because they are extremely accurate…. Not just because the other players are expecting a cannon, that just helps, but the main reason is the well done drop shot.
@@michelewilliams4702 well done. Bravo. You managed to be wrong twice in one condescending answer. First, you were wrong in assessing that our responses were critical - they weren't. Second you are just flat out incorrect - if these guys are standing closer, it doesn't work so well.
Agree. I'm not a huge tennis fanatic, but I feel we may be watching the most complete player ever? He's so unpredictable and that makes it fun to watch
Federer mastered this tactic, but it's Carlos that has taken it to another level. That alone speaks to the variety of the Alcaraz game. The kid is frightening.
Mention literally anyone throughout tennis history who has a better drop shot than Alcaraz? No one. Opponents don't even try to make it to the dropshot cos the disguise just hangs on until the last splut of a second.
1:20 Just when you thought Zverev has a chance to 6:46:46:4 on Alcaraz... Carlitos starts his almost succesful comeback for 2 sets all with his gentle weapon.
Even if they are aware, it's nothing they can do , he executes so perfectly that ball bounces atleast 3 times before reaching service line, and he executes when opponent position has become unstable, from unstable position chasing that ball would be almost impossible, even if they get it he has got an excellent lob to win the point
The instincts of this teenager are astounding. I just hope Carlos can stay relatively injury free, but his game at just 19yrs is so complete and still developing. He is even more physical than Rafael, but with more of a Roger ease expertise.
This only works when a player respects your forehand like ATP players respect Carlos' forehand. This is why Kyrgios can get away with the underarm. You're not going to see Diego Schwartzmann acing with the underarm anytime soon.
@@amritanshusinghairy9096 Watch Korda's feet at 0:06. It looks like he's glitching. That hesitation, then recovery, then hesitation, then recovery, is turning a top ATP player into a piece of broken code. Alcaraz is not just an athletic freak of nature. He does damage to his opponent's confidence in small, but substantial ways. I'm not saying that he breaks opponents the way Nadal did back at Roland Garros in 2008 or Monte Carlo in 2010, where they're celebrating after picking up a single game in a set, or calling out to their coach, "This guy's gonna win 40 straight titles here." But he does enough confidence-busting to eke out those extra few points per set that are the difference between victory and defeat at the highest levels. I think Sinner, Felix, Rune and Shelton have a good shot at winning some Slams too (Shelton, FAA and Sinner seem better suited for grass than Alcaraz does right now), but the next 7 or 8 years might be the era of Alcaraz. No one is doing what he does.
No, you have to have a feathering touch. A lot of players have massive forehands, like Gonzales, Nadal, Del Potro, etc... if you don't drop it at just the right spot, you'd get killed.
@@tomsd8656 His premise is not that big forehand guys will execute the drop shot well. His premise is that small forehand guys when they drop shot it is not that effective, since the opponent is ready.
@amritanshusinghairy9096 Not sure I understand you. But I think that's the wrong premise to assume that small FH guys cannot execute dropshot well because the opponent is ready. Opponent is always expecting they could be dropshot at any time. It's the disguise and placement that seals the deal. It's a very risky shot that requires excellent touch, because not only you have to place it but you have to do that with a disguise.
@@thomasnoyon9571 No, he does, but I expressed myself poorly. Since the drop shot obviously cannot be played with a forehand grip, I assumed that you were asking if he changes the grip or prepares it straight from the ready position. So that's why i said that he DOES change the grip, otherwise (if he had the drop shot grip straight from the ready position) the opponent would see that he was going to play drop shot. I hope it's clear what I meant.
@@radieschen79 I don’t mean execute it as good as Carlos, but some players constantly hit the ball hard when they have the ability to make good drop shots but just don’t dare because it’s indeed a risky shot. Carlos, as he said in a recent interview, is strong right now because he’s not afraid missing his shots. If other players were less afraid to take options on the front court we could see more points like the ones Alcaraz scores
@@victorlaure9114 I understand what you're saying, maybe it's a mental thing too. But still, if it was so easy to do, other players would try to execute this shot as well a lot more often. They don't have his cannon ball of a fh to recede their opponents way behind the baseline the way he does before he executes the drop shot.
Pay atrention. The video is about the combination of service+drop shot, all togheter. Alcaraz do it a lot of times, and no player seems to have a good solution to it, when he does well. Is not only about drop shot!
Alcaraz is at least on the same level as the big 3 used to be. But it seems he won't have as strong of an opposition. So, if he stays healthy, he might be winning slams left and right and break the record? The Big 3 are unlucky to have played in the same era (from the perspective of winning the maximum possible number of Slams)
I dont know. He seems to have a lot of trouble against Sinner and that Canadian guy. In order to become really unbeatable he needs to improve his serve.
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The reason why his dropshots are so effective is because he got cannons on both wings with a very compact form and his opponents know he wont settle for anything but a winner.
Yeah and these are all short balls that he also could have blasted past you in either direction. Hence why you’re standing so far back to have a chance. Deadly
yup, just like Kyrgios underarm serve, it only works because he pushes his opponent so far back on return of serves with his 140MPH serves
You all shut up. They are effective because they are extremely accurate…. Not just because the other players are expecting a cannon, that just helps, but the main reason is the well done drop shot.
@@michelewilliams4702 well done. Bravo. You managed to be wrong twice in one condescending answer. First, you were wrong in assessing that our responses were critical - they weren't. Second you are just flat out incorrect - if these guys are standing closer, it doesn't work so well.
@@michelewilliams4702 you, the great voice of wisdom.
I hope Carlos Alcaraz stays at the top of tennis for many years, winning Grand Slams. He has beautiful and fun attack tennis to watch 💥🔥
Vamos Carlos and Mia San Mia
@@DimitarFCBM Jajaja
Mia san mia!
Agree.
I'm not a huge tennis fanatic, but I feel we may be watching the most complete player ever?
He's so unpredictable and that makes it fun to watch
He will
His drop shots are so satisfying to watch!
when you have a big forehand, the drop shot is a big weapon, federer also develop this weapon pretty early in his career
He developed it, but relatively late in his career.
Only possible when you also possess lethal groundstrokes. Which Alcaraz possesses.
This guy has perfected the combo that Djokovic has been trying for the past 5 years.
Carlos is better.
@@mars27970 And he's still only 19. 😳
Federer mastered this tactic, but it's Carlos that has taken it to another level. That alone speaks to the variety of the Alcaraz game. The kid is frightening.
Since serve and volley had died out, "serve and drop" has to replace it to keep the ball bashing baseliners honest.
He's gonna get somebody killed with that combo !!
Greatest drop shorter of all time and he’s only 19 😂
Forgetting some guy from Switzerland?
Such a weasel shot. So weasel
greatest of all time if time just started in 2022
@@slossed09Roger? I don't think so and at this age, it is a no way
Mention literally anyone throughout tennis history who has a better drop shot than Alcaraz?
No one. Opponents don't even try to make it to the dropshot cos the disguise just hangs on until the last splut of a second.
1:20 Just when you thought Zverev has a chance to 6:4 6:4 6:4 on Alcaraz... Carlitos starts his almost succesful comeback for 2 sets all with his gentle weapon.
That is his signature. Players will learn and should be aware that this can come anytime.
Even if they are aware, it's nothing they can do , he executes so perfectly that ball bounces atleast 3 times before reaching service line, and he executes when opponent position has become unstable, from unstable position chasing that ball would be almost impossible, even if they get it he has got an excellent lob to win the point
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The instincts of this teenager are astounding. I just hope Carlos can stay relatively injury free, but his game at just 19yrs is so complete and still developing. He is even more physical than Rafael, but with more of a Roger ease expertise.
Es increíble la facilidad y clase conque ejecuta las dejadas, superan incluso las de Manolo, Santana.
His lob is lethal as well
It's crazy!
Serve +1 drop shots , great collection your tennis channel is the best
The greats always change the game for the better.
Incredible measure...
The Alca-Drop ●°○😮🫴🫳🫣😃
GENIOUS!!!
I love how he fakes out his opponents so hard... winding up as if he's gonna blast the return, then just tapping it with a little slice 🤣
Además de verdad. Cualquier día se lesiona el contrario pegándose un porrazo en el poste de la red.
This only works when a player respects your forehand like ATP players respect Carlos' forehand.
This is why Kyrgios can get away with the underarm. You're not going to see Diego Schwartzmann acing with the underarm anytime soon.
That is so true.
@@amritanshusinghairy9096 Watch Korda's feet at 0:06. It looks like he's glitching. That hesitation, then recovery, then hesitation, then recovery, is turning a top ATP player into a piece of broken code.
Alcaraz is not just an athletic freak of nature. He does damage to his opponent's confidence in small, but substantial ways. I'm not saying that he breaks opponents the way Nadal did back at Roland Garros in 2008 or Monte Carlo in 2010, where they're celebrating after picking up a single game in a set, or calling out to their coach, "This guy's gonna win 40 straight titles here." But he does enough confidence-busting to eke out those extra few points per set that are the difference between victory and defeat at the highest levels.
I think Sinner, Felix, Rune and Shelton have a good shot at winning some Slams too (Shelton, FAA and Sinner seem better suited for grass than Alcaraz does right now), but the next 7 or 8 years might be the era of Alcaraz. No one is doing what he does.
No, you have to have a feathering touch. A lot of players have massive forehands, like Gonzales, Nadal, Del Potro, etc... if you don't drop it at just the right spot, you'd get killed.
@@tomsd8656 His premise is not that big forehand guys will execute the drop shot well. His premise is that small forehand guys when they drop shot it is not that effective, since the opponent is ready.
@amritanshusinghairy9096 Not sure I understand you. But I think that's the wrong premise to assume that small FH guys cannot execute dropshot well because the opponent is ready. Opponent is always expecting they could be dropshot at any time. It's the disguise and placement that seals the deal. It's a very risky shot that requires excellent touch, because not only you have to place it but you have to do that with a disguise.
I don't think there is anyone who can hit that shot as well as Alcaraz does it's like he does it so simple and when you at least expecting it
Does he change his grip when he does a forehand dropshot ? or is it the same grip as his normal forehand ?
He changes it, otherwise the opponent would notice that he intends to play it.
@@tennisnearerthegods so he doesn't, right ? Your sentence makes no sense. I'm assuming you forgot the "doesn't"
@@thomasnoyon9571 No, he does, but I expressed myself poorly. Since the drop shot obviously cannot be played with a forehand grip, I assumed that you were asking if he changes the grip or prepares it straight from the ready position. So that's why i said that he DOES change the grip, otherwise (if he had the drop shot grip straight from the ready position) the opponent would see that he was going to play drop shot. I hope it's clear what I meant.
The best drop shootervis Dustin Brown
I don’t understand why drop shot is not use more in tennis, it’s so effective 🤷♂️
Because it's the most difficult shot to execute and not everyone can do it
@@raghumanda2tanush496 I know but I can imagine that in the top 20 they are all able to execute it
@@victorlaure9114 Dude, obviously not, otherwise they would do it. 😉
@@radieschen79 I don’t mean execute it as good as Carlos, but some players constantly hit the ball hard when they have the ability to make good drop shots but just don’t dare because it’s indeed a risky shot. Carlos, as he said in a recent interview, is strong right now because he’s not afraid missing his shots. If other players were less afraid to take options on the front court we could see more points like the ones Alcaraz scores
@@victorlaure9114 I understand what you're saying, maybe it's a mental thing too. But still, if it was so easy to do, other players would try to execute this shot as well a lot more often. They don't have his cannon ball of a fh to recede their opponents way behind the baseline the way he does before he executes the drop shot.
satisfying for the viewer, frustrating for the opponent.
Exactly 😁We like to see it, but I bet his opponents absolutely hate it
Wouldn’t work as well against a Federer who stood on or inside the baseline.
Pay atrention. The video is about the combination of service+drop shot, all togheter.
Alcaraz do it a lot of times, and no player seems to have a good solution to it, when he does well.
Is not only about drop shot!
The courts are littered with the bodies of his opponents 🤣
Fundamental Pickleball strategy.
Has a drop shot ever been so much fun to watch ? Lethal
I don't think those shots are defendable once you're behind the baseline.
Carlos' touch on the tennis ball is like Maradona's touch on tne football.
The hand of god? 😆
At some point players will sign a petition to the ATP to ban this shot
Y lo que duele que te hagan una dejada.
Alcaraz is at least on the same level as the big 3 used to be. But it seems he won't have as strong of an opposition.
So, if he stays healthy, he might be winning slams left and right and break the record?
The Big 3 are unlucky to have played in the same era (from the perspective of winning the maximum possible number of Slams)
I dont know. He seems to have a lot of trouble against Sinner and that Canadian guy. In order to become really unbeatable he needs to improve his serve.
He plays with magic - just hope his body holds up so he can give more pleasure to us ull.
I am afraid Alcaraz may end some players' tennis career with his drop shots.
😂😂😂😂Nice one
Que se lo cuenten a Chiripas.
In fairness to me, if I had practised this combination 500.000 times like he did, I could do this too.
Well I think that's not certain. He has a special talent and control over his body. But maybe you could do the same.
That's cool, now everyone knows that and they can tweak their game to beat him..
No, porque esos golpes solo son posibles cuando tienes una derecha potente que mantiene lejos al rival, y ¿cómo vas a evitar eso?
Not really
No , only way to beat him is waiting for his unforced errors or poor serves
@@raghumanda2tanush496 Which both will improve as the kid is still only 19 years old. 😆
@@radieschen79 u always talk that he is 19 but borg McEnroe wilander Monica sales steffi agassi were better from that age or prior
It's just a logic shot due to nearly all players are staying at/behind the base line=boring!
It's almost like he's cheating
Such a weasel shot
It only works because his opponents have "weasled" their way 20 ft behind the baseline to defend against his massive forehand
He got a weasel face too
ma non sbaglia mai???
Baby Rafa ...
Nope, Baby Alcaraz! 😐