5 Tennis Hacks To INSTANTLY Improve Your Game 

A good and instant hack would be to bring up the intensity of your footwork - bend those knees, drive through the ball and remain stable throughout and your level will increase dramatically! The main difference you see between amateur and pro play lies precisely in the footwork

Great tennis tips! Thank you! also as a lifelong tennis player, I tried out pickleball. Have you ever tried? 🎾

Love the grip chocking on volleys. I’m a decent net player but sometimes trying to do too much. This helps just concentrating on driving the ball in the direction you want. Less cute but more effective under pressure. Thanks mentor!

I will try the volley hack tomorrow! What helps me a lot on groundstrokes is telling myself to always hit the ball at waist level. It might not be possible all the time but it gives me a spatial reference to use my footwork effectively and cut down on errors vs hitting a ball too high or too close to my body because I want to hit it earlier

Can’t wait to try these out today, thank you!!

Great advice, congratulations for the Chanel and thanks for share, I play right hand drive and left hand drive and i see a lot of adventage to play this way maybe in the future this can change the way to play tenis

Great agility drills. This is now my go to and I do about 15 minutes several times a week.

Thank you very much for the useful tips!👌

Great tips. Thank you very much!

Great hacks! The breathing/grunting hack is the one that helps me most, for relaxed power and intensity. Another hack a coach told me was to always aim for something specific in every shot, rather than just a random shot, such as where you want the ball you hit to land. Then see how close to your intention your execution was, and learn from that.

Fantastic tips ...thx much!

You’re a legend man! Thank you

Very practical tips!

Brilliant videos. Highly recommend. I'm so guilty of NOT doing #5!

As always, great and informative. Thanks from Stuttgart, Germany, Ashley!

Hi I'm from 🇦🇷 i like so much seeing your tips and I love the channel, tks for sharing it with all the Tennis Fan around the world ❤

I'll give chocking a try - thanks for the idea!

Great video, thanks. 😊😊😊

Thanks Ashley!

I love a new replacement grip!!! Great tip!!!

Great tips. I will try the breath out when hitting the ball.

Thanks, definitely find new overgrip helpful 😁. Will need to try the volley grip tip, curious if it might help my weak volley 🤝

That volley tip transformed my volleys almost instantly when you told me about it - fully recommend it 👌 👍

Bro I love your second serve techniques, it's so effective.. 💯💯💯💯😂❤.

Thanks. Still using beat the bounce... Great tip.

Thanks...perfect...

I will try breathing out first, then tossing the ball without spin. Thanks for the video, it’s very helpful 😊

Good to hear about breathing out when hitting the ball. I found I am doing it with longer rallies but I’m careful no one is too close to hear as it may sound pretentious. 😊I thought it was more for focusing than relaxing muscles though recently especially when serving I am trying to full relax before starting the movement. I will try the no-spin hack since tossing is really hard for me. I will also try the higher grip during volley, see how it feels.

Excellent tips and reminders. Love the wind break at 6:32 as well.

Definitely like the toss idea. I'm going to try that tip with my kids this week. Thanks!

Thanks Coach Ashley! I really appreciate this video! Excellent teaching 🙏 those of us who know, know, haha there's always that one guy who will criticize 🤷‍♂️🙄 there have been books written by HOF tennis Coaches about quick fixes and tips, We all know it's not overnight. Thanks again 👍💯💪👏 Great job!

Very nice and informative to improve, thanks alot

I have to try the shorter grip on the volley, I never knew this, on my practice today🙂

The change of holding the grip, a bit higher is new to me. Very well narrated. Thank you for your video.

The light are super, nice photography

Great tips and great channel! I’m going to try breathing out straight away. Bounce hhhhhit, thank you!

The best tennis tips

Thanks for the tips I currently do the choking up on the grip for volleys. ( I first saw this at the US CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS in Houston tons of years ago. J Michael Gamble was playing doubles and I was court side. I’m like if a pro does this it must have validity. I’ll next try your hack on return of serve for one handers Take care

That racket color looks amazing.

so glad I found your channel.... I have incorporated so much in the last week and notice improvements.. keep em coming and review the Head Gravity Pro ..please?

The volley hack is new to me and, as I'm playing doubles, I'm totally going to try it right away. The breathing out one is also very good, didn't think about it but it makes a lot of sense and I'm trying it also. For the return of serve I do something different: as I'm learning 2hbh, I keep the hands ready for it when returning first serves, so that if it's on my FH I hit it with a continental (with a more closed FH grip I tend to send the ball to the net); when returning 2nd serves I instead keep my semiwestern FH grip, as most of the times it's slow enaough that, if it's on my BH side, I can run around it. Makes sense?

nice job

all of them!

I am religious about changing my over-grip before every match and practices too. Makes a huge difference in my game and my confidence in my shots because I am not holding the racquet in a death grip. I buy over-grips in bulk. 🙂

Best tennis channel ever

Volley grip hack ✔️🎾💪🙌

Great things to incorporate. I’d add split step right up there

I ve noticed that Djokovic and Dimitrov were chocking slightly on the serve as well. I tried to apply but i miss power. There are more secret to Djokovic serve apoarently on has to be the legendary racket.. Spot on video very cool.

The best hack that was new to me is choking up on the grip when volleying. I play with an Ezone 98 which at times I find unstable at the net but this hack made so much sense and it worked. I was thinking about adding weight at 3-9 to increase the stability but I feel I rather experiment with this more. Thanks!!!

Hi Ash. Hack 2. Thank you. Cheers

Gracias Mentor !! 👍🏾👍🏻👍🇪🇦🇪🇸🇪🇦

Many thanks, I'd do for sure the easiest, the last one regarding the grip...Personally I see the most difficult for me is the one about the volley. Not so easy for an old guy like me to chage his bad habit and honestly, I'm quite happy about my volley. Then I'll focus on the others hack which I'm partially already doing, but I'll practice more these to make them more consistant in my tennis

I especially relate to the hack of no spin on the ball toss; also, I can't say I realised exactly why one should exhale at ball strike - of course, to relax! The other hacks were food for thought also. Thanks also for so conveniently cueing the video, and for being so precise. I don't chose to subscribe lightly!

The video quality is crazy good

It took me twenty years to figure these things out! Every hack works! I need a hack to remember all the hacks!

the volley tip, I've never heard anyone talked about!!! im gonna give it a try. As for the no spin toss, how do we achieve it? Thank you!

I choked up on my volleys about a year ago to the extent that I placed my index finger through the racket throat. I had INSTANT improvement. The lack of reach mentioned is more than compensated for by touch. I will never go back. An aside: the closer your hand is to the business end of your tool, the greater control you have over it.

Thank you sir this video very helpful to me, I am TENNIS COACH at INDIA, Tamil Nadu, Trichy, (MIET TENNIS ACADEMY) I will share to my students, and the second one volley grip hack and Toss for serve hack is really super. I'm regularly watching your videos for more information from about Tennis. Thank you 👍

Great tips , any more hacks would be great for players who find it hard to improve because of bad technique learnt at an early age !!!

Best hack... Replace the overgrip often. It makes everything else better! The remaining hacks are all tried and true tips that have endured the test of time. Having a clean fresh overgrip or grip is money well spent and makes the playing experience more pleasant!

Return hack was told to me by a 60+ yr old club player and it really helped! The volley one I realized it not long ago and it almost felt like cheating, I wondered if it was correct and until your video I had that doubt. For sure I've seen Alcaraz do it!

When returning against someone with a good serve I always do the opposite of hack 1: be ready in a backhand position. I feel as I am able to hit a decent forehand return with a not perfect semi western grip. But when I slightly over or under rotate by quickly switching from a forehand to one-handed backhand grip the return gets much worse.

#1 & #2 for me

#4 is not a hack but a fundamental. I used to hold my breath when hitting and I was usually out of breath after a rally. Just breathing out at contact helps me last a lot longer, and have less cramps too.

but the ball toss is a curve talking about the kick serve so this only will go for flat and slice serve right?

I would to test the volley by putting my hand up a little instead of the usual which is at the bottom.

Good tips! (Black grip in front of ur black jacket is quite hard to see tho)

Please make vedio of tactics

I think there's an even easier way to change grip as a one-handed backhand player: Don't. Hard to explain in text, but basically hit with the opposite racquet face than you normally would and then the grip stays the same (or changes much less atleast, depending on exact choice of fh/bh grip). Another way to explain: If I have the racquet in fh position with semi-western grip and then make a windshield-wiper motion to my backhand side the racquet is in the right place and right grip without any grip change. Of course my actual motion is much faster/compact than a windshield-wiper motion but you get the idea. Third way to explain: When returning I have my racquet in front of me with a semi-western forehand grip, with the wrist already cocked a bit so the strings are facing my opponent. I then just start my backswing, and regardless if I'm hitting forehand or backhand the strings facing the opponent at the start are the same hitting the ball. To me it never made sense why you would make a grip change that's 180 degrees, or close to it, when you could just twist the hand (like you do anyway). I've watched tennis for 20 years, played for 3, coached 1 year and didn't know some players move the hand up a bit on volley. Cool tip. As for ball tosses, I struggled a bit, but found it easier when I switched to the "holding a glass" grip of the ball while tossing. Became much more consistent, but still not perfect. Will try the "no spin" thing too :)

Choking the grip for volley. Will give it a shot.

sir i wanna ask, that racquet a new head speed pro or mp?

Number 2 is probably one of the best tips. I’ve been a teaching pro 23 years and I choke up on the handle for my volleys because of the control it gives me. I have encouraged I don’t know how many kids I’ve taught to do this and they all fight it. I don’t get it…

I'll be trying all of them! Another two tennis tips I'll add is dont over complicate or over think your technique or game. Keep it simple. My final tip is to understand what your ability allows you to do and not do. Dont let your ego overtake your ability or shot execution level! Thanks Ash!👍

What string do you use on you head speed pro?

Hack 2 is clever

I think once some adults reach the level of around 9 utr, it can be very hard to improve. This has happened to me. Although you may be improving aspects of your game, the results in tournaments remain the same. For me, it’s because I developed bad habits as a child that are engrained into my muscle memory (western grip, short takeback on forehand). I don’t go to the net much because here in Florida with the level of players, if you try to go to the net without hitting an outstanding approach, you will not even get a chance to volley.

yea sure, don't put spin on your toss but easier said than done. how do you not put spin on your service toss ?

The easy one first. Change the grip 😅

MY problem is I hold my breath while hitting and it winds me quickly

How did your touch tennis match go ???

​@TheTennisMentor I watched the video, but also any right-minded individual would agree that what I said was facts. It's regarding the tittle and like you said you don't like titles like this, ultimately it will attract those seeking for instant gratification and I'm just addressing that. Not sure why my comment isn't posting as a reply

Great hacks…thanks…especially the #2, i had no idea. In return, my hack for you, if you want to double your views drop that silly mustache. “You cannot be serious…”

The current nerd with no real students after 18 years teaching tennis he discover the fact the round wheel is better than the squear one ... 😂

Bros deleting my comments

There is no "hack" to instantly improve your tennis. If you are searching for that, then you're not in the right mindset.

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