Thanks a lot Ryan! Today I'm going to play my first Tournament and I'l try to keep in mind all your tips. As a beginner your videos really helped me and I love the way you explain your ideas and how enthusiastic you are. Thanks again and keep it up!
@@2MinuteTennis hello Ryan! Sadly I lost my first game 2-6 3-6 😢 But I had the chance to play a second game, because they made a chart with those that lost. After an amazing 3:45 hours fight I ended up losing 6-7 6-2 4-6. It was my first tournament and I’m still learning. Tomorrow I’ll take part in my second tournament. I want to thank you for your tips. The one about placing yourself diagonally to intersect the court helped me a lot. I’ll keep you posted. Thanks again
Awesome Video Coach, very simple & basic strategies, but very very effective ones, especially for beginners and intermediate players. I am teaching my niece to be more competitive for her high school tennis team, and this is the best and most effective strategies for single matches. Thanks a lot Coach.
I agree with positioning yourself on the baseline to bisect the distance to react to either direction that the ball is hit. However, wouldn't it make sense for players that have a vastly superior forehand compared to their backhand to "slightly" shade a little to increase the likelihood of hitting forehands? That would enable you to use your strengths to attack your opponents weaknesses.
Absolutely. But you don’t become a black belt by starting at a black belt. These are basic singles strategies that are essential for learning to play great tennis. Once a player as developed real weapons in their games they can start to adjust slightly the strategies and court portioning taught to learning players. Thanks for the support!!
@@2MinuteTennis Thanks for your reply. And despite my initial comment, I appreciate you targeting any instruction for higher level tennis players that can make great gains with minor adjustments. You've helped my game enormously with one tip. You never know what nugget any one person can glean from your videos.
@@JackC85 hey that’s awesome! Well good luck with your first year of high school tennis. If you have any questions please be sure to write them in the comments. I always read the comments.
@@2MinuteTennis I was wondering if you had any tips on how to effectively get to the net in singles and put away a point from there? I feel stuck at the baseline sometimes in rallies but it seems a lot of my opponents get to the net pretty easily
If they do that also in their forehand and they went down the line, go cross court so they are not well position and you force them to hit with their backhand. If next shot they try to hit to your backhand, odds are it won't be a strong shot and you can hurt them or run around to hit with your forehand.
When I’m coming to the net after a nice approach shot to my opponents on the move backhand (we are both 2.5) I’m getting beat with the lob. I can’t jump and reach it and I can’t run it down. What do I do? This is making me not want to approach the net.
Great tips. I am a lady ITF seniors player, age 67, and today I had to play against ladies half my age in a round Robin singles tournament in my daughter's colony. I used your tips effectively and won the gold.. Fantastic ideas you have. Thank you.
Thanks for the input. I forgot to mention that it’s a left-hander and I’m a right-hander. Maybe your suggestion would be to return the ‘favor’ and hit it to his backhand even if it is a down the line shot. I’ve tried doing that and what happens is that we have a rally of weak backhand to weak backhand of which I was pretty successful. But recently I’ve tried to make it a ‘growth’ situation by hitting the backhand shot crosscourt to his forehand which isn’t exactly Andres Rublev, and that seems to work fairly well with the added benefit of giving me confidence that I can win points even on ‘shied to sword’ rallies because I’ve been able to get some weak returns even on forehand. Now I have to work on my volleys and overheads which often let me down!
Hitting most shots crosscourt seems to have helped the most, even in the games when I’m hitting it to a left-hander’s forehand. Another benefit of this strategy is that you get in the habit of getting ready a little earlier.
