How to beat a Pusher using the "Serve + 1" play 

rodctenis yes and also short slice forehand instead of topspin, whichever is more comfortable depending on the return

exactly what Fed did against Djoker last time. It worked perfectly well, well except that ...

Hey great insights. Learning that you can't always play, and win, beautifully is a big milestone. Sometimes it's ugly and you gotta tough it out. More often than I'd like to admit lol :-)

Reminds me of when I was younger, I played this guy who hacked and slashed the ball most unorthodoxly with little pace, I kept complaining to my coach why won't this guy play real tennis. My coach said he was doing everything in his power to make you uncomfortable and doing that for a win is about as real as it gets!

Crunch Time Coaching crappy is just wrong. It’s an intentionally hit short ball on an opponent playing off the court, perhaps with high topspin to shape it into the court. On a completely different note, appreciate your videos

Haha me too

Thanks! I would actually use "Home Base" against them. ACPs are super-talented so you need to reduce your risk and make them take chances to attack. If they're treeing there's not much you can do, but at least you made them earn it.

Watch the video on how to play southpaws and flip them in your head. Unless, of course you play against another southpaw ; )

Hmm not necessarily. At the 4.0 level you still have pushers and there are some 4.0s that actually can hit decent seves regularly. Most 4.0s that are aggressive have atleast 1 to 2 weapons so not a ton of weapons but 1 or 2 is not unreasonable and if the ability to hit decent aggressive serves is one of those weapons you developed than I could see this being a tactic. I remember in high school I was on the JV team a couple of years before playing varsity and I played against some who had a monster serve, it was as big as someone playing at a 5.0 or 5.5 level but the rest of his game was weak, in rally points I could see him struggling to rally with a 3.0 or 3.5 level player so if someone's serve is developed above the rest of their game I could see this being a tactic.

Good question! "Home Base" is a relatively conservative play. But others are more aggressive and riskier. But in either case, if you get a short ball then you can change direction on an outside groundstroke. It's when you're behind the baseline receiving a well-hit ball that you get yourself into trouble.

Linda Sheehan If this is a happening then your shots are too soft and too short load up more with your legs for power so you stop allowing the other player to lob. Don’t over brush the with spin by finishing too high with your forehand over your shoulder instead go more linear or straight thru your shot. By doing this you keep the ball lower and it’s much harder for the opponent to make a lob return also practice your overhead smashes from net to base line. Good luck.

Hey Farhang, thanks! For the time being, ya, but we'll have more in the fall. In the process of figuring out our content schedule now :-)

Hey Paul! You can get one at FuzzyYellowballs.com

Hi Reed, Yes it does. Your forehand would be to the "sword" but in the context of your opponent being a pusher it is still a good strategy.

That's awesome congrats!

Hey, yep! We ship international :-)

@@fuzzyyellowballs Thanks mate

If I was a leftie, I could use the strategy (modifying it) Will gave.

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Good nomination. Another one who annoys me.

First time they pushed this (last year), the only good thing that they delivered on for me was the no questions asked refund policy.

Pera Kojot except it’s really not. All you need is a controlled serve, bc pace won’t draw them further back. A 2.5 with a 30mph serve could run this play. Maybe learn some control?

@@juliansanderson839 Sorry, but I don't think you know what you are talking about. 30mph serve, wtf??? Advance serve doesn't only mean pace (ofc fast serve works the best) but can also mean slice wide. But both these are 5.0 and higher types of serve. A similar pattern to what video is proposing can actually work but requires at least 4.0 level and serve doesn't matter much (as long as opponent can't directly attack it). The idea is after return to play short CC BH slice. Then the pusher can't have much choice but to try to play short ball or (as most often happens) just push the ball long. However, one needs a decent slice to do that.

​@@perakojot6524​ in what world is a wide slice considered 5.0 material? it's a basic serve, and doesn't even have to be performed well in this situation. and like i said, pace doesn't mean much against someone standing so far back. your pattern is almost the exact same in terms of difficulty, you just changed which part was difficult. instead of a controlled serve you need a controlled slice. plus, your pattern doesn't account for court geometry -- you've hit a backhand, drawn your opponent to the net and given them an even shorter angle to use on your backhand, n a passing shot to your forehand, and every angle in between. it's a completely defensive situation for you unless you play the perfect slice

@@juliansanderson839 Wide slice serve that doesn't get crushed under your feet requires 5.0 level unless you play against ppl who are (probably as yourself) clueless about return. And even if it doesn't get crushed any decent moonballer will just moonball it back to the base line. You are just talking out of your ass like the guy that posts a video. Bunch of useless theory that doesn't work on the court. Or you are simply 3-3.5 player that never played against ppl who can hit hard FH return or know how to properly play defensively by killing your pace and sending relentless amount of defensive slices deep on your baseline.

​ Pera Kojot i play singles at the varsity 3 position in a division one high school. you must have a massive superiority complex to judge my knowledge on the return with no context and just assuming you are more educated on a topic. you also lack evidence to back your claims, so saying im talking out of my ass is hypocritical and ignorant. let me irrita rate: this is a counter strategy to a PUSHER -- as in someone with minimal technical skill, yet high athletic ability. they are not capable of crushing ANY serve, even a poorly aimed wide slice. if someone moonballs it, there is this little known secret called the OVERHEAD. better yet, let it drop and hit a short topspin/drive shot from the baseline, if you aren't capable of doing a BASIC fundamental. the opponent can't be a 5.0 power baseliner with a return that kills every serve and a weak ass moonballer. stop picking and choosing when someone is capable of hitting a winner when it is assumed they are not technically sound enough to do so.

Carlos Silva As my tennis coach says you don’t play tennis to get fit you get fit to play tennis. So you need to work on fitness and strategy. The pointers Will gives are correct they are not theory just watch the first video and you will see Federer using the plays. If you’re finding it too physically challenging then a quick start would be don’t forget to split step when your opponent is about to hit the ball so your uni turn is quick those milliseconds are critical. If you are split stepping every single time then maybe your split step is too high costing you time. Try and keep your split step as low as you can so you can move quicker with your same physique. Keep coming to the net when your opponent is on the run and your first shot is deep to give you time it take practice but it does work. The more times you come to the net the better you will get. Your frustration to quit is greater than your motivation to improve, work on your mindset. It takes time be patient don’t expect instant results and gratification we so easily can find online. Good luck.

Hi@@HT__00, As I wrote down - Does it mean it is all wrong - NO. It only means that it is not that straight forward. And this is for me a valuable advice to all of those out there, that as I did, want to buy to book/course to improve there tennis. As for "Your frustration to quit is greater than your motivation to improve, work on your mindset." - this is a absurd point of view. I'm 50 years old, and I'm far from being unmotivated. As a matter of fact I'm super motivated, and that's why I'm constantly searching for new solutions, new points of view, new technical approaches. I'm a coach myself and have tried tons of new approaches to several issues in the last decade, and some are great, some are not. Having payed for these "pack of advice" (book/course), I was at least expecting some feedback from the authors. Still do. The channel is open.

Carlos Silva You’re supposedly a coach and still don’t find it straight forward? I don’t think it can get much simpler the videos do a great job of making even easier, you only gave it a weekend before criticizing it that to me is quitting, its pretty obvious why he’s not responding to you if he sees your comment out of the many comments he gets daily. The material is high quality and it takes more than a weekend to get it right try more like a few months to get into the new habit. The first serve first strike does work if you hit your serve in the right spot and get a short return it will not work on every serve what he’s trying to teach is what is possible and what is probable and to play your percentages accordingly for a higher win rate. Good luck.

Does the book come with an explained video for each of the 41 Plays like this one?

@@atore Yes. And a lot of extras like "The 100MPH Club" (serve), "The Kinetic Forehand", "The 55% Advantage" (the statistical analysis of pros that is behind the "Singles Playbook")

wat are u bubling about?

For those of us considering to buy the book, can you explain why? Thx

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