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Hey Karue! Please could you make video on how to become a professional tennis player and the work thats required to get there? I'm 14 and I want to go pro one day and be like Naomi but I can't afford a coach right now and I'm not sure how to go about my development. Thank you :)
You go Whitney! Keep watching Karue and playing and training. Do you have someone to take you through drills? Like a family member or friend. My son is trying to do the same thing as you. I did it has a hockey player. What I can share with you is there is no one path...everyone has a different path. Just keep finding a way and always try to get to that next level...whatever that level is for you. And remember to enjoy it, because it can be hard at times. Good luck!
Always great to chase your dreams! It is going to be a long road, and there is going to be a lot of competitors, be strong and keep your eyes on the long term goals. Having one or more hitting partners is very important, and if you can help eachother that will not cost you much (balls, strings, court time, you know). Regularly filming yourself can be of tremendous help, get a (second hand) action cam and mount it on the fence or scoreboard and watch yourself play. Keep in mind that you will play differently during matches, and maybe the first few times you will be conscious of the camera. Then don’t get crazy with what you want to change!!! Select one or two key points you want to address and focus your training on those for at least a month, until you start applying it in point play without thinking about it. Maybe see if you can find a coach you trust who is willing to give you an occasional training to show you excersizes you can then practise with your hitting partners. And most importantly, be mindful of injuries. Listen to your body and take good care of it, or it is going to let you down.
@@YouriTegelaers thank you so much for the advice! When you mentioned having one or two key points for a month, that confused me a bit (because if i were to work on only one or two stroke for a month, wouldnt my other strokes suffer?) Please could you give an example?
@@patiencepius1081 Key points as in specific things you want to be working on changing / improving. By all means keep playing all strokes! But each change will take time to get incorporated in your game, and it will temporarily set you back a little bit before it makes you stronger, so keep the number of simultanious changes to a minimum.
Hey, really enjoying your videos. The spit step timing is much easier when there is some pace involved. Hitting with lower level players the rhythm is much slower and easier to stand around smoking cigarettes between balls, or pondering life’s choices and suddenly you’re late. Any tips for using this extra time when the ball is slower?
Try extra hard to track the ball with your eyes all the way to the proper contact point. You won't need to move fast but create good distance and go at it
Great video . That "1, 2, split step" will be an internal mental counting I will try out when I go and play tennis with my wife today. Of course, I will try to keep a wide stance and lower centre of gravity. Thanks!!!
Great video! Aside from footwork, any weight trainings you recommend ? I tend to injure my calf. Do you think strengthening the legs might help with reducing the risk of calf related injuries, thanks in advance mate!
It would of course be interesting to see the variations in style from one player to another, but I think it would also be helpful to identify the essential base techniques they are all employing. That would really make clearer what the amateur player needs to integrate into his/her game.
Congratulations on 20k. Great topics. I always thought I had a wide base until I recorded myself... but over recording makes you nuts as well. Catch 22
I'd love to see breakdown analysis series, I love watching pro practice videos but sometimes I do not know what to look for. Looking forward to that series! Thanks for the vid!
Great video, I think Roger’s footwork would be so useful... I know he’s extraordinary, but he’s like that because he does the ordinary things at an extraordinary intensity and finesse...we can all learn a bit from him
Great content and channel. Always tell my students to be In the air (splitting) at the contact of they’re opponent. Usually helps them get the timing of the split. Awesome stuff man
Karue, amazing video! This helped a lot! On the same topic of footwork, it'd be interesting to see a video on how to slide on hard courts, not many videos available at the moment. Great work though!
Not sure if that's something I'd teach. Sliding on hard courts requires a lot of athleticism but it's also dangerous so it isn't something that anyone can do, let alone casual tennis players
I love to watch pros, the one I try to copy, on the forehand, is Andy Murray. Forehand seems simple enough to copy. What do you think. Great video btw, I started watching you a couple of months ago, great content.
I wouldn’t try to copy any pro players forehand. As they have fine tuned and worked on their forehand for endless hours for nearly their whole lives to perfect it. Of course you can certainly do that, but it will be much harder than you think. I suggest just trying to copy the basics from the pros. Give a general direction you want your forehand to go and with practice it will develop into its own thing. Also there is a reason why many pros forehands look vastly different yet all very good. This is because each human is different and different styles and things will work better for them then for others. Which means something might suit your unique style. Cater to your game style, not what looks good. I am not saying don’t ever copy pros(obviously they are many things we can learn from the very best.) but when it comes to strokes. Simply trying to copy will be very difficult.
Hey Karue, how are you doing? I have a suggestion, and I know it may be hard for you to do beaceuse of how busy you are, but I'll just go ahead and suggest it anyway. It would be nice if you could analize some footage from the subscribers, upon some kind of payment, with some tips and advices at the end of the analysis. This could generate some revenue for the channel and help you guys grow while being rewarded for your time and effort. Appart from that, keep the excelent work up man, congratz on the channel's growth!
Hi! Appreciate the comment. We are actually launching a patreon page soon witj different tiers where we will offer stroke and match analysis for watchers. It will be fun!
Thanks for the great vid. Whenever i watch Federer i don't think about how nice his technique is I just watch that mesmerizing footwork. He just looks so balanced and light on his feet.
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Watched this many times already. Returning to this specific lesson again. Starting to pick up the details I overlooked before. Such as shoulder rotation [on forehand] that you saw his back; alignment of his right foot [on forehand] pointing wide; adjustment steps away from the ball [on forehand] to make space but then loading on the last step; that double rhythm - two adjustments steps when possible. I am sure I will find even more details in the future when I get ready to notice them. This video is tremendously practical and useful. Textbook!
Such clean strokes from Marcos, but yours not so bad either - at least if the last sets of that Chris Eubanks match is any example. Watched that a few times - impressive movement and hitting there K.
That dance-like rhythm of 1-2 split ( Federer also) looks like a style that not every pro does. Example Djokovic. He constantly does small hops instead. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JMa5xHfJlBg.html
One more question, What is your take on the whole debate between taking small steps and big steps? I’m sure it depends on how much time you have etc, but what would you say to students
Honestly it really depends on the player and what helps them move quicker. Personally I like big steps more, I feel like I move more with big steps and it takes less energy tbh. I think both can be used, shouldn't be one or the other
Just going to say I love the videos. Great channel with great content from a great source. I do have a question on grip pressure, what is your approach? I’ve heard some people say to be loose all the way through and I’ve heard some people say to be loose while winding up but then squeeze a little tighter at impact
@@KaruesellHQ I just want to say you are literally my new tennis god. Also love your footage of mackie. so cool UCLA had you marcus and mackie on a team.
Karou, do you know MEP? I think he’s good. He split steps. It’s not as obvious Giron, but he does split and he’s always in the middle of the baseline. I don’t know how to say, but it’s equivalent to a boxer controlling the center of the ring. Or like Agassi always in the center of the baseline that 6-inch tick.
