He is one of the best returners ive seen in a while. He is very talented but obviously has a lot to learn. He will be one of the all time greats at the end of his career.
Yeah. Im from Serbia as Novak is too! And i waa really impressive when i heard one serbian guy who is talking english veery well,!!! I am very pround on him how he presents our country of the rest world !!! :)
This guy is special. Right now he is #1, won 15 majors ... yet if you look carefully he's been honest and sharing his tennis skills with the whole world. Amazing guy.
His name fits and sounds well for him being funny and having nice jokes for everyone. Luvable Djokovic!!! Really making good connections with his fans. Bravo Novak!
I don't know why so many people hate on Djokovic…Why do people hate on any of those tennis players at all?? Whatever great tennis player we're dealing with, wether it is Nadal, Federer, Murray, Conners… They all have achieved something significant and in the end they're all classy players in their own way with great talent and lots of sportsmanship IMO. I think Tennis doesn't deserve haters… it's a beautiful sport to watch and I think it should remain that way. It's only those haters and extrem fanboys that draw a false picture IMO.
Andreas Hoppe I don't think it's so much Novak as it is their obnoxious fans. They know that Djokovic, as complete and skillful a player as he is, won't be able to reach 17 Grand Slams. So the hamster in their head starts spinning and they have to denigrate Federer's achievements in order for Djokovic to have an argument as GOAT (in their logic). I personally hope he can get to 14, at least, just so that he can bump down the terrible Roy Emerson down the All-Time Great list.
Djokovic at 28 has just crossed the 800 career matches mark, and of the all-time greats, the three most successful players from that point in their career were Sampras, Lendl, and Connors, who are all tied at 3 Slams after their win. Federer and Agassi are tied at 2 apiece. Djokovic will have to defy history and what we know of biology to match Nadal and Sampras, let alone exceed them. It's not impossible, but it is unlikely based on what we know of age dynamics of Open Era champions.
+The Sheriff Nick Kyrgios, pretty funny, yes he can be a jerk quite often. I personally don't care for the grunters like Nadal and Ferrer. Nadal's butt, hair and nose grabbing antics before each serve is annoying also. Djoker is my favorite.
I would get a new coach. I think Novak is a great player but he takes a lot of things for granted when he is trying to teach others how to be like himself. I teach tennis, but I grew up playing soccer and played NCAA Div 1 and semi pro. I was helping a tennis student that plays both tennis and soccer, with soccer. I taught him how to make a side of the foot pass but I never mentioned that he should make contact closer to the ankle for more power. I do this instinctively and have been for years. I saw a video and someone mentioned this and I realized I left something out when I taught him. I never leave things out in tennis as I learned that when I was an adult, not a little kid like a learned soccer. Sometimes very good players do not make very good teachers. The best way to evaluate a teacher is to look at his long term students and if he/her helped them develop into good players. Also, you could have the best teacher in the world, but if you do not go out and practice a lot you will not improve. It is a difficult sport. Novak's forehand technique for example is not even done by almost all woman pros. So you have to know which strokes you should learn. Ignore haters on the internet!
Nguyetanh Tran He has had thousands of hours of coaching and drills to work on his skills. He is one of the pro players that I use as an example for my High School tennis team players when I coach. I was fortunate to have been well coached. I played USTA Tournament tennis for 20 years and have coached for another 20 years. You have to do the drills to build your skills. I like to coach by example so I often take part in the drills to show players how they should move or hit specific shots. It takes a lot of correct repartition and work to become a good player. You don’t do it in a couple of minutes.
great man..great player. five years ago in airport i haven't money ( dollars) to pay coffee, and he was behind me...i eared a voice .."i pay for him"... i turned my head and i recognized him ..i said Doker ( his nickname) are you sure ?, smiling.. he reply " it s a pleasure for me....i always cheer on Djookovic
It is nice to hear the pros talk like this. Sometimes you imagine that these top athletes are just crazy physical talented beasts. It is nice to hear that they are actually FULL OF KNOWLEDGE to play that well, so they are actually very intelligent.
Djokovic is an awesome guy so much humour l don't understand why some pple out there don't understand him.As a coach l learnt a lot from.this simple video he made.
Very good lesson from Djokovic. I found it very helpful. I agree with previous comments, on his suggestion to use more wrist during a forehand, not so great for beginners, but other than that, it was perfect. I can't wait to apply some of the new things I've picked up from this video into my game. Also bonus points for Djokovic's personality, he comes off as very genuine, and very laid back.
@TIME is it possible to interview again Novak ? and talk about the ten year change from World Number 3 to World Number One? How much did he changed his serve? and the things he has experienced thorough out the last decade? would be awesome thanks
Thanks for sharing. Love this video. Huge fan of Nole and I've always loved his game. After Pete Sampras retired I really didn't have a rooting interest because I was not willing to jump on the Fed Express or the Rafa bandwagon like most tennis fans. The two of them winning everything made men's tennis so boring and uneventful. So I started pulling for Nole when he seemed to be stuck at #3 because I knew he would eventually become the Fed and Rafa cryptonite. Go NOLE!!!!!
Interesting. You know Fed didn't just show up and win everything. If you're a tennis fan, you wouldn't love or not like the a player because of bandwagon jumpers, but instead because of the quality of the game they produce. And Fed produced quality in abundance I recall even way back in 2000 (albeit a lot more inconsistently). So, not that my opinion matters, but not buying your rationale for not liking Roger/Rafa but then liking Nole. If you like Nole, confess that love without the latter baggage.
youngmyth Never said I didn't like Fed or Rafa. Love watching them play as any "tennis fan" would. So your "not buying" my rationale is moot from jump since I never used the words like or dislike. Simply didn't want to jump on the bandwagon. Read a little carefully next time.
Freddie Coleman Fair point, you didn't specifically say "disliked" and I think I see now that after Pete retired, perhaps because of habit, you were used to rooting for a certain player. I myself am like that. However, it must be said, there's a difference between bandwagon jumpers -- those who cheer on the champ only when he's winning -- and tennis fans, like you, who have been watching tennis for some time but still have specific interests. What I couldn't quite reconcile was why an interest in Rafa/Fed was equated to "bandwagon jumping" while a prior interest in Sampras or subsequent interest in Nole was equated to "rooting." After all, both Fed and Rafa didn't start out champions. They too were in the top-5 for some time before making the move up. I watched both their progressions, and I particularly liked their games just like I liked Nole's, Monfils', Gasquet's back then and as I like Thiem's, Coric's, Kokkinakis' today. This may just be my oddball fashion, but the fact that Nole now has a bandwagon of his own hasn't made me less willing to root for the guy. Hope that clears up my previous post a bit.
youngmyth Touche!!! Maybe bandwagon was a poor choice of words. I guess I was an obsessed Sampras fan and to be honest I knew Federer would surpass his 14 grand slam titles with ease. I may have been envious that Pete's greatest of all time title would be short lived. Thus I had my reservations about Fed. But make no mistake, I appreciated the greatness of both players and what they have brought the game.
Thanks for the tops Novak! I've got tennis on Monday - for an inter-school competition and i've never played tennis before (well, i have played swingball xD) so thanks!
Those were very very very helpful lessons. I've always liked Djoko but now seeing how willing to show his skills in detail and pass some knowledge forward, man he is such a nice guy. I really like him and Fed a lot, they are the best.
Thanks Novak... I always hated you because you always beat RF my tennis idol, but seeing you in this video, I'm starting to warm up to you. I hate to say this but congrats on winning Wimbledon. You seem like a nice person!
This is a really great training tennis tips and lesson all-around video for all types of players- more effective for intermediate to advanced. Very well composed and fun to watch.
Awwh I love him, what a sweety! I played tennis (for fun) for the first time a couple days ago and holy crap I was not expecting to be so awful at it!! So here I am looking for any help I can get, hahaha. I literally missed the ball completely at some points, it went right over/under my racket!
It's funny how things change. I remember being told to quit flipping my wrist on my forehand ground stroke by my South American Davis Cup teachers (circa 1973). They threatened if I kept it up they were going to tape an Ice Pick to my wrist so I would get poked every time and stop using my wrist on forehands.
numero indiscutiblemente hasta ahora 2016 ya lleva dos años n1,,y lo veo cuatro también con 20gran slam ,,djokovic sorprendio a todos ,,nadie se imagenaba que nole será el mejor de todos los tiempos? tiene sus posibilidades ,,si sigue asi ,,nadie lo parar ,,ni en cuatro año si no se lesione como el mejor de todos Rafael nadal
Wow! Novak is good on coaching. he is very convincing and knows what he is saying. i want to see him teaching kids in Asia how to play good tennis. Good luck Nole
