Roger Federer's "Imaginary Line Rule" + Running PLAYS 

Thanks! Your secret is safe with me lol

Old school wardlaw directional. Learn this raises you almost a half level.

It's amusing to find your comment here Ian, i'm following Essential Tennis for a long time now and if you tought me how to technically play WAY better, while i was watching Will's video i realised that E.T. is lacking strategy&mental videos. This is the first video i'm watching from Will, but maybe a partnership between your channels is to think about ? Thanks to both of you anyway, keep doing such good jobs that make us progress ! :)

I don't believe it is Ian sir commenting here

@@dr.madhuriaglawe1998 maybe it’s Ben ( MEP) 😂

Oh hi CBT didn't know that you were watching tactics. Are you trying to up your game or what haha

Krisi Niki always :)

@@CoffeeBreakTennis Ty for the fast answer Matt. Djokovic just lost so are you going to do a video abour that match or?

Hi Matt, pleasantly surprised to see you here!!...!!! :)

Matt, I noticed in the example that all Fed strokes were cross court, meaning PULL shots (closer to his body) in Will's lang (but not PUSH (away from body)), so Fed saved lot of energy as well. Am I correct w/ my understanding?

worth of*

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@@paolocannizzaro11 God loves you, seek him and if you want forgiven of your sins and want to be certain that your sins are forgiven believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved

That's awesome Thai, thanks for sharing!

You're welcome!

Thanks! You're welcome :-)

You're welcome!

Practice your volley. I used to struggle with pushers but not any more.

You'll get passed if you try to rush the net against a pusher, or lobbed! Practice the short slice followed by pounding the ball to open court!

Just take it easy and hit deep shots down the middle to begin your points. As you feel good after a few shots and see they can’t harm you, then try move the ball around a bit (no winners) then they’ll start giving you weak balls to really attack

Welcome to the game! Glad you liked the video :-)

lol

haha!

Haha, go for it than, nothing to lose!

2 shields- damn need a Trojan

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Thanks Dr. Joey, appreciate that!

Thanks Cristian!

It's a humbling sport sometimes lol

I totally agree, same for me so many times! I lost so many single matches to players that weren't faster, stronger or better hitting than I, but I never understood why. I promised myself not to play another singles match (in a tournament) until I figure out what's wrong. I'm glad I found this channel! :-D

@@fuzzyyellowballs pros aside, no matter how good you are theres always someone that makes you feel you are trash and you dont know how to hit the ball anymore

Oh yeah for me too! Looking forward to a league match all week, having a practice session with a friend and doing so well, all pumped up and ready to go... Then everything falls apart during the match, and on the drive home, "I hate this #@!&*(! sport"... It was somewhat comforting to know I'm not alone.

You're welcome!

That's awesome, congrats!

Volleying. Keep your play towards the middle to prevent them from capitalizing on angles. Let them make a mistake, either a total error, or a shorter shot, and then you can move forward.

The more you use head in your job, the less you wanna use head in your spare time. Its simple. Balance mental work with physical hobbies and vice versa.

@dark_voice yeah but if you’re competitive you surely want to use your brain and seek out every possible advantage!

Isn’t that special!

Hi, this is probably too late but which academy did you go to in France?

Aggressive baseliner

Thanks Nicholas! Lemme know how it goes when you run the play.

I was thinking about Nalbandian. Unfortunately he has retired, but he had basically two forehands.

Davydenko had 2 swords too

Wawrinka’s shield is the world’s greatest sword.

Don C Federer’s backhand is a sword but his forehand is God’s ⚔️

Result: Playing against someone who regularly beats me... It took me a few games to get the hang of it (and break old habits) but I came back from behind to win - so I'm buying your Singles Playbook! :-) My match was much less stressful than normal because the "what" (to do) part was already defined (hero/villain play) and all I had to focus on was the "how" (execution of the shots). Thanks for the video!

If you're trying to hit crosscourt on an outside groundstroke and it ends up going down the line then you've hit the ball too late. Or with less jargon, if the ball ends up wide of where you're aiming on the same side as your racquet then you've hit it too late (so if you're right-handed and hitting a forehand then if it ends up to the right of where you were aiming then you've hit it too late, and if it ends up on the left of where you were aiming then you were too early - and you'll probably find that the majority of your mistakes are not from being too early). Being too late is a common mistake and is a big part of why trying to nail a ball down the line is difficult: when you're trying to aim precisely down the sideline, if you're even fractionally late it's going to end up outside the court. Try making contact with the ball much earlier and further in front of you than you think you should. Step in towards the ball if you can and connect with the ball a foot or more in front of your hips as it's rising off the bounce. Don't wait for it to bounce and start coming back down before connecting with it. When you make contact out in front of you, you'll have a lot more control and consistency. Remember to follow-through as well - if you jab at the ball you'll struggle with consistency.