We are talking here about 'perfect' players; but usually we met players with some type of special weakness. For example: players who overprotect their backhand, allowing you make really big spaces in their forehand. Read those practices (i think) is even more important than to read the face of the racquet. Vamooos!!! :)
Fantastic video and an extremely underrated topic. Personally, I believe this is the "difference maker" between great players and great players in WPT. Not the technical or tactical skills.
Great video Sven, I admire how you can explain it easilly. Thinking about it makes me understand why I win more points when I focus on opponent's movements.
Reading the movement and the preparation of your opponent is very important. There is one thing i would like to add. I learned Form a coach that you can move closer to the net, when you play the ball to the fence. Or when your Opponent is under pressure in general. This is the case, when the opponent hits the Ball behind his body. So it is very important to play slow balls, so that the second bounce of your ball is behind the white line. If you read it good, you can go forward and play a fast ball or smash the ball out of the court. Reading your opponents Lob is important too, but a little bit easier. Its such a big theme you are talking about. Its about experience. But how can i practise it with my students? Explaining after a rally?Learning setup Volleys and bandejas? I needed 5 years to read the Situations better. Last match i played 5 balls out of the court. And iam not good at it. It worked because i know how to read the game Situation. With a better technique it could be possible to kick more balls out…
It's nice to see how you can read the opponent better, thanks for that! Would have been nice with some examples though. Maybe an idea for a next video: how you can force your opponents to certain shots to make them more predictable :D!
Thank you, thank you and.. thank you! these videos are easy to understand and hope help me to improve, but for instance there are the best videos on tube.
Great video as usual. This is probably the greatest skill one can learn outside racket technique itself. I think it took me like a year to be able to focus on the racket instead of just ball watching, and I can't keep it up a whole game. My technique is mediocre, but when I'm focused on the racket (and player position sometime) I can prepare early and play well. I know everyone's looking for bandeja videos or how to win points, but this is incredibly useful.
Tu canal es muy didactico y me encanta la pena es que no entiendo ni "papa" de Ingles y leyendo la traduccion te enteras a medias , no te has planteado hacerlos tambien en Español ?? , total las imagenes ya las tienes .
Thank you Sven for all your work. I'm learning a lot with your videos ! I have a question for you : one of my regular opponents is often playing deep balls with a lot of slice. So his shots are bouncing down after the glass and are verry difficult to take. Can you please give me a tip ? Thank you !
Maybe the balls that you are playing makes him do that. They are proberly to high and easy for him. Use the lob more, and make sure you push him back. Every ball that bounces deep, try to use the glass on that
