I've been at 3.0 for years. My winning percentage is 15%. I take lessons, I videotape, I practice, I play a ton of matches. Maybe I should switch sports.

It is a good thing he is not a minister... Then he would really have people doing the opposite of what they think they are doing... LOL

just lost to a pusher. the guy was rude too. came here for some therapy 😂

At a more advanced level, the good slice players I know do not dink the ball back like that guy was doing over there, they put a deep, low, pace filled slice on their shots and have amazing accuracy making it very hard to play a power game against them. How do you go against that?

The swing sends it, the face bends it. Otherwise, closed racquet faces will always send the ball to the ground.

Ian nails it again, he knows his sh*t, pay attention folks

In tennis it’s better not to know the rules because nobody cares when you tell them and the umpires also do not care

I recently took your advice and started filming myself (which is a revelation btw) and found I do the same thing, my racquet face is slightly open at contact. Is it better to try to fix this by adjusting my grip or trying to align my arm better? The angles are so slight I'm not sure I'll ever be able to reliable make such small adjustments through feel.

"The face sends it, the path bends it" sounds like a mantra you'd learn on Karate Kid....I'm definitely going to keep it at the back of my mind. Great video!

the motto you have isn't always true just FYI, it has to do with intention, you can have the racquet facing slightly outward but the ball can be sent CC etc. But those are happening mostly at very high level stuff, so yea for recreational levels is is mostly based on the racquets

28:14 that ball is in!

He missed because he got tense, if he wants to swing hard and keep it in he'll need to learn ways or relaxing so he can swing loose.

Still late and not in front

I often say in my head "60%" before hitting a rally ball. It stops me overhitting and keeps me relaxed. I want a heavy topspin shot with good depth and placement, not a 120mph missile. I could hit with full power and I'd make a few spectacular winners occasionally but I'd miss most of them. Also, without good placement power isn't that useful, your opponent can just block it back and force you to hit it again, and often off a floaty ball with no pace to work with.

you are a great pusher manufacturer

Thanks for the video Ian, so basically aim for a 6/10 speed to build the confidence and the habit to not try to make 8 or 9 of 10 swings in every single shot

One of the best if not the best coaches around. Love these videos! Cheers! M

Thanks for watching, hope this lesson was helpful. Have a great day on and off the court!

Im so good at this. If theres one thing im proud of in my tennis game its my ability to move back and forth with the ball. Everything else sucks. 3.5 player here.

The green guy is my idol

I think when ben learned how to slice, he just didn’t understand why people hit over the ball and just kept slicing everything lulling you to sleep. 😂

so...this is 4.5? not 5.0+? wow..

NICE!!!

Omg thank you for this

Great List!

I've noticed that the ratings of 4.0, 4.5 etc vary by location. You called this guy a strong 4.0....but not in my region. He would be a solid 3.5. And even the WTN can be off by location. I find that UTR is good about being location independent.

so basically move diagonally to the opponent to minimize exerting yourself?

bro common this is just a commercial haha

Hence Follow the path of the ball !

Absolutely me all day long

That list looks extraordinarily familiar 🤯

But tennis is not all about competition and winning. It's also about fitness, coordination, muscle maintenance, and the pure enjoyment of hitting the ball cleanly. When you take the competition/ego aspect away, pushers are a pure nuisance. This is especially true for folks that are just starting out. They make your strokes worse. They make it easier for you to hurt yourself with the stupid spins they put on the ball. They confuse your muscle memory and slow down your progress. Avoid pushers at all costs if you're < 4.5 and just crush their floaters when/if you developed enough of your game and reach 4.5+.

Additional advise: loosen your for more control (4/10), shoulder still at contact and upper body bending forward during hitting.

Always nice to watch these matches. Kudos to Ben, albeit Scott has a very impressive, no weakness game!

This video resonated. I play a lot with my wife, and we often play against 2 men. When my wife serves (her serve is accurate but not much pace) I have to do exactly this at the net, and as you pointed out it definitely works. You have to make the receiving team jittery and uncomfortable, otherwise they can get into a rhythm and win easily. Distract them and get into their heads early, and even when you just stay home/do nothing they end up focusing on what you are doing at the net, and less time on making their return shot. You can even just give a quick head or shoulder fake and if they see it it can throw off their timing.

4:02 "very very slick. there is not a lot of snap back" Isn't that contradictory? Slickness and low friction would ENCOURAGE snap back wouldn't it? Then at 4:16 the same person say that "people that rely on heavy spin" "really should not try this" yet Jim Courier used Nylon to win multiple French Opens and hit with very heavy stopspin...

He moves forward during the first exercise kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4TMmKisps6VoNU and then kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4TMmKisps6VoNU - clearly moving forward.

Thanks for this video - makes good sense but nice to be realistic about the process. I was curious to know if there is a particular app you use on your iPad to do the video capture and slow-mo playback. Can you please share a link? Thanks

When I started playing during covid, I used my older brother's 15 year old Wilson Triad with a 106 sq in head. Obviously as a beginner my technique had not been great. Eventually I decided to get my own racket and decided to get a Pro Staff V14 admittedly heavily because of its looks, but it forced me to use much better mechanics and has made me into a much better player overall.

Good video! I am going to buy your book. I like the way you used editing to make yourself right-handed!

Very helpful video. Now i understand why inside out is difficult to execute. Thanks

I would love to see a video on which points are the precursor for you to really think about poaching. Stretched for hand? On the back foot backhand? Which points are you sitting tight because poaching just simply exposes the alley too much

this was so helpful, not many videos teach you about the serving situation like they assume you already know but this video made it very clear! Thank you!

Tennis was made for rich snobs that wanted to making it needlessly "fancy" and confusing lol So dumb and pointless. It's such a simple game. It could've just been 1,2, 3, game, etc.

missing a lot on this backhand

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