This is gold!

I don’t know how I never seen your videos before but dang! You’re a great teacher and you can smack the hell out of the ball

You broke the lesson perfectly. Cool Coach.

Hi coach. I was wondering if you can recommend few basic drills to work on this? Thx in advance

I normally get zero kick in my "kick" serve but it's usually effective because i use it simply as a disguised slower serve that messes up the opponent's timing because they thought a flat serve was coming. I however thought that the reason it didn't kick was because i don't toss the ball over my head...i keep it in front then manipulate my leg drive to get into a position where i can use the kick swing. Having watched this video, i practiced getting the ball to go up more and i got very admirable kick🥳🥳🥳 i also got it to kick both away from and into the body of the opponent 🥳🥳🥳🥳 Cheers bro💪🏾👌🏾

Wow, those serves at the end were very impressive. I really appreciate how clearly and thoroughly you teach everything. I used your other video on slice... the one with the stick in the net and that really helped me visualize what I want to do... even though I'm not as consistent as I want. What I notice with coaches teaching slice is that they never seem to teach the one that swings into the opponent's body... they only teach going out wide. Although you weren't teaching it, I used the greater understanding and control I developed because of your video to jam my opponents and get many free or cheap points. How do you think that this video differs from that other one you did? Meaning, what should I add from this video to what you taught in the other one?

Very through and helpful as always

It’s interesting you don’t focus or even mention the pronation through contact. Is that due to your views on it not being important or something else? I liked the emphasis of palm down and leading with the elbow. My serve is a Greek tragedy so will try those.

Good useful information again. What kind of workouts you recommend doing at gym for having better footwork? I've been doing heavy squats and lunges etc for years but now considering to change CrossFit style of training 🤔

Super Video- very good explained and top Drills to came on the point‼️ Thank you - love it‼️👍🏼

Very clear tips here. Thank you.

Great ideas! 👏

Very useful points here

If you ever put together an instructional series this vid should be one of the very first. I wish I’d seen this earlier. For sooo long I thought I just wasn’t putting enough topspin on the ball when it would launch into space or go long (or both) and now I realize I was just playing one stroke for all balls. D’uh! I’d love to see a vid of hitting flats with control and power. Flats tend to go through the fences….

I'd like to congratulate you on the content and teaching of your videos. I watch you from Brazil. Congratulations on your initiative to share knowledge. Would you have a video detailing the return of a serve kick? Thank you in advance for your attention!

Great stuff 💪. Where I can get shirt like that? I have feeling I would volley better with that on😅

It is not the curving around the ball when you watch the pros. What they do is to pronate through the ball, and beginning the contact at 9 or 8 o clock and then to the right for rightis

Left. Right. Or center.

Pretty helpful, thanks

Great tips as always. Going to try these things tomorrow.

hye Coach. tQ tQ tQ for this coaching video. I am just picking up the game again at 63 + stopped playing around 10 yrs ago, anticipation of the on-coming ball is a challenge now. After watching the video above, I at least now can anticipate the on-coming ball via ZONAL approach - in this period of rebuding my game, I don't have to be exact in my positioning to the ball, just be in the right ZONE - again, tQ tQ tQ.

Love your videos sir. I needed it this. Not many coaches focus on the footwork drills.

any tips for learning how to have aggressive footwork without hitting bigger? for me, they go hand in hand. I wish I could separate the two

Good stuff, Will!

I would throw a party, champagne, caviar and lobster if I could hit one handed backhands like those. Will get my boys doing these foot drills. They’re fast on the court but footwork is lazy. Thank you!

so simple and logical yet it´s the first time I ever hear about this! Such great knowledge thank you!

Excellent tips.

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Very helpful thanks

Hey Will, I have great videos! I’ve been sharing them with our college age daughter to help her with her game. Question on this video. I understand stand phase 1 just using your arms and incrementally hitting harder. But phase 2 with core and arms and likewise phase 3 legs, core and arms. Does the core and legs incrementally increase along with the arms or is it that the legs and core about the same intensity 1 through 10 hits and only the arms are actually increasing? I hope my question and description makes some kind of sense? Thanks keep up the great videos, Jeff

Found this lesson particularly helpful, love the idea of moving in circles, easy to visualise.

Top analysis, top teaching - as always.

Great lesson! I never thought on this way. Connecting all dots in one lesson (transfer weight, timing moving patterns, how to react on aggressive balls, and to be aggressive) ❤

Trip….is a very good word to use on the way to the net….it used to be a split step and is self defeating in today’s very fast game.

In simple terms, when the ball is rising, we may hit it flat and when it’s falling, apply topspin. Generally speaking….???

You are so relevant in today’s tennis coach! Thank you much!

Super helpful as always! And I was the 100th “like” 😂

Circular vs linear. I've never thought about it this way. Will definitely have to try it out.

Iron Will is the tennis professor. I am a 70 year old self taught singles tennis player and learn so much from this talented man.

You’re slowly becoming my favourite tennis coach on youtube 🥹 I watched your videos about the launch angle, volleys, etc, really well explained and also demonstrated! 👏 thank you!

Brilliant & unique! Quite useful & advanced content. Thanks Will!

Second time I’m watching this big help on my volley/net game. 🫡

Very useful again. Keep them coming.

Brilliant video, many thanks! I'm struggling with spacing on short balls, my coach tells me to create space, but never expalined how, specifically. This info, the difference between linear and circular footwork, is really a missing link for me! I also recall an old video from Ean Meyer where he was showing a circular pattern on inside approach shot, it now starts to make more sense to me.

This is probably a stupid question, but do you have any advice for when i miscalculate the distance to the ball, and end up having to step on the wrong foot when running to a ball. Doesn't happen too often, but when it does it usually results in a lost point.

Our speed and reaction time goes out the window as we age ! 🤣😂 And at 68 , playing singles isn’t something I look forward to anymore. Occasionally, I can muster enough energy to do it! 🤣

Is it a first serve or a second serve? If not, would you be so kind as making a video on the difference between the first and second serve? Thx

Thanks for the great video! Old followers here. Do you still use the non dominant hand to lower the racket head a bit like you did in previous video? Or let it drop naturally? Thanks!

Super interesting about the eye alignment. Will try that next time on the court. I often take my eyes off the ball for some reason when volleying, usually when I’m really focused on trying to pinpoint place it somewhere.

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