Can I Beat Our Club Champion?? Mic’d Up Match (Ep 6)

[@lyndseyandandrew5771]

Once James’ serve catches up with the rest of his game he’s going to be an even greater menace!

[@anttitapio4145]

Thanks guys, this one was a great match and delight to watch 👏🏼

[@TheTennisMentor]

😊🙏

[@kennotsee]

I loved the spirit of the game - respect for the game; repect for the opponent. 👍

[@TheTennisMentor]

We had fun!

[@Fitness4London]

Love the friendly rivalry and valuable analysis. Ashley, your first serves were incredible. Both of you hit some amazing rallies.

[@TheTennisMentor]

Glad you enjoyed it 😊 thanks for watching!

[@chuckersthenut2097]

This was very high quality tennis. Thank you.

[@TheTennisMentor]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jamesduffy5019]

Love these informative head to heads!👍

[@TheTennisMentor]

Glad you’re enjoying them James!

[@alexstrom1396]

That was great. Fun to watch 👍

[@ajaymittal125]

Haha "I'm not Andy Murray" - made me chuckle that Ash

[@FelixMischker.Official]

wasn't ready for Ashleys grunt at 06:15

[@TheTennisMentor]

Hearing yourself grunt during an edit is the worst.

[@parismorton-thejourney6575]

ash...ashley? 😮

[@mrjamesflores]

🤣

[@thorstenkoch5860]

Das Stöhnen ist schrecklich

[@hrasenspocht3530]

loved the video and both of your commentary. impressed by the mental "maturity" (sry, not a native speaker) and instant smart reactions on the court. also the level of the points towards the end of the match was very impressive. thank you for your content, Ashley.

[@blueeyedboy-oc1to]

great video Ash, really enjoyed it. Your serve was dominant :)

[@jasonenglish4581]

Sweet video that looks like a very nice club to play at. great content Ashley.

[@TheTennisMentor]

Thanks Jason, we’re fortunate to be at a great club! Thanks for watching 👍

[@srudloff12]

This was real life tennis and I like it!

[@TheTennisMentor]

Glad you did, thanks for watching!

[@thiagoest]

great game guys!

[@TheTennisMentor]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@tenniscoachliam4444]

Good effort James, good to see your tennis is as good as your touchtennis 😉👏

[@MichaelSienkiewicz]

Ashley's serve and forehand are much more efficient than James's, but they are close to even on backhand, volleys, and James might have the edge in movement and touch. Great match

[@tomk5238]

yeah James has a gigantic take back on the forehand and just a mid serve. Surprised he has not lost more games as this can be exploited. But he looks to be very athletic so its likely he chased every ball down to make up for this weakness.

[@SixWeeksProductions]

Both using Speed Pro’s? I’m sure a lot of would like to know each of your setups. I saw lead at 3 and 9 for the Club Champ. Strings, tensions?

[@jamespreston8080]

Beautiful club! If either of you ever want an unorthodox opponent, let me know. Nearly 55, early retiree who picked up the game late in life. I was told I needed two new knees 4 years ago, but tennis keeps them strong. I’m only a couple of hours from you and I relish a challenge 😁 Tennis heals everything

[@pzivic]

Good match, Ash has a much better technique and plays very well, the opponent is quite solid. It's a shame you didn't play the two sets. A very nice club I would say. And in the end, Adidas t-shirt, sneakers and Nike shorts, don't work 😅😂

[@ollie708]

Come in more Ash!

[@TheStorytella72]

I never used my slice backhand as a weapon, I usually use it to movement the opponent around. My weapon of choice is always has been driving it down the line.

[@grantdelmege2724]

Great match guys! You both played some high level tennis and James is so fast! Would be fun if you played Dylan from tennis with Dylan!👊

[@fl9667]

What a nice lawn. Great match!

[@seank468]

wow nice match. James is a great player

[@TheTennisMentor]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@hartspot7418]

7:04 That “sorry” to “no you’re not” is what I say all the time.

[@TheTennisMentor]

Nobody is really sorry about a net cord, they’re actually pretty pumped 😆

[@hartspot7418]

@@TheTennisMentor best confidence booster.

[@yeeeaaahmayneee3808]

@@TheTennisMentormost dishonest apology ever

[@howiesk8]

Playing a match whilst that many hours in to a fast shows insane physical fitness. My body would say no, no, no, without carbs a few hours prior. Fair play.

[@FilnotPhil]

very curious about where you got the grass court specialist jumper :) love the videos

[@double_fisted_tennis]

Nice match. James is a backboard. He can get to a lot of balls and I like his attitude. It was an interesting contrast in styles. Ashley has a really smooth serve and has a nice relaxed forehand that he catches out in front and swings through. You can tell his two-handed backhand is not his favorite shot. I can relate to that. James looks smoother on his backhand and hits through it, but his forehand looks really shoulder heavy and I think thats why he is catching the ball late and not finishing through the ball. Relaxing that arm and letting his hips lead would probably fix that, but I know thats hard to learn. Fun to watch. Thank you both for sharing.

[@MichaelSienkiewicz]

It's not easy to diagnose his forehand. It's obviously a loopier swing and he breaks the plane, but i'm not sure how i'd go about trying to fix it.

[@double_fisted_tennis]

@MichaelSienkiewicz Very true. I'm just going off my personal experience of having a similar issue and what helped me to get more connected and swing through the ball. I very well could be off base, but it looks very similar to how I used to hit my forehand and what was holding me back from generating easier power.

[@MichaelSienkiewicz]

@@double_fisted_tennis It's actually kind of a James Duckworth type forehand, but his swing path is not direct to the ball so he can't create any offense

[@tomk5238]

@@MichaelSienkiewicz by not looping it behind him and on the left breaking the plane. he shld be keeping the loop entirely on the right hand side, there are many videos on this.

[@MrYehiSaidit]

I always think it’s cheeky when the club pros enter the club championships 😜

[@TheTennisMentor]

It’s an interesting one! Some clubs love it, others hate it! I was always encouraged to play.

[@anthonydabaco8407]

Thanks gents, excellent content. Both of you were moving very well. Curious to know what the 44hr fasting is all about?

[@stranger360th]

Great format. Very interesting match of players with different skills and very instructive with the direct commentary. You rarely find that on KZbin! Many, many thanks and keep up the good work. PS: Grass is a rare surface for most Europeans. So a similar format on (red) clay would be the icing on the cake ;-) PPS: I love Great Britain and its people and hope that one day we will all see ourselves as Europeans again. Greetings from Bavaria!

[@TheTennisMentor]

Thanks for your nice comments! I’m glad you found it interesting and informative. I’ve made a few others in this series. One on the beautiful clay courts in Monaco! Check out my playlist and drop a comment once you’ve seen the others 😊

[@davidwatkins8016]

Ashley, fun session. Thanks. I thought you lost relatively few points at net. Two questions 1) In retrospect do you think you should have continued with your plan to come into net more frequently- either serve and volley or with more frequent approach shots? 2) At the club level, do you think the new rackets and strings have killed aggressive net play as it has at the pro level, or should most of us spend a little more time practicing our volleys? Most of us club players play doubles anyway. Thanks again, David - Dallas.

[@sylvainbauge]

I've done 3.5 days without eating and still working out. It's not easy!

[@davidanthony4960]

i think with the lack of power he will have more of a chance in the over 30s and 40s tbh.. not much pace on them balls.

[@jimclawley9117]

The LTA gets tons of funding yet they can’t organise a proper structure of tennis yet! That’s a joke. My big annoyance with Tennis is that the best in the world are largely the best of the people who can afford to play and continue. Hardly any top players come from poor backgrounds. Don’t say Novak as his parents were business owners.

[@pureb7235]

He's right when he said he wasn't hitting through his forehand. He looked like he was swatting flies most of the time. 😂

[@raytrace2014]

Interesting that James has won so many matches without a strong serve. I can see how it's not that easy to attack because of the spin but he won't get many free points with it or start ahead in the rally. Just my amateur opinion of course.

[@MartinIsherwood-h7l]

Really enjoyed the match, its good to seen good club players instead of the pro's.I believe long fasting has been shown not to be beneficial especially for sports people. Too much muscle wastage without much upside.

[@stewpatterson1369]

good vid

[@TheTennisMentor]

Thanks Stew!

[@Nyren_]

What’s with the “ which side would u like” when it goes to duece ?

[@TheTennisMentor]

With ‘no ad’ scoring, the receiver gets to choose the side the point is played on

[@sudhirpakala388]

Nice club! Where is this?

[@TheTennisMentor]

Thanks, it’s at The Avenue in Hampshire, UK

[@anielloliguori6312]

Great to watch! So got a question, I was playing a league match at my club last winter, I am 64 fitness not bad for my age during a rally a dropped a ball short drawing my opponent in, he hit it to my backhand as i moved toward it to hit a double handed backhand across him it dipped below the net i went down doing the splits the pain made me screech a little, he missed a tricky volley which landed in the tram lines! He insisted the point got played again since he says the screech put him off! I replayed again (begrudgingly) he won the replayed point! this was in the deciding champions tie break since it was 1-1 set all! I think at the time it was 2-2 all, but i was really pissed since when i talked to other players they reckon I should have stood my ground and not replayed the point! I went on to lose a close tie break 11-9 but the whole episode left my concentration not what it would have been!

[@peterguerreri7143]

Please play Mike Johnson, see the differance between wannable Country player vs actual county player

[@tennisvids7547]

Curiously, what is James UTR?

[@huyngo2655]

23/24 First serves made. 96% FS%

[@bigbud1978]

What does this tennis club do in the bad weather ? Winter ? Is there other surfaces?

[@TheTennisMentor]

We play in most conditions, we don’t have a roof but we have 4 artificial clay and 3 synthetic grass courts

[@jimclawley9117]

Bluming heck! If you had no video during that match, you’d wonder what you were watching

[@TheTennisMentor]

🤣 I’ve made a deal with myself to never grunt again!!!

[@ΓιαννηςΚουρεας]

James , if you see this comment, I wanted to ask what is your racket customisation because I want to customise too my own speed mp Thank you nice video!!!

[@chrisdenman5519]

Being 8n the moment is somthing i need to work on when i get back on court now ive expected i have somthing wrong and doctor has confirmed it.

[@TheTennisMentor]

I’m sure that the doctors diagnosis will only help 🙏

[@cyl450]

😮2024speed pro or the old one you use is better?

[@rsh8057]

Hi, I don't care about your serve or FH, but how can I convince my opponents to not eat anything for 44 hours before our match.

[@TheTennisMentor]

😂😂 crazy stuff!!

[@Pezerinno]

Has James done stuff in front of the camera before? He is very comfortable!

[@sergiosimbula]

Did you put contacts in when you took your glasses off Ash?

[@TheTennisMentor]

No, my eyesight is pretty good. One eye is fine, the other has a stigmatism which gives me headaches if I’m doing focussed stuff without my glasses. I just struggle when I get sweaty, they steam up!

[@KC-tt6oh]

Hey, Graham Stephen plays tennis.

[@spooky1304]

7:43 out

[@Dfblack2008]

Nice vid. I think you could've and should've destroyed him though!

[@bradr9227]

James is so handsome

[@gavlatennis2824]

I'm confused - why is he fasting? He doesn't look like he's overweight or anything, so why a 45h fast?

[@sergiosimbula]

Could be for health benefits. There is a lot of literature on the influence of fasting on the gut microbiome and therefore on the immune system.

[@vwmusicplaylist1935]

I'm confused by this as well as there's no explanation on the video.

[@shrirham489]

Great game and format. But the "grunts" are insufferable. Please try to avoid.

[@TheTennisMentor]

Agreed. Improved in my next one after suffering the edit!

[@tomathome77]

Would love to play at your club if he's the best they've got 😆😆😆

[@chuckersthenut2097]

He would run your old ass ragged

[@TheTennisMentor]

Come on down… James would be up for a match!

[@raytrace2014]

Can we get this match on camera please? Overconfident KZbin troll Vs James.

[@chrisbrown-plus]

Is it just me or do you both have the same voice?

[@rafini549]

yes

[@tyler108]

just you...

[@ntnnot]

:D Looking back this crossed also my mind, especially when I stepped away from the screen for a moment and was only listening. I wasn't thinking precisely that "hey these guys have the same voice" but just being confused over who spoke.

[@sapientbudgie5652]

James needs to play some better players if he has not lost in 4 years. Does Ashley have a backhand? That slice is ok, but will get murdered with higher level players. Great sportsmanship, nice guys, just average 4.0 tennis.

[@ridicdonk]

this guy is the club champion???? he wouldn't even be top 100 in my club lol

[@TheFourSatoshis]

LTA is a joke