Dropshot Masterclass with Holger Rune!

Full lesson with ATP Top 100 Holger Rune. In this session, we are working on the key aspects to master the drop shot, why you should add it to your game, when to execute it and how.
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[@k4nful]

One year later Holger Rune passes some AMAZING drop shots in Paris atp 1000 final against one of the best player for a decade and win the title... what a coach!!!!

[@gustavor9850]

how do you know you hit a good drop shot? you will hear "oh lala"

[@Piggy123407]

I am confused about it too. The more it bounced, the better?

[@ericfreeman5795]

@@Piggy123407 Yes. The more it bounced before the ball reached the service line, the better. It shows that the ball is slowing down and is harder to reach by the opponent. If it only bounces once or twice before the service line, the ball is in the air longer after the first bounce, and the opponent can easily reach it.

[@philippedebruin6657]

Not “oh lala” but “ oh lalalala”

[@robertingersoll3039]

lol, good one.

[@compluto4190]

some very simple teachings of Moratoglu

[@marcgabor9690]

What really impressed me was when Patrick asked Holger where HE wanted to put the target instead of just telling him where the target should be. From a psychological point of view this is the difference between a person centered approach and analysis. By inviting his student to participate in the coaching, Holger takes ownership of the process, and is in turn empowered and more invested in his own progress. Throughout the video Patrick communicates in a way that minimizes his ego and makes his student the center of attention. This is really great coaching and the techniques Patrick uses can be utilized by everyones especially parents and teachers.

[@eduardochernia]

Completely agree. I also like that a pro agrees to be in the video. That is humble attitude that he knows will talke him places.

[@spirothegamer]

@@eduardochernia Make no mistake about it, that's a business deal. Rune is accommodated in the top-notch Mouratoglou facilities, and has agreed to do this in exchange of paying less. He has absolutely NO need of tennis "instruction" from a person who has never competed professionally.

[@knotwilg3596]

@@eduardochernia And it will take him to those places at reduced cost!

[@JamieJobb]

Marc, you nailed it. And you didn't even mention "the little birdie" in Holger's mind. Creative visualization certainly rounds out Patrick's participative coaching!

[@wadeyyy]

People love hating on Patrick but he’s one of the greatest coaches of all time

[@markh1792]

Currently watching Holger play Stefanos at the French Open and Rune's dropshots are outstanding! They may have won this first set for him.... fantastic work!

[@compluto4190]

A sell smoke this Moratoglu 😆

[@plonikanoni2072]

It is a joy to watch Mr. Mouratoglou teach. He radiates competence and warmth, great personality!

[@aschiano2108]

At the last open in Miami, when Sinner was playing against Kyrgios he tried several drop shots, they mostly (75%) ended in the net. It happened when at the time of impact he completely stopped with his body. The few times he moved into and pass the impact zone with the ball he made it over the net. I find it simpler and more effective to execute a drop shot using my body's momentum to move ball forward while use the hand on a continental grip just to give rpm. Patrick's advice is spot on

[@melatomic]

Joker dropped Kyrgios at Wimbledon just now, with a few well placed and deceptive drop shots, + composure. We forgot to ask him what grip?

[@m.m.1960]

Last week I saw a match of Holger and I thought to myself: I want to be able to play dropshots like him. And I found your video :) Thank you so much for the great content. Merci beaucoup :)

[@yazks3258]

I saw this video after Rune won the Paris masters..weelll this practice explain the story behind..with all this great coaching and full of motivation with happiness they get the result they desired imo..I wish to have a similar teacher, lecturer or what so ever similar to Patrick.. this is not a simple training lesson, this is a kind of motivational therapy. Great team !

[@kevinwang6119]

Great improvement from Holger all throughout 2022

[@teresavirina7735]

What a good technique for a dropshot, “ fast with the legs , slow with the hands!

[@brianb336]

Patrick, you are an amazing coach. I can see what you’ve done with holler, Such a huge improvement in all facets of the game. Congrats to both of you.

[@benoit5227]

amazing masterclass, top quality content, merci Patrick and Holger!

[@wingcat2]

It's such an honor to be able to watch these advanced lessons for free. I'm glad you subscribed.

[@vlaminggarrulus4785]

Remarkable player. Will hear more from him in future.

[@gashone]

currently number 6 on the ATP list as I watch this video

[@xe2ywi]

I love the way Holger do his drops and improves really fast really nature, bravooo! Thanks a lot Patrick, have learned from you pretty much...

[@cesarfernandezlopez5063]

Is beautiful to see these youngsters loving the game ❤️ and the coach love teaching 👍🏻❤️

[@TTech321]

I just learned so much from this video! Great instruction! Also congrats to you and Rune!

[@edwinhoekstra8988]

Great teacher. Visual, showing the movement, complimenting, taking elements step by step and adding something all the time. Great listener as well. Sometimes i would love to hear why he wants to see a particular movement more. With follow through he does that by saying it adds control. Other times like when extending in the direction he wants to slice the ball, i would love to hear the reasoning or science behind the movement.

[@Cameron-ue7lu]

You have done an INCREDIBLE job for Holger! When is your book coming out, "The Path to Victory"??🙏🙏

[@TheRausing1]

Holgar is currently ranked 26 in the world at just 19 years old. Incredible talent!

[@miaash3870]

He is currently ranked 10 in the world at just 19 years of age!

[@imajinads]

Currently ranked 7th

[@imajinads]

@@miaash3870 and now 7th

[@alexandre.montagnac]

@@miaash3870 6th now !

[@cristianconstantinescu7264]

for the tennis nerds here: you do understand we are talking about a fully formed top 100 player here (Rune) who can do a drop shot to perfection in a training setting and this is content produced for Muratoglu Academy for marketing reasons to attract as many tennis nerds as possible to the 5 star resort + tennis academy as possible. Not being a party pooper (I might be one of those clients next summer) ,but I am amused by the comments.

[@lawpilot8526]

@@akontecetks9749 The word “few” is meaningless, and so your comment regarding Nadal’s serve is unintelligible. And, what is the relevance of Nadal’s serve anyway?

[@knotwilg3596]

@@akontecetks9749 Top players do change their techniques indeed, most often the serve. Most of the time that is because their regular technique is causing them injury not because they can't get a quality shot. Occasionally you see a top player changing from platform to pinpoint stance, trading stability and leg power for height and forward leaning ... But you will never see a top player being schooled on basic technique, instantly producing higher quality shots, especially not when he's being asked to revert his modern technique to old school. That's just a fraud.

[@Theicecreamvanman]

Thanks so much. Love the bit at the start where he drops into your hands. Great way to start.

[@sino8208]

When hitting a drop shot dont stop do the opposite so follow through but with ur legs and when u hit ur drop shot when u hit the racket after the impact point the ball goes behind ur racket and bring the ball over the net with ur legs (feel like)

[@pasnouop]

Thank you Patrick for making this content. I feel privileged to live in a time where video's like this are online for free. have a great day!

[@miaash3870]

Free t teaching/coaching for all!

[@Thanatos9]

Bird in your hand is a brilliant metaphor

[@alexsausl]

"When do people do drop shots ... when they have no clue what to do next." Brilliant - I guess you read my mind during my matches. 😂

[@KrishPro10]

He is a really awesome coach and rune is a really good listener because he is starting from the beginning trying to work up instead of complaining

[@paulhenning9089]

Such a great Job from Mouratoglou! He's brilliant!

[@soonvictor5603]

A great combination for great enhancement of tennis. All the best to Rune.❤🎉

[@coachangelap.wilson824]

This us exactly the way I coach my clients, eith the sane amount of valuable details pit together to see immediate progress. 👏🎾

[@vadimzitsermusicianvlogcha3870]

This workshop is just incredible!

[@miaash3870]

I hope Patrick manages to bring the very best out of Holger. He is most definitely a passionate coach & has a young and upcoming star who will shine for many glorious years to come!

[@pauljohnson6019]

I wonder why he failed Serena so much, 6 finals in the last few years, and not one win, if Serena never gets past 23, questions and suspicions will be raised.

[@BennyjYatom]

@@pauljohnson6019 it’s pretty simple. She’s stopped taking steroids

[@mluc1111]

Wow good coaching. also comes with sounds effect🔊👍

[@alkhazaal346]

So fun and fluid to learn with your method!

[@andreaferratoengineering]

What a talented guy. Great player Rune

[@Judemonteiro595]

At the AO,I saw Novak and Rune practising and saw Patrick there

[@makgeoff]

Excellent tips. Love Coach M's videos. Wish I can get real physical lessons from him.

[@MegaMoflis]

Patrick is not only great trainer but also coach, when he says to him, don't judge yourselves that you hit the ball to high, think that the ball had a goos spin and you need to just do it a bit lower...positive coaching!

[@javierlombardo6213]

best coach that ever existed

[@pauljohnson6019]

Not really, he made Serena lose 5 finals, and jinxed her by trying to coach her at U.S. Open 2018.

[@javierlombardo6213]

@@pauljohnson6019 may be you are right, for me its the only guy i get what he is saying and why, its so easy to apply it.

[@peppio]

After 1 year ..at the final with the number one DJOKE.. an Holger Rune with a Patrick engine made 10 drop shots at the final.. the 90% was a point... The miracle called Mouratoglu.. ( also great work of Holger)

[@dumitrescucosmin9012]

That was pretty cool! We had the same advice from a former local pro, young lady coach who tought my son in 1h how to execute a drop shot.I was amazed how fast he learnt and he still remebers her advice. Everything fits except for the basket 🤣

[@JamieJobb]

Great video, gets in close and captures the truth of those moments. Thanks.

[@tucker3601]

People talk shit about Mouratoglou's actual impact as a coach but its clear he knows how to help his students. Rune just had arguably the best Masters run ever and is heading in to 2023 looking like a top 5 player.

[@Messidona6574]

Amazing teacher 💥

[@milos2493]

Great one! Really enjoyed watching it!

[@ericilenikhena3717]

always a great time watching your lessons.

[@Cameron-ue7lu]

Holger Rune has broken through at Munich 2022! He was a completely different player a few weeks ago. He now looks like he backs himself. Patrick, what was the transformation??

[@cvanaver]

Very good instruction here

[@aol6983]

Outstanding coach + brilliant guy

[@eclipseaaterminator8153]

I loved this video. Very high quality and informative

[@andrescarvajal4806]

Whats the grip for the dropshot? Is it a continental grip?

[@zanderkeith7455]

I need a coach who says ooh la la.. 😁

[@maxodgaard1335]

I would rather have the coaches daughter singing ooh la la......

[@printerselfmarkus9674]

super!!! nice explanations. synthetic and effective.

[@nikosa4943]

Great work Patrick! That was one important part of his first title!!!

[@Xavi-Tenis]

Amazing control

[@alessandroboni8032]

Now I have a question: how do you retrieve a drop shot? I believe the best way is down the line rather than cross in order to block the angles to the opponent

[@kjackkjackkjack]

Today you killed it. Congrats

[@helloeveryone0123]

ok.. in the beginning, if i were him i would have smashed my racket on the floor already, but he improves really fast. amazing player, amazing talent.

[@Piggy123407]

Great coaching ! What is the difference between slice and drop shot in tactics? Are they hit in the same way?

[@asahalpern-praet1197]

Wow!!!!!!

[@fang.clarkec7584]

This geezer is funny. When is a fantastic player going to hit the ball mid-court? And even if he does the points over you don’t need to hit a drop shot If Rune will practise drop shot there is two things to bear in mind : 1 your hitting the ball from the base line from quiet deep position where you could of chose to take a good swipe at it and 2 your having the action or you start by disguising it as though your going to rip the ball either cross court or back and after you fake you follow through with a drop shot catching the opponent off guard . You need to hit with right trajectory as the instructor shows very well in this video. The drop shot itself part teaching is good. No problem

[@jamesryan5392]

Top coach this guy

[@polpez5603]

thanks for sharing this !

[@panini79]

I hope and believe that Rune is going to win a US-open

[@khushaldhillon368]

Perfect dap up at the end lmao

[@fredyicao9175]

How this drop shots stroke by Patrick compared to Alcaraz drop shot? My opinion is to teach drop shot and also how the fake or disguise with out being detected by an opponent

[@youngsuit]

more of these please

[@weyman4317]

Obviously a top coach and top player but at club level in a match surely the ball is coming toward you faster than Patrick is feeding?

[@OscarEggen]

That is true, but when the ball is coming faster, the player can play a dropshot with less effort. This video is more for technique instruction. A rally at the end or a match with some dropshots would have been better!

[@edmundkaiser9395]

Der Junge hat es verdammt gut drauf, er zeigt ein wunderbares Ballgefühl, dass er einen "drop shot" spielt, ist für den Gegner schwer zu antizipieren.

[@khedidjaboudaba6100]

Merci Patrick! je ne rate aucune de vos videos. Bravo

[@bigsky350]

Do you use your normal forehand grip to do the dropshot?

[@hectorayub2594]

Amazing professional training! AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@neclis7777]

Thank you for the great content ! Big fan ! So helpful !

[@lawpilot8526]

12/8/2021 Please talk about the different grips for different shots. For example, talk about the grip for topspin, for a slice serve, for one-handed backhand. I use a Western grip for topspin groundstroke. Is that correct/incorrect?

[@Anthony5ist]

Forehand topspin: your grip will suffice, although for anyone under 4.5 ntrp / 7 UTR, the western fh grip is hard bc it requires a lot of acceleration Slice and flat serve, slice groundstokes, volleys, overheads, and drop shots: continental grip - shake hands with the racket One hand / two hand drive backhand: easter backhand grip, the opposite of the western fh grip but less extreme.

[@Kxlatonicx3]

We saw these drop shots in the rg quarters against ruud

[@TheWZINCLTD]

always the best!

[@RC-infinity]

I always think am giving height in my drop shot cos that gives time for the opponent to sprint towards the ball.. isn’t it good idea to keep low and still make the drop shots??🤔🤔

[@TheCajunAsian]

Actually some good tips... Most pros forget to teach trajectory and also walking the shot in after contact... He did forget to state you only walk it in if the ball is medium to slow speed... If the ball is coming fast (i.e., it's short but tons of topspin) you can't walk it in as much or you will have too power on it... But in most cases the terminology is that all drop shots are also approach shots but not bad overall Pat ✌️

[@Alexander-dt2eq]

i still find it bad tennis coaching to try to achieve a perfect drop shot. better achieve a very high percentage of a good drop shot. Compare it to hitting the line, goal is to hit the space 20-30cm next to the line so you get a super high percentage in

[@rumikoosanai4953]

Thankyu verdad much.

[@michele5146]

Patrick hello, I hope you’r good. I have a question, my tennis teacher always said I had to stopped my self before hit a volley. If i’m not wrong I understand you said exactly the contrary. Can you explain it better pls? Thanks, mr.

[@MomentsinTennis]

Incredible

[@tennispals]

looking great .

[@leon00888]

Leon Faurus 1 second ago Please show how to do dropshots from the baseline. i think that was more effectively. thanks and keep in touch

[@OscarEggen]

See videos of Federer for dropshots from the baseline. Normaly dropshots are not played from the baseline because the ball is too long on the road.

[@caotoulei]

This young man will win grant slams.

[@charlesgraves4565]

i like how he explains what a dropshot is to a professional player

[@bigsky350]

What grip do you use? Do you change to a continental grip?

[@surffahren]

Patrik is probably the best representation of French sense of humour 😀

[@MrRockrobstr]

Wow! Best drop shot lesson ever!

[@jonbonesmahomes7472]

Also whats very important for playing a drop shop,swing of your forhand or very helpful. Rune has a perfect forhand for drop shots because his swing is short in general ,so he can hide it better..

[@matkejos3545]

Jon bones mahomes svugdje te vidim majke moje koji si ti kralj

[@jonbonesmahomes7472]

@@matkejos3545 😄

[@kemalsahinbas3699]

Mouratoglu is the best couch in the whole world

[@dthorne4602]

Or canape, since he's french.

[@michaelvonhaven105]

How do you deal with the grip change?

[@jakstrike1]

Could see in the final his backhand touch is better than forehand!

[@olepagh6578]

Thankes for tips to tennis

[@nicolasvecchione6016]

Hit a few of those at RG 2022 :)

[@peppio]

Great Patrick

[@franciscomanrique4979]

👍🏾👍🏻👍 GRACIAS

[@nimitacademy]

Bravo… super

[@-TheDude-]

"the ranking shows" a year later hes #10. hes doin something right

[@rogersalllike9133]

Federer had this lesson many many many many years ago hehe