Nick Bollettieri (Serve)

LTC Zbraslav, Prague, Czech Republic

[@user-eh4uo3oi4d]

Nick has produced more than TEN World No.1 players. I personally met him and admire his passionate teaching style. He is a dedicated teacher and coach !

[@waritolfactive]

Very helpful video and you can tell Nick cares about genuinely helping his students to improve.

[@kwark1223]

So I see everyone in the comments section has their own tennis academy and has coached ATP professionals. Looks like Nick has competition.

[@jesscck]

Why people hate Bollettieri? I can see some good points from him, and what he taught is right to the point. I have no idea about Bollettieri himself, but in this video, he is good.

[@trustno_one]

because people are jealous and have to say their stupid comments anyway.

[@ongs9352]

oh god, now when i am about to start to low i always hear his voice in my head "ah ah ah ah ah"

[@carr-uv6ul]

people in the comments wouldn't know where to start in teaching a serve...the continental grip and learning to pronate your wrist come in after the student grasps the basic motion of the arm...all nick is trying to teach him here is how not to swat at the ball

[@swalterstennis]

I 100% agree.

[@Jameschung81]

Nick was not playing with these boys. He was real about his teaching. 🤣

[@petermessenger8908]

the curling of the wrist the kid is doing is just because of his grip... why was that not the first thing he corrected

[@kort1344]

Because Nick is the most overrated tennis coach

[@rogerleecyprus]

its different to respect what one did I his life and I respect that! Many excellent coaches passed thru his academy and I don't see anyone giving them any credit! they are the ones that produce the champions ! iv been a tennis coach 40 years and a I.T.F champion so when I see someone teaching i know the difference of learning a poem and the difference of actually saying what that particular tennis player needs to hear at that moment! The internet and you tube is full of( Experts )that repeat day in day out the poems they learned ! i would love to see a video of Mr. Bolitieri playing tennis and serving! Did anybody actually seen one?

[@RobertHurleyJr]

Cant tell if this comment is for or against Bolleteri although i want to agree with you.

[@rogerleecyprus]

@@RobertHurleyJr IT IS WHAT IT IS ROBERT! GOT NOTHING AGAINST THE MAN!What he has achieved is unbelievable BUT.... Lets say you needed a operation to save your life! Would you go to an expert surgeon or someone that just talks about it?

[@RyanPaquette]

Nick is a motivational speaker first and foremost, a tennis player or coach a far second!

[@tanyag.lahteva5751]

Why is he serving with forehand grip? 😳 Where is the continental one?

[@roberthyde5484]

“He has quick motion don’t change it” wise words. You can have your own rhythm he didn’t impose a style on the boy as long as the fundamentals are correct let the talent choose.

[@RuhulAmin-kg8du]

Experience coach.

[@MrAutoptic]

They are sure that this is the best coach in the world? He is teaching injuring his wrist and has no idea how to express themselves.

[@MrPernell27]

He has coached more #1 and Grand Slam winning players than anyone else in tennis. So yea, he probably knows what the hell he's talking about. As for the communication, there's just a language barrier. Furthermore how many of his players are in the HoF?Agassi, Courier, Seles, Pierce, Becker, Capriati, just to name a few.

[@haywood16]

+² GotRice? © |Baked| nonsense.....the list is endless of players he molded from day one

[@MrPernell27]

***** agasii was 14 when he went to Bolleteri. All those players had talent and ability but it takes a great coach to help bring out their best and get them to an elite level. Just the same way that Boris Becker has immensely helped Novak Djokobic's game. She took a great player and made him even better. The same thing that Bolleteriy has been doing for over 50 years!

[@stignatius1625]

MrPernell27 You want to know what my problem is? Even Nick is shocked by the sound of my voice. I shout, You are my fucking problem. You. And if you haven’t figured that out, you’re stupider than you look. Do you have any idea what it’s like here? What it’s like to be three thousand miles from home, living in this prison, waking up at six thirty, having thirty minutes to eat that shitty breakfast, getting on that broken-down bus, going to that lousy school for four hours, hurrying back and having thirty minutes to eat more crap before going on the tennis court, day after day after day? Do you? The only thing you have to look forward to, the only real fun you have every week, is Saturday night at the Bradenton Mall - and then that gets taken away! You took that from me! This place is hell, and I want to burn it down! These are agassis own words from his book

[@KR-kk4fb]

The two boys was Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.....🤣🤣

[@VictoriaFilmsgroup]

see the swecond kid has the right one.

[@mrbeanz6451]

Coach seems to have a short fuse

[@VictoriaFilmsgroup]

change this kid,s grip he will have the best serve ever.

[@chankoksoon]

Victoria Films you got a good eye. He’s using a eastern forehand grip. Need to transit to continental if not in between first.

[@monstertrucktennis]

Which great server did Bollettieri mold?

[@haywood16]

+monstertrucktennis Tommy Haas

[@monstertrucktennis]

+haywood16 Phew, thanks. I couldn't remember a single one out of the thousands of prospects he's had.

[@haywood16]

His students didn't need a big serve. They had the FOREHAND!

[@monstertrucktennis]

+haywood16 Thank you for making my point.

[@haywood16]

with the exception of Tommy Haas I'd agree. There were a few other big servers. But he stressed forehand.

[@DopeXchanel]

no matter how good a coach one is, they cannot pretend they are tennis gods and that with a few (crappy) advises can fix everything. Nick was a great manager! but his coaching skills aged just like he did. he can still be on top at 60/70's tennis style tho. haha

[@waynewoodger3820]

Nick doesnt have the best record with teaching the serve. Th lad has a forehand grip & Nick cannot see why he is having to dodge backwards to hit it

[@farhadrosh]

haha!

[@swalterstennis]

OMG! Nick has gone crazy. I thought I was strict. He must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed. I mean, he slapped the kid!! He needs some rest. Great career though.

[@claudioprado389]

Well this coach is a little bit arrogant he say that he taught Agassi's killer forehand. Have you ever seen a match Agassi versus Fernando González from Chile? Did you notice who had the killer forehand? Gonzalez was mentioned twice in the video of the most powerfull forehands and man it was really a cannonade.

[@piggamer3154]

yeah he's arrogant lmao but he's not incorrect. what you're saying is Agassi didn't have the best forehand...no shit! He had a killer forehand though. There's absolutely no denying that. Just because a player has a better shot than him doesn't mean he isn't great, which he obviously is.

[@VictoriaFilmsgroup]

who? how many grand slam did that gonzalez win? hahahaha claudio just retire for good.

[@miguelbarahona6636]

El problema de Gonzalez no era la potencia, sino su mente, su poca inteligencia para jugar, y no lo digo como ofensa. Me recuerda a Philipousis y a Blake. Grandes jugadores que debieron haber ganado más.

[@janetlao4360]

There is actually a swimming coach who cannot swim himself butterfly style who produced a whole DVD titled how to Swim Butterfly effortlessly, in similar vein, Nick himself Does Not have a decent serve (when was the last time you saw him serve?). PLz do not take any advice from a coach who cannot swim and wanna teach you "how to swim across English strait", you gonna drown and go under...

[@vaclav1svoboda]

Taky mi to nedošlo.

[@Tony07UK]

@5 mins - what on earth? Why don't they spot that he's using the wrong grip? He's serving with a forehand grip!

[@debi10s]

Yes he is in the forehand grip but this is sometime as adjustment that requires time to get them to come around. Also, some players who wish to flatten their sever will adjust a little over to the eastern. I believe Serena does this when she is going to the T. I also teach a continental but with younger kids the will pull out of it and go into the eastern. Time and correct.

[@miguelbarahona6636]

Forehand grip is what is recommended for beginners. I remember one of the best servers ever, Boris Becker, that served with forehand grip, and what a serve he had!

[@claudioprado389]

This Bollettieri is teaching old fashion tennis technique and he believed he's giving a professorship he is arrogant .

[@VictoriaFilmsgroup]

why dont you ask agassi about it. or why dont you do it?

[@miguelbarahona6636]

Old fashion tennis? Tennis fundamentals aren´t old.

[@Edward_Richtofen]

Claudio Prado yea shut the fuck up dumb bitch just because you can’t play tennis bitch shut the fuck up your arrogant

[@elbaburgos]

Ha sido la peor demostracion de como ensenar el servicio que he visto en mi vida!!!!!

[@cascao8563]

De acuerdo! esta lotado de errores

[@sokman9435]

....if you know to much better than Bollettieri why don't you do....why you invite Bollettieri to teah your juniors ....or you don't know how....or you are mad....but try to be respectuos....Tennis means ,,Fun,Respect and Teaching''...not this attitude...shame on you ,,sirs'' you are unfairplay persons.....

[@rogerleecyprus]

t looks like the old man never played a game of tennis in his life! there is no such thing as one kind of stroke you learn here other wise is no good! You have to find the way with each player to find what works with them whether is a service a forehand or a backhand! and we don't slap kids on the hand because they picked up a ball from the basket because......GOD is speaking now!

[@willkittwk]

+Oblivion even if he's not the best technician which is a random statement cause the game changes and then comes back to whatever works nick knows how to motivate and has instilled a lot of confidence in his players which is 90% of the game.

[@rogerleecyprus]

He certainly did my friend and i give him that but when a few thousand players a year pass by your tennis school yes you will produce champions ! he was one of the first to do it at the right time and place and i give him all the credit as a business man!!!

[@smilelikeUmeanit90]

Poor children, this old guy maybe knows tennis, but he seems to have mental-emotional problems...psycho?

[@swalterstennis]

Ya. This wasn’t Nick’s best lesson.

[@Smoothways]

Whyt is he showing the wrong serve - at 1:25 he is showing to swing the racket facing the rachet head at the ball and not the edge until the very last moment when I flip it. The right swing is with the edge and not the face of the racket head. But what do we all know - it' s Nick B I am moaning about - so he MUST be right. But with all due respect to what he achieved (besides many things he was also responsible for ruining the beautiful tennis sport of the likes of Edberg, becker or Federer to the Rafas, Murrays, Djokovic....etc) I once had a 75 year old boss who also kind of losst the plot and told us things who were altogether not correct. This doesnt take away his achievment of setting up his own business and running it successfully over many years....

[@VujaklijaG]

He is teaching him good, he is sliceing the ball too much, he just want him to feal what is right way to hit the ball!!!

[@MrPernell27]

He's trying to get him to feel what it's like to hit straight through the ball. He was pronating to much with his wrist and slicing it all over the place. That's why he told him to hit squarely on the back of the ball. Learn to hit straight through the ball. Then when you start working in the slice it will be easier to control. When it comes to teaching tennis, Nick Bolleteri pretty much knows what he's talking about

[@willkittwk]

+VujaklijaG its always hard figuring out the end game or seeing what needs to be done at point A to get to point Z. you can never teach a guy the proper way to serve cause there is none. its as unique as a fingerprint. you have to start with proper models and see what eventually the player slides into. look at Rogers serve compared to Roddick compared to McEnroe compared to Ranoic. all completely different style and methods. then if you go back to roscoe tanner with the very low toss and abbreviated motion. tennis serving is like mlb pitching hardly any styles are alike but certain principles are uniformly followed.

[@donnybrook8951]

He's not teaching to come up on the edge and pronate because he understands that you don't try and teach advanced techniques to young beginners. The fact that you say "flip it" instead of pronate suggests that you are the last person who should be giving tennis advice. LOL.

[@Tony07UK]

Bollettieri is one of the worst coaches ever - what he is showing is patently wrong. Pro serves are not achieved by throwing the racquet flat at the ball, as he is demonstrating here. The racquet launches on edge (with a continental grip) - the arm then pronates. He's showing the kid a nonsense technique, because pros don't serve like that.

[@donnybrook8951]

Oh stop. You don't know what you're saying. You DO NO TEACH advanced technique to beginners. You start with the absolute basic foundation and build on that, He's teaching the correct way. You don't teach a beginner to come up on the edge and to pronate.

[@Matthew9818]

Tony07UK you are stupid. You do not teach a kid how to serve in 1 lesson. He was chopping the ball a lot. He is teaching him the basics to begin with . What he is teaching is right . You can't teach the whole thing in one go idiot.

[@TheChampionshipsWimbledon]

You're right! You don't want kids to learn bad habits from the start, that's simply bad coaching. A good coach will always teach corrective technique, it's a basic fundamental of coaching courses these days.

[@TheChampionshipsWimbledon]

You teach a beginner the basics by teaching them sound fundamentals, which includes the correct grip for the serve. What exactly are you paying money for?

[@TheChampionshipsWimbledon]

Pronation is not advanced technique! It's the best way to throw the racket at the ball using the CORRECT grip! Only lazy coaches do not correct their students and still take their money. Parents deserve better than a lazy coach who cannot teach.