Nick (D1) vs Milan (D2) with WOODEN Tennis Racquets 🪵

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In today’s tennis match, former NCAA D1 player (Nick) Nikola Aracic plays former D2 Milan. Both players are using wooden rackets.
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[@IntuitiveTennis]

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[@ChrisL326]

Once both of you had these rackets in hand, the style of gameplay changed INTUITIVELY. It slowed down and became much more flat and more slice, it was fun to watch. Milan is a great sport putting up with your shenanigans for our viewing pleasure! thanks to both of you!

[@yeetsquad9380]

I love how Milan always compliments winners and addresses you as “coach”. What a respectful guy, love to see it!!

[@bramvalkenburg5655]

I think they should do this for the pro's in a few exhibition matches.

[@VL1975]

I said that in a couple videos before.

[@bramvalkenburg5655]

@@VL1975 spread the word!

[@whuang03]

I would pay big money to watch (fed vs nadal vs djoko vs murray) with small wood racquets. My money is on Fed since his style is more suitable with wood.

[@tomasito0206]

Wooden racquet tennis looks like a different sport... in fact, it's kind of reminiscent of pickleball with all the slices and drop shots. TBH it's a little more fun to watch vs. big serve + forehand putaway.

[@evilchemi]

Love this content. Great video and match. Milan did amazing for the first time with the wooden racquet.

[@Alisky22]

Coach I think your strongest point is how you transfer the bodyweight into the shots .. and follow through 👌, even if you don’t have active footwork.. Bravo 🙌🏻

[@gillesderais834]

several good points, Nik, another very enjoyable video!

[@spikefist]

Really enjoyed this

[@51Dss]

what - no Slazenger white tennis balls? and what about some classic Fred Perry shoes? Or maybe some Stan Smith adidas? BTW I was wondering if you wrapped the leather grips on those racquets I really do miss that classic period of tennis. It is a "golden" era to guys like me...now age 71

[@messiahtennis2136]

라켓은 wood인데 스윙은 최신이라 보는 재미가 있네요.

[@mrcool1st949]

I saw the title and went :"Oh hell yeah! I'm watching this!" Love the video ❤️🎾

[@Arkdark_lm]

Das war sehr interessantes Spiel von euch beide und sehr gespanntes Gespräch danach.

[@matteotagliabue852]

vintage vibes for ages, great video nick

[@cdan3609]

Very good vid! I love it! I like analysis who Milan do. He is spot on! He is much verbally nowadays. Thanks again!

[@keylargo5157]

You both played super Nick! Don’t give up on the woods, they make for good exercise!

[@raphaelhahn7556]

we need more of the wood rackets!

[@dreamy7335]

Great match!! You guys were having fun!! Enjoyable to watch❤

[@Jim-oo7dk]

This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster. An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age

[@mrcool1st949]

I want to ask Nik something. Do you ever think of increasing your agility, as in accelerating, changing directions, increasing your range of motion and just overall getting to any point all over the court quicker? Seeing how Milan moves and then looking at how you move, one can see that Milan just moves quicker and had more agile. I do understand that there's like a 15 year difference between you guys, even so I think it's totally possible for Nik to get to that level of agility (or close to that level). Don't get me wrong though, I totally think Nik can kick ass left right and center at any physical level at this point, and I wouldn't dare try to underestimate Nik's professionalism at tennis in any way. I love seeing how Nik is such a strong opponent (Milan confirmed that Nik is a strong opponent too) and still make it so look like you're taking it easy! Brilliant 👏🎾❤️

[@IntuitiveTennis]

You you Mr Cool. There’s a 21 year age difference and even in my prime I wasn’t as agile as Milan.

[@ssenssel]

Nick's level drops significantly whenever his mic'ed up and interacts with the camera with real time testimonial. Understandably so. Focus is king in tennis. Edit: Milan chases every ball like a Jack Terrier.. oh, to be young.. 🙄

[@IntuitiveTennis]

True

[@Esprits4s]

Thanks for this video! You looked more comfortable playing with the wood racquet this time. Milan looked very uncomfortable with it though.

[@VL1975]

Was this from my suggestion? I think I suggested this in a recent video. lol Every time I've ever tried to use wood rackets, I find it hard to control the ball. The game moves slower too. You have to really concentrate on hitting the ball.

[@wookiedude21]

The use of wooden rackets makes the “experience” of tennis look more enjoyable to me. Almost as if, I’m not just out there to compete and beat my opponent, but I’m taking part in a recreational activity that can be as relaxing as it is engaging.

[@theinfralink6598]

Love it. I watched the whole game at 0.25 or 0.5 speed. Amazing details revealed. Brian played really well even though he lost towards the end.

[@oliverdesouza5741]

Don't hang up your woods yet Nik! There's one more intuitive step to take: give Milan the MAX 200G and play him with your All-Wood. That would be so interesting!

[@rucas10]

UAAUUU !! Great match ! Milan is like Lucky Luke faster than his own shadow ! Well done Nic !!

[@IntuitiveTennis]

🔥🔥

[@hansolsson3409]

You don't need graphite racquets to play well, great match!

[@dthorne4602]

Would be interested to hear how Milan/s hand and wrist felt in the days after this. A lot of flippy wrist action in his serving motion.

[@billpiano1]

Very fun concept! Maybe you can dig up some of the old white tennis balls too, that would be cool!

[@ToiletTennis]

Damn Nick lookin' sharp ;)

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Thank u Kevin

[@Dom-yv4nq]

I think if the 3 greats, Roger, Rafa and Djoker did this fun event that Roger would win hands down due to his style of play. Any others think the same? Contrary?

[@MB-le7tw]

"You CANNOT be serious!" lol. Where's the volleying? Need some more johnny mac net play. Look at you two bangin' away from the baseline! hilarious - good stuff.

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Next time

[@chevy4x466]

I grew up in the age of serve and volley. Watching this match the baseline shots looked too juicy to stay at the baseline

[@pleaseenteraname1103]

Did you do a lifestream about the laver cup, it never showed up in my notifications.

[@whuang03]

Milan playing with a full western grip on a wood racquet is big disadvantage.

[@petrtamler4484]

It was my first thouht that you practised with wood recently, wouden rackets and šofér balls would favour not that tall guys around 180 cm, I reckon

[@ayokay123]

Thanks for playing with these racquets. It brings back the memories for old farts like me.

[@youyouuuu]

Very short shorts 😂 True

[@TimTheMusicMan]

This is exactly the problem with tennis today, the tennis world are hitting shots today that they never would be able to if they used 80's technology, so when I hear how good this person is and that person is today, I laugh, they would not even compete with the likes of Mac, Borg, Connors, Lendl etc from the 80's.

[@MMM18092]

Nick's technique clearly much more suited to a wooden racquet whereas Milan looks very uncomfortable. I think if they played another 10 matches with the Donnay, Nick would win easily.

[@kevinle5460]

Swing vision needs to be on Android

[@ghjkffaqt5561]

Hey, would you ever play against a atp player in today ranking? That would be such a fun match to watch!!😂

[@canadiantennispro]

nothing like wooden racquets on clay ............Well done boys lol!

[@martinoa1467]

Why didn’t you go to the net more?

[@christiandelapena8623]

I'm surprised backhand slice is possible on a wooden racket.

[@1988Allnatural]

Do you hear that…me either. All the Milan haters are quiet!

[@Siloguy]

huh....who hates Milan?

[@fleekdasheek9176]

@@Siloguy inter

[@lorenzo97tth562]

@@fleekdasheek9176 Good one

[@chuckersthenut2097]

TFW Nick would definitely beat you with a wooden racket even if you had your no. 1 stick.

[@mejartomlinson7065]

God i dont want to play with wooden racquet 😂

[@milanmirkovic1390]

Love playing with coach Nick

[@IntuitiveTennis]

🔥🔥

[@d99joper]

Great fun to watch, and I loved the satisfied look at the camera after the point at 8:46 (well deserved).

[@joachimseisay66]

This is so enjoyable Nick! Thanks to you and Milan for doing this. Shout out to the old heads for playing with this equipment. Cheers from Stockholm.

[@vijaynarsapur147]

Awesome, awesome video... the wooden racquets clearly forced a more classical game from both of you.

[@erikarnold4737]

The last match was kind of hilarious. Super excited to see how Nick fares with things evened up a bit!

[@gmurph623]

Interesting how many breaks you both had. Did you feel like the serve was a weak point for these rackets? Edit: Nvm, post-game goes over it. That'll teach me to comment before the end of the vid

[@fitforever22]

You know you are good when you can so easily adjust to such a different and awkward racquet!

[@droptableaccount1820]

The almost non-existent number of framed shots made me cry into my 100 sq in head.

[@reuelray]

First of all you guys messed up my lunch break. I'm sitting here starving to death but I can't stop watching. At 6.8 years young, I played with wooden rackets and from time to time I ware those suspicious collared t-shirts. Some of my shorts are suspicious too. I can't believe we thought wooden rackets were vogue and we played sometimes on those nasty sounding gross looking clay joints y-all were playing on. Old things never die, they just morph..😦

[@DonYang73]

Thats exactly how we did it in the 80s, although we were already using graphite rackets😃. The Fila, Sergio tachini, lacoste gear and all

[@Kenzie_Hill]

Woods help you refine your technique. Ppl rely too much on power for every shot with modern rackets... especially those who use 100 sq in or above rackets. I love to hit with woods on occasion! ❤🎾

[@vanlendl1]

You should have used the Adidas GTX Pro /Kneissl White Star. Back in the wooden era, tennis balls were smaller and faster. Present tennis balls bounce high as hell, what is a main reason why a lot of "oldies" are still competitive. The company Dunlop is adding carbon powder in their rubber mixture, what makes the ball harder and bounce higher.

[@abidmortiunic4393]

Veri naaajs, aj lajk! You two look like million bucks! Thanks for making tennis even more fun, if that’s even possible.

[@tomasewald271]

Super!

[@junkmail75034]

Hey Nick stay safe man, hurricane Ian is coming your way

[@IntuitiveTennis]

🙏🙏

[@Jesusisalllove]

Second nice video

[@Sweeney-Kubach]

You guys played awesome with Great Grandpa’s racquets. Milan you are a good sport my dude, and Nick you have a terrific sense of humor my friend. Great match!

[@jonathanchen1026]

Milan has a wonderful two handed backhand

[@IntuitiveTennis]

It’s really good

[@tomloft2000]

shades of Jim Courier.

[@aca8638]

It's much more equal this way! 😂

[@pleaseenteraname1103]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many frame shots in my life😂. i’ve heard people tell me that 97 Square inches is not forgiving enough, just wait until you try 65 Square inches 🤣. It can be somewhat of a good learning tool though since you really have to hyper focus on the ball, but at the same time though it can be pretty frustrating to make contact sometimes and it’s very heavy, I use the wooden racket that was over 400g once and I got really bad shoulder pain.Wooden rackets are actually pretty good for Slices and volleys.

[@jandroid33]

This is how proper tennis looks like! We must ban the modern racket on the pro tour, where everybody is doing the boring power serve and power hitting style of play :-(

[@maxsonthonax1020]

I honestly expected this what you'd have done the first time.

[@Dasato123]

Repeat

[@droptableaccount1820]

How do you think you would compare to the players using these in their prime? Like, would the lessons learned from modern tennis allow you to beat them, even using these rackets?

[@markh1792]

One reason that atp tennis players are taller than in the past is likely that the newer rackets make the serve more effective. Don't want to see poor Nick without his biggest weapon!

[@rds4629]

you should start reviewing tennis clothing next :)

[@virtualyme7659]

That's more like it. Fair to both ☮️

[@clydewmorgan]

I agree with Milan 100%. I’m about 40 videos deep into your channel and this is the best played match I’ve seen great shots all around. Maybe there’s something to be said for wood

[@Nicosdayinthelife]

Why is EVERY tennis KZbinR playing with wood racquet now???

[@djp3525]

Because they all run out of ideas and copy each other.

[@Nicosdayinthelife]

@@djp3525 I thought it was some wooden racquet mth or sth 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Charmander009]

Stop saying ehhhhh after u serve . Just a disgusting sound . AtleAst Alcatraz grunts like a man .. hughhhh! . Not ehhh

[@droptableaccount1820]

I wonder what sound you made after writing this comment.