Ghosting in to the net: TENNIS MASTERCLASS by Patrick Mouratoglou, EPISODE 2

In this Tennis Masterclass, I talk about an important tactic that will help you make your game more aggressive, and ultimately, more successful. We call it “ghosting in” to the net.
Do you want to transition from defense to offense in a heartbeat like top pros Carlos Alcaraz, Holger Rune and Jannik Sinner? Do you want to outsmart your opponent and make them unsure of when your next sneak attack might be coming?
If so, I have a brilliant way to finish off points at the net, while keeping your opponents guessing.
The goal of ghosting in is to take advantage of the fact that your opponent is in a position of weakness. When you’ve hit a strong shot and forced your opponent into a defensive posture, why let him get out of jail with a weak slice or a moonball? Instead, pounce on your opportunity and close down his options by attacking the net.
In this video, I break down each aspect of the tactic. From how to know when to ghost in, to what path to follow as you rush the net, to where to make your split step… I can assure you that you will leave this video better at making the most of your chances. Let’s go!
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction of the masterclass : how to ghost in to the net
0:37 - Why it is a deadly tactic in tennis
1:06 - The two advantages of ghosting to the net
2:35 - Ghosting to the net step by step : the split step is key
3:43 - Where to stand
4:55 - Where to run
5:09 - Finish the point
5:59 - One last tip : mind the slice backhand
6:14 - Exercices
7:09 - It’s your turn !
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Glad you enjoy it!

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Correct

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I played Coyiuto today, he just came back from Mouratoglou academy he pushed me to the limits..Patrick is a beast mentor !

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[@smashu2]

It's important to evaluate the quality of your shot very quickly and it is also relative from 1 opponent to the other depending or there defensive quality.

[@joseppi4cinqua]

Man, you should build an academy yourself with that profound amount of brilliant thoughts and ideas about tennis. Wow you’re beyond genius. 😂 lmfao

[@willkittwk]

​@@joseppi4cinqua that guy was just adding an extra thought. But when you decide to rush the net you better be all in. Once you see the other guy in a defensive mode go in for the kill

[@joseppi4cinqua]

@@willkittwk another coach. Wow so many amazing coaches everywhere. How else should I play? Tell me what to do please! I want to know anything you think!

[@willkittwk]

@@joseppi4cinqua well if Patrick is doing his job then he's stimulating our tennis IQ. So it's a good thing for people to absorb and formulate ideas on their own within the framework of the lesson. Then go practice and see how it plays out. I learn a lot of tips from him and also Boris Becker. Tennis is fascinating in that there's so many ways to play the game and ways to look for weaknesses to exploit. Last night I was playing doubles the guy on the BH side had a killer topspin BH and he was blasting crazy shots but when we played a low slice he would hit into the net or blast past the baseline. But that's from nobody telling him maybe when you get that slice you have to maybe play a slice back or not go for a glory shot BH. You see Djok and Fed hit slices back an forth in rallies till they get a ball that sits up to hit a good drive and take control. But I'm not gonna coach him on it and probably he won't appreciate it.

[@gregg9694]

@@joseppi4cinqua Are you this obnoxious in real life?

[@siriellis7033]

Love this, I always lose against someone who slices everything, I'm going to hit a return deep then ghost in and hopefully grab some points 😄 Thankyou ❤

[@MaxBeech]

Great quality content, love this new format. Thanks!

[@josephcobbs1029]

Awesome, I love you teaching knowledge and videos . I am 64 and still learning to play.

[@johnbelll]

Thanks Patrick, simple and effective indications, as usual.

[@hectorayub2594]

Patrick, you are the best!

[@pdo2764]

What a great lesson, thank you Patrick

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greatly appreciate you uploading this! excellent work, Patrick

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I totally appreciate that you share your knowledge and passion with us.

[@chriskahlenborn2659]

best ever teacher!

[@gregg9694]

This perfect for my game. Thanks coach!

[@Fatsmash]

That's what i needed since so long thanks Patch

[@amirsanchez8193]

Another great lesson... great way to make your opponent double guess just before they are ready to return. A couple more lessons, and I can claim that Mouratoglou is my coach ☺

[@plough1204]

Amazing approaching shot tactics. Thank you~

[@AF-gt1fv]

Thank you Patrick and team 🙏

[@insomniaddictesp]

Absolutely fantastic video on this concept.

[@AndreiBgatov]

Another fantastic masterclass, as a gift 👍 Merci beaucoup!

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21st century Tennis 👍🏻❤️🎾 With Patrick only the best , I like that very MUCH, the installations ,top quality, the coaching top quality,and his videos Top quality for free , you can not complain 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@MrTresto]

I didn't learn this tactic in the 21st century tho, I was a kid when my teacher trained us to do it ha ha

[@patrickmouratoglou_official]

Thank you 👍

[@willkittwk]

​@@MrTresto true some of the kids think this tactic was discovered yesterday.😂 forget McEnroe and Conners it was done by Poncho Gonzales and Jack Kramer.

[@cesarfernandezlopez5063]

​@@MrTrestoI was referring to the whole package 📦😉

[@ragunathavaya]

Absolutely great instructions by this wonderful coach. I have seen Federer playing this numerous times, he comes in whenever he catches his opponents off guard with low short slice backhands, he is right there at the net and put away those volleys. The best thing about this approach, the surprise element it has, hard to see it when your opponent does it.

[@sylvaingery3446]

Merci P. Moratoglou pour ces vidéos. Merci les joueurs. Bien expliqué, concis. Grande qualité. Bravo !🎾

[@joezentan]

Genius Patrick, thanks!

[@bartoszbarcikowski5064]

Fantastic advice Coach. Tomorrow I will try to do what you said during my practice match. P.S. You doing a great job with Holger Rune💪

[@johnmerrill5633]

Love the details! I had to lose several matches before my conditioning, overhead, and swinging volley were good enough to execute this. You have to work VERY hard to get proficient with this, but it is worth it.

[@user-kb4tn5tu1u]

I love the strategy videos. Keep them coming

[@NsteveA]

Oh, man!! This is great!

[@sedatgurbuz4270]

A very unique and vital project for everyone which can be implemented during the match. The expression with practical lecture was quite clear and understandable, so very thanks dear Patrick.

[@celinemercier-gardelle274]

Thanks a lot for all your videos !! ❤

[@GrungePopRecords]

Excellent advice!

[@prasadvarier5855]

Excellent tip, thank you !

[@user-ho4zw6lc2v]

Brilliant, I use this Ghost tactic a lot and it works every single time specially against the opponents who keep the rally on

[@willreidy5851]

Quality video, very well made. Thank you

[@Shaun949]

Great video and explanation

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Thank you so much for wonderful content ❤

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Thank you coach moutatoglou. Very good avice

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Amazing! Thank you so much!

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Great content and great quality in the making of the video too!

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Thank u so much Coach for the great content,

[@monkmusicco.]

Thank you for the video, this will help a lot

[@matebesisehume2623]

I’m trying this next time I go for practice!

[@nd8086]

EXCELLENT!!! JUST EXCELLENT!!!

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This was absolute quality

[@luisminillas21]

wow!! great video!! regards from Andalusia

[@blazzperformancetennis]

yes that I tech my players too. Incredible this man talks today about things that we have learned erlier in the 90s

[@fabiograppasonno1495]

Interesting content, interesting focus on a particular tennis tactics. Obviously to put in practice this scheme youìve to be an already evolved player because it requires an important techical base. But we can also adapt this scheme to a lower level: for example, there was an amateur player in my tennis club who often did this "ghosting in to the net" doing an high lob on the opponent's backhand(that at his level nobody can do it well, especially in the form of a winner) and he rushed to the net, playing a smash in the other side, obviously because amateur opponent could only do a lob with his precarious backhand. Winning tactic!

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So good

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This guy is amazing!!!

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this ws the best advice i have ever gotten thanl you

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Amazing !

[@RBL_Thunder]

What an excellent KZbin tutorial, this is going to be so valuable to club players like myself. I can't wait to start applying some of these tips in my own game tomorrow when I hit the courts. People would pay loads for a coaching session this good and we got it for free on KZbin. Amazing! 🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾

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Great to hear! Thank you for following me!

[@johnr7048]

Everytime I see videos like this I get so pumped up I feel like I'm ready for the tour.... But then I remember I am a 3.5 LOL

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Sir i have improved my gameplay a lot after listening and following your lessons ❤from india

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Merci beaucoup Patrick 😉🙏

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Super good!

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Thanks a lot. It was perfect

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Thank you so much!

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Hi Patrick. Very cool video. And it works. Thanks. :-) You're the best coach! I have read your book! I hope to come and see you. Enrico

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Thank you, that's a great!

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simple understandable things as accessible and easy as possible. thank you so much🤝

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welcome

[@jerome_morrow]

7:04 “I protect that which matters most”.

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Wow, superb detailed tutorial monsieur Patrick, thank you so much , I really enjoy watching your tutorial s , so much I would 1 day love to goto training with you for a week, Bravo😅 from monsieur Joel.

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thank you

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Thank you very much coach .It's works for me. Please show me the right tactics to deal with this too.

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Hope to see you at the US Open.

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Merci Patrick

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Bien fait, Patrick! (Comme toujours... 😄)

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thank you very much

[@alfredbenedek3398]

My god man Ptrick Mouratoglou?! You are somply excelent.. Whe I was playing more often tennis, my very point was, to close in & to pass thesevice line & to manage to make most of the time "" dropshots "" Only that way, Iwas able to make them precise with 71% or 72%. So Imixed them up, othevise, my friends/opponents found out, my pattern. Thank you for the detail explanation. = ( I wish Iknew of you, much sooner? || Those 2 felloes are full of very good abilities! )

[@harshgurung4136]

best coach.

[@fredneil4235]

Thank you.

[@finn_onyt]

Thank you

[@MrsCrazyrange]

Yes! I love ghosting into the net and as an overweight person they never think I will do it but I’m actually quite fast (basketball 😅)!

[@youngsuit]

after a few successful "ghosts" it's good to sometimes do a "fake ghost" by acting like you're coming in but then backing up when the opponent hits the ball. this will get them to possibly play a short ball in an attempt to pass or to overhit from a defensive positiobn.

[@Funkytrip73]

Especially the slice preparation by opponent is a very good cue if you are not extremely fast and nimble. A slice return at recreational/intermediate level gives a huge amount of time for you to close in to the net. It's one of those type of balls where you have a lot of time to say to yourself "crap, I should have run to the net on this ball" and then, when it lands close to the baseline, you sigh and start over the point all over again with opponent back in position ;-)

[@user-dz6pt2if5r]

Even though I don't really understand English, at least I can see the practice well. 👍

[@udeeksh]

Please make videos on how to achieve first ATP point. The step by step guide on how to play professional tennis from a club level player.

[@michaelanderson5560]

thank you

[@salatatoe6812]

Now This is something for me

[@srdjantomasevic9067]

Mr. COACH...Thx for the great video and these deep insights how to understand this game...I would like to explain us more about dominant eye. I personally have left dominant eye and I want to improve my forehand...Best regards from SRB

[@patrickmouratoglou_official]

Glad you enjoyed it!

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[@mariabrusnevski7895]

Thank you so much from 7 y old, this is our "before go to bed" video ))

[@lordbyron3603]

A good strategy. But at 67 years old,, I don’t think I can run fast enough from the baseline to make it to the net . But I will try it .

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it was amizing coach

[@DogancanCapk]

Teşekkürler.

[@timothyizaac3406]

Edberg did that a lot.😎

[@udeeksh]

Please make videos on achieving consistency..in depth videos.

[@meitoli]

I will try it and will let you know

[@jean-yvesPrax]

Astuce pour réussir les montées à contre-temps : ne pas faire trop de bruit en courant, porter un tee-shirt de la couleur du court (pas jaune fluo stabilo !), et éviter les déo trop forts !!! 😂😂😂 sinon...grillé... bim passing ou boum lob.

[@StrageSrebreniy]

Отл! 🤝

[@anuragbej6723]

Make a tennis masterclass on handling heavy topspin

[@goldencalf5144]

Verily, you are the Shakespeare of tennis

[@MrTresto]

Interesting, I didn't know the name in English. In French it's called 'montée à contretemps' (off tempo run to the net), which happens at a time where your opponent can't see you as they're looking at the ball!

[@theforehandguy]

Ive never heard it called ghosting but it’s definitely a great tactic I use when playing

[@gregg9694]

@@theforehandguy Never heard it either until now. Ghosting is what girls usually do to me when they realize I'm a pervert.

[@wahnsinnigtoll4701]

Heyyy Coach, Can u make a video about mental strength bevor matches ? Thank you (:

[@alexandrefrouin9136]

I already struggle to hit right a f* forehand so.. Thank you, as usual.

[@aaron1983]

This what my friend Chris wanted us to practice….

[@fredsterplayzyt2201]

Patrick your such a good coach I really want you to be my coach at mourtaglou academy

[@whirltraveller1350]

Patrick, I am 80 years old and have decent ground shots and volley but my service leaves a lot to be desired. Any advice? Roger

[@RogueAnt007]

The other benefit that he doesn't mention is that you put doubt into your opponents mind. So even if you lose the point that you ghosted in, maybe you will win the next point because the opponent is thinking about you and not the ball.

[@user-rt3su2zb6i]

Hello ! Et quand on est le serveur ? Quel coup jouer quand on reçoit un retour long et dans les pieds ? Merci d'avance

[@homeropalacios9937]

Now I know why it wasn´t working for me, thank you coach!!

[@Antonio84able]

It's indeed not the usual approach, when your opponent waits for it, but a second later, when he checked that you are not coming forward.)