Practice Session with Anna | Tennis Technique and Drills

[@IntuitiveTennis]

TOP 4 causes of errors in tennis 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2Wnn5uYjJ5mitk

[@sunshine1days342]

I like how aware/mindful/quick learner she is. What a great player! I like the drills too! Nice video! :)

[@nikolaaleksandrov9090]

My favourite lessons are with Anna 😅😅

[@random.tennis]

Same! They are very good lessons and she has definitely improved! 😂

[@rozasamsui6369]

That's true

[@datboi0560]

Ur a creep

[@rayanmag9576]

@@datboi0560 how are they a creep I’m the same type of person who watches these lessons most since I’m a beginner too.

[@LetsBuildThatApp]

Great video coach. As a somewhat beginner learning tennis myself like Anna, it would be great if while you are explaining tennis with words, you could also show what you mean with the ball and footwork patterns. To the inexperienced eyes, its very hard to understand how pros like yourself hit and recover from every ball so quickly. Feels like on every shot you are in the right position to hit a winner either down the line or cross court then volley. Thanks for the videos, keep them coming!

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Will do

[@robinperkins7695]

Another great video, thanks. Enjoyed the Rafa style precision when placing the water bottle 👌

[@IntuitiveTennis]

😂😂 that’s so funny and true

[@rdchenweb]

The best part of this video is between 8:13 and 11:10, during which Nikola explains what make recreational tennis players perpetually unready, which keeps them in a panicky state almost all the time. Will give his solution a try. This topic should be the subject for at least three or four videos.

[@seaneckhart9914]

Coach is a man of culture

[@wtr7]

Want to compliment Anna. Great job, handled the drills with confidence & bearing. You are in shape. Nik you are operating at the highest levels (as usual). Thanks for the vid.

[@hoosierbud704]

Excellent concentration on the lesson Nikola!!

[@K4R3N]

Golden advice coach Nik, the "panic" discussion. I am teaching my kids, will use these drills on the weekend with them. Thank you!

[@mikehardwicke23]

Thanks - your helping my wife indirectly (she has the forehand racquet drop problem too).

[@mikehardwicke23]

This gal is very physically fit. (My wife's a dancer and I exhaust her with these drills!).

[@nikamotskobili5313]

great job, very informative !!!

[@Javi_C]

She has come a long way from the first video! 😀

[@random.tennis]

Yeah she has definitely!! 💪🎾🔥

[@Frank020]

Excellent drill. My daughter's coach feed them balls, but without any instruction--just hit it. This is so great. He also just focused on his protegee, making her look good, as soon as his protegee started losing points; he changed it up. I'm looping but shoulder doesn't end up in front--no twisting motion--may need some yoga to loosen stiff muscles. Or, nerve pain on arm.

[@CoVaTennis]

great coaching! love how you’re not forcing the loop on her... tho I’m (and I know you are) sure she’ll get it over time. She’s doing great... the sign of a great and patient coach!

[@IntuitiveTennis]

You can’t force things, she’ll develop it slowly

[@malboro555]

Loop and flexible wrist is a must from the beginning, later is too late to develop good forehand.

[@CoVaTennis]

@@malboro555 I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s ever too late... but earlier is optimal for sure! but everyone’s different

[@malboro555]

@@CoVaTennis But not everyone has good forehand😜

[@CoVaTennis]

@@malboro555 facts 😆

[@ST-xg3gy]

Cat suit is a great look!

[@alloneword154]

This is so good.

[@kary2959]

Thanks for this video Nik! I love videos with Anna because I started playing tennis at the same time you started uploading her videos. When are you doing a video for lefties?? I’d love to see one. It’s hard to find videos on KZbin for lefties techniques ❤️😀

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Soon try this in the meantime 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoW1ipyIjdl6jLs

[@kary2959]

@@IntuitiveTennis Thank you Nik ! You’re the best 🙌🏻. Who’s your favorite to win the Australian Open (Men and Women)?

[@IntuitiveTennis]

@@kary2959 Rafa and sabalenka

[@nikamotskobili5313]

hi Nikola, please make a video about how to hit cross court and down the line shots, I am sure it is every beginner;s problem.....

[@wolpetto]

Nice lesson. Especially the loop explanation. As a coach sometimea you first need your pupils to have fun and focus on other aspects. If your students don t have fun you won t get motivated students and in the end they will leave = no more lessons = no progress and no income = everybody loses...

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Well said

[@KarlaHoltman]

amazing, super insightful

[@gillesderais834]

great lesson. Anna's improvements are quite impressive

[@CoachAdrian]

Great lesson! I do like the "straight-back" takeback method or beginners. It keeps things simplified and you can introduce the modern forehand loop gradually.

[@matyverona9407]

It's kind of weird for me, it's like the FH in the 70's

[@CoachAdrian]

@@matyverona9407 It is an "old-school" type of forehand. I think it can still work though regardless if you're a beginner or advanced player. Jimmy Connors and Kimiko Date did hit some hard groundstrokes with the "straight-back" method. Everyone's different!

[@pencilcheck]

She looks so flexible

[@rezaali3740]

holy hell shes great. how many sessions has she had? ive been playing for a month and the progress is quite slow with the forehand ):

[@IntuitiveTennis]

We play once a week

[@malboro555]

Change ur coach or you are less talented, simple as that. Ana plays technically terribly bad tennis.

[@IntuitiveTennis]

@@malboro555 she never played tennis. Had her first lesson 4 months ago. Her progress is spectacular and the strokes are excellent at this stage of development as an adult recreational player.

[@rezaali3740]

@@malboro555 I've been through the tennis courts almost every other day🙄 through last month and January now. Seen veteran recreational players on the weekends and beginners on the weekdays. (Cause the cost of renting a tennis court is generous where I come from so I'm around alot). And when I see Anna play I gotta say, not only does she enjoy the process. But she generally is familiar with her racket as she's on her feet, weight of the racket, head size and everything in order to produce results. I've got buddies beside me on the court even at my level. Wether they're generally athletic or not still can't hit a forehand properly. And they play more than me. So I think Anna is fenominal. Cause you know, one on one sessions with a teacher is intimidating as a beginner too

[@malboro555]

@@IntuitiveTennis "Recreational "says everyting. I teach and treat all people on the court to play tennis like pros using right grips,swings and spin from beginning . In some cases it takes more time, but gives good base for better progress in the future.

[@Alexander-dt2eq]

the ball machine helps to deal with the "panic" situation. As a beginner you can be sure where the ball will land and you can focus completely on your stroke.

[@matyverona9407]

A machine is a machine...the ball will bounce in the same place every time...when you are playing with a player it's harder to anticipate where the ball will fall

[@Alexander-dt2eq]

@@matyverona9407 thats why its much easier to learn the basic strokes with a machine. beginners get frustrated playing other beginners

[@matyverona9407]

@@Alexander-dt2eq sure

[@aquaman9704]

Hey Nick, at 15:36 I was wondering why you did not give her some detailed instruction here on how to plant her legs and feet when hitting the forehand. Seems like she was asking for help on how to clean up her setup when hitting on that side. She is not very grounded in her forehand compared to the back hand.

[@jamespaul3823]

You both r awesome

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Thank you

[@JanChodura68]

Nice video, as usually. It helps me so much to see beginner and to realise what's wrong with my technique. I'm a little surprised why you don't correct Anna's preparation to forehand with both hands and loop swing. But I'm amateur :)

[@WilliamAYoung-ku2uh]

I'm skeptical about introducing the loop slowly. Won't she build up bad habits this way? Curious to see how Nick handles it over the course of the year.

[@knotwilg3596]

5:20 camera check!

[@priyankanavgire4254]

@IntutiveTennis A video on warm up and cool down would be helpful from a beginners POV

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Warm up kzbin.info/www/bejne/imWckq2YgrhpftEsi=azgwg1vD03Q4KA2W Cool down kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2jFoJmLotuVp7ssi=oykcOigHEF87zYnR

[@przale1]

Anna's appearance and movement are like Ninja . Her opponent will be terrified .

[@rds4629]

Wow. I was very surprised to see you back off on the loop FH but in a good sense. Sometimes ppl are so dogmatic so it's refreshing to see a coach be flexible. The thing that looks odd to me in her FH b/c I did the same before watching your kinetic chain video is the way she uses her off hand.

[@IntuitiveTennis]

I didn’t back off the loop. Her interpretation of it was ruining her forehand. I will introduce it gradually

[@SkyreeXScalabar]

Can we see outline of your plan to introduce the loop?

[@jag3384]

What is Anna's practice regime between lessons? Does she get out once in a while and hit against a wall, or do some drop hits, etc.?

[@IntuitiveTennis]

She does group lessons and hits with ppl

[@sassanxersi1027]

Good job coach! Some progress. At least her 2H-BH looks comfortable (but not perfect). Just wanna throw some thoughts: She is not happy with the quality of her FH and she does not know what's exactly wrong. She wants to go that direction and you disappoint her. I felt sorry for her. Maybe she can learn Lendl-Sampras FH take-back before she can develop a full modern FH loop? Her classic FH takeback looks so slow and powerless and she feels bad about it.

[@thiresia]

After how long do we introduce ope stance to beginners?

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Open vs Closed Stance for Beginners 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmfCqGOOg5hlpqs

[@thiresia]

@@IntuitiveTennis thank you coach 🥰

[@rakrishnan]

Backhand seems a lot more mature than the pendulum forehand which I assume will be addressed.

[@sammarlatt1]

Kinetic chain?

[@MrAttack23]

Can i know what racket she's using?

[@nero4258]

Based on what color I see I think it is the Wilson Ultra 100 Countervail

[@MrAttack23]

@@nero4258 thank you good sir!

[@nero4258]

@@MrAttack23 your welcome 😁😊

[@matyverona9407]

Anna needs to work very hard on the FH and BH...not loop at all...the loop helps increase power

[@maxzagor6446]

I wish I was 10% as fit as Anna

[@rikh78]

she is a professional dancer so don't be too hard on yourself

[@sportscastercanada]

Anna’s body posture looks better on her backhand. Do you use a ball hopper or make your students pick up all the balls? 😂

[@theop5523]

Для начинающего, очень неплохо идёт удар слева, вращение вокруг вертикальной оси и перенос веса лучше, чем при ударе справа, так как лучше баланс, нет такого сильного наклона вперёд. Вы на себя сбоку посмотрите и сравните со своим тренером, будет интересно. Он стойку правильно держит, а ученица, вместо сгибания ног в коленях , просто вперёд наклоняется, в теннисе это не так очевидно , а в горных лыжах это проблема номер один, что осложняет разворот при ударе справа, а девушкам похоже ещё и лордоз мешает. И на левую руку при ударе справа обратите внимание, вы ей вообще не пользуетесь, тренер всё объяснит, и лучше не откладывать, очень поможет сразу и гораздо быстрее приходит, чем правильная работа ног.

[@errajota]

Anna is from an exoplanet.

[@ideoss4813]

She is using her wrist to hit the ball

[@ampecsu]

The Church of Scientology says that you can only access the "loop" after paying the church $10,000

[@sammarlatt1]

Nik, don't you see the problem with the beautiful Anna's dead left arm? Rotation sequence is L arm/ shoulders leading... like if throwing. This is making me very uncomfortable to see you drilling this error in a new player with such great attitude, aptitude, and conditioning. Injury is almost certain, and timing will have to be re-established. Please give this your attention. It is amazing she can follow through as well as she does with that arm in the way and only partial rotation. There is no advancement possible until this is fixed. Have her watch you throw balls and describe your left arm and shoulder motion. Then she throws and you watch and then move her arm and shoulders for her til she gets the sequence. Watch some slow mo forehands together to see the L arm and chest open ahead to help drag the R arm around. Please, I am begging you. I will be watching for remedy of what any pro coach would instantly recognize as a fundamental stroke flaw. Get a second opinion if you have the slightest doubt about this. I hasten to add I have learned from watching you, as have so many others, but this is ridiculous.

[@ripleypipe]

Nick, Anna's unquestionable, muscular grace and upright deportment seem to hold her back. I feel she needs to set aside her idealised posture in order to loosen up and be able to respond and move more naturally. An old girlfriend of mine was a former dancer, she moved to the ball and carried herself around the court in a similar way to Anna.

[@IntuitiveTennis]

Thanks Gordon Anna moves well having only played for 6 months

[@johnedward2766]

Who is paying for her tennis lessons or has she voluteer to these video

[@espa9284]

whats her instaaaa :D

[@IntuitiveTennis]

annarogers7

[@dormosev]

She’s very hot 🙂

[@malboro555]

Awful swing (no loop) and no flexible wrist and ball rotation. Technical disaster.

[@kawai99100]

She is getting on my nerves.