This MINDSET MISTAKE Is SABOTAGING Your Game - Let's Fix It

[@Snowboardjedi892]

I wish the ball machine at my club just had a junkballer opponent setting.

[@initialize21]

lmao that's actually a brilliant idea for some tennis ball machine company to implement

[@telquel7843]

​@@initialize21would be mechanically complex though to apply a variety of spins, changes of direction, moon balls, and depths. That said, now that I say it out loud I think this junkball machine has more variety in its game than I do. 🤔

[@bryceranchero1236]

I loved this video thank you! I would like to add (this is also a personal note for myself) during practice it’s often easy to mentally checkout. I think one of the biggest challenges I have now is finding ways to keep myself mentally engaged and present in the moment while I’m playing. Lately I’ve found that challenging myself to see how clinical and disciplined I can conduct myself on court and thoughts like “let’s make one more ball than my opponent this rally, I’m going to grind from the baseline and if a short ball comes I will play an aggressive shot” helps me stay focused. Really cool video thanks!

[@KaruesellHQ]

that is an awesome insight. Stay mentally on is very difficult. For example, when I hit, after 5 minutes down the middle I get bored and kinda check out. I need to keep finding little personal challenges to not become sloppy out there. Keep finding ways to stay engaged

[@germanslice]

@@KaruesellHQ You're not really a sloppy hitter, I seen how you drive the ball. But i get zoned out when playing with the strongest guys. For I been playing mixed doubles with players of all kinds of different skill levels from the weakest to the strongest players in the club lately for the last six months.... And you won't always feel good hitting up with players of all different skill levels for they like give you all kinds of different terrible bad balls to hit with and expose all kinds of areas in your game. I find it strange that with weaker club guys who hit slower rpm's on their balls and less pace my backhand groundstroke slice drive has no problem in sending nasty slice drives back at them as 90-100 mph bullets. And you can just blast them anytime you want because you got more time to do it.. The way i slice drive the ball is by corkscrewing the ball using a low to high swingpath with Fed's topspin finish so I twist the racquet around the ball in order to put a nasty corkscrew spin on it. Its a nasty drive but is only effective against the weaker guys at the moment who have slower spin speeds its not so nasty when put up against the strongest players in the club who hit faster and have more tighter faster heavier spins as I been finding out, as it turns the slice from a bullet into a slow average slice that has too much heavy spin and float on it so it slows the speed all down and loses all that sting out of the pronation..... I only get this slow floating issue with it happening when trying to slice against their fast heavy balls that has a TRUCKLOAD of fast dipping and kicking spin on it which is more harder to time because of the crazy speed the ball is reaering up high and also dropping suddenly like a rock with all the heavy spin with the ball going crazy up and down like a yo yo like this from the top guys, its more harder for me to slot the ball when the ball won't stay still in the air for long and keeps on shifting up or down like a elevator . Then I'm wondering, do I have to move up and down like an elevator just to try to slot the ball.

[@geemy9675]

@@germanslice there's no secret if you wanna be able to play better players in matches and no get destroyed you gotta practice with them until receiving/returning those faster/heavier/spinnier shots becomes a second nature. I don't play tennis leagues, just casual, but table tennis league every week, if I play a league/group with lower level players, I get a bit bored and lazy and trying to do funny shots and then if I play a better player it takes me at least two sets to start adjusting to the rythm/speed of the rallies. In the beginning it feels like I am in slow motion and the ball is in fast forward mode and that it's the opposite for the opponent, like he has all the time to adjust, and place the ball 😀 but If I play a whole league against stronger players, I'm probably losing every match but also making much more progress, I start defending better and better, returning more attacks until the opponent makes a mistake, and finding more opportunities to be aggressive

[@germanslice]

​@@geemy9675 Ok well I came across a guy there who hits my best drives back with power. Doesn't matter if I slice drive low to high going at 80-100 mph or slice high down to low he still hits it back off his forehand even if I am slicing it deep and low in the court with pace, he still manages to get his racquet with quick reflexes and power it back its the same also with anything flat and deep I hit back. So I cant trade deep drives with him on the baseline for long for he doesn't give me much time of recovery when he returns back the ball. So I can't keep him on the baseline. So I made a change to my starting position with my forehand to raise up the elbow more. This allows me to buggy whip more up the ball. Good for return of serve or on short balls within in the court, when i use little to no backswing I can rip the ball more easier. However its harder now to try to do those little sharp delicate crosscourt angles low over the netcord going out toward the side fence because when I try to do those now with that new elbow change the ball blasts deep into the corner of the baseline with far too much power instead of dropping the pace all off the ball and just spinning it toward the side fence going away from the baseline to open up the court.. I wanted to do those wider angles with tight spin because I want to get this guy off the baseline and get him out off the court..Because his strength is obviously the baseline. For after watching him play the others, I found out he sits most of the time back on the baseline and when he does come up in the court he makes mistakes off that forehand off sitters, easy slow balls or balls with no pace..

[@theonlyJinXFirE]

I think the GOAT mentality is to use whatever you have working that particular day and exploit the opponent's weaknesses. Instead of focusing on how badly you're playing that day compared to previous matches or even the practice just before the match. Thanks for the content Karue!

[@KaruesellHQ]

Absolutely, you are spot on!

[@maxwelltennis]

This is a great point. I think it's something we often feel that we "know" but quickly lose sight of as soon as things go sour in a match. I will keep this in mind in my next match 💪 Thanks mate!

[@roopher2]

Never heard this before. It is TOTALLY me!! Finally I can stop being down on myself for not "feeling it" . Thank you!

[@KaruesellHQ]

precisely. You don’t need to feel good, remember that!

[@kevinellazar9875]

I resonate with this video. I just started playing tennis late summer of last year and didn’t have a tennis partner to practice with. I joined the winter league but only have doubles and so i am teamed up with a group of 3(so that there’s always a player if one can’t make it). My goal was to get experience and teach my body with proper fundamentals. I did tell this to my team. At the beginning, i would double fault a lot or make mistakes in hitting the ball back but when the timing was right i would get aces and winners. 2 of my teammates are mostly understanding when i commit a lot of mistakes but 1 was criticizing me that i was just trying to look good when i was just trying to do it properly. When i was practicing with one of my teammates, he’s telling me to just get it in and forget the fundamentals which i said no coz i wanna do it properly. We argued long about this and told him that getting it in wont make us win it either because the opponent will take that opportunity. And he makes mistakes as much as me even though he was “trying” to get it in. The more games we had, I started getting more points from aces and winners and when i get a little hang of the timing and footwork, my teammate can’t even win a single set against me and even bageled him few times. He remained playing like a newbie and got mad coz I stopped playing with him coz he gets mad because he wants me to hit the ball to him but would boast all day about his accidental winner that I wasn’t able to return.

[@tallcatshortdog]

Awesome video. Just won one of the ugliest matches of my career with a lot of the mindsets you talked about. Didn't feel good and didn't have it but dug deep to just make my opponent hit as many balls as I could make them hit and eventually errors started coming my way and battled back for a hard fought win.

[@KaruesellHQ]

let’s go. It is actually a great feeling to win without playing your best. Lots of satisfaction. Winning ugly is the norm hahah

[@tallcatshortdog]

@MyTennisHQ thanks, yeah it was ugly and a long brutal match. Felt good to some how manage to win the match just by staying in the points long enough.

[@Rodrigorodriguez20241]

Subscribed. We are so lucky to have your channel to watch. Former D1 college player (small school) and just appreciate watching you live the grind and have such a great attitude.

[@VictorHugodeSenaGarcez]

Can't thank you enough for sharing this content. I've been so focused on winning every match (wheter it's just a practice or a amateur club tournament I get into here in Brasilia) that I started to face severe anxiety and even panic breakdowns, which progressed into my work, relationships and self-esteem. Hopefully I can start to take things easy in the court so that this sport that I love so much and spend all my savings on can start feeling like a passion again and not like a torture and an obligation to prove my worth to myself and everyone else.

[@KaruesellHQ]

brother, if tennis isn’t your job, don’t make it more than it needs to be. It’s just a game and it is supposed to be fun. Yes there is some competition but it shouldn’t in any way affect other aspects of your life. Just enjoy it and forget about it. Wish you luck

[@kururugi8221]

This video is great! I felt like complete crap today as I was playing with a migraine. However, I just drank a lot of water and told myself to focus on moving my feet and eventually I was hitting better and started to win and hold serve.

[@TheDrakulie]

This is so true, not feeling good on the court on a particular day, you can learn so much from that. and it makes you better player next time out if you learn from it

[@spyghetti]

Hit me to my core, when you said 'you step on the court and you feel great that day but you play a terrible match'.. shook me, but my best matches are the ones I have to rise up to.. if it's 'easy' or my opponent isn't putting a lot of pressure on me I drift and make more mental errors, I play down too often to my opponents level, they increase and play better and I'm left looking to get back on the gas..

[@AndresGrillet_sports]

Feeling good and positive mind set are two different ways to approach your game, because even if I don’t feel good, I can be still positive... Feeling is emotional and positive is mental. I might not play as well while not feeling good but I still can think better ways to keep fighting for my ball...

[@KaruesellHQ]

Love that!!

[@19DavidVilla96]

Really liked your insights, especially the one about Agassi, thanks. I think there are still times when it's really better to improve technique than go into tennis matches where you will slide into old muscle memory. It helped me a lot to work on my technique for the last 5 years. Now i start playing more matches as i have a good basis. I feel like my plan was successful but i may could have moved faster, who knows.

[@Bho333]

Thank you Karue!

[@mythcrab6047]

This is interesting. Thank you. I am still learning, but I try (especially in practice) to make sure I'm not hitting with too much consistency. Always trying to push beyond comfort will make the more difficult shots become normal.

[@urnotjl]

Thanks Karue! This is more than tennis, will apply this mindset in challenges I have to face in real life as well ! - Focus on the what if , by recreating uncomfortable situations in practices - Let go the outcome , by trusting the tactical execution and control what you can control!

[@RollinLeonard]

absolute gem of a concept. it's the kind of idea that applies broadly to life too.

[@kyko-pj7uz]

The main lesson taught here has been my experience for parenting and life in general. Thanks for the reminder.

[@RossCallen2028]

Excellent Advice!! I've only watched a couple of your videos so far and they really resonate with me. Thanks. I'm getting back into the game after only a short 30+ year break and it's good to find talented advice at your level.

[@fazrifaz2970]

Amazing tips...thanks coach

[@justinspenceley818]

I can't thankyou enough for making this video. I so needed to hear this even though I try all these things it's great to have that way to be confirmed by your good self. This is why I love tennis. It's so much more than hitting balls. 🌄🌄🌄🌄

[@Stiffjab71]

Excellent point. Trying to "feel good" just doesn't mix in a Sport where it's either you or the other guy ending up on top. Therefore anything building up to a competitive match can't possibly be too good-feeling either. Ciao

[@KaruesellHQ]

It definitely doesn’t!

[@EP-77o]

I needed to hear this today. My practice session yesterday made me feel like a trash player. But it was because we were working on things I suck at. So … I’m going back out there today to suffer some more.

[@KaruesellHQ]

Exactly. If you were practicing things you are bad at, that was likely a more productive practice

[@maxwelltennis]

Awesome video, Karue. Wonderful advice as always. I'm definitely guilty of trying to feel comfortable whenever I'm on court. I love to rally down the center because it's so fun but you're right, it's not the best way to improve. It's only recently that I've begun to move around the court more, approach the net, play practice points etc. Thanks again for the video!✌

[@KaruesellHQ]

move around, explore all areas of the court

[@randomriot5008]

the rallying only down the middle sessions are real... My friend is the most stubborn beginner ever! He never wants to practice any technique and never takes my advice. Whenever I bring something up he just says "i'm already doing that" and ignores it lol

[@y2jandy]

Thanks for making this video, its quality content and perspective, metal game is my biggest battle

[@johnmerrill5633]

I was spending a lot of practice time feeding the balls in and playing points out. Then in matches I realized I was struggling to get points started with my return of serve, and off the opponent's return of my serve. I made this excuse to myself until I realized I needed to play a whole lot more matches to work on this specifically. Work in progress...

[@KaruesellHQ]

Great stuff! Keep recreating what feels difficult in matches. Starting the point with quality is the number one priority

[@mihailoradovanovic6003]

Thank you for those videos , they are amazing

[@ShaunaCross1]

so true. the journey is the destination.

[@roymiller498]

This is gold! Great work on this video. This is relatable at all levels of the game.

[@rossifederico7357]

I loved the suggestion to change the "What if..." to "Even if...". I plan to use it this weekend in the tournament at my club. Thanks!

[@KaruesellHQ]

Yes! It’s a great one

[@sato8603]

Agree with all the points of this video. More people need to see this.

[@KaruesellHQ]

Share it with most people

[@axisofpeter]

That's so wise. I need to pay attention to your words.

[@BruzzeArena]

So valuable. I wish, somebody had told me, when I was a junior. Now it´s time for my son to "not feel good" ;)

[@KaruesellHQ]

I wish somebody told me that too lol

[@mjidbenbrahim6261]

Hello Coach.great content as Always.Thank you so much for sharing.keep up the goodwork.

[@tennis47]

Great insight and tips!

[@fxanimator1]

Thanks Karue! What an uplifting video. To just not be so hard on ourselves. Love it!

[@KaruesellHQ]

Exactly

[@elliothicks7602]

Great lesson, thanks coach!!

[@ST-ek6lf]

Love love love Agassi my idol and one of my favorite KZbinrs

[@jimjam4189]

Thanks for the video on mental skills. However I’ll challenge the usefulness as I think it is very general advice and there’s a lot more to feelings, emotions, mental attitude than this vague notion of feeling good and rightfully being critical of it. For me, after years of searching, and realising that mentality is key to my physical performance, I’m now checking my level of “open awareness” and looking to make it front and centre. This is a complex but very efficient and powerful state in which I get clear self feedback as well as organised intentions. I suspect that all players enter this mind set in different ways and get knocked out of it differently too. Each player needs to understand their own way in and out. For me, I embrace feelings (emotions) as a way of managing my awareness levels, and my type of awareness. So I will actively envisage a feeling (eg feeling playful, feeling courageous) and work on establishing that as foundational to open awareness. My feelings are highly related to my awareness and that if my feelings are in anyway nervous, my awareness and hence my performance is very compromised . I tried blocking the feeling, training under pressure, and winning ugly - all with some success, but unenjoyable and limited development. I now subscribe to embracing emotions proactively, getting them in order to drive my mental clarity. My game is the best it’s ever been, improving all the time, and I’m having fun.

[@KaruesellHQ]

ok!

[@patilprasadc2007]

Thanks Karue 👍👍

[@xz4298]

So warming and inspiring, thx for the love and the effort you put in to make this one!!! I will practice this mindset in my game like you did, and share it to my student like you did as well!!!

[@KaruesellHQ]

thank you!

[@GoFightNguyenTennis]

A well-needed video. Thank you!

[@hobbyfuntennis6287]

Love your content, tomorrow i will watch Marcos Game at the Bmw Open in Munich. I can‘t wait to see him live on court. 🎾🎾🎾💪💪💪 ❤❤❤

[@KaruesellHQ]

Let’s go!!

[@hobbyfuntennis6287]

@@KaruesellHQ i meet him saturday, such a nice guy. Next time come with Marcos. The wheater is bad but the beer is goood😂😂😂

[@Snowboardjedi892]

Oooooh…just heard the what if -> even if mindset. Very nice

[@NathanPlaysTennis]

This is so true ... And something I still completely suck at haha. But I'm working on it!

[@KaruesellHQ]

Keep going at it!!

[@khojanekhethisa9711]

This is good. Thanks

[@GreySox]

This may be the video that I watch before every match. Thanks.

[@Tennis_fam]

Great video!

[@ClarkdeLeon]

Great stuff man. Better balls does not make you play better.

[@KaruesellHQ]

It definitely doesn’t!

[@ClarkdeLeon]

Good luck on your tournament. You guys should do a tour around the US. :)

[@dj7oya]

Cara, eu tava precisando ouvir isso, valeu demais!

[@juan2thepaab]

Biggest challenge I have in practicing the "uncomfortable" things is that usually my partners aren't into it. They just wanna hit down the middle all the time 😕

[@yakzivz1104]

yes this is so annoying and it really keeps you from growing.

[@Andrew-X]

ikr,I have very bad volleys so I want to improve them of course, but my hitting partners who usually have even worse volleys just want to keep rallying down the middle. too worried about looking good rather than acutally improving...

[@MrPatrickbuit]

Big issue yeah. It's why training is so important cause you have a coach who gives you "annoying" exercises. It's exactly because the exercises are annoying that they're helpful imo.

[@K4R3N]

Been watching Giron doing good work out there! 🏆

[@ericshine1]

Wow! Great video!!!

[@jingobiplayz2496]

Love ur channel so much! When are you guys going to update the website

[@KaruesellHQ]

what do you mean?

[@jingobiplayz2496]

@@KaruesellHQ like the recommended gear

[@tylernol1]

Wish someone had told me this years ago 😅 Great advice!

[@KaruesellHQ]

same hahaha

[@niberdoom]

This is Jedi Master stuff! My opponents on the dark side, should be afraid now. Thank´s

[@DJsliverr]

Great video and i like the mindset, however i believe its important to allow yourself to be happy on court, for the right reasons, i.e. trying to elevate your current level and attempting shots/techniques that feels struggling and not the actual results of a session. Perhaps it was your takehome message as well just wanted to emphasize it

[@TomMoose]

Wise words

[@devmehta2828]

Hi Karue! As always great content and good insights. But, I had a question - let's say you're forehand contact is not feeling good on a particular day, although we know the fact that you cannot feel good on all days, how would you start to know that your forehand contact is getting worse? Because you would always be putting it off saying you cannot feel good every day. This especially happens to me when I know I've been hitting at the right contact point previously but presently it doesn't seem to work

[@KaruesellHQ]

What I’ve been trying isn’t those days is to stop worrying about “technical” things and make it a goal to find one good swing. If I can find one swing I can then think about what made that swing feel right (could be footwork, better positioning, weight transfer, eyes on the ball, acceleration). I need to find one input I can trust that day and just ride it to the end. You have to be able to trust your input and go from there. Also have the courage to try a few things during the match regardless of the outcome to see if you can find the good swing. Hope that makes sense

[@devmehta2828]

Yes, I'll try that in my next match and let's see how it goes. Thanks again Karue👍

[@NamesAreRandom]

My experience is the less matches I have played the more I come into a match happy and chilled with dreams of glory that get quickly crushed. The more I have played the more I arrive already annoyed and angry with no dreams of anything, just a determination to take it to my opponent and not roll over, that is much more successful. I would however much prefer to be happy and chilled, it's just not very compatible with winning tennis matches.

[@KaruesellHQ]

Hahah find the sweet spot between both. Keep the determination and throw away the anger!

[@JYMGO]

Gold.

[@jesscck]

do you have the footage of hitting with Andre Agassi?

[@longhenaa]

This is great news because I have never felt good on court. Every time I step on the court I feel like shit. My forehand always shanks, I double fault. It's just never good. I feel like I'm in a deep dark hole. 5 average days a year is excellent for me

[@goggleboy2464]

Dang I was just talking about this yesterday. Tennis is suffering. If u can suffer longer u can win.

[@KaruesellHQ]

You are so very right!

[@sandyr6241]

Great Video as usual. Thank you. When are you gonna beat up lower level players again May with coming from behind

[@carlo8899]

E ai bicho nice video

[@TotalTennisGeek]

Wow!

[@user-sf1fk5iu1f]

It really interesting video but I feel this mindset isn’t applied just on tennis but everywhere. I born in a period where you had to work to get results and the suffering was accepted as a normal thing to achieve your goals (at least a collateral damage).Now everyone think at “feeling good” more than anything else. Probably it works for 99% of people but if you want really to shine isn’t the right approach. Just my two cents from a boomer perspective.

[@awesomeairplanememes]

"Your blood pressure will thank you" lol

[@JK-vc7ie]

Honestly, the best part of tennis is the good feeling of hitting clean balls.

[@andresf1984]

This was good

[@SlicerCRO]

Hi! I'm currently watching your match with Schiffman live (over the betting website) from Croatia! Don't u just feel a little bit bad for smacking someone around like that? Gl!

[@regnaultmichel133]

Hello sir, Do you have a TW promo code ? i'd love to support you while buying tennis stuff

[@KaruesellHQ]

No promo code for discounts but if you just use the links in our description it helps the channel!. Thank you very much

[@guitarnoob4568]

I should probably forward this video to a couple of friends of mine, lol

[@KaruesellHQ]

hahah as many as you can!

[@initialize21]

Lmao this is me 100%. I film myself for every practice session and I start raging whenever my shots don't look like Federer's

[@KaruesellHQ]

lol if they looked like fed you’d probably be on tour hahah

[@initialize21]

@@KaruesellHQ lmao true

[@FHslicefan]

Ta parecendo o leoncio com esse bigas ai karue hahahaa

[@sarahburns1579]

👍👍👍

[@zanido9073]

I mean Agassi notoriously hated tennis for most of his career, idk how much this advice applies to normal people

[@JimiHunt]

@mytennishq The link on the 3 mistakes for submitting goes nowhere. As does the email contact link on your about page to tell you about it. Hope you see this here...

[@davidchian8999]

This is such a great video post Karue. Grit > Great

[@KaruesellHQ]

absolutely!