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This is great Kyle. Btw, what was your camera setup here? The angle, view and quality is on point.

best tennis channel, inspires me to play more and keep my slow growth going

Brother you GOTTA spot the ball better. Neil hit it out hella times and you never called it.

Forehand is getting better so quickly!!

Any thought of using a continental grip on your serve? Looks like you use the same eastern grip on your serve as you do your forehand...at least I don't see you switching grips after the serve.

Don’t give up, Kyle! You inspire me.

Those serves on the T get called out a lot. Even by my friends that I know would never flag anyone on purpose.

Neal’s crispy slices 🍕🍕 put that on a tshirt 😂

Everything okay?

At 6:16 you show a closeup of your string bed. Weird. 99% of the time it’s the mains (tip to bridge) that break first. You probably inherited that string job from your brother. Frankly a hybrid string job is way overkill for a complete beginner. When you restring try and use a middle of the road quality string and pay more attention to string tension. With each new string job experiment with the tension up or down 3-4 pounds. And write it down so you can figure out the tension that works best for you. Try and use the same string each time to eliminate that variable. There will be time enough later to nerd out on strings. Technique development is far more important to your game at this point.

I frankly shouldn’t mention this at your current stage of development. It’s sorta like telling a kid that can barely dribble a basketball without looking at the ball that if he dribbled behind his back he could have made a particular drive to the basket without getting the ball stolen. At 20:21 you’re at the net and Lexi hits a slow passing shot that gets by you. You run it down but I think you hit it over the back fence. Balls that get behind you can be returned back. The key change is that if the ball is on your left/forehand side in this situation where your back is to the court you hold a slight backhand grip. If it’s on your right/backhand side hold a forehand grip. If you stand facing the back fence and hold the racket in front of you, you will see that these “reverse” grips allow you to more easily point the racket face back towards the court. There’s not enough space here to explain the various ways to swing the racket in these emergency defensive situations but if you just try and lob or float the ball back I think your smart enough to figure out how to get the ball back once you experiment a little. The key is to hit the sweet spot and dont think offensive at all. Just try and get the ball back. Offense will come later in your development. The only reason I mention this is that with your foot speed this situation will come up quite often. Watch some Mansour Bahrami videos for pointers. He is a retired tennis player who likes entertain crowds and will put himself in similar situations as yours just to show off.

1) Pirouettes on the tennis court, Neal may be Suzanne Lenglen reincarnate. 😮 2) Neal was the better player in one very important aspect. He “owned” his technique more than you did yours. Yes your shots were far more impressive than his when successfully executed but he was more successful in executing his less impressive shots than you. It’s hard to preach “CONSISTENCY” to beginners nowadays because they are constantly being bombarded with POWER! POWER! WINNERS! TOPSPIN! And many drink that Kool-aid and never recover. Your brother was a heavy Kool-aid drinker until only recently. 3) This is to save you development time. STOP holding the hoop of the racket with your left hand between points. This is not a style criticism. There are technical reasons why you should hold the racket by it’s throat with your left hand. You can place the tip of your index finger on the edge of the string bed for feel if you want. If you don’t make this change it will lead to a weak/impractical volley, slice backhand and service returns. ☹️The left hand plays a critical role in positioning the racket head, especially in time critical situations. It can’t do this job effectively if it’s holding the hoop of the frame. Need proof? Look where pros have their non dominant Hands. I believe Trey had this bad habit too. I hope you didn’t learn it from him. Tennis takes way longer to learn than necessary. It’s because so much incorrect stuff has to be unlearned, then replaced with the correct stuff. The longer you keep holding the racket hoop the longer it’s going to take to get yourself to hold the racket correctly. ☹️

Painful but exciting tennis. Keep at it. Dont so close to the net, leave some space so you can step forward to volley, & not be so easy to lob, get sideways & probe for the smash

With High balls begin your preparation higher and instead of the usual scoop (motion starting from above the knee or near hip) when the ball is low, hit it starting from your chest area and just hit straight and then follow through. Atleast that's what works for me!

Keep at it. I can't wait for you to beat Trey.

For high balls hit them as soon as they bounce. You’ll also get more pace on the ball if you hit it on the rise.

neal’s left arm just straight chilling

what is your utr??

I love tournaments

lose my first game? All I need to know.... LOL

Why the heck can't you hit the ball in on your second serve??? Just hit it in the service box!!! It is HUGE and you aren't doing it on the run or with your backhand!!!! That was your biggest issue, handing Neal free point after free point.

Wow, love it! Player's like Neal make you better, because you actually have to think how to beat them. Neals feast at the 3.0 level because players at that level make a lot of unforced errors. There are two other things you need to beat the Neals: 1. Better net game. I guarantee you'd win like 80% of the points at the net with him with halfway decent volleys. He's not passing you when he's not hitting any topspin. So he might lob you, but he's not that good at it, and chances are it's going long, or it's going to be some backspin lob that you can definitely get to anyways. You're definitely quick enough. 2. Generate your own pace. You kept netting balls because you're used to playing people who give you pace to work off of, which is way easier to generate spin on. You need much more racket speed when hitting a slice back as topspin. But also, no shame in just slicing back to his backhand and approaching...

congrats you played your first pusher!!🙂 The good news is most of what you were commenting on is correct on how to play and beat a pusher. 1. move them around 2. take time away by attacking the net 3. grind it out. The only 2 things i noticed that you could alter is not try to hit a winner but to just make them uncomfortable and let them make a mistake (which was happening when you were playing well), and execute - which includes improving on your serve - which i think you know,, cant give a pusher any freebies! Here's the best news, you will improve and some day soon, and well surpass the pusher skill level. Conversely, the pusher will most likely not improve as they are happy and comfortable playing at that level. - Neil will probably be a 3.0 his whole tennis life

12:21 bad cramp ouch

i’m sure neal is a perfectly fine person so no hate but his form just makes me angry it’s so annoying to play ppl like that even when i win 💀💀

Dude great footage! We're kind of dealing with similar struggles at our level. I'm a solid 3.0 on bad days and low 3.5 when I can get serves in. These type of opponents dominate 3.0-3.5 leagues/tournaments for a reason. They know their play style is not fancy or what everyone considers "tennis", but it is so effective. I now know that if my opponent during the warm up starts slicing and hitting these floater shots, I'm in for a grind. They know that at our level we can hit a winner here and there but we are going to make soooo many more errors if we try to force too much. My coach gave me some good advice that I have been trying to implement in all my matches, he told me to learn to love the rally at my level and learn to play the ball rather than the opponent. Looking forward to seeing your progress! For only playing a few months you are already doing better than I. Keep growing and pushing!

Also, the solution to slow balls is heavy topspin.

You shouldn't ever really be hitting balls above your shoulder (except smashes), this means you either need to move back early and wait for the ball to come down into the slot, or better, but more difficult to master is to step in and take the ball on the rise. This also has the added benefit of taking time away from your opponent, but it requires a lot more timing and coordination then moving back.

I dont understand people like Neal, why play when you dont wanna improve, that what he is playing its not tennis.. thats proper shit 😂

Congrats on making it to the championship Kyle. I love the commentary too 😂

Gave the 100th like 😊

Catchy Topic 😀😀. Big tennis fan.

It’s crazy how Kyle is already better than trey

The most impressive part is you stayed composed! must've been tough

love these types of videos with the subtle commentary, reminds me of how winners only tennis used to do it. keep up the good work and great editing style!

Your forward pressure was the difference. You did very well moving forward with decent pressure and overheads and volleys. Good for you! Keep it up. Swing up on higher balls for more spin or take on rise. Take on rise would be ideal as you take recovery time away from opponent and you can move forward on it to keep pressure. I would have someone feed you a bunch and take that step to get comfortable with it. Most moon ballers will hit shorter and you can also then let it settle and hit well inside the court as it drops.

Lovely video and super high quality! I just SUBSCRIBED keep up the grind ❤

Love the channel! You’re a great story teller and it will be fun to watch your journey. Beautiful tennis club btw. Where is that?

Neal is a textbook pusher, just gotta hammer shots side to side

Gz on getting second in your first tournament! Playing vs a slicer like that requires experience. Feels so weird to play against, and they give you zero pace so you gotta put all the pace into the ball. Which easily leads to errors. Was the DF's who really killed you though. Happy that you could manage to rally a comeback at 0-5, many would have taken that bagel being very frustrated. Lets go next!

Awww he's hooked now 🔥

Great job, keep on grinding! After a few weeks playing you are better then your brother at this point!!! Love the tunes! Great selection, makes your videos even more enjoyable! Greetings from Germany ✌️

Pushers like Neal win alot of matches at lower levels. No consistency at this level so they win alot. Obviously the double faults killed you but keep practicing and itll improve

As tall as you are my dude you have to take the ball on the raise and don’t let the ball bounce higher than your strike zone, another thing I have been working on. It takes practice and once you get used to hitting the ball on the raise, you won’t have to worry about hitting high lobs to the backhand or forehand. I have been practicing for hours on those shots and it just takes patience and timing my dude, but you are playing great tennis my dude.

You are playing really good tennis, something that I have been working on and it’s helping me a lot is to actually bring my racquet back before the ball bounces on the court, as soon as you see the ball coming to the forehand side or backhand side bring your racquet back, and it will help you hit more consistently. I am having knee problems so my footwork is horrible and by doing what Coach Steve was suggesting it helped me and now I am hitting way more consistently than I was when I first started playing tennis again after a 25 year hiatus. Good luck with your training and good luck in the tournament my dude.

Everyone saying hitting on the rise is what I would listen to, your opponent isn’t necessarily trying to get the ball over your shoulders, it’s just kind of conveniently working that way in his favor. A higher ball with topspin is also a good response that way he’s not realizing he can approach the net after hitting those at you. If you like hanging out at the baseline & not take them on the rise, I’d just wait for the ball to drop a half second more so you can get a powerful shot back to him.

For high balls you most definitely don't want to hit them above the shoulder. You basically have two options - take it on the rise or let it drop at least shoulder high, in both cases you need great movements so you can be on best position to hit them. Great job, keep on grinding :)

For high balls, a loopy ball in response would be an easier shot. A more aggressive shot would be to either hit it on the rise or to swing more horizontally across your body (as opposed to a low to high swing). If you choose the latter, on the take back, keep the racket high

I think focusing on hitting the high balls deeper into the court should be your goal - if you couple that with placing it well you should be shooting for an opportunity to approach the net

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