Yes I can still teach lessons hahah It’s the only lesson I wanted to do all year and it’s something that helps my tennis a lot. Hope you guys enjoy it. Happy new year, Turning Pro At 30 (31 now) begins next week in Portugal! See you soon
Thanks for this. Iron Will Tennis did a good demonstration that gives a little more explanation of why this advice is so important. ua-cam.com/video/CmfqyftxXoA/v-deo.htmlm40s
@@K4R3N Before I even saw this video about how to drive the ball in the arc and what to do it the ball is breaking out of the arc. I had half of this lesson right about driving more though it when on the rise and at the peak but I didn't always shape the ball when the ball was breaking as I tend to just want to be lazy and just drive all through a falling ball with a little bit of arc instead of properly shaping it on some of those breaking balls.. My coach who coaches nationals may have taught it to me in the lesson saying, put more shape on that ball, but sometimes it goes in one ear and just out the other when you have the lesson and you don't get it then until much later on. But on the backhand side I used the eastern grip because i use the Federer One Hander And that meant Lower net clearances when I drove all through it while the ball was still breaking down from out of the arc. So I got away with driving breaking balls using the slice drive with that grip because on the low balls its put some arc on the ball to hop the ball quickly over the netcord when you drive through with it so I saw two types of behavior with the shape of the ball with using the eastern when I swung low to high to slice drive, it would flatten the low ball all out and put some arc on it to keep it down in the court but going deep in the court with pace. And when I went high down to low with it on a high ball to the backhand to slice drive it flattens it all out with no arc but goes deep so its not a grip that floats the ball high and slow over the net but It just shoots it all quickly through the court. So changing over to that grip resolved the weak short sitter slice ball problem. Because alot of club rec players have got weak slices that fall short and sit up in the court and don't always stay down low in the court and stay deep..
Karue is the goat UA-cam coach and he has the ATP ranking and video proof to backup what he’s saying. Also his way of explaining things is so crystal clear and relatable. I love how he doesn’t focus on breaking strokes down to “stages” , which confuses a lot of people. Everyone has their own game/strokes so trying to teach strokes over UA-cam is kind of a waste of time or hard. But this lesson can be applied to players of all levels. I went from a utr 5.5 to a UTR 8.36 in a span of 1.5 years with the help of karue’s videos (as well as my personal coach)
Outstanding lesson, now an old guy like me can understand why Jimmy Conners was such an incredible player during his era. He was taking the ball early and driving each and every groundstroke. Thank you Karue, you are certainly a national treasure.
This is also why tennis cues don’t work on their own without a contextual lesson backing them. Any half baked coach can yell “hit the ball at the apex” but that won’t work very well if you’re lifting during that hit. Karue cuts the fat and properly explains the “why” and not just the “what”.
@@user-oj7co5wm8g Absolutely. It's pretty amazing that I've never heard a pro (in person, or online) talk about this concept before, and yet it seems so intuitive and relatively simple. This was great insight right here.
@@user-oj7co5wm8g That's the kind of thing that tends to happen when you have to play well for a living and aren't just some blowhard coach who isn't actually good at hitting different shots.
Vamos Karue. love this lesson. Fellow coach with here with a tip for Winston - To avoid all the thinking he was worried about, have him pay more attention to the feeling of how much time he has to prepare for different shots. Associate the driving ball with a backswing you have less time for, associate the lifting stroke with a ball you have more setup time for. Will come up with the same product without thinking words and will be more according to feeling. at least he can begin with it and the more accustomed he gets he can include more nuanced decision making. All the best Karue and keep going. Much love from LA
I see this comment every time lol, the guy has not fixed 1 thing in like 3 years, if you watch his older videos you maybe can just notice a slight improvement on the backhand consistency, that awful technique on the forehand and especially the serve remains the same, even if he watches himself play every fking week lol, plus he moves like a rhino on the court, so heavy, I know you Americans don’t have the best technique clearly in the tennis world, but this guy holy fk, it’s almost remarkable to not improve at all after all these years hahhaahah
@@theFedHD We have no idea how much time he actually plays every week. Nor if he has any problems that dont allow him to progress as much as other players would. I would also say that he has significantly improved most aspects of his game, and he has not remained the same player as three years ago in my opinion.
ive always thought watching @WinstonDu's forehands in his videos that he needs to DRIVE through the ball more. hes always lifting it with a lot of spin but not much pace/penetration. glad to see you show him this.
Personally, I've been trying to drive my own shots a lot more (or make them more linear), as opposed to my usually arching balls (which work pretty well on clay, less so on hard). I've even talked to pros about it, but nobody broke it down the way this video does. Now I'm going to try and put it into action.
Ok this is one of most incredible instructional videos. 12 hours after watching this and forcing my friend to watch this we talked it through for like 15 minutes then fucking executed. It was one of the fastest and most consistent practices in recent memory despite being pretty rusty from a few weeks off. I almost feel shame it was such a deep revelation. It was like I was stumbling through the darkness lost and then I found this video and now I can see and I can also somehow fly. What I thought was most interesting was I was able to hit 40% power driving shots as a means to defend and the consistency went way up. My normal stroke is a lot more Winston-like so when I'm defending or hitting a neutral ball I don't drive... but now I do when it's on the rise and it's amazing. Then my friend who's normal shot is more driving got waaaay more low balls back in play. Pretty fucking cool. Maybe you should consider going professional with this whole tennis thing. You seem to understand it pretty well. Maybe you could even make it to 259 in the world. Thanks!
Great lesson. I do this on the ball machine since the consistency really drives it home. Probably one of the best ways to show the difference in how to think about these balls/swing is just tossing a ball against a wall or fixed string bed and showing it from the side. If the ball is on the rise and hits a neutral bed it goes up naturally, if on the descent, it falls. Its super intuitive after seeing it, that you can drive through (and sometimes need to) rising balls and conversely need to lift up add topspin to falling balls to counter act their natural flight path.
That's a great point you bring up about the natural flight path of the ball after bouncing off the strings. Makes sense why trying to lift a ball on the rise often sends it flying out
Yeah, the launch angle is a reflection of the shot that's coming in. The reverse side of the coin is how you have to do a little wristy whipper on the low pickups and then a flat Del Potro style smacker works best on the high riser or apex balls.
This idea really changed how I play. Karue explains it so well as always. I first learned it from an Iron Will Tennis video discussing this concept Use 1 Thing To IMMEDIATELY Reduce Unforced Errors
I am from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. I have been watching your videos for many months . I think you can be the best coach for intermediate players who wsnt to improve to the next level . I am elderly person , watching your videos , trying to implement. It has helped me improve my game . i wish i watched your videos 30 yrs ago , but then it was impossible to learn on videos like this one .
There's a really beautiful illustration of this lesson from 8:40 to around 9:00 where Winston starts ripping backhands on the rise. I still struggle with identifying the ball height and making the right decision because I have been a "safe arc" player for so many years. This driving style is a lot like in-fighting in boxing where you and your opponent are exchanging sharp hooks and uppercuts with no time to create distance. You really are an excellent instructor Karue. I would love to take a few lessons with you if you have downtime in Germany.
Such a huge point. Super hard to teach, but the point is to recognize the broad strokes of improvement bit by bit on recognition. Deep and fast, drive. Short or low, give shape and lift
This is exactly how I am trying to play for a while now. I get more natural power from the ball and I feel less tired after playing a match. In particular it helped my single hand backhand to make it more consistent and also dangerous. Practice on it will also help your return. I love Tennis!
Karue being so good as he is can easily be arrogant if he wanted to, but instead he's so enthusiastic to explain the details of tennis. Most casuals like me will just hit easy shots for years when I could be practicing trying to get balls earlier on the rise. I need to practice the ball bounce recognition described in the video and try to take balls earlier.
This is really interesting and helpful!! As a 4.0 player I'm almost always taking the ball as it drops (play mostly on Har-Tru). This really clarifies technique on taking the ball early and increasing consistency when hitting the ball as it drops.Great stuff!
Thanks a lot for the lesson! It's really that small thing you usually do not pay any attention to and come eventually to, but even cannot formulate it, it's smth unconscious. Putting attention to such things makes it possible to improve.
This is such an important lesson. It’s something I’ve been working on (and having trouble with) but you articulated it in a way that makes it so much more practicable. Thx!
Fantastic lesson. Something I’ve always wondered about and wanted to ask my coaches but can’t, since we don’t speak the same language. Shaping the ball back into play and waiting for a driving ball is the most important takeaway for me. I’ll use google translate next time I train, see if my coach sees what I want to work on.
Great video, I've heard the concept a few times. Mattspoint Tennis talks about it too and he recommends practicing the decision making for whether to drive or shape the ball by doing rallies where you shout the cues "Drive" or "shape" before hitting the ball in order to work on it. You guys should give it a try
I was wondering why I hit so many poor shots lately when stepping into the court. Will definitely look at this next time on court. Thanks for the amazing content!
Subscribed for reminding me to drive it more on the rise. I hit it two feet long way too much when I swing my normal big Nadal/Thiem style motion that works so well from 4 feet behind the baseline. No wonder Agassi has such a quick drive swing....
Thank you for this video. Good to learn how we need to adapt to the shot with our feet a little, and the height, and spin of the ball. I've played with Winston before in California. Happy New Year from Sweden
Great lesson, so good to hear real world instruction from a world class player. You have such simple efficient technique, I would call thinking man tennis. Your efficient technique reminds me a bit of Mannarino and Tomic . I know Tomic is polarizing, but his efficient technique and hand skills are great. Would be very interesting to see you play him sometime. Thanks for the wonderful lesson. I like most players seem to want to lift the ball all the time, but one needs to really learn to hit the ball on the rise, and hit through it, as you teach.
Now 31, 😀 Happy birthday Karue and happy new year. This is going to be your year. You are closer than ever, allow us to dream next to you. Edge is a number. Keep it up and go forward. Thanks for all your journey wish you the best. Karue, Karue. Keep your self humble, strong and resilient, always. Joshe. By the way When was your birthday??? Thanks for everything
This is exactly my problems , hitting the when the ball is very and i hit from bottom up , create the looping spin with less pop . That is my habit , now i have lazy feet to place my self into hitting the ball on the rise . 30 yrs of habit , difficult to change . I am watching to learn From Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia .
amazing video and tips! as a 4.5, i'm always trying to figure out how to deal with deep balls. do you have any advice on how to take deep balls on the rise that are near your feet when you're standing behind the baseline? any advice on how to better take the ball on the rise for the backhand side too? thank you!! happy new year!
Excellent lesson!! I think we are actually doing already this but in an unconscious manner. It’s good to make it explicit. To me the difficulty comes at changing the stroke path to make it more of a drive than an lift. Specially on the forehand, because my tendency is to lift and hit with topspin. Another good lesson would be about that, how to change the stroke shape/path.
Hi Karue, could you do a video on how you have improved your forehand? I noticed that your forehand got better in many ways, especially on short balls. Maybe you could analyze some footage of different kinds of forehands and explain to us what changed and how you changed it. Doesn’t have to be technical things, I guess. Happy new year
3:15 I often play with topspin on my rally balls and I struggle against players who hit flat and low shots. I'll definitely try to drive the ball more and see if I'm any more consistent. Thank Karue!
"On the rise" requires a closed racquet face, which amounts to a feeling of "driving." If the ball has apexed, the face has to be released... a buggywhip is often a good choice. Carue is spot on here, but my semantics is maybe different. Good lesson.
Buggywhip has nothing to do with the racket face. That's closed on all topspin balls. The swing path changes. On the buggywhip it's a lot more vertical.
I noticed something interesting. Humans can learn quickly through mirror neurons (observing someone else do it, then doing it yourself). Karue has the high technical skills to show Winson how to hit the ball (esp. @11:20), and Winson was able to crack and drive through the next few backhands. Love how this is possible when there is a feeder, then a coach who can show a technique, then have the student try immediately. This could be a more effective way of helping students improve faster and more efficiently. I also have a similar problem. My coach told me that I need to work on my timing and spacing to drive the ball. When the ball comes too close to my body, I end up lifting too much instead of driving through. My coach's advice is to fix my lazy feet so I get into position better. Wonder if Winston needs to work on this too if he wants to really get into the right position to drive the ball. Everything seems to come down to footwork!
Karue, very helpful video, thanks!! might solve a lot of my returns of serve issues... One question: how does that logic apply to slices? because the backspin changes things a bit, no?
@@Karue-Sell the only way tô hitting drive when the ball down IS a slice with pronation , the top spin IS a screw ball spining , the ball spining UP but is diferent
How I didn’t hear about this before after 45 years of playing tennis? There is a guy in my club hitting better forehands than me (although usually I win against him because my drop shots, slices and consistency). He drives the ball quite aggressively, making a lot of pressure, and he indeed takes the ball very early. I will try this next time.
Cool video Karue. When you drive through the ball when it's going up, you play it with a low margin over the net. Shouldn't you always try to get some clearance over the net?
I had no idea I naturally do this. This makes attacking short balls so much clearer. Shape if the ball is dropping. Drive if it's rising! Unbelievable lesson!
Yes I can still teach lessons hahah It’s the only lesson I wanted to do all year and it’s something that helps my tennis a lot. Hope you guys enjoy it. Happy new year, Turning Pro At 30 (31 now) begins next week in Portugal! See you soon
Thanks for this. Iron Will Tennis did a good demonstration that gives a little more explanation of why this advice is so important. ua-cam.com/video/CmfqyftxXoA/v-deo.htmlm40s
30 is the new 20!
Happy NY mate. You’re a legend.
Awesome lesson. Good luck for 2025 Karue 🫡
@@K4R3N Before I even saw this video about how to drive the ball in the arc and what to do it the ball is breaking out of the arc. I had half of this lesson right about driving more though it when on the rise and at the peak but I didn't always shape the ball when the ball was breaking as I tend to just want to be lazy and just drive all through a falling ball with a little bit of arc instead of properly shaping it on some of those breaking balls..
My coach who coaches nationals may have taught it to me in the lesson saying, put more shape on that ball, but sometimes it goes in one ear and just out the other when you have the lesson and you don't get it then until much later on. But on the backhand side I used the eastern grip because i use the Federer One Hander And that meant Lower net clearances when I drove all through it while the ball was still breaking down from out of the arc. So I got away with driving breaking balls using the slice drive with that grip because on the low balls its put some arc on the ball to hop the ball quickly over the netcord when you drive through with it so I saw two types of behavior with the shape of the ball with using the eastern when I swung low to high to slice drive, it would flatten the low ball all out and put some arc on it to keep it down in the court but going deep in the court with pace. And when I went high down to low with it on a high ball to the backhand to slice drive it flattens it all out with no arc but goes deep so its not a grip that floats the ball high and slow over the net but It just shoots it all quickly through the court. So changing over to that grip resolved the weak short sitter slice ball problem. Because alot of club rec players have got weak slices that fall
short and sit up in the court and don't always stay down low in the court and stay deep..
the feeder is also goated 🔥🔥
I read it like "Federer" 😂
@@fullfocusable no, "Feederer"
Karue is the goat UA-cam coach and he has the ATP ranking and video proof to backup what he’s saying.
Also his way of explaining things is so crystal clear and relatable.
I love how he doesn’t focus on breaking strokes down to “stages” , which confuses a lot of people. Everyone has their own game/strokes so trying to teach strokes over UA-cam is kind of a waste of time or hard. But this lesson can be applied to players of all levels.
I went from a utr 5.5 to a UTR 8.36 in a span of 1.5 years with the help of karue’s videos (as well as my personal coach)
Incredible lesson. I love the systematic thinking in this fast paced game. Much love from DC.
Outstanding lesson, now an old guy like me can understand why Jimmy Conners was such an incredible player during his era. He was taking the ball early and driving each and every groundstroke. Thank you Karue, you are certainly a national treasure.
This is also why tennis cues don’t work on their own without a contextual lesson backing them. Any half baked coach can yell “hit the ball at the apex” but that won’t work very well if you’re lifting during that hit. Karue cuts the fat and properly explains the “why” and not just the “what”.
@@user-oj7co5wm8g Absolutely. It's pretty amazing that I've never heard a pro (in person, or online) talk about this concept before, and yet it seems so intuitive and relatively simple. This was great insight right here.
@@user-oj7co5wm8g That's the kind of thing that tends to happen when you have to play well for a living and aren't just some blowhard coach who isn't actually good at hitting different shots.
Wow, as like a 3.5 player, i never thought of when to take the ball specifically like this. Very good lesson
I enjoy when you have lessons on occasion because that means it’s something you find really important or interesting and this lesson was just that!
Vamos Karue. love this lesson. Fellow coach with here with a tip for Winston - To avoid all the thinking he was worried about, have him pay more attention to the feeling of how much time he has to prepare for different shots. Associate the driving ball with a backswing you have less time for, associate the lifting stroke with a ball you have more setup time for. Will come up with the same product without thinking words and will be more according to feeling. at least he can begin with it and the more accustomed he gets he can include more nuanced decision making. All the best Karue and keep going. Much love from LA
Dope advice, makes a lot of sense.
Winston's game keeps getting better i give him credit with sticking with it
I see this comment every time lol, the guy has not fixed 1 thing in like 3 years, if you watch his older videos you maybe can just notice a slight improvement on the backhand consistency, that awful technique on the forehand and especially the serve remains the same, even if he watches himself play every fking week lol, plus he moves like a rhino on the court, so heavy, I know you Americans don’t have the best technique clearly in the tennis world, but this guy holy fk, it’s almost remarkable to not improve at all after all these years hahhaahah
@@theFedHD He has objectively improved and even if he hadnt this amount of negativity is completely unwarranted. What a sad cretin
@@theFedHD We have no idea how much time he actually plays every week. Nor if he has any problems that dont allow him to progress as much as other players would. I would also say that he has significantly improved most aspects of his game, and he has not remained the same player as three years ago in my opinion.
@@roddi6503 don't take the bait. The guy is just an internet troll who probably can't play tennis.
Never watched him play much before but his groundies look solid and heavy for a 4.5 player
Good Lesson!!!!🎾🎾🎾🎾
ive always thought watching @WinstonDu's forehands in his videos that he needs to DRIVE through the ball more. hes always lifting it with a lot of spin but not much pace/penetration. glad to see you show him this.
Personally, I've been trying to drive my own shots a lot more (or make them more linear), as opposed to my usually arching balls (which work pretty well on clay, less so on hard). I've even talked to pros about it, but nobody broke it down the way this video does. Now I'm going to try and put it into action.
@@robertorolfo good to hear it bro! good luck
Ok this is one of most incredible instructional videos. 12 hours after watching this and forcing my friend to watch this we talked it through for like 15 minutes then fucking executed. It was one of the fastest and most consistent practices in recent memory despite being pretty rusty from a few weeks off. I almost feel shame it was such a deep revelation. It was like I was stumbling through the darkness lost and then I found this video and now I can see and I can also somehow fly. What I thought was most interesting was I was able to hit 40% power driving shots as a means to defend and the consistency went way up. My normal stroke is a lot more Winston-like so when I'm defending or hitting a neutral ball I don't drive... but now I do when it's on the rise and it's amazing. Then my friend who's normal shot is more driving got waaaay more low balls back in play. Pretty fucking cool. Maybe you should consider going professional with this whole tennis thing. You seem to understand it pretty well. Maybe you could even make it to 259 in the world. Thanks!
Great lesson. I do this on the ball machine since the consistency really drives it home.
Probably one of the best ways to show the difference in how to think about these balls/swing is just tossing a ball against a wall or fixed string bed and showing it from the side. If the ball is on the rise and hits a neutral bed it goes up naturally, if on the descent, it falls. Its super intuitive after seeing it, that you can drive through (and sometimes need to) rising balls and conversely need to lift up add topspin to falling balls to counter act their natural flight path.
That's a great point you bring up about the natural flight path of the ball after bouncing off the strings. Makes sense why trying to lift a ball on the rise often sends it flying out
Yeah, the launch angle is a reflection of the shot that's coming in. The reverse side of the coin is how you have to do a little wristy whipper on the low pickups and then a flat Del Potro style smacker works best on the high riser or apex balls.
GOAT lessons, thank you and Happy New Year to all your team!
Thanks!
This idea really changed how I play. Karue explains it so well as always.
I first learned it from an Iron Will Tennis video discussing this concept
Use 1 Thing To IMMEDIATELY Reduce Unforced Errors
This is often my exact issue, but I’ve never heard it explained like this. Thanks! 🎉
Karue is just an outstanding communicator, so patient. Love this!!!! thank you Karue
I am from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.
I have been watching your videos for many months .
I think you can be the best coach for intermediate players who wsnt to improve to the next level .
I am elderly person , watching your videos , trying to implement. It has helped me improve my game .
i wish i watched your videos 30 yrs ago , but then it was impossible to learn on videos like this one .
This seems so simple, but it unlocked my thinking a bit on how to approach different incoming shots. Thanks, Karue.
There's a really beautiful illustration of this lesson from 8:40 to around 9:00 where Winston starts ripping backhands on the rise. I still struggle with identifying the ball height and making the right decision because I have been a "safe arc" player for so many years. This driving style is a lot like in-fighting in boxing where you and your opponent are exchanging sharp hooks and uppercuts with no time to create distance. You really are an excellent instructor Karue. I would love to take a few lessons with you if you have downtime in Germany.
You're the best tennis instructor out there! Your videos lifted my tennis a notch, thank you 😍
Could you make a video about the slice?
What a valuable mindset about dealing with each coming ball, thanks a lot for your teaching and Happy new year !
it was so mindfu** to discover you speak portuguese and then to confirm you are brazillian ! good luck for tournament in portugal :)
Such a huge point. Super hard to teach, but the point is to recognize the broad strokes of improvement bit by bit on recognition. Deep and fast, drive. Short or low, give shape and lift
Love the way you explain and demonstate your ideas, great job!
This is exactly how I am trying to play for a while now. I get more natural power from the ball and I feel less tired after playing a match. In particular it helped my single hand backhand to make it more consistent and also dangerous. Practice on it will also help your return. I love Tennis!
Karue being so good as he is can easily be arrogant if he wanted to, but instead he's so enthusiastic to explain the details of tennis. Most casuals like me will just hit easy shots for years when I could be practicing trying to get balls earlier on the rise. I need to practice the ball bounce recognition described in the video and try to take balls earlier.
Man what a lesson. It makes perfect sense and I never heard about that before
This is such a good video, thank you Karue!
This is really interesting and helpful!! As a 4.0 player I'm almost always taking the ball as it drops (play mostly on Har-Tru). This really clarifies technique on taking the ball early and increasing consistency when hitting the ball as it drops.Great stuff!
Thanks a lot for the lesson! It's really that small thing you usually do not pay any attention to and come eventually to, but even cannot formulate it, it's smth unconscious. Putting attention to such things makes it possible to improve.
Thanks for sharing Karue! Great advice in here and given me something to start practicing with this week 😎
Thanks so much for sharing such a important mindset for clean striking
Worthless tennis lesson
If you thought this was worthless, why did you contribute appropriately $45.45 USD
@@garychin4138 maybe he means "priceless" English is not his first language.
@@garychin4138 read what he wrote and then use context to understand that he liked it and misspoke.
This is such an important lesson. It’s something I’ve been working on (and having trouble with) but you articulated it in a way that makes it so much more practicable. Thx!
Fantastic lesson. Something I’ve always wondered about and wanted to ask my coaches but can’t, since we don’t speak the same language. Shaping the ball back into play and waiting for a driving ball is the most important takeaway for me. I’ll use google translate next time I train, see if my coach sees what I want to work on.
Great insights, Karue, and glad to see this dynamic duo back together! Nice job, gents.
Great video! Not taught enough. I use "fall" or "rise" when teaching this instead of up down. Keep up the great videos!
This is a great lesson, will have to practice shape vs drive next time im on court. Props to Winston for picking it up so quickly
Some of these drives at the end were super clean, if Winston adds this to his game, next level.
Great video, I've heard the concept a few times. Mattspoint Tennis talks about it too and he recommends practicing the decision making for whether to drive or shape the ball by doing rallies where you shout the cues "Drive" or "shape" before hitting the ball in order to work on it. You guys should give it a try
Wonderful lesson Karue, I learnt tennis watching your videos and self made 4.5- currently in Atlanta thanks a lot for your valuable guidance ❤
I was wondering why I hit so many poor shots lately when stepping into the court. Will definitely look at this next time on court. Thanks for the amazing content!
Super tips!
Yas! Coach Karue is back haha. Thank you for sharing your perspective.
Miss the lessons Karue. Thank you! Have a great season!
Very good lesson that any of my past tennis coaches should have taught me. I only recently learnt this when I was getting coaching in table tennis.
What a great video, opened my eyes on something I just guessed and did without thinking. Wonderful lesson! Thanks Karue🎉
Subscribed for reminding me to drive it more on the rise. I hit it two feet long way too much when I swing my normal big Nadal/Thiem style motion that works so well from 4 feet behind the baseline. No wonder Agassi has such a quick drive swing....
One of the most helpful videos of them all, Karue.
Mind Blowing 🤯! Excellent lesson, thank You Karue.
Thank you for this video. Good to learn how we need to adapt to the shot with our feet a little, and the height, and spin of the ball. I've played with Winston before in California. Happy New Year from Sweden
this is great! i had never thought of that. Valeu Karue 🔥
Love this lesson. Best instruction on UA-cam.
Great lesson, so good to hear real world instruction from a world class player. You have such simple efficient technique, I would call thinking man tennis. Your efficient technique reminds me a bit of Mannarino and Tomic . I know Tomic is polarizing, but his efficient technique and hand skills are great. Would be very interesting to see you play him sometime. Thanks for the wonderful lesson. I like most players seem to want to lift the ball all the time, but one needs to really learn to hit the ball on the rise, and hit through it, as you teach.
The lessons that makes you want to grab a racquet and go play, this is definitely one of them!
I never thought about this , this is very helpful thank you Karue
Karue must be a great coach, so much sense.... I like this video, can apply so mucy to my game.
Great lesson Coach! Nice hitting Winston!
Love watching these! GET WINSTON TO 5.0
Good luck in Portugal! Great meeting you at the NPA camp!
hell yeah!! great advice to improve my game this year, will think of this in todays afternoon practice
Love the instruction! Learning a lot!
A wonderful tennis lesson! I think everyone watching will have learnt something.... And happy new year 🎊
Very helpful video. now I know how to hit the ball on the rise and down. Thank you very much
Simple...but fabulous coaching....thanks for that Karue and a Happy New Year from sunny Brisbane.
Wow, eye-opening lesson! I think this is also why I miss a lot of approach shots or returns off of short serves long.
Best tip for us 3.5 wanting to be more consistent and have a weapon. Thanks Karue!
Wow very interesting and insightful lesson!
Great lesson and all the best for the New Year and upcoming season!
Great lesson Karue, definetly going to try and implement this in my game!
May be one of the best Karue lessons.
This was something ive never thought about. Now im definitely going to be practicing this, or adding it to my reps
Now 31, 😀 Happy birthday Karue and happy new year. This is going to be your year. You are closer than ever, allow us to dream next to you. Edge is a number. Keep it up and go forward. Thanks for all your journey wish you the best. Karue, Karue. Keep your self humble, strong and resilient, always.
Joshe. By the way When was your birthday???
Thanks for everything
Great insights! Love your content. Happy New Year everyone!
Happy New Year! Great Lesson.
Great video my goat. Love the collab with Winston. Manifesting I get to hit with you guys one day.
This is exactly my problems , hitting the when the ball is very and i hit from bottom up , create the looping spin with less pop . That is my habit , now i have lazy feet to place my self into hitting the ball on the rise . 30 yrs of habit , difficult to change .
I am watching to learn
From Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia .
best teaching video by far!
Happy New Year Karue! Excited for 2025 holds for ya
Great lesson Will try it on the court soon. thanks!
amazing video and tips! as a 4.5, i'm always trying to figure out how to deal with deep balls.
do you have any advice on how to take deep balls on the rise that are near your feet when you're standing behind the baseline?
any advice on how to better take the ball on the rise for the backhand side too?
thank you!! happy new year!
people don't talk about this enough thanks Karue
Excellent lesson!! I think we are actually doing already this but in an unconscious manner. It’s good to make it explicit.
To me the difficulty comes at changing the stroke path to make it more of a drive than an lift. Specially on the forehand, because my tendency is to lift and hit with topspin. Another good lesson would be about that, how to change the stroke shape/path.
Hi Karue, could you do a video on how you have improved your forehand? I noticed that your forehand got better in many ways, especially on short balls. Maybe you could analyze some footage of different kinds of forehands and explain to us what changed and how you changed it. Doesn’t have to be technical things, I guess. Happy new year
3:15 I often play with topspin on my rally balls and I struggle against players who hit flat and low shots. I'll definitely try to drive the ball more and see if I'm any more consistent. Thank Karue!
The best gift under the Christmas tree !!💥🌟💪
Thank you so much for this video!!
🎾 Wow! I'll incorporate this into my ball machine drills!
"On the rise" requires a closed racquet face, which amounts to a feeling of "driving." If the ball has apexed, the face has to be released... a buggywhip is often a good choice.
Carue is spot on here, but my semantics is maybe different. Good lesson.
Buggywhip has nothing to do with the racket face. That's closed on all topspin balls. The swing path changes. On the buggywhip it's a lot more vertical.
I noticed something interesting. Humans can learn quickly through mirror neurons (observing someone else do it, then doing it yourself). Karue has the high technical skills to show Winson how to hit the ball (esp. @11:20), and Winson was able to crack and drive through the next few backhands. Love how this is possible when there is a feeder, then a coach who can show a technique, then have the student try immediately. This could be a more effective way of helping students improve faster and more efficiently.
I also have a similar problem. My coach told me that I need to work on my timing and spacing to drive the ball. When the ball comes too close to my body, I end up lifting too much instead of driving through. My coach's advice is to fix my lazy feet so I get into position better. Wonder if Winston needs to work on this too if he wants to really get into the right position to drive the ball. Everything seems to come down to footwork!
Incredible keys to pick up on this channel.
Karue, very helpful video, thanks!! might solve a lot of my returns of serve issues...
One question: how does that logic apply to slices? because the backspin changes things a bit, no?
Great question. On slices because of the backspin I’d be cautious driving the ball, safer to give the ball some shape
@@Karue-Sell the only way tô hitting drive when the ball down IS a slice with pronation , the top spin IS a screw ball spining , the ball spining UP but is diferent
@@Karue-Sell inside on down , the outside on the rise IS the same , in This ball you can open and lift the front leg for no kill your arm
@@Karue-Selllike a gyro ball breaking insane and the other IS fast with no break
How I didn’t hear about this before after 45 years of playing tennis? There is a guy in my club hitting better forehands than me (although usually I win against him because my drop shots, slices and consistency). He drives the ball quite aggressively, making a lot of pressure, and he indeed takes the ball very early. I will try this next time.
Cool video Karue. When you drive through the ball when it's going up, you play it with a low margin over the net. Shouldn't you always try to get some clearance over the net?
Thanks guys!
I had no idea I naturally do this. This makes attacking short balls so much clearer. Shape if the ball is dropping. Drive if it's rising! Unbelievable lesson!
Of course you do 😂
That lesson was a game changer; after watching this; I went up 2 levels😅😅😅. I might not be kidding.😅😅😅
0:30 that smash 😂
This is a great lesson. I’ve never considered this before. I usually try to hit everything the same. Haha
Excellent video. This is very helpful!