I would say that grinding is the very first thing you learn in your first competitive match even as a relative beginner - you quickly realise the person going for the winners makes too many errors, and in the end it's the person who keeps the ball in play for the longest that wins. However one of the mental dangers in competitive tennis that your brain gets locked into one style of play and loses the ability to do anything else. That kind of passive defensive grind is mentally very dangerous as you end up in this loop of rewarding yourself for just getting the ball in (whatever that means at your level). That means you become unable to do anything else as it means more mistakes. This in the end will cost you matches as you are unable to switch to attack when you need too (e.g. short ball) and lose the point (e.g. safe return to short ball gives other player a chance to pass you).
Great video Karue. A big thing I struggle with is associating winning as equivalent to my value as a player and as a person. It's difficult for me to stay humble sometimes because I train really hard but I don't look like you or any really good player when I play. For my own growth I have been journaling and focusing more on my individual journey to improve...to be there and grind not so much so I can beat my opponent but beat the person inside me trying to limit my potential. Tennis has been a great humbling experience being able to climb so far up my own mountain but see others 10 miles higher on their path. The comparison to others, worrying about failure and seeing every match as a report card are the areas where I struggle and need to improve. Tennis humbles everyone and I think that's why we keep coming back to take on the challenge again and again until we overcome ourselves.
Congrats to your friend, Giron! He is playing extremely well! Can't wait to see more videos with him and Mac. I love the matchplay videos. Abraços do Brasil!!!
I like his energy to speak through tennis strategy or techniques. I learn the most from his advices is the mindset. Two good things I learned from him are reading the coming balls and make decisions to do with it. Secondly, the commitment to play certain way and commit to it, not afraid making mistakes. I usually try to get the ball in attitudes so the balls are soft and floating so opponents are easily attacking them.
Love it. I came to the realization that if I hit the best/smartest shot I can (best shot that you can control, that is ) every time I swing my racket…I’ll never lose. Someone may beat me, and I can live with that. But if I do “best shot every shot” tennis, I won’t lose. It helped me to just “be there”, as I’d have bad days and understand that my best shot that day was not gonna be as impressive as my best shots on good days. Thanks for the channel and insight karue!
Love this content Karue. This is especially true for me now that I am playing in more competitive leagues. The biggest thing for me is that I need to keep my feet moving! The downside right now is that my matches are at night where it is usually my bedtime. haha. I have to figure out how to bring out my energy at night. I find it hard to keep focus in the match because it is usually my bedtime! How do you focus on getting to good start in the match? I feel that I start out slow sometimes and then get into it later.
You're videos are always so helpful. This stragey is something everyone thinks of but this video sparks the idea. Rafa somehow won that match vs Daniel. Unbelievable match. Thanks for the amazing content as always
L like when you mentioned do what’s working that day, if my flat serve is undependable , I usually do kick servers till I feel my groove is feeling it. Today my kick wasn’t working but my flat was. So I went with it. Good stuff Karue
Great vid as usual. Come to the UK/London in the spring/summer dude! You can stay with us. We can do videos from Wimbledon (yep, the one!) and hang out!
Great advice, stay in every point, good defense often wins on a point by point basis. Looking for winners produces many losers by going for too much or getting impatient.
hey man my dream is to play d1 tennis rni am 13 and a 4.7 utr i only started seriously playing 8 months ago and i have been watching your vids and they have been helping my game allot especially the one on how to improve your timing thankyou so much for the vids man.
great stuff Karue. You ever have any time for new clients here and there? I’m playing futures, live down in San Diego, and actually training at the Mouratoglou Academy as we speak, but would love to train with someone of your caliber when i’m back. All the best mate, love the content!
Grunting actually creates a “valsalva maneuver” which tenses up the core and will actually add 3-4% more power to your shots. Researched in NSCA article.
You touched on it. But yes often Times we all like to think that,because we have the better strokes, more power, the bigger serve…..the opponent will just fold. But for the most part it comes down to who has the best conditioning. Just like fed says “ when I move well I play well.”
This is the most important one and with a little add on. Not just be there, but actually there in the present. What you can do to be aware of that exact moment, hit to hit. So not mentally in the past points, not in the future points, don't think about the score, not about your bad form, just that next preparation and hit. I do that by focusing on 3 aspect every single point. 1. (Active stand) Stand on the front of your feet 2. (Look at the ball) Look at the ball until after it leaves your racket 3. .... The 3rd is that one thing that is important for that match. I actually tell myself these 3 points before every hit and try to keep doing just that. Active, ball, ..., Active, ball, ... The 3rd thing could be focused on myself or at my opponent. Like bigger targets or go to his backhand side.. anything that will give you some footing into the point. Doing the above helps me getting back into a groove or at least until the end of the match while trying
As a more casual player whose best days happened 20 (or more) years ago, this still rings true. If your opponent can maintain their top level throughout the match, they probably deserve to win. But, who realistically can play at their top level for an entire match? They'll eventually suffer a bad patch (for whatever reason) and you have to be there to capitalize.
Great video and reminder! Thanks for sharing and Rafa is the GOAT when it comes to the never give up mentality. What's interesting, is if you look at the top 3 players in the world on the ATP tour, you could actually say they are all grinders/counter punchers. Djokovic, Medvedev and Zverev do a great job, but they can turn great D into offence.
Hey. My first time commenting. This video triggered me a bit. I’ve been playing tennis for several years. I’ve played lower level college tennis. But I feel like I’ve gotten better as I’ve gotten older. I’m hitting the ball better now than I ever have. Still in very good shape. Better than many of the younger people I play with in the open singles tournaments. What am I what I’m wondering about is why even though I’m hitting the ball so much better I’m having trouble winning matches. All the sets are close all the points are competitive. Just always seem to lose the big points either by making a stupid error or opponent hitting a good shot or sometimes even opponents just flat out getting lucky with frame shots or things like that. Wondering what your thoughts are.
Truth. I've won quite a few matches by just making the other guy play that one extra shot, even when cramping up. If they're good enough to beat you, that's fine, but there is always a chance that they will break down and make mistakes.
Great content! “What’s the happiest animal in the world? Goldfish. You know why the goldfish is the happiest animal on earth? Got a ten second memory. Be a goldfish.” - Ted Lasso
Hey ,thank you so much for that powerful strategy / mindset information. I have an important question to ask, when you say let the racket do its job. Are you saying that the Racket and a hand should lead and everything else follows .including the body ?I noticed it on Federer's forehand his shoulders are slightly tilted at contact. Do you find this to be helpful? Thanks again! JHT
All you can do is try to perform your best on every current and future point. None of the points in the past can be changed. Focus Target: "Next Point. -> This Point" Try to learn and adjust from your performance, your opponents' performance and tactics, but keep battling your best every point. Bring confidence and play with bravery.
Dude I cheered super hard for Marcos Giron at the Dallas Open against Taylor Fritz, what a match! (I think his second serve on match point might have been just long, btw). Awesome match! I poked my head around to see if I could spot Karue but I wasn’t there Sunday-ish to see Naomi. Love the videos! I was legit more excited to see you guys than I was to see some of the top players. Come back next year!
Great video. Karue, would it be possible for you to do a video on Federers SABR shot, I feel like amateur club level tennis players could really utilise a tactic like that on second serve, just fully imposing yourself. I know it's an old school strategy but at the levels most of us play at, it's very unlikely our opponents could work out a counter quickly
I would say that grinding is the very first thing you learn in your first competitive match even as a relative beginner - you quickly realise the person going for the winners makes too many errors, and in the end it's the person who keeps the ball in play for the longest that wins. However one of the mental dangers in competitive tennis that your brain gets locked into one style of play and loses the ability to do anything else. That kind of passive defensive grind is mentally very dangerous as you end up in this loop of rewarding yourself for just getting the ball in (whatever that means at your level). That means you become unable to do anything else as it means more mistakes. This in the end will cost you matches as you are unable to switch to attack when you need too (e.g. short ball) and lose the point (e.g. safe return to short ball gives other player a chance to pass you).
The strategy: "BE Rafa Nadal" 😂🤣😂
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Be there mindset! I like how you said that for return of serves. Proact, adjust, cat and mouse.
Great video Karue. A big thing I struggle with is associating winning as equivalent to my value as a player and as a person. It's difficult for me to stay humble sometimes because I train really hard but I don't look like you or any really good player when I play. For my own growth I have been journaling and focusing more on my individual journey to improve...to be there and grind not so much so I can beat my opponent but beat the person inside me trying to limit my potential. Tennis has been a great humbling experience being able to climb so far up my own mountain but see others 10 miles higher on their path. The comparison to others, worrying about failure and seeing every match as a report card are the areas where I struggle and need to improve. Tennis humbles everyone and I think that's why we keep coming back to take on the challenge again and again until we overcome ourselves.
Great tip! It’s all about the mindset
Congrats to your friend, Giron! He is playing extremely well! Can't wait to see more videos with him and Mac. I love the matchplay videos.
Abraços do Brasil!!!
I like his energy to speak through tennis strategy or techniques. I learn the most from his advices is the mindset. Two good things I learned from him are reading the coming balls and make decisions to do with it. Secondly, the commitment to play certain way and commit to it, not afraid making mistakes. I usually try to get the ball in attitudes so the balls are soft and floating so opponents are easily attacking them.
Solid information. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos!
Always enjoy hearing you think out loud about your experiences, Karue.
Love it. I came to the realization that if I hit the best/smartest shot I can (best shot that you can control, that is ) every time I swing my racket…I’ll never lose. Someone may beat me, and I can live with that. But if I do “best shot every shot” tennis, I won’t lose. It helped me to just “be there”, as I’d have bad days and understand that my best shot that day was not gonna be as impressive as my best shots on good days. Thanks for the channel and insight karue!
thank you! Happy we could help
Thanks for the video
Love this content Karue. This is especially true for me now that I am playing in more competitive leagues. The biggest thing for me is that I need to keep my feet moving! The downside right now is that my matches are at night where it is usually my bedtime. haha. I have to figure out how to bring out my energy at night. I find it hard to keep focus in the match because it is usually my bedtime! How do you focus on getting to good start in the match? I feel that I start out slow sometimes and then get into it later.
You're videos are always so helpful. This stragey is something everyone thinks of but this video sparks the idea. Rafa somehow won that match vs Daniel. Unbelievable match. Thanks for the amazing content as always
Thank you Karue! I’m just back from a match where I did just that and won but was very down on myself and it’s really helped!
Great advice - being present in the match/game/point is half the battle!
Absolutely!
L like when you mentioned do what’s working that day, if my flat serve is undependable , I usually do kick servers till I feel my groove is feeling it. Today my kick wasn’t working but my flat was. So I went with it. Good stuff Karue
Really good video again. You are doing such a great work with this channel. Thanks for your effort and keep it going.
Great video Karue. - How do you reset after each point? Do you have a routine?
I like the creep up intro. Thanks for the humor and great content.
Great video and reminder Karue. Can you also recommend which books should I read especially in mental toughness.Thank you!!!
Amazing video Karue!
Congratulations on all the new subs and thanks for the chance to win!
That's the most important thing! Keep your mind in the present moment 💪
Great video as always. It was cool seeing you do a video at a court in Santa Monica that I randomly played a match at the one time I’ve been to LA.
Great vid as usual. Come to the UK/London in the spring/summer dude! You can stay with us. We can do videos from Wimbledon (yep, the one!) and hang out!
Great video!
Will you be reviewing the new speed mp?
Great advice, stay in every point, good defense often wins on a point by point basis. Looking for winners produces many losers by going for too much or getting impatient.
Great mentality to have and tough to implement when you're being outplayed. It's something I'd love to get better at.
Fantastic content as always. I like the blue and orange clothes you are wearing on the court: where are they from?
hey man my dream is to play d1 tennis rni am 13 and a 4.7 utr i only started seriously playing 8 months ago and i have been watching your vids and they have been helping my game allot especially the one on how to improve your timing thankyou so much for the vids man.
great stuff Karue. You ever have any time for new clients here and there? I’m playing futures, live down in San Diego, and actually training at the Mouratoglou Academy as we speak, but would love to train with someone of your caliber when i’m back. All the best mate, love the content!
You can come train at my academy in Carson. Open for pros as well. Go to t1tennis.com to find out more about it
@@KaruesellHQ thank you my man! much appreciated 👍🏼
Grunting actually creates a “valsalva maneuver” which tenses up the core and will actually add 3-4% more power to your shots. Researched in NSCA article.
You touched on it. But yes often Times we all like to think that,because we have the better strokes, more power, the bigger serve…..the opponent will just fold. But for the most part it comes down to who has the best conditioning. Just like fed says “ when I move well I play well.”
If you have time/would like a video idea, I think a video on rotation for the body/hips etc would be super useful. Keep up the good work :)
Take a look at my past video "How To Make PERFECT Contact With the Ball", I talk about that topic!
This is the most important one and with a little add on. Not just be there, but actually there in the present. What you can do to be aware of that exact moment, hit to hit. So not mentally in the past points, not in the future points, don't think about the score, not about your bad form, just that next preparation and hit.
I do that by focusing on 3 aspect every single point. 1. (Active stand) Stand on the front of your feet 2. (Look at the ball) Look at the ball until after it leaves your racket 3. ....
The 3rd is that one thing that is important for that match.
I actually tell myself these 3 points before every hit and try to keep doing just that. Active, ball, ..., Active, ball, ...
The 3rd thing could be focused on myself or at my opponent. Like bigger targets or go to his backhand side.. anything that will give you some footing into the point.
Doing the above helps me getting back into a groove or at least until the end of the match while trying
Love this. 100 percent agree
I play tennis at a quite good level but i've never saw something like that aminoko's product great💪💪
Can you learn how to do 1 handed backhand
As a more casual player whose best days happened 20 (or more) years ago, this still rings true. If your opponent can maintain their top level throughout the match, they probably deserve to win. But, who realistically can play at their top level for an entire match? They'll eventually suffer a bad patch (for whatever reason) and you have to be there to capitalize.
Haha, I was wondering when the video started like 'What is that box on his desk, is it product placement, whats up, ...' and then, Hydrate ... :D
Great video and reminder! Thanks for sharing and Rafa is the GOAT when it comes to the never give up mentality.
What's interesting, is if you look at the top 3 players in the world on the ATP tour, you could actually say they are all grinders/counter punchers. Djokovic, Medvedev and Zverev do a great job, but they can turn great D into offence.
Hey. My first time commenting. This video triggered me a bit. I’ve been playing tennis for several years. I’ve played lower level college tennis. But I feel like I’ve gotten better as I’ve gotten older. I’m hitting the ball better now than I ever have. Still in very good shape. Better than many of the younger people I play with in the open singles tournaments. What am I what I’m wondering about is why even though I’m hitting the ball so much better I’m having trouble winning matches. All the sets are close all the points are competitive. Just always seem to lose the big points either by making a stupid error or opponent hitting a good shot or sometimes even opponents just flat out getting lucky with frame shots or things like that. Wondering what your thoughts are.
I love your content especially because it caters to people who are already relatively good which is rare on youtube, most things are for beginners
Glad you enjoy it!
So true!
That mindset is massively powerful: If you are going to win then you have to beat me.
Truth. I've won quite a few matches by just making the other guy play that one extra shot, even when cramping up. If they're good enough to beat you, that's fine, but there is always a chance that they will break down and make mistakes.
Great content!
“What’s the happiest animal in the world? Goldfish. You know why the goldfish is the happiest animal on earth? Got a ten second memory. Be a goldfish.” - Ted Lasso
Great video! Could I join the raffle for the giveaway? Thank you!
Believe...Achieve...Succeed...
Hey ,thank you so much for that powerful strategy / mindset information. I have an important question to ask, when you say let the racket do its job. Are you saying that the Racket and a hand should lead and everything else follows .including the body ?I noticed it on Federer's forehand his shoulders are slightly tilted at contact. Do you find this to be helpful? Thanks again!
JHT
All you can do is try to perform your best on every current and future point. None of the points in the past can be changed.
Focus Target: "Next Point. -> This Point"
Try to learn and adjust from your performance, your opponents' performance and tactics, but keep battling your best every point.
Bring confidence and play with bravery.
That's it!!
Dude I cheered super hard for Marcos Giron at the Dallas Open against Taylor Fritz, what a match! (I think his second serve on match point might have been just long, btw). Awesome match! I poked my head around to see if I could spot Karue but I wasn’t there Sunday-ish to see Naomi. Love the videos! I was legit more excited to see you guys than I was to see some of the top players. Come back next year!
Great video. Karue, would it be possible for you to do a video on Federers SABR shot, I feel like amateur club level tennis players could really utilise a tactic like that on second serve, just fully imposing yourself. I know it's an old school strategy but at the levels most of us play at, it's very unlikely our opponents could work out a counter quickly
Watching every vid, the least I could do is comment to get a free tub of BCAAs .. ! LOL
Mental stamina
My mindset is to not let my opponent outwork me. They can be more talented, have better technique, etc, but they won’t play harder than me
Perfect mindset!
“Confidendence”?😊
That Giron McDonald point was at such a high level. Top notch.👍🏻
This is exactly what I was looking for but I wish it was even longer!! Do not waste your time - Promo'SM !!!
What does one do to close the gap between practice and match play? Roger during practice, Pee Wee Herman during a match.
I will activate my inner federer instead then.