Brad is a gift to tennis. Makes instruction easy to understand and always emphasizes the relevance. He has had a huge impact on recreational tennis players from everywhere.
Brad has very nice book "Win Ugly" - it is entertaining and quite eye opening. Most of us - club or recreational players think 98 % about improving our technique, and 2 % of shot choice, not even coming to the strategy or "the game plan" (all from book :). Yes this book opens your eyes and makes tennis more interesting as you not only exercise and play with muscle, you turn on your brain (though it is challenging to do right and not start to overthink everything). Great simple video on important basics
How to take away the other guy's game. The book covers: How to play your strengths to his weaknesses, how to get him to make errors, How to raise your game on the "hidden ad points", and what are some weaknesses to look for. He also tells some great anecdotes about his favorite moments on court.
Brad's groundstrokes are classical groundstrokes. The same as Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Chris Evert, and Martina Navratilova. They may not be what you are accustomed to in the modern game, but they are certainly not what I would call ugly.
Yeah that's what I was doing 20 years ago when I was winning the tournaments at the club level I was doing exactly what you're teaching right now and I kept it very simple I wasn't thinking at all I was just hitting cross through the center with margin of error and I just out consisted at everybody unless you are a professional tennis player I was going to beat you and that's how I won the rancho Aurora indoors two times finally a professional took me out
This was a really great lesson on how to use the I formation, very easy to follow. You rarely see it being used at the recreational level but it should be implemented more often. Thanks!
Yeah club players like me don't think about patterns we're not good enough so we're getting we're thinking about Cross Court and through the center of that Court keep it low with keeping a margin of error like you see in the top pros they have lag in their forearm hand and back hand and they do things that are trying to promote even more power but there is a power consistency trade-off whereas if the club player attempts to add more power most cases will end up hitting it out
Right you don't want to sit there and admire how great your shot was you want to recover and get back to the center of your shots but remember the center of the court is always dividing your opponent and you so it whatever you have to split the court in two so that you're in the middle of the two possible angles of return of your opponent so when your opponent moves you have to move over with them so this the center of the Court changes all the time the center is the center of your opponent's too possible angles of return and where you want to be is in the center of those two possible angles return so you want to divide the court into
Right percentage tennis they usually hit Cross Court low through the center deep in a 4x4 Target zone this is because even the pros want a little bit of margin for air percentage tennis is the key again especially if the opponent is hitting deep balls
Yeah that's the big shot for Agassi and you like to hit that run around for and reverse Cross Court right in the corner especially if you notice the ball coming in short that's one of your juicy moves so this another one of your favorites you like to hit that run around top spin for you reverse Cross Court right deep into the guys back and corner another one of your favorite shots is when the ball comes a little bit short you come in take it from a high position and hit it flat and straight through that ball right in the corner so like a Jimmy Connors so now I'm seeing a couple shots where you will run around your back hand in anytime you see that the ball's not really deep that pins you into the corner hit that back in because you like to hit that forehand top spin or flat shot coming in because that is your bread and butter so when I'm looking at your game I'm already making assessments right now of what I've got to avoid what I've got to do to beat you and what my court strategy is going to have to be but that's not going to be easy because you have very great approach shots that are deep into the corners and penetrating flat and then you've got top spin reverse cross courts going deep into the backhand corner which are going to keep me pinned back so this is where I have to go to work
Yeah what you're doing is you move in so you can take the ball in a higher position so you can hit it flat and you really cave it in like Jimmy Connors right into the corner and that's a really effective shot
Unless your Evert , his advice is great. Chris hit deeper and closer to the lines and often hit behind the player recovering to the middle after hitting from the corner. Evert watched her opponents feet and varied the length and angle to change their contact point and when their feet did not move well and force an unforced error or she had an open court . The run around forehand winner better be a good one, no pushing because your leaving a huge part of your court open. Gilbert is a master of making , forcing your opponent to hit more shots per point, more chances for opponent to miss. His mind was strongest part of his game , not his shots. He was perfect for Agassi- the best baseliner next to Nadal,, Roger is best all court player, and Sampras best serve and volleyer. Novak is second best to all categories ( serve and volleyer, baseliner ) but on any given day can beat any one. If he keeps going like he has for next 4 years he will win half of the 4 slams a year and have the chance to surpass them all proving you don’t have to be the best at one type of playing,just be solid as a rock from all parts of the court almost like Evert who should’ve had her serve and volley of 1985 on from 1975 and on if she had she would’ve won 30slam titles. It was in her because she did develop that level from Summer of 1984 on then age became her downfall in 1987 but still had days when she was better than ever. Often it’s your competition that forces one to improve and for Chris it was Martina. All of 83 and 84 were spent improving and it paid off. Gilbert’s advice here is perfect for club player. Playing 3 x a week is necessary to maintain that consistency and 4 x a week one can really improve. It’s all in teaching the body the timing and it comes only with frequent practice.
And you can aim short, so your ball runs off the side of the court. Novak is the best returner in the game...that's his weapon...also has a very good serve.
Good coach but wrong about Federer recovering during the swing. Fed is old school and dwells on the shot longer than any other pro. He knows the importance of finishing the shot correctly every time.
Well they all like to hit it waist high ideally that's where the ball's most juicy they don't want to take it when it's up high or too low you want to try to move your positioning so you can take that ball at waste time right in your zone
Because that's where the lowest part of the net is a top pro told me I want to hit almost all your shots Cross Court why is that because the center of the next the lowest and that's the highest percentage the most consistent player usually ends up being the winner
Yeah the pros have patterns like you're talking about and I really never been on the pro circuit but that's where you want to hit behind the opponent once you get him going one way so they're cookie cutter patterns three one stuff like that all the top pro stuff patterns
Yeah I'm starting to pick it up how you hit the ball now at first I just didn't understand how you hit so flat and you doesn't seem like you're putting a lot of spit on the ball but if you look up it close now I could see that it contact point how you have that racket face slightly closed at contact point when you hit the top spin for in the backhand but when you take the racket back it seems like you have it wide Open like you're going to hit the ball flat but you're not you're applying top speed on the ball and then when you move in close that's when you hit it flat cuz that's more of an attack shot so you hit through the ball like Connor's like right into a corner so you know good players like me they can pick up what you're doing and what your favorite shots are like you like to go Cross Court into the corner that's your bread and butter so you're starting to see what the opponent likes to do and what he's trying to avoid so we go through the opponents favorite shot first and we try to beat him at his favorite shot because if we take out the guy's Best shot it's got nowhere to go the rest of the match and his confidence just drops straight out
Some american: Rafeal Nädaaaaall ... he is the best me: who? Some american: Rafeal Nädaaaaall! Did you never heard of him. He is currently the Nr.1 in the world. me: Nop, you are sorry dude. Who ever this player is, he is definitely not the current Nr.1. The Nr.1 is Rafael Nadal Some american: That's what I said. Rafeaallll Nädaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallll. me: oh boy ...
@@scottg9206 Yes, bud, I speak several languages. You should always try to mimick the native speaker, and for commentators who are on the tour for decades there is no excuse to mispronounce a top3 goat player's name. Just like commentators learned, at least to some extent, how to pronounce Đoković's name, why wouldn't they try with as much of the tour as possible, it is their job after all.
Brad is no nonsence , pin pointed to the masses , club play , Academy tennis it is not , who cares any way . Beautiful production , solid info . If you listen to Tim Mayotts and his know it all BS ,plus he`s a putz . Brad knows his subjects and gets straight to the point . Also like the Kool in the school thing ! Yeah Gilbert is kool . Best regards Tobin Fenn
Brad played in the 80's and 90's and was ranked top 4 in the world !!! beat So many great players so you might not like his shots but he made the most of what he had
@@transklutz Playing guys that hit like that is a nightmare. It makes me wonder why top players use so much top spin these days -- it makes the ball much easier to return.
Brad won his millions in the 80s and 90s (And prize money wAs not as big as now). He started tennis with a wooden racket. Finished his career with modern ones. This eastern grip with flat forehands was from the days of wood. Brad was also known for his lack of power but played with the best tennis brain. And he beat many younger players who spun lots with western grips with his brain. If he was still young and used his smarts, he'd still be beating power hungry players with some updates to his strokes. As a smart coach, he was the one who turned Agassi from an under achiever into the multiple grand slam winner that he was.
Jimmy Connors beat a lot of guys who had big topspin games, hitting the ball absolutely flat, or even with a little back spin. He played Agassi twice, when Jimmy was 36 and Andre was about 20. The first match went for three tough sets, Andre pulling it out in the end. The second was at the US Open, and Andre won in FIVE sets. Jimmy won one set 6-0. And Jimmy was 5'10 with a slow serve. Someone will discover flat shots again, and make them part of his game to good effect.
Who's "Ruh-phee- L" Nadal?? I guess you must be "brrrohd Gueel-behrt" then. Try "Rah-fa-ehl" Moral of the story? Practice your pronunciation, not only your tennis!
How can you not love Brad Gilbert? He’s such a character and he’s very intelligent.
Brad is a gift to tennis. Makes instruction easy to understand and always emphasizes the relevance. He has had a huge impact on recreational tennis players from everywhere.
Brad has very nice book "Win Ugly" - it is entertaining and quite eye opening. Most of us - club or recreational players think 98 % about improving our technique, and 2 % of shot choice, not even coming to the strategy or "the game plan" (all from book :). Yes this book opens your eyes and makes tennis more interesting as you not only exercise and play with muscle, you turn on your brain (though it is challenging to do right and not start to overthink everything). Great simple video on important basics
How to take away the other guy's game. The book covers: How to play your strengths to his weaknesses, how to get him to make errors, How to raise your game on the "hidden ad points", and what are some weaknesses to look for. He also tells some great anecdotes about his favorite moments on court.
Brad's groundstrokes are classical groundstrokes. The same as Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Chris Evert, and Martina Navratilova. They may not be what you are accustomed to in the modern game, but they are certainly not what I would call ugly.
I guess all of America started to watch that guy's videos and since those years professional and really skilled tennis in states completely died.
This is THE best condensed singles match strategy vid on here. No contest!!
yes, but the finisher is anything but easy, lol. He says easy, then goes on to explain many of the reasons it isn't easy.
I loved your book, Mr. Gilbert. It's helped me beat a whole bunch of guys with prettier strokes than mine!
Yeah that's what I was doing 20 years ago when I was winning the tournaments at the club level I was doing exactly what you're teaching right now and I kept it very simple I wasn't thinking at all I was just hitting cross through the center with margin of error and I just out consisted at everybody unless you are a professional tennis player I was going to beat you and that's how I won the rancho Aurora indoors two times finally a professional took me out
i'm reading "open". great job on Agassi!!!!!!!!!
Not sure what the hate is about brad is a good guy and a smart coach
Great communication of basic advice. Appreciate the differing advice for club vs pro level players.
Right you better recover back to the middle really fast because if you get caught that Court's wide open
This was a really great lesson on how to use the I formation, very easy to follow. You rarely see it being used at the recreational level but it should be implemented more often. Thanks!
thanks for the video. shalom from Israel
Yeah club players like me don't think about patterns we're not good enough so we're getting we're thinking about Cross Court and through the center of that Court keep it low with keeping a margin of error like you see in the top pros they have lag in their forearm hand and back hand and they do things that are trying to promote even more power but there is a power consistency trade-off whereas if the club player attempts to add more power most cases will end up hitting it out
When I was a kid watching Brad played on TV he always quite , I never realized he can talk so interesting.
Great video!
You hold racquet different form Aggassi, Sampras, Chang, Courier, Roger, Nadal, Djokovic, Muarry, Roddick,......
He chokes up a little but that also keeps his racket head up above the wrist at all times.
Right you don't want to sit there and admire how great your shot was you want to recover and get back to the center of your shots but remember the center of the court is always dividing your opponent and you so it whatever you have to split the court in two so that you're in the middle of the two possible angles of return of your opponent so when your opponent moves you have to move over with them so this the center of the Court changes all the time the center is the center of your opponent's too possible angles of return and where you want to be is in the center of those two possible angles return so you want to divide the court into
Right percentage tennis they usually hit Cross Court low through the center deep in a 4x4 Target zone this is because even the pros want a little bit of margin for air percentage tennis is the key again especially if the opponent is hitting deep balls
Yeah that's the big shot for Agassi and you like to hit that run around for and reverse Cross Court right in the corner especially if you notice the ball coming in short that's one of your juicy moves so this another one of your favorites you like to hit that run around top spin for you reverse Cross Court right deep into the guys back and corner another one of your favorite shots is when the ball comes a little bit short you come in take it from a high position and hit it flat and straight through that ball right in the corner so like a Jimmy Connors so now I'm seeing a couple shots where you will run around your back hand in anytime you see that the ball's not really deep that pins you into the corner hit that back in because you like to hit that forehand top spin or flat shot coming in because that is your bread and butter so when I'm looking at your game I'm already making assessments right now of what I've got to avoid what I've got to do to beat you and what my court strategy is going to have to be but that's not going to be easy because you have very great approach shots that are deep into the corners and penetrating flat and then you've got top spin reverse cross courts going deep into the backhand corner which are going to keep me pinned back so this is where I have to go to work
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Yeah what you're doing is you move in so you can take the ball in a higher position so you can hit it flat and you really cave it in like Jimmy Connors right into the corner and that's a really effective shot
You don’t recover to the middle when you don’t play into the middle of the court.
Unless your Evert , his advice is great. Chris hit deeper and closer to the lines and often hit behind the player recovering to the middle after hitting from the corner. Evert watched her opponents feet and varied the length and angle to change their contact point and when their feet did not move well and force an unforced error or she had an open court . The run around forehand winner better be a good one, no pushing because your leaving a huge part of your court open. Gilbert is a master of making , forcing your opponent to hit more shots per point, more chances for opponent to miss. His mind was strongest part of his game , not his shots. He was perfect for Agassi- the best baseliner next to Nadal,, Roger is best all court player, and Sampras best serve and volleyer. Novak is second best to all categories ( serve and volleyer, baseliner ) but on any given day can beat any one. If he keeps going like he has for next 4 years he will win half of the 4 slams a year and have the chance to surpass them all proving you don’t have to be the best at one type of playing,just be solid as a rock from all parts of the court almost like Evert who should’ve had her serve and volley of 1985 on from 1975 and on if she had she would’ve won 30slam titles. It was in her because she did develop that level from Summer of 1984 on then age became her downfall in 1987 but still had days when she was better than ever. Often it’s your competition that forces one to improve and for Chris it was Martina. All of 83 and 84 were spent improving and it paid off. Gilbert’s advice here is perfect for club player. Playing 3 x a week is necessary to maintain that consistency and 4 x a week one can really improve. It’s all in teaching the body the timing and it comes only with frequent practice.
And you can aim short, so your ball runs off the side of the court. Novak is the best returner in the game...that's his weapon...also has a very good serve.
nice!
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Don't stare at your good shots is a great tip. It's easy to get distracted from their return shot by staring at the great shot you just hit.
"signing autographs"
Whats with that conti grip for the 1 hand Backhand?
Low key excellent
Great video!
Thanks for the shout out leebasebal11. Good luck with your game!
Thanks for the shout out leebaseball11. Good luck with your game!
Good coach but wrong about Federer recovering during the swing. Fed is old school and dwells on the shot longer than any other pro. He knows the importance of finishing the shot correctly every time.
BG's got a nice fearhand.
Good enough to beat a disgruntled Johnny Mac or Becker XD
Well they all like to hit it waist high ideally that's where the ball's most juicy they don't want to take it when it's up high or too low you want to try to move your positioning so you can take that ball at waste time right in your zone
Because that's where the lowest part of the net is a top pro told me I want to hit almost all your shots Cross Court why is that because the center of the next the lowest and that's the highest percentage the most consistent player usually ends up being the winner
The guy in the black has textbook ground strokes!
Lol! 👏🏾😂
great
Yeah the pros have patterns like you're talking about and I really never been on the pro circuit but that's where you want to hit behind the opponent once you get him going one way so they're cookie cutter patterns three one stuff like that all the top pro stuff patterns
not bad on the basics, but the yellow in the corner is VERY misleading...
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Why it is not subscribing?
It is a payed channel, you cant sub on those channels
Yeah you're moving back and forth on that baseline and of course up and back and if he comes in too tight on that net you're going to love them lob
Yeah I'm starting to pick it up how you hit the ball now at first I just didn't understand how you hit so flat and you doesn't seem like you're putting a lot of spit on the ball but if you look up it close now I could see that it contact point how you have that racket face slightly closed at contact point when you hit the top spin for in the backhand but when you take the racket back it seems like you have it wide Open like you're going to hit the ball flat but you're not you're applying top speed on the ball and then when you move in close that's when you hit it flat cuz that's more of an attack shot so you hit through the ball like Connor's like right into a corner so you know good players like me they can pick up what you're doing and what your favorite shots are like you like to go Cross Court into the corner that's your bread and butter so you're starting to see what the opponent likes to do and what he's trying to avoid so we go through the opponents favorite shot first and we try to beat him at his favorite shot because if we take out the guy's Best shot it's got nowhere to go the rest of the match and his confidence just drops straight out
Inside out
Some american: Rafeal Nädaaaaall ... he is the best
me: who?
Some american: Rafeal Nädaaaaall! Did you never heard of him. He is currently the Nr.1 in the world.
me: Nop, you are sorry dude. Who ever this player is, he is definitely not the current Nr.1. The Nr.1 is Rafael Nadal
Some american: That's what I said. Rafeaallll Nädaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallll.
me: oh boy ...
Michael Enns maybe you didn’t know but in America they speak a different language called english
wtf are you talking about..
@@scottg9206 In every language you respect the pronunciation of the original language. Americans just don't care for such acts of respect.
Chris Chance do you speak any languages besides English bud? I hate to break it to you but you probably have an accent in that language.
@@scottg9206 Yes, bud, I speak several languages. You should always try to mimick the native speaker, and for commentators who are on the tour for decades there is no excuse to mispronounce a top3 goat player's name. Just like commentators learned, at least to some extent, how to pronounce Đoković's name, why wouldn't they try with as much of the tour as possible, it is their job after all.
you are wrong, nadal plays from the moon, not just 3 meters off the baseline!
You are wrong about where Federer stands. He stands nearly on the baseline, not that far behind
interesting
Brad is no nonsence , pin pointed to the masses , club play , Academy tennis it is not , who cares any way . Beautiful production , solid info . If you listen to Tim Mayotts and his know it all BS ,plus he`s a putz . Brad knows his subjects and gets straight to the point . Also like the Kool in the school thing ! Yeah Gilbert is kool . Best regards Tobin Fenn
Dont like the way you hold the raquet and your swings look stiff sorry... the strategies make sense though.
Brad grew up playing in the 60's and 70's. The more western forehands didn't gain popularity until the 80's.
Yea, but he really puts his weight into the shot, which is what counts.
Brad played in the 80's and 90's and was ranked top 4 in the world !!! beat So many great players so you might not like his shots but he made the most of what he had
@@transklutz Playing guys that hit like that is a nightmare. It makes me wonder why top players use so much top spin these days -- it makes the ball much easier to return.
@@Dubinski2382 It doesn't though...
Watching this in 2029 , still relevant
you cant really win the baseline rallies with this kind of swing style when everyone is hitting with topspin
he'd run you off the court with his placement
Brad won his millions in the 80s and 90s (And prize money wAs not as big as now). He started tennis with a wooden racket. Finished his career with modern ones. This eastern grip with flat forehands was from the days of wood.
Brad was also known for his lack of power but played with the best tennis brain. And he beat many younger players who spun lots with western grips with his brain. If he was still young and used his smarts, he'd still be beating power hungry players with some updates to his strokes.
As a smart coach, he was the one who turned Agassi from an under achiever into the multiple grand slam winner that he was.
keep in mind this video is maybe 15 years old. The strategy is applicable anytime. Stroke technique has obviously changed with the equipment advances.
Jimmy Connors beat a lot of guys who had big topspin games, hitting the ball absolutely flat, or even with a little back spin. He played Agassi twice, when Jimmy was 36 and Andre was about 20. The first match went for three tough sets, Andre pulling it out in the end. The second was at the US Open, and Andre won in FIVE sets. Jimmy won one set 6-0. And Jimmy was 5'10 with a slow serve. Someone will discover flat shots again, and make them part of his game to good effect.
You missed the point of this lesson, topspin has nothing to do with it.
That's the way you turn me
Your swing style is obsolete.
Samuel Iam Noone knows. We would have to play to tell.
Samuel Iam I didnt say you cant win with an obsolete style swing. 🤓
And you still wouldn't get a game off him
his1ojd I already answered that.
but it needed repeating
He is honestly so bad
Micah Dornbusch No he isn’t. He played on the pro tour for many years and coached Andre Agassi
I wish I was so bad that I could win ten points in a row against one of the greatest players of all time...(the first ten points on this video)
Who's "Ruh-phee- L" Nadal?? I guess you must be "brrrohd Gueel-behrt" then. Try "Rah-fa-ehl" Moral of the story? Practice your pronunciation, not only your tennis!