This lesson was right out of the John McEnroe play book. I hope players watching the start of this video appreciate the control both Nick and Karla demonstrated in the warm up drill. The ability to control and place your volley or ground stroke is more important than pace. I use this drill to start team practice. Karla demonstrated a high skill level on her volley. She is definitely a serious player.
I like it Nik when say to your students “it’s so simple” you simply give them so much energy to try and work harder… what a teacher and tennis professional 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Wow, what awesome teaching on a very difficult (advanced) shot, and within minutes you got her to master it! And, I do have to say I was very impressed with you Nik for your demonstration several times of executing that shot! Pretty cool!
I only managed to do a HUGE backspin dropshot with my frame once. That worked very well! Actually most my frame shot worked pretty well. I just have to make sure they are inside the court😂
0:52 - Backspin dropshot demonstration 1:44 - Volley vs dropshot practice 2:35 - Opening face too much = framing 2:50 - Faster balls are easier to create backspin on 4:57 - Backspin dropshot instructions 6:56 - Backspin dropshot demonstration
I always did that backspin volley all the time before when I didn’t know how to volley 😂 now I’m gonna start using it again since I can volley better on my bh
Hello, Coach! Can you cover the topic about practicing tennis strokes alone with tennis ball on a rubber string (these devices are getting popular during the pandemy). Thx for advance!
Can you please make a video on the summary of the forehand with the lag the slice the topspin and all the possible tips you know? Just explain it in brief. The ultimate tutorial to be honest. It would be the most viewed tennis tutorial and it will be super useful for new and regular players who want to get better to go pro or simply have more fun and stop missing every shot. And after each tip add like a court level shot for explanation. Idk if you can or want to and it is totally your own free will but Im trying to give you a useful idea for all the help you are giving us. :)
Don't want to give my opinion but i cant help but think and mention that it can be so easily underestimated how important this lesson is. Its one of those examples for one of the most natural lessons (tennis or otherwise - even metephorically) to understand and push to understand the possibilities and capabilities of human dynamics and sensitivity keeping a seemingly not so simple yet intentional goal in mind and execution through simplification. Thank you for this video. Beautiful lesson! Your students are lucky to have a teacher to spend time with them like this and capable of this kind of understanding. Again im sorry about making you a bit self-conscious but I just couldn't help it this time and while the comment may seem too exaggerated, it is not because it is true.( All words - bla bla bla, but you know that ofcourse)
When you say absorbed I thought it meant your body absorbs the shot and your hand or wrist just guides the ball. That’s why I noticed thats why she’s moving into the ball more.
I've not tried the backspin drop shot yet but I guess what I'd tell her is to try to be more sharp on the ball, in the sense that you don't treat it as 'mildly' as on a regular drop shot, there is less contact on the backspin, and you need as little 'empathy' on the ball as possible in order to generate the back spin, so your contact period is shorter than on a regular drop shot, but still, remember not to hit it, you as if need to protect yourself against the ball, but in a very sophisticated way so it manages to come back over the net. Imagine the ball is on fire, but you are not allowerd to hit it, and you want to protect your racket too. so you give it as little contact as possible, and sharply drop it over the net. that's the feeling I have about it. Actually the word "absorb" covers my lengthy explanation perfectly, it's just it might be difficult to grasp the meaning at the first try of this shot. If my gut is wrong, tell me please :-)
Hey I have a question, when you load for a slice or a drop shot, does the racquet begin as closed and does it become open at contact and follow through?
You should not try this much backspin on the forehand side. The fundamental of the volley requires keeping the angle between forearm and upper arm. The shoulder joint on the forehand side couldn’t rotate the way on the backhand side.
And I am playing in a pickle ball tournament tomorrow I know it’s Sunday and Hardest shot you have to do is drop shot into the kitchen from the baseline. It’s so hard for me because as a tennis player I want to hit it hard back to the person but when I do it pops up and then the other person just slams it on me. I told my tennis coach today that I needed to learn how to have soft hands in tennis so I can hopefully apply it to Pickleball I don’t know how this is going to go but I hope it goes well I just find it funny that this video came up when I’m going to do it with my tennis coach today.
Hitting a hard third shot in pickleball to get a net approach is totally fine. It just needs to be low across the net, preferably with topspin so it dips in on them. Definitely a little riskier than a third shot drop, but if your third shot drop isn't consistent you can pop it up for them to smash just as easily.
I imagine baseline drop shotting into the kitchen is probably one of the harder shots of pickleball. Maybe just go for a higher percentage drive down the middle, keeping it as low as you safely can.
Hello Nik. In the first sequence of Teaching Karla How to Hit a Backspin Drop Shot the two of you rally for some minutes hitting both ground strokes and volleys. In well over 90% of all shots played by both of you in the sequence you each have only one foot on the ground at the exact moment that you make contact with the ball. Sometimes the left foot, sometimes the right. Sometimes the front foot, sometimes the back foot. Sometimes the inside foot, sometimes the outside foot. But always only one foot on the ground in over 90% of the shots played at the exact moment of contact. Nik, could you please comment on this. Thanks.
Hello Nik. Thank you very much for your prompt reply. A very helpful and informative lesson. Much appreciated. Nik, is there a similar lesson explaining the striking of the ball off one leg for the backhand groundstroke. Thanks.
Hello Nik. Once again, thanks for your prompt reply in hitting the backhand off one foot. Really helpful. Thanks. Also, I have just seen your UA-cam on your father. I lost my mother in January. Please accept my sympathies for your loss. Nik, do you have a lesson on striking volleys off one foot. Thanks.
Further to what Nik explains in the video, this is also the one time you are allowed to reach over the net to hit the ball. If you're on the receiving end of one of these extreme backspin shots, and it has bounced on your side of the court and has gone back over the net, you are allowed to reach over the net (to your opponent's side) and put it away ... if you can get there of course :)
Seeing all these pickleball court lines on nearly every tennis court around me is concerning. My local courts just lost 6 tennis courts to make 12 pickleball ones, and now we're down to 3. I hope tennis sticks around.
Same thing happening at our local courts. Plus, they bring tools to lower the net and finish without putting the net back to proper tennis height. Drives me nuts.
The reason why it took your student a long time to get it, on top of not being able to do it as well as you, is because your explanation is completely wrong. You tell her to swing downwards, but if you look at your own technique in slow motion, it's obvious that you go forward more than down. I'd say in average your swing is going 60% forward and 40% downwards. Your racket angle, which is dictacting the swing path, was at about 55° if we assume that the racket is at 0° when being perpendicular to the floor.
Related: How to hit a drop shot 👉 ua-cam.com/video/HUAdy9xs0TQ/v-deo.html
This lesson was right out of the John McEnroe play book. I hope players watching the start of this video appreciate the control both Nick and Karla demonstrated in the warm up drill. The ability to control and place your volley or ground stroke is more important than pace. I use this drill to start team practice. Karla demonstrated a high skill level on her volley. She is definitely a serious player.
I like it Nik when say to your students “it’s so simple” you simply give them so much energy to try and work harder… what a teacher and tennis professional 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Goood shabbesssss from Jerusalem, Israel
@@danielahoubim3673 *SHALOM* Daniel!
From the Bahamas.
That control you have is insane. I’ll definitely add this shot to my practice. Thanks for another great video.
this is great. "its so simple, carla!" thats motivation enough to get it right. your perseverance got her through.
I want to see Karla vs. Shamir with Nick commenting. I think it would be a great match :D
Yeah, would love to see that too
This channel has a lot of great ideas, but this comment is up there. Make it happen Karla, Shamir and Nic, would love to see it!
Great video. Been waiting for someone to break the shot down clearly and effectively. Thank you Nik.
Ooooh, would love to see more of these specialty shots. Definitely going to try to work this in.
Wow, what awesome teaching on a very difficult (advanced) shot, and within minutes you got her to master it! And, I do have to say I was very impressed with you Nik for your demonstration several times of executing that shot! Pretty cool!
You are such a great coach nick!
U have seriously good hands nick 👍
I am happy for her. and the mentor was there for her too. great lecon
This is a beautiful shot and a wonderful tutorial. This is intuitive. 🙌😊.
This is awesome. Thanks so much for explaining it so clearly. Super quality content! Liked and subscribed!
I only managed to do a HUGE backspin dropshot with my frame once. That worked very well! Actually most my frame shot worked pretty well. I just have to make sure they are inside the court😂
Wow Carla has really solid volleys 🙌🔥
Was able to do it after watching this video. Great teaching. Lots of fun to hit.
0:52 - Backspin dropshot demonstration
1:44 - Volley vs dropshot practice
2:35 - Opening face too much = framing
2:50 - Faster balls are easier to create backspin on
4:57 - Backspin dropshot instructions
6:56 - Backspin dropshot demonstration
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This is so good！
I always did that backspin volley all the time before when I didn’t know how to volley 😂 now I’m gonna start using it again since I can volley better on my bh
Hello, Coach! Can you cover the topic about practicing tennis strokes alone with tennis ball on a rubber string (these devices are getting popular during the pandemy). Thx for advance!
Beautiful tennis lesson! Thanks.
Great control , great lesson thks
8:37 Who else cheered for Karla! Woo hoo! 💯 💥 🤩
We out here learning "Specialty Shots" this Summer.
Can you please make a video on the summary of the forehand with the lag the slice the topspin and all the possible tips you know? Just explain it in brief. The ultimate tutorial to be honest. It would be the most viewed tennis tutorial and it will be super useful for new and regular players who want to get better to go pro or simply have more fun and stop missing every shot. And after each tip add like a court level shot for explanation. Idk if you can or want to and it is totally your own free will but Im trying to give you a useful idea for all the help you are giving us. :)
Awesome, and Thanks for another great video!
At last😎😎😎Go Carla go!!!
Don't want to give my opinion but i cant help but think and mention that it can be so easily underestimated how important this lesson is. Its one of those examples for one of the most natural lessons (tennis or otherwise - even metephorically) to understand and push to understand the possibilities and capabilities of human dynamics and sensitivity keeping a seemingly not so simple yet intentional goal in mind and execution through simplification. Thank you for this video. Beautiful lesson! Your students are lucky to have a teacher to spend time with them like this and capable of this kind of understanding. Again im sorry about making you a bit self-conscious but I just couldn't help it this time and while the comment may seem too exaggerated, it is not because it is true.( All words - bla bla bla, but you know that ofcourse)
Dude this was enjoyable and insanely deep opinion. Thank you!!!!
Do you play tennis?
@@leonardobraynen1524 do you play tennis?
@@Trumpet9406 yes i do. Am also a coach
Great lesson :)
What camera do you use to shoot your vids?
When you say absorbed I thought it meant your body absorbs the shot and your hand or wrist just guides the ball. That’s why I noticed thats why she’s moving into the ball more.
Not the body- the racket strings.
Awesome!!
I've not tried the backspin drop shot yet but I guess what I'd tell her is to try to be more sharp on the ball, in the sense that you don't treat it as 'mildly' as on a regular drop shot, there is less contact on the backspin, and you need as little 'empathy' on the ball as possible in order to generate the back spin, so your contact period is shorter than on a regular drop shot, but still, remember not to hit it, you as if need to protect yourself against the ball, but in a very sophisticated way so it manages to come back over the net. Imagine the ball is on fire, but you are not allowerd to hit it, and you want to protect your racket too. so you give it as little contact as possible, and sharply drop it over the net. that's the feeling I have about it. Actually the word "absorb" covers my lengthy explanation perfectly, it's just it might be difficult to grasp the meaning at the first try of this shot. If my gut is wrong, tell me please :-)
Hey I have a question, when you load for a slice or a drop shot, does the racquet begin as closed and does it become open at contact and follow through?
Just for a reference what would Karla's level on the scale be, 4.0 ?
On women’s side she is a 5.0
@@ericliu2708 Thanks. Sorry Carla :) Didn't mean to under rate. I was just unaware.
@@xabirocks6913 hahaha more than fine :)
Hey Nik, would love to see a mixed doubles match between you, Karla, Anna and Shamir for doubles strategy and entertainment ofcourse|
Nah...Nick is way too much advanced...And Anna is still a beginner
Hey nikola what string pattern do u suggest im a beginner to intermediate player 16x19 or 18x20
_ **If you do it more powerful with more backspin, you can even do the Drop-shot to the Baseline and trick the opponent.**
Nice Nik. How about on forehand side? Can we do the same technic to have back spin?
Hmm I am interested in this as well. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it done on a forehand but I’m very new to tennis
Yes but it’s more difficult
@@IntuitiveTennis would love to see you do it and teach us Nik.
You should not try this much backspin on the forehand side. The fundamental of the volley requires keeping the angle between forearm and upper arm. The shoulder joint on the forehand side couldn’t rotate the way on the backhand side.
@@ericliu2708 would it put more pressure on the wrist?
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I want to watch Carla play a match. Could you video one for us to watch?
It's very easy to do this with an Eastern FH grip
Hello Nik.
Do you have a lesson on striking volleys off one foot.
Thanks.
Hello Nik.
Do you have a lesson on hitting volleys off one foot.
Thanks.
Hello Nik.
Do you have a lesson on striking volleys off one foot.
Thanks.
Hello Nik.
Do you have a lesson on striking volleys off one foot.
Thanks.
She has a nice forehand.
And I am playing in a pickle ball tournament tomorrow I know it’s Sunday and Hardest shot you have to do is drop shot into the kitchen from the baseline.
It’s so hard for me because as a tennis player I want to hit it hard back to the person but when I do it pops up and then the other person just slams it on me.
I told my tennis coach today that I needed to learn how to have soft hands in tennis so I can hopefully apply it to Pickleball I don’t know how this is going to go but I hope it goes well I just find it funny that this video came up when I’m going to do it with my tennis coach today.
Hitting a hard third shot in pickleball to get a net approach is totally fine. It just needs to be low across the net, preferably with topspin so it dips in on them. Definitely a little riskier than a third shot drop, but if your third shot drop isn't consistent you can pop it up for them to smash just as easily.
I imagine baseline drop shotting into the kitchen is probably one of the harder shots of pickleball. Maybe just go for a higher percentage drive down the middle, keeping it as low as you safely can.
She is very competitive ,I can tell you that 😂
Nice player
Looks like I could mask this technique too with this video 😂.
My tennis buddies hate me when I do this shot in tight moments.
Hello Nik.
In Teaching Karla How to Hit a Backspin
Hello Nik.
In the first sequence of Teaching Karla How to Hit a Backspin Drop Shot the two of you rally for some minutes hitting both ground strokes and volleys. In well over 90% of all shots played by both of you in the sequence you each have only one foot on the ground at the exact moment that you make contact with the ball. Sometimes the left foot, sometimes the right. Sometimes the front foot, sometimes the back foot. Sometimes the inside foot, sometimes the outside foot. But always only one foot on the ground in over 90% of the shots played at the exact moment of contact.
Nik, could you please comment on this.
Thanks.
ua-cam.com/video/O2Bb1JA1ajA/v-deo.html
Hello Nik.
Thank you very much for your prompt reply. A very helpful and informative lesson. Much appreciated. Nik, is there a similar lesson explaining the striking of the ball off one leg for the backhand groundstroke. Thanks.
@@markmurray7043 sure ua-cam.com/video/bGxhbeEyg_A/v-deo.html
Hello Nik.
Once again, thanks for your prompt reply in hitting the backhand off one foot. Really helpful. Thanks.
Also, I have just seen your UA-cam on your father. I lost my mother in January. Please accept my sympathies for your loss.
Nik, do you have a lesson on striking volleys off one foot.
Thanks.
-It's super easy.
-LIAAAAAAAAAR!!!
With repetition f course it does
I accidentally did that shot once and we didn’t know how to score it.
Now you do.
Further to what Nik explains in the video, this is also the one time you are allowed to reach over the net to hit the ball. If you're on the receiving end of one of these extreme backspin shots, and it has bounced on your side of the court and has gone back over the net, you are allowed to reach over the net (to your opponent's side) and put it away ... if you can get there of course :)
Yet another kitten.. Man you're teaching backspin?? Sick!!👍👍
Seeing all these pickleball court lines on nearly every tennis court around me is concerning. My local courts just lost 6 tennis courts to make 12 pickleball ones, and now we're down to 3. I hope tennis sticks around.
It is very concerning. It’s happening here as well
Same thing happening at our local courts. Plus, they bring tools to lower the net and finish without putting the net back to proper tennis height. Drives me nuts.
What in the WORLD is *PICKLEBALL??!*
I thought THIS court was strictly a practice court breaking down movement and shots
@@leonardobraynen1524 ua-cam.com/video/9ckxPu34c-Q/v-deo.html
@0:53 Dirty & Sick all at the same time. 😳😯🤭😮
The reason why it took your student a long time to get it, on top of not being able to do it as well as you, is because your explanation is completely wrong. You tell her to swing downwards, but if you look at your own technique in slow motion, it's obvious that you go forward more than down. I'd say in average your swing is going 60% forward and 40% downwards. Your racket angle, which is dictacting the swing path, was at about 55° if we assume that the racket is at 0° when being perpendicular to the floor.
Too clean...
Karla looks beautiful. Yo are so lucky.
Does this guy only coach women?
no