Nick vs Felipe Match Play Test (2 Sets) | 10-Day Tennis Transformation EP8
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- Опубліковано 28 гру 2023
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In episode 8 of the 10-day tennis transformation, I play two sets with Felipe to test his level and warm him up with tennis wall target drills.
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10-Day Tennis Transformation
Episodes 1-8
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Loving the energy levels, the hard work, the dedication and all the details that come with these principles. I wish at times that I lived in Florida.
All the best Nik. I consider myself very lucky to be in the same universe that has you as a tennis coach.
Cheers,
M
I love being reminded of what an absolute monster coach Nikola is, seeing him hit on the wall was poetry in motion
Have you seen that video of him hitting on the basketball backboard?
Nick would get destroyed by any current division 1 player or atp pro
@@Charmander009 okay and? That doesn’t mean he’s not a high level player, he’d destroy you and the vast majority of players. Very few people would be able to beat him.
Considering roughly 87 million people play tennis, the fact that only a few thousand people can beat him is a very impressive achievement indeed
@@michael.a.m yeah that video is awesome, he makes it look so easy
@Maxray20 no way 😱
Next you're gonna tell me I wouldn't take a game off Djokovic 😭
Felipe shanking the return at 5:37 and screaming "ah vai tomar no **". That's priceless!
17:39 too! 🤣🤣
I don’t even wanna know what that means 🤬😂😩
Congrats to Felipe on his improvement. Watching the series up to this point you can see how intense the training with Nick can get.
Two more episodes to go!
4 more
@@IntuitiveTennis Nice I thought it would be one episode per day so it is great to even have more!
Learn a lot from your videos Nik, lots of technical tips balanced with awareness of mental mindset affecting play. Excellent assessment of play overall. Best online coach by far. I'm 48 years old, 6 weeks new to tennis and my game has improved significantly since watching you. Keeping up with 20 year + experienced players. Hopefully social tournament ready/confident in 6 months time. Thank you!
Fun watch guys, thanks so much! Felipe, your forehand was very solid with very few errors until later in the second set. I agree with Nik, some really confident attacking forehands and your backhand was excellent. Your forehand is your sword and your backhand is your shield and you definitely played with that type of mind set. I thought that your serve looked really good when you stayed aggressive with your swing. Definitely noticed that when you faulted on second serves your racquet decelerated and caused timing and contact problems. In the second set it looked like your toss was more erratic on first serves, too many tosses on top of your head instead of more in front. I feel your pain as many do. When I’m having problems with my serve it definitely starts to affect the rest of my game negatively as well. Really impressive play overall! Keep running the hard yards, it’s looks like it’s paying off!
i really love the way Nick is playing especially forehand attack in mid-court . he makes those shots looks really easy but actually they are a nightmare to hit with both consistency and power.
As an outside observer who watched the early episodes, Felipe's forehands have become so much cleaner - it's really obvious!
Despite the double faults, I thought his second serve kicks also improved.
Great work! Those drills paid off. I'm even a bit jaleous 😂
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This was a great watch. Nikola's serve is great to watch, so consistent and powerful. Courts and weather look amazing too! Florida seems to be a great place for tennis.
Great place for tennis 💯
Great content Nik! I love hitting against the wall, though I rarely see anyone else doing it any more 😢. Thanks for reminding folks how it’s done! Felipe played great but Nik, though your serve started a little slow, once it got warmed up it was 🔥 After a few games into the second set I was feeling sorry for Felipe when you were serving. Very nice! Tons of great forehands, you returned really well, and I even saw the two hander sneak out a couple times. I remember one rally in particular when Felipe had you in the backhand cage and your two hander was so solid you were able to get back onto your forehand and eventually win the point. I’m sure that slice backhand up the line felt pretty good too. Bravo sir! You definitely still got it!
Thank you. Yeah it takes a few games for my shoulder to loosen up and I can serve a tad faster.
Nick, you are a very good teacher. You see the details and know how to correct it. Hope one day can meet you and do as Felipe did: 10 days classes with you.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Great progression and right on assessment. 👍🎾
Nick doesn't even need to run to win the match. What an absolute beast.
Nice hustling Coach. You are clearly not that fast anymore, but always trying :)
Very true statement 😂
Coach Nick is much faster than it may appear😃 When your serves and returns and point constructions are so good and you can hit so clean, do you really need to run much🤔 Anyway, I agree that Felipe’s one handed BH is fantastic and his forehand was much more effective after just a few days of intense practice with Nick. This was another fun episode to watch.
Thank you 🙏
Nice Felip's one handed backhand! Can you teach us how you do it? is consistent, with angles, spin, etc
Sure 👉 ua-cam.com/video/KYGjXtr5Lys/v-deo.htmlsi=NclKS-2_nprr9riH
The first set until Camera died.... Another player completely different Congratulation Felipe!
The mind is a powerful driver in our game!!!
Forehand and serve have improved dramatically, totally impressed!
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Enjoyed watching you guys, It almost felt like watching a real atp match. Awsome improvments on Felipe's part. Way to go
ATP seniors, maybe? haha thanks for watching 🫶
It's amazing how Nick is able to adjust his level to simulate a competitive match. I have tried this for my lower level team mates, it's very hard!
Great Video, very good match by felipe, many high quality strokes, very few mistakes especially in the first set
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Big Improvement; no joke, no more gift to the opponent
wow who is this players, what a transformation in such a short amount of time!!! NIck not holding back on the big serve and forehand at time looked a little slow! well done Felipe keep working at it
Nick your returns were fantastic as far as keeping them deep down the middle and making Felipe hit those awkward balls. I find the same thing happens to me a ton, what is a way to adjust to so many returns right at the feet like that?
Here’s a short ua-cam.com/users/shortsmhCCXfpqLww?si=Uw7Wx4yHxSb06vqr
I’ll make a full length version
Imagine having a coach who plays this good, would be a pleasure, wp felipe too.
You read my mind man.
Cheers,
M
Felipe plays great tennis. It's funny how he starts speaking Portuguese in the angry moments. Keep going Felipe!
It turns out it’s a little too much Portuguese 🤬😂
Sure I liked the part he said: vai tomar no seu c...
Great progress by Felipe! His forehand is more dangerous now, as his backhand, second serve also improved! He can improve his first serve by bending elbow at finish to add a little more topspin to not miss long!
Can’t help but agree on that first set. Felipe was playing phenomenally well , so much so , I thought he might just beat you Nick. He sure looks like 5.0 to me. If he keeps getting better , and stays injury free , I would bet by the time he is 60 , he could be one of the best 60+ players in the country (discounting ex top pros of course).
How old is he and how long has he been playing?
He is 36 he’s been playing for about 10 years
Felipe is looking like a beast at times throughout the vid. One can clearly hear by the sound of the contact alone, that his weight of shot is tons heavier than before. His athletic ability and the dramatically increased intensity+precision of footwork starts to remind me of David Ferrer somehow. That "wall" type of movement combined with his fast, flat topspin whippiness can make him a SUPER nasty opponent to play against, if he gets his nerves under control al little bit more, I think. You'll be like "Damn, he gets everything and when he plants on a weak shot he can rip it, so I'm f***** !"
PS: Nice audio quality and aesthetically pleasing visuals on this video.
Thank you Mark
Day 3 was a key moment during our match in EP4, it unfortunately wasn’t mic’d, but after we had a serious talk Felipe’s fighting spirit and intensity shifted and it’s still with him to this day.
5:39 Nice cursing there. For those who don’t know Portuguese, after that horrible returning he started saying to himself “oh, get some up in your a$$”. 😂
Jesus, Felipe is killing me. I should have just cut out everything he yelled. 😂😂😩😩
Nick, any advice to practice return of the serve in the wall? Specially with top spin serve it's difficult to recreate it for me.
I am loving this series. Great improvement on Felipe' side and great training advice from you. Congratulations.
Thank you 🙏
Return of Serve on the Wall ua-cam.com/users/live_g0QvoikptY?si=-kZMLmNzoYKkKQ4z
I will give that a try. Thank you very much!
Much better game from Felipe
Improved a lot. I’d be focusing on efficiency (better footwork and poise over the ball) I.e. playing a little more relaxed while maintaining intensity. Will be hard to maintain form over 2 or 3 sets if that doesn’t happen.
What’s Felipe’s level, coach? Looks closer to 5.0 than 4.5.
I didn’t think his level would be this high when I was watching his lessons with you.
He plays a 5.0 in EP10
Hey Nick, I’m looking for some advice on my coaching. I’m wanting to incorporate more slow motion video analysis as well as comparison with pro examples to help my students develop their strokes. Obviously all the pros have fantastic technique but they have such different styles- what player(s) would you recommend I compare my students to that would best help them know where to improve on, especially for the major strokes (forehand, backhand, serve, etc)? Thanks!
Hey Joshua
Style vs Fundamentals is super important regarding coaching and especially video analysis. I spent years studying strokes to understand the important difference btw style and fundamentals. The research is simple but tedious: you look at what the best players do excactly the same and what they do differently. Of course you have to keep in mind that strokes can vary depending on the circumstances that players find themselves in. I’ve made some UA-cam vids on this topic (will make more) and of course this info is available for purchase on my website especially in my video analysis masterclass and coaching certification.
I think all of Felipe's shots have improved. He is a tough and strong player. I also think he rushes when he wants to win the points, maybe he gets nervous like we all do.
Why run with these small steps at 6:48?
Protecting my knee 😭
Nik, I see some coaches talk about on the forehand not necessarily hitting low to high, but AROUND?! The ball, which seems strange but they claim that that’s the more “Pro” style, what do you make of this?
Haven’t heard this, post a link (I won’t comment on it but I am curious)
I kakav je shift naspram starih driveova?
Lot of progress here Felipe. BH is a weapon. You have the master serve coach, just focus on serve and you will get many easier points. Rest of the game is in good shape except serve.
5:37 Esse aí é brasileiro mesmo kskkk
would love to see Felipe play Alec.
Nick I think Felipe's tactic is exactly like Rafa's. It's so simple yet so hard to counter which is hit heavy deep balls to the opponent's weaker stroke or backhand. Plus, Felipe's balls are so heavy and powerful, I saw you struggle a lot everytime he pulls out this tactic 😱
I struggle every time I’m pulled out wide for sure 😂😂😩😩
I disagree. Felipe's transformation between the match on days 1 and 5 is huge, especially new 2nd (kick) serve and creating pressure on Nick in rallies that hadn't happened before. The backhand lacks a follow through occasionally, but regardless a very good shot. The forehand seems more polished as it was the main thing to fix (footwork issues and not enough spin). In my eyes, he is a different player. Just don't know if you are honest with those 5 days. I'd guess something like a month of training to get there.
I think you made Felibe milosh you the first set 6-4
Felipe é brasileiro? hahah
10 in a roll 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, as clearly seen in the video evidence, the defendant, Felipe, won the first set 4 games to 3. 😂 Ciao Cacao! 😜
He played very well. His serve though needs lots of work. That pause after he tosses the ball is not good.
Felipe is so good at double faulting and beating himself not only with the serve but also off the ground. Tries to Andy roddick the first serve never goes in and then can’t make his second. Take off 20 percent pace on that first serve.
Felipe made a good choice in his life at least once...having Nick as coach.
Dude, Felipe’s one-hander is better than Tsitsipas’
Haha tsitsi has great backhand.
@@IntuitiveTennisDon’t you think his bh return is holding him back? It looks like obvious weakness, most two handers in top 20 have better return. He can play with great amount of spin when he has time, but it’s only troubling the opponents on clay. I would like to see more Thiem style flat winners from Tsitsipas, but it’s very rare in his game.
Felipe Meligeni?
Nick went slow motion and still won lol..
Can’t stand those blue lines on court watching it and playing with them
Felipe had a very low first serve %. Had to defend too much.
As what I can saw from video Im very surprise with bad attitude and behavior of Felippe. Like he forget that its a training and training match with someone who wants to help him. He started completely mad as I saw his face. Nick is a former profi player and Felippe must keep head down and train. Hello every tennis player😊
Sometimes with more intensity there are more outbursts. I’d rather have that then the lackluster low intensity play he was showing on the first three days.
I feel like Felipe is often throwing his first serve ball too much to the left.
Yes i see that also. He is "falling left" instead he should fall into the direction of the serve (forward)
Exactly, if he gets his toss right, it will help him a lot.
Exelent backhand. Weak serve.
Very annoying grunting when serving or 1-2 seconds after hitting.
Weird wrist position (open) and moving when serving (explains all those double faults, etc).
Very uncoordinated and rushed. He never settles during and exchange, even when given time and lower pace (and Nick gave him PLENTY during these two sets).
Never freely hitting, always there is a snag or a shortened move.
He can move but can't translate this in court coverage or better placement.
The wall exercise (10 hits inside that square) showed how "random" or "aleatory" his forehand is (his "better" stroke), no forehand was near the one before it (shape, speed, etc).
Overall, shows that the level of this training is way above his current needs/requirements, he actually needs to go down 1-2 steps and work a lot on stroke shaping (hand fed balls) and moving/setting into a position exercises, with video analysis. Also, I would ditch the Wilson and get a Pure Aero or a Vcore 100 with very low poly tension or even poly in hybrid with multi filament. He is nowhere near constant enough to play with poly.
The video looked more like a "10 day transformation of Nick"...who went from strongly playing the original test set (4 weeks ago) to ...this. Too many UE, even double faults...very uncharacteristic for him.
Finally, I enjoy playing against players like Felipe. They can be easily dragged into a slug fest which ends up in a festival of UE on his side. Also, very weak returning. Good placed serves = free and easy points. As in, 4 serves = 4 direct points.
But, you can't help but praise his enthusiasm and desire to improve. So, keep trying and exercising.
Waiting on you to post videos of yourself playing!
You make some interesting points. I agree some coaches seem a bit too keen on moving their students on to doing more challenging activities as soon as possible and as soon as they see the student isn't completely hopeless. HOWEVER this is often what students want and expect. The gentleman in this video may well have asked for exactly what he got.
I'm not too fond of these types of muscle grunt dudes, they are so annoying
If you’re not grunting on the court, maybe you should have more intensity.