0:11 - Sprint, split step, sprint 0:51 - Closer to net = easier to volley 1:33 - The two best approach shots to attack from, and one to avoid 2:17 - Follow the ball
99% of players do this wrong every time. As fan of Sampras and Rafter i watch even the top players today attack the net with crosscourtshots and their whole side open for an easy passing shot.
Despite my low ranking and Mr. Mouratoglou's success and great reputation, I'm tempted to disagree with the instruction to not hit cross court on an approach shot. Most players are right handed, and most players (even at the pro level) have a weaker backhand. So it's better to hit to their weaker side regardless of where you are on the court. Also, even if you hit from your backhand side (as a right hander) cross court to their backhand side (also right handed), it's so much harder for them to hit a passing shot down the line. The margin is slim, the court is shorter in that direction, and they're under pressure because you're coming to the net.
what you are saying does make sense, but at the highest level of play, even a 0.5 second matters, which down-the-line shots are shorter than cross-court shots. The whole point of coming to the net is to apply pressure and take time away from your opponents
This is true. The key is to not open up angles and give them a target. You can still hit to the opponents backhand (e.g., more to the middle rather than all the way to the sidelines) without doing this.
@@slothbear7 the key is to throw them off balance so they cant aim shots or use their legs. I teach tennis for a living for a decade amd both my coaches were serve and volley players. This method he teaches is for people who are scared to volley and opponents who dont lob. Its horrible advice. Like its so bad. Sprint to the net...i hope you like bloody toes.
then it would be an inside out yeah actually that to get to the net after stretching the backhand , why would I run around my forehand if it is not to be agressive ? going to net after bh cross doesnt make sense because if the ball is short you should have plenty of time to run around that backhand , and if the ball is deep and quality ball its suicide to rush to the net for amateur level
This is not very good. Why? He totally misses the main factor in coming to the net: if your opponent sees you doing it or not. That's all that matters, as they will of course do a lob over your head if you rush to the net and they see you doing it. You have to do an offensive shot that makes your opponent take his eye off you to even catch the ball then rush in.
0:11 - Sprint, split step, sprint
0:51 - Closer to net = easier to volley
1:33 - The two best approach shots to attack from, and one to avoid
2:17 - Follow the ball
Magnífica explicación
99% of players do this wrong every time. As fan of Sampras and Rafter i watch even the top players today attack the net with crosscourtshots and their whole side open for an easy passing shot.
Despite my low ranking and Mr. Mouratoglou's success and great reputation, I'm tempted to disagree with the instruction to not hit cross court on an approach shot. Most players are right handed, and most players (even at the pro level) have a weaker backhand. So it's better to hit to their weaker side regardless of where you are on the court. Also, even if you hit from your backhand side (as a right hander) cross court to their backhand side (also right handed), it's so much harder for them to hit a passing shot down the line. The margin is slim, the court is shorter in that direction, and they're under pressure because you're coming to the net.
what you are saying does make sense, but at the highest level of play, even a 0.5 second matters, which down-the-line shots are shorter than cross-court shots.
The whole point of coming to the net is to apply pressure and take time away from your opponents
This is true. The key is to not open up angles and give them a target. You can still hit to the opponents backhand (e.g., more to the middle rather than all the way to the sidelines) without doing this.
@@slothbear7 the key is to throw them off balance so they cant aim shots or use their legs. I teach tennis for a living for a decade amd both my coaches were serve and volley players. This method he teaches is for people who are scared to volley and opponents who dont lob. Its horrible advice. Like its so bad. Sprint to the net...i hope you like bloody toes.
then it would be an inside out yeah actually that to get to the net after stretching the backhand , why would I run around my forehand if it is not to be agressive ? going to net after bh cross doesnt make sense because if the ball is short you should have plenty of time to run around that backhand , and if the ball is deep and quality ball its suicide to rush to the net for amateur level
👏👏👏👏👏
And the lob ?
The PED king giving tennis advice.
touching on it but still missing the objective
This is not very good. Why? He totally misses the main factor in coming to the net: if your opponent sees you doing it or not. That's all that matters, as they will of course do a lob over your head if you rush to the net and they see you doing it. You have to do an offensive shot that makes your opponent take his eye off you to even catch the ball then rush in.