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Fun fact: every one of those shots hit the net

Pure poetry in motion... Pure poetry... Totally mesmerizing.

Please make just normal analysis of alcaraz vs zverev and please post alcaraz vs zverev rolland garros finals analysis rather than how alcaraz beat zverev as former would generate more views

I must have commented on this back when you uploaded it at the beginning of this year. Anyhow, 6 months ago we had to change my kid’s FH as well. Her takeback used to be high elbow, away from the body with racquet head pointing forward. She ended up injuring the long biceps tendon (due to an over pronated serve) so, she wasn’t able to hit her usual forehand. Pain is a great equalizer so I figured it’d be the perfect time to help her make the chance. Using “pain management” lol because she wasn’t able to lift her arm, we quickly adjusted her takeback with less of a loop, elbow more relaxed with racquet head pointing to the ground, and hitting an inside out (from hip to outward) FH. Huge difference, especially with timing and less over exaggerated movements. Now if we could just figure out the 2HBH, we’d be in biz… lol Great content by the way!

Just curious why you didn’t address the racquet drop, and (right) elbow? Getting the elbow higher than the hitting hand is nothing to take for granted. Such an important part of the serve, IMO. Can you address it in another video? Otherwise, great video - thanks for the analysis!

Looks easy swing.

J'ouvre un sujet que je vais relayer sur différentes vidéos, parce que là, franchement, ça commence à m'irriter. Djokovic est dopé à mort, et ça j'en suis convaincu. Qu'on ne me parle pas de GOAT en l'évoquant. Réfléchissez juste un instant. 12 grands chelems gagnés après l'âge de 31 ans, c'est juste impossible. Physiologiquement, physiquement impossible. Federer qui est, pour moi, le maitre incontesté du tennis, qui plus est avec un revers à une main, n'en a gagné que 3 après l'âge de 30 ans. 17 avant. Agassi, dans mes souvenirs n'en a gagné que 5 après 30 ans. Djokovic, 12 après 31 ans. Il n'a pas la physiologie d'un joueur hors norme comme Rafa et, comme quelqu'un l'a très bien fait remarquer dans un commentaire qui m'était adressé, sur une autre vidéo, je le cite "Le tennis demande une VO2max élevée , difficile a obtenir naturellement après la trentaine bien tassée, ainsi qu'une grande tonicité musculaire au niveau du bassin. En plus le jeu de la chèvre est physique . Comment être supérieur physiquement à des plus jeunes à un jeu déjà très physique ?.Quand tu fait la comparaison avec Lance Armstrong, tout le monde se doute de la réalité. Mais dans un sport comme le tennis, trop d'argent en jeu. On ne fera jamais les contrôles nécessaires." Je crois qu'il a tout dit. Djokovic, prêt à tout pour battre des records qu'il était loin de pouvoir obtenir naturellement. Il y aura toujours une énorme suspicion le concernant. Après 31 ans, un joueur ne peut pas gagner 12 grands chelems. C'est impossible. Il faut vraiment être totalement aveugles et ignorants du corps humain et de ses limites avec l'âge pour ne pas réaliser.

without watching the vid im going to say he is extending out tge sweet spot ..he is not centering the ball on the racket ..but closer to the outer edge, off center

Awesome analysis, the only thing I think you missed is how long his eyes & head stay down on the ball, the commitment to the shot is perfection.

Do we see foresee future wrist problems a la Thiem ??

A lot of talk here about Taylor's grip. I would also say he has a western grip, his index knuckle is on bevel 5. Jason is right though, his heel pad is on 4 or 4.5. This is because he has a closed fist grip, same grip structure as Iga Swiatek. Jack Sock and Igor Andreev also had this same closed fist western grip. It is slightly different than someone like Sergi Brugera or Khachanov have, which is a spread index finger grip.

Is it fair to say that his backhand is somewhat like a Jimmy Connors backhand, except Jimmy grips it, I believe, so that he didn't have to do a grip change between his forehand and backhand, and also Jimmy doesn't break his straight left arm so soon, so that instead Cameron tends to wrap the two arms around in the follow through, whereas Jimmy sometimes lets go of his right hand way after the ball has left just for comfort and balance. I notice the Cameron straight back preparation of the racket head, making it a short and compact swing must be good for return of serves, very much comparable to a Jimmy Connors backhand. I am behind the times in modern tennis stroke technique and technology. I am stuck in trying to emulate a Jimmy Connors backhand and even using a T-2000.

point 1, Karue should have hit high, slow, loopy ball to give himself time to recover

This is solid analysis. I think Musetti's backhand is the more advanced shot, but it also seems harder to replicate for us weekend warriors. Tsitsipas's backhand isn't as dynamic, but it's not a bad shot at all. I really like your pointers: the power-v, the loose wrist, and the hitting hand finishing above the head are all great descriptions.

Great great great video

Do you think a righty could have this forehand?

I think while what you say is true "hey, move better", that's a generic comment that could be applied to almost any player if we cherry pick specific points to confirm what we want to say. I'd agree with the point, but only because I think any tennis player would love to be faster, unless they were already human greyhounds like Alex De Minaur. I'd offer you an alternative view. I grew up with the adage "you're only as good as your second serve." And that opens up a whole discussion. If you KNOW your second serve is a really strong, well developed shot, with great control, directional targeting, and the spin you want when you want it, that actually frees you up to go for more on your first serve. And part of Karue's problem holding serve against the better players is that his first serve, while being good as a spot serve, just doesn't have the power to hurt players with its raw speed. He doesn't possess the metronomic game of the big 3, who can get away with slower serves, because the rest of their game is so damn good. So, I would suggest he focuses on getting another 5-10 mph on his first serve, and get some more control and pop on his second serve. Because as long as he can hold serve, it will be hard to lose a match. My best example of this was Goran Ivanisevic. Not a great groundstroker, but he had a fortnight when his serve was so "on", that it won him Wimbledon, with a mountain of aces. Karue's serve is okay against mid level players. But against the better players, it's a real liability. And besides all that, the serve is the only shot that you have 100% control of, and can do whatever you can build it into. So it makes sense to maximise that shot, serve wide to open the court when desired, and open the plus one.

Fair assessment 😂 I will say, you picked matches where physically I wasn't all there. There are matches I've posted (vs demin, Mayo or Kingsley) where I'm moving a lot better. The issue isn't necessarily speed, it is just being able to do it day in and day out or week in and week out. Like you said, I'm not super fast so if I'm 5% slower in a day (heavy legs or something) then it all kinda falls apart. At the same time, winning with speed was never my winning formula. I win with ball striking and controlling the match. Now obviously the better I move the more efficient I can be from more areas of the court. So hence the extra focus on fitness since starting back as I am who I am tennis wise at this point. Just a long time off and hard to keep up the fitness while also competing. At the end of the day, most matches are dictated by serve and return. We can break down all sorts of points but if serve and return aren't sharp, then it's just an uphill battle anyways. I also think people overestimated how flat I hit. I like to take the ball on the rise and therefore play more linear, but I like to use variety to cause chaos. Cheers, good luck with everything

Thank you so much Jason, best tennis video I've seen in a while 👌 Would love to see a video about Felix from tennisbrothers. Go Packers!

This guy stole my idea lol.

I think the first couple points that were featured were lost with so-so returns of serve - not from Karue's lack of athletic ability. I like to return hard and deep to the server's b/h almost always if I can - whereas most coaches/pros go for right at the server's feet deep, in my mind, that gives the server a chance to hit the ball back - they don't even hafta move - especially if the return is not that deep and it's sitting right at the server's sweet spot on either side. So, if Karue can be aggressive on the return of serve deep to the server's b/h side, make the server work to get to the ball instead of hitting it right at them or even worse, give them a easy setup shot down the middle, then the server is on the defense and Karue will be on the offense and in a much better position to win the point.

Smart content Jason. Not sure what is usable intel you provided here. It all seems painfully accurate on the specific clips/points chosen as far as analysis. But you can't teach speed. Everyone needs to move better and apparently Karue is working on that. Mentioning his overhead and looking for depth on his shots is good input. Given there is a ceiling on speed, maybe work on anticipation, defensive shot or zero in on the geometry of his shots in terms of height and angles that he can exploit that doesn't alter his stroke mechanics. He also seems very capable and willing to come to the net. My tennis background - negligible 🙂

Nice analysis. Moral of it: hit deep, to open court. Easier said than done but must be the goal. Always. 😊

How many of these defensive shots can be hit with a purpose or simply trying to get the racket on the ball and get the ball back to the other side? I would think when on the defense, unless you can get behind the ball, it's very hard to place the ball, especially between short or deep ball.

Very helpful

I wonder what Karue has to say about this...

It’s funny you mentioned his speed, I told Sell he needs to get faster and be more athletic, and use more aggression on some his shots, I love watching him play but he isn’t very athletic as he should be. I suggest he should start playing basketball and start surfing on his days off. I mean the waves are epic where he is playing and it’s a great sport to get fit and it builds endurance and strength, and stamina. No body can beat Mother Nature. You are a very intelligent tennis coach my friend. I just subscribed to your channel. I have a match coming up against Trey from Winners Circle Tennis! So I am training very hard to make sure I am ready to play my best tennis. Thank you for posting this video my friend.

Please dont ever take down these videos as they are the only ones like it on all of CZcams and offer great insights into the strokes of Federer. So much to be learned from this with the perfectly synched multi view video. Thanks.

FLAC?

Love it when two of my favorite channels crossover. TennisUnleashed's analysis is one of a kind! Anyone know Jason Frausto's tennis background?

Long time subscriber of both channels! Worlds colliding. Great video once again, Jason.

We’re all rooting for Karue to continue to rise up the ATP rankings. What are your predictions for how high his ranking will go? Top 100? Top 200? Top 300? -Jason Frausto

Wow, I know this was about Karue but it is exactly what I needed to hear about my game. Thank you. I beat a top German junior a few days ago and then had two matches in one day…when I played a friendly match against him I lost. I crushed him the first time…but my movement was off the last time and I see now how important is is for me to be full of energy and be explosive. Cheers!

Awesome. The video I didn't know I needed but I do.

That’s interesting!

Thanks, great video! I would like to see your analysis of the first next gen forehand. I can tell you right now my number one: Marc Rosset. His forehand was truly amazing (and his serve, of course). His problem was perhaps that he changed regularly his backhand topspin from both hands to one hand, not like Tsonga (who did it rarely), but very often. Something else. In your analysis you say that Federer bring the racket to the left side. Yes, but this was an inside out. The right perspective for the analysis should be with the camera more to (his) right side, where we would probably not see he braking the plane. But yes, Federer definitely changed his forehand, having a more compact movement, which is more consistent with him taking the ball very early. There is another idea from a video which would be great: the analysis of João Fonseca’s game. A lot of people are interested in his game, but I could not find any professional analysis . Thanks!

Here is how to settle the GOAT debate. If they are the best then let's see how they did against each other. Look at their H2H. Both Djokovic and Nadal has more wins against Federer, so Federer is out. That leaves Djokovic vs Nadal... and Djokovic has one more win against Nadal. (Djok vs Fed: Djok leading 27-23, including 13-6 in finals / Nadal vs Fed: 24 vs 16 - wow big margin. Djok vs Nadal: 30-29) Anyone agree this is the best way to really settle the debate?

shelton seems to struggle with accuracy on tour. A lot of errors off the forehand wing. Do you feel like its tactical or technical? Is he going to for too much at inappropriate times? or is his technique leading to his lack of consistency and accuracy?

Federer was too tentative, his approach shot was weak, and gave NOvak an opportunity to pass, he didn't hit deep or hard wide enough to force a weak return, for an approach shot, or volley finish.

The secret is it sucks

Does he do this also in groundstrokes changing from fh to bh?

I thought I had discovered myself😂. Thought I’d found a wormhole in the universe.

Mannarino the lowest forehand speed of the circuit, no thanks...

can i ask how does the sideways backswing compare to the regular novak upwards backswing where the racket head is also facing the back fence but pointed up. in my head i think, the novak upward backswing will be way effortless and generates more racket speed cause of gravity, but the sinner sideways backswing helps coil for a more momentum on the topspin ball. is that right? or am i mistaken? whats your point of view on this please enlighten me 🙏🏼 cause i dont know which one is better to copy, i can do both 🙃

Is Novak Djokovic forehand an atp forehand style?¿

Can I use some of John Isner's serve moves?

Can you pls do Tomas Etcheverry…. It appears to be his forehand is simple and old school style.. Nice Video

Вообще не понимает, за счет чего получается резкий удар! Несет ахинею про плечи,то, сё...

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His back swing is less than this in match play, it seems to me.