4 Things Karue Sell Can Do to Improve His Tennis Game
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
- In this video Jason Frausto shows four areas that Karue Sell from MyTennisHQ can improve in his tennis game to continue to climb up the ATP rankings.
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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
Karue has top-100 level talent for sure. I think he can reach 150, at least.
He has the skills to be at top 100, but not sure about fitness and time commitment. So he'll probably be just outside 100
Top 300 sure, but after injuries can be started, for the young players it is less time for recovery, so almost no chance, only doubles will be a good option.
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
Direct insight from the player is always helpful. We both know there is zero need for you to respond to this video. You’ve got a lot on your plate and every second is valuable to achieving your goals this season.
I totally understand on the fatigue front, we both know every guy on tour is dealing with small injuries on a daily basis that usually prevent them from feeling 100% on court. If it’s not injury it’s fatigue from the grind of the previous day, or just the things that happen in day to day life.
100% on the serve and return, it looks like the vcore will give you the chance to increase your serve precision and start the point with the best +1 possible.
Continued success. Everyone that watches this channel is rooting for you to succeed and end up playing slams. Keep it up Karue! Those of us who can’t play at your level enjoy watching the journey :)
-Jason Frausto
Long time subscriber of both channels! Worlds colliding. Great video once again, Jason.
The almost collab we never knew we needed ;) Glad you enjoy both channels. Continued success to Karue on his run up the rankings.
-Jason Frausto
point 1, Karue should have hit high, slow, loopy ball to give himself time to recover
Awesome. The video I didn't know I needed but I do.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.
-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!
I’m glad the video was helpful. I’m looking forward to seeing more videos about your tennis journey. Happy hitting :)
-Jason Frausto
@@TennisUnleashed thanks jason, I’ve been training most every day and winning local and higher up tournaments but waiting until I record some better footage. I’m so into getting better I don’t film much. My serve is progressively getting better which makes all of thr difference for me. Have a great weekend 😎
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!
Glad you enjoyed it. I can definitely do some analysis on Felix. He’s done a great job and continues to improve. Thanks for watching.
-Jason Frausto
Love it when two of my favorite channels crossover. TennisUnleashed's analysis is one of a kind! Anyone know Jason Frausto's tennis background?
Glad you enjoyed the crossover and happy to know you enjoy the content. I'll give you the shortest version of my tennis background below.
- Started playing tennis at the age of 13 after breaking my ankle in American football. I never took tennis lessons/instruction. I didn't play tennis 6 months out of the year due to weather/lack of finances until I went to college.
- Finished playing junior college tennis on a full ride scholarship in 1998 when I was 21. Had an offer to play small D1 tennis in the 3/4 singles spot of the lineup at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay but turned it down and started teaching tennis full time instead.
- In 2003 I started using technique analysis software to do side by side analysis of pro tennis players next to my own private lesson students.
- In 2008 I started doing remote technique analysis comparisons for a junior ranked top 5 in The United States who later went on to #341 ATP. I did this in collaboration with his dad trying to implement adjustments in his technique.
- Through 2011 I kept playing prize money tournaments, open tournaments and futures wild card tournaments. Not because I had a chance to win but because I wanted to make sure my teaching of students evolved with where the game was going. I was able to play guys as high as top 500 ATP in singles in those events. I lost 6-0, 6-3 to a top 500 player but it was very helpful for my teaching. You need to "feel that level" to understand it.
- From 2006-2014 my private lesson students brought home 9 Wisconsin State Highschool Singles/Doubles titles.
- In 2014 I moved to Florida to work for USTA Player Development as a Coordinator of Coaching Education and Performance. Part of my job was to do technique and match analysis breakdowns for the best US Juniors in the country and pros. This was for any players working with the USTA and that was the vast majority. The second part of my job was to help educate other coaches 3-4 times per year in USTA High Performance coaching education workshops. I would give presentations to coaches on technique or match tactics for advanced players.
- During my time at the USTA I was fortunate to have done technique/match analysis for a ton of Americans in the top 100 of the WTA/ATP rankings today. They were all junior players getting those services back in 2014-2015. It turns out some of my advice must have been decent since many of them cracked the top 15 in the last few years. USTA PD hasn't had that level of junior to pro success either before or since when it comes to getting players into the top 20.
- In 2023 I decdided to start teaching locally again out of a club in Wisconsin instead of just working remotely in tennis.
Sorry for the ramble, that's the short version of my tennis background.
-Jason Frausto
@@TennisUnleashed I knew you knew what you were talking about, so it's nice to now know how. And that explains why your video production value is first-rate. Cheers!
Glad you enjoyed the info. I provided it for the Reddit thread ;) Any Reddit thread commenters care to play me on the channel? ;)
-Jason Frausto
That’s interesting!
Glad you enjoyed watching it. More to come.
-Jason Frausto
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.
Hmmmmm been following Karue for years. Some ok points from your vid, but Karue is already on the way into top 200. I highly doubt your video will play any role in getting him there, but I guess the more attention he gets the better.
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.
Thanks for stopping by. I'm looking forward to seeing you play on Trey's channel. I always enjoy watching his Sunday set on Winners Only Tennis.
-Jason Frausto
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.
The difference between the best and the rest is the best can still position these balls to survive to play another ball. The little things in tennis add up to become big things.
-Jason Frausto
My prediction: Karue will become one of the players who can "earn a living playing singles on the challenger scene." 150-200 range. The hard part will be mainlining the bod at a bonkers fitness level for 10 months out of the year and not getting injured or burning out.
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.
A good coach told me 15+ years ago the serve and return are the two most important shots in the game. That certainly still holds true today. So could he get better as a server? Sure, but his serve is much better than it ever was in college because he changed his serve technique to more of a Sampras style motion. Pete was my era so I've used that same motion for 20 years.
The question is can he get more out of that improved serve? He's not a super tall guy so the serving angles taller guys get aren't really there like they would be for Goran Ivanisevic. I'm not sure of his wingspan, sometimes that can make up for pure height.
Usually guys Karue's height that crack the top 100 are very good movers, not Demon level, movement is literally a weapon for Alex, but they move well because it's a necessity based on height. The game is only going to get faster, that means the players will have to get faster to keep up with the ball speeds.
Back to the serve. From a biomechanics standpoint I don't see him adding another 5-10mph to his serve and that being a thing that gets him more free points. I've analyzed the motion, it's about as clean and efficient as it's going to get at this point. There is really only one tweak I would suggest to his serve technique and it's fairly minor. I think he switched back to his Vcore 95 recently and has found better spot serving with it over the Percept 100D.
That racket change might be enough to increase serve percentages/accuracy to avoid getting broken as much. The question is will losing 5 square inches on the frame affect his return/ground game/defensive skills? We won't know until he plays some more matches in Challengers where the film can be analyzed.
The saga continues.....looking forward to seeing his next tournament matches.
-Jason Frausto
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 🙂
Speed can most certainly be developed, along with reaction time, balance, and explosive movement. Its just best to develop those things at a very early age. It will be interesting to see how he structured his tournament calendar moving forward. Anything indoors is his best shot to move up.
-Jason Frausto
@@TennisUnleashedbalance and explosive movement can be worked on but as far as raw speed that ship may have sailed. Everyone can always get fitter. Since speed won't be the weapon he builds his game around at this stage, what other things can he work on given his skill set, that a coach might look at holistically. Yeah excited to see his progress. Would be interesting to hear what Karue thinks about your analysis.
There were 2 analysis sections I left completely out of the final edit due to length. There are reasons why players pay companies like golden set analytics $100,000 a year for match analytics and breakdowns of matches. There are reasons why I was paid by the USTA to do the that same thing along with technique analysis and corrections, at least until I chose to leave USTA Player Development. Being told what we don’t want to hear gets us to where we want to be, as long as it’s delivered the right way.
Maybe a follow up to this video gets made down the road, but for now, on to the next on. Winners only tennis next? ;)
-Jason Frausto
Nice analysis. Moral of it: hit deep, to open court. Easier said than done but must be the goal. Always. 😊
FLAC?
Stop using Google Winston! ;) The things you do for your better half.....like moving back home to Wisconsin ;) Hope you're good enjoying that Cali sun!
-Jason Frausto
@@TennisUnleashed I've played there several times back in the juniors
Are you serious!? That's hilarious. Small world indeed.
-Jason Frausto
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I wonder what Karue has to say about this...
The odds of him responding to this are next to zero. I even left a couple of very specific tactical areas out of this to cut the length of the video down. I’m 100% positive he was aware of most of these issues before he started his tour comeback.
He either has to get better in these areas or be very strategic in the events he plays so he can collect enough points to rise in the rankings. His best odds of doing that are playing indoor events where hitting flatter is more likely to get him wins. Another option is playing a lot guys with one handers, that’s a very good matchup for Karue because of his own serve and the ability to isolate a guys one hander and do damage to them. That matchup specifically let’s him go for more on return of serve as long as he holds his own service game’s comfortably.
-Jason Frausto
Nice observation! What about his practice match with Fritz? Or it was not serious?
Thank you. His result against Fritz is definitely a confidence builder. I think what most people forget is that the difference between top 15 in the world and top 300 isn’t that massive on a day to day basis. Tennis is also based heavily on matchups, but the test isn’t can you beat someone in a one off match one time, tennis is a test of can you get through the rest of the field and then beat that top guy in the later rounds of an event? It doesn’t matter how good you are one day, it matters how good you are for an entire tournament. How good are you on your worst days? The quality of your floor matters a lot more than the quality of your ceiling.
-Jason Frausto
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
This guy stole my idea lol.