My Tennis Journey So Far. From Beginner to ... | 2017 - 2023 and beyond
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- čas přidán 25. 11. 2023
- After watching Federer and Nadal in 2017's Australian Open (and needing to lose weight), I was inspired to try out tennis and have loved the game ever since.
We'll take a trip down memory lane from my humble beginner days in 2017 to modern day me in 2023 and see what my plans are to continue improving.
If you have any suggestions for improving my game, feel free to share please!
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Im 52 yo now, started pre covid time, so pitiful watching my videos 4 years ago. Nice progression videos
Thank so much and I know the feeling of watching my pitiful videos 4 years ago 😁
Looks like that coach really helped. Your form looked noticeably better in the March '23 period. Nice video, and congrats on your progress!
Thanks so much!
Yes the coach helped a ton. Also being able to watch myself of video more often helped as well 🙂
It was really funny watching this because I developed all the same bad habit at some point. I started in 2022 and I kept forcing myself to hit like Nadal forehand and Federer backhand for the last 2 years. Now I finally gave up on being someone else and finally hit the ways that it works for me.
We all got different biomechanics so definitely difficult to replicate the technique of Nadal and Federer. As you said: you just got to do what works for you.
@@francisplaystennis i disagree with this statement: we don't have different biomechanics... you're suggesting science is different for some people? from my observations of these (biomec) principles your racquet path on every shot (serve, fh and bh) stops at some point midway through the swing reducing a lot of your potential momentum. something like a more compact slower backswing into a faster forwards swing to contact would improve this (most advanced players start a little higher in the backswing and allow more of a "loop"). On a positive note: Your March 2023 serves looked improved compared with the previous videos you released in this regard. 👍
@@Jitzie Pretty sure he just meant that people have different physiques and move their bodies in different ways. You could have Fed and Nadal wear masks and the exact same outfits, but most tennis fans could easily tell them apart just from their movement.
Enjoyed watching your tennis journey. It brought back old memories of my tennis journey 😊
Thanks so much for enjoying!
Nostalgic vibes 🙂
Excellent video. Great to see the grass roots game....
Good luck eith your journey, hi from the uk.👍🏿🎾
Thanks so much for the compliment out from the UK! 🇬🇧
The journey still continues!
Serve is such a difficult thing... I play for more than 10 years and I still don't have confidence and still make double faults. Your video only goes to show how tennis is not an easy sport... that's why so many people want to play pickleball... keep.improving and dont give up
Serving so difficult ... but have been getting better little by little.
Nothing against Pickleball but love tennis for being technically challenging and physically demanding.
That was really entertaining to watch. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you!
Great improvement. Not easy to get good technique when you start playing as an adult. From where you started, you have come a long way.
Appreciate the compliment!
Yeah it's tough to teach an older dog new tricks 😄.
Still working on it and have a lot to improve as you can see in the more recent videos.
Great Journey, keep pushing. I love the journey and did the same thing in 21 at 47. Now I only work on technique and compare it to the pros. Its a blast.
Whoa that’s great and thank you so much!
I will need to work technique specifically at some point hopefully soon!
@@francisplaystennis Honestly technique is everything and you can take yourself really far on that by itself. Make that a centerpiece of your journey you won't regret it.
@@blarpieman Totally agree that it is a top priority regarding improvement.
Curious: which pros do you analyze the most?
@@francisplaystennis I like wawrinka and fed for backhand and dmitrov for forehand and slice. I love fed's low follow through for his forehand.
Amazing!! Love the journey and work! 😊😊😁😁
That means a lot and thanks so much for the compliment!
Still very much a work in progress ha.
nice tennis journey! also really nice progress in your 2024 videos (even with your tennis elbow ...)
Appreciate that a lot!
Yea the tennis elbow is a pain but hasn’t completely stopped me yet …
This video was awesome! I got into tennis as well from the Australian Open (2009 semifinal!). If you're ever up for it, I could hop on a video call with you to walk you through how I'd address these technique adjustments :) Great stuff!
Hey, I am always up for fixing my technique 👍
Also thanks for watching and appreciate the compliment!
legal a evolução, uma pena tu não ter tido professores melhores no início, tua técnica evoluiu bastante
Great progression. I think u be 10x better if there wasn’t Covid and invest more into a coach on a regular basis.
Thanks so much for the compliment!
Hoping I can get coaching on some kind of basis this summer - plenty to improve.
great vid!
Thank you so much and glad you enjoyed!
Ur serve gives me chills, the grip gives me some bad memories..
What kind of bad memories are we talking about here?
In Los Angeles I saw this guy serve with the wrong grip, I was just so scared after what I witnessed. For some reason when ur racket head goes in the air it doesn’t look right to me, especially since the racket head is supposed to dive back in “trophy position,”
It looks like the pancake serve grip, idk though maybe I’m seeing things…
huge gap between aug 2019 and dec 2019 for your forehand!! i can see your elbow going trough well !!!!!
March 2023 your serve change a lot also !! keep it dude!!! I was playing one hand backhand in the past but now i play 2 hand bakchand like you
Thanks so much for the encouragement!
Going to the two-handed backhand was so well worth it ...
Looking great, for your serve tho try to avoid the waiter tray it will make your serve more powerful
Ah yes, the pronation is so tough for me.
That's a really good point though and thanks!
Roosevelt Island tennis club!
The one and only 👍
Do you have a good coach recommendation in NYC?
Personally I like the coaches from Roosevelt Island but it’s really pricey.
During the summer, there are good coaches out there in NYC but I am not sure who yet 😬
Just started playing 6 days ago, tommorow I will participate on a University tournament in my country wish me luck lul 🤣🤣
6 days vs 6 years of tennis 😬
But best of luck to you!
Nice journey, it's difficult to even improve that much in a few short years with a long break inbetween due to covid. But I want to fix your forehand so bad 😅 I'm sure you've been told this but you have no shoulder rotation and very little hip turn. You're laying the racket down behind you, stopping the momentum, then pushing forward with no fluid single motion. Instead of cocking the racquet up, leading the rotation of your torso with your left hand, then swinging in a circular motion from back to forward and through the ball.
Thanks for the comment!
Yes the forehand form is quite strange and lacking enough rotation. It’s a good thing that with the recordings I am at least aware of it now 😅
Hi, Wei here. I am so surprised to see you on CZcams. Let's play together sometime at RIRC.
Hey absolutely! Let me know.
Also great seeing you here!
@@francisplaystennis Do you mind letting Jordan know that you want to set up a hitting session with Wei Zhu next time you go to RIRC?
@@julianzhu0099 Hey sure thing!
The number I got from him earlier didn't work ☹
How you look 5yrs later is how I looked after 1 week of playing lol. Sorry it just surprises me how different we all are. I was surprised when after a few weeks of playing people thought I had been playing for years.
Hey that’s really good then 👍
Some of us pick up the game quicker
Yea and then everyone clapped and Roger Federer gave u a pat on the back in your Lamborghini
zesty asf
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Change the handplasement a bit when serve:
I see that your racket comes in a flat position once you have toss the ball, you racket your thumb needs all to be in a straight line
Then your toss : when standing in position at the baseline just lay your racket down and only train the toss
Than take your racket and lay it in the curve of your foot (right-hand serve: racket left foot) now toss the ball and it needs to fall in middle of your racket
1 on 1 serve for beginners
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Thanks for the serving tips!
Have always struggled with the serve, even now.
@@francisplaystennis those are just the ",back to basics " , from when I started to train. & I think that when you struggle with something it can never hurt to go to the basics
Did you played ever before or really never?