are you ready to go let me serve first we'll play our points okay
that's that old flat backhand right yeah you hit it so straight you got to add a little
bit of height on there right aim I want the backhand I would aim but this High over the
net okay just be a little bit more vertical here don't go so straight across like this
let's go go go don't give up though keep going for it I would like you to get it off for two bounces
yeah go for it anyway like even when you know you can't get it continue to go
so you're that far off the court you need height to get the ball in okay number one
but also it gives you a little bit more time to get back to the middle so even if you
would have made that there's a likelihood that I would have hit a winner there so
you lift the ball even higher over the net when you're that far off the court
I want you to never go for this unless you really have to when it's truly an emergency
shot that shot will come out on its own but I felt like you bailed out on that shuttle
too early I think I did attempt to hit the forehand when you can this will be something
that will come out completely by itself as the last ditch effort to get the ball over the net
actually is the only way to get the ball back over the net because there's going to be certain
shots where you can't hit them yeah but you have to have the intention to always hit it
great shot I look nice
come on let's go go go go go go go go come on come on come on a good try be a little bit more alert
back there on the return I feel like you're a little too nonchalant okay more intensity
on the return maybe a little bit lower be on your toes and be ready to react super quickly
you got a little bit jammed on that one you overran it slightly remember when
you're running fast towards the ball you do have to settle yourself you have to hit the
brakes a little bit before getting to it though you're going to overrun it and jam yourself yeah
okay some balls are truly going to be hit on the Run where there's no time to slow down you have
to hit it on the Sprint you have plenty of time to come in there and just do those stutter steps you
know talk about where you go like those little adjustment steps this is where you're hitting
the brakes you're readjusting you position yourself properly when you're on the Run okay
great shot Alex I was about to yell at you for being too much in the middle
but I still stick to it generally don't leave so much space open there that was a lucky shot if I
hit my yeah you gotta stretch and also I didn't stir that fast if I start hard it's going to be
tough for you to cover that side because the trajectory or the ball when somebody's serving
from the left side meaning towards the do side the trajectory is right word and for
that reason you have to protect the alley because the ball will shoot out this way
where you can leave the t a little bit more open so you can't stand right in the middle between
The Singles Line and the middle of the court you have to stand closer to the doubles alley
yes cross court a little bit of a shank not nice all right good
don't get beaten by a cheap shot you hit a fantastic deep return and I got a little
pickup shot back there and I'll beat you with the ultimate cheap shot I didn't
commit to it well you have to be ready for the next shot don't relax don't like
admire your ball don't lose your intensity be ready for the cheap shot because that's
what's naturally going to happen a lot of times that the stronger you hit yeah
the weaker the uglier the ball is going to come back and you have to be ready for that sometimes
that ugliness is going to be happening close to the net and if you're not ready you might get
beaten by something like that I let my guard down I thought it was going long and it came in your
backhand yeah my backhand I thought it went long and so I like let up exactly what you're saying
I'm so glad you bring that up because you play the next ball anyway yes now a lot of people do
that they're looking at their shot and it's like oh is it going to go in is it going to go out
then it goes in and they're standing there completely Frozen so you pretend it's gonna
go in you keep playing and if it's out so be it
I like it you were there man I like that here comes second serves okay
that is too heavy for me Alec I tried to do my one-handed backhand and I can't
I'm not good enough on the one hand to handle something like that yeah
that was wicked spin my friend very heavy nice
try again same shot come
on go way better so you make the guy Volley don't go for the outright passing shot winner let the
guy hit a volley a lot of guys will struggle at the net they have improper Volley technique
too good
play it
oh you're hanging there good though I hit a couple
of harder shots and you were holding your ground back there
why'd you do that man bailout shot that's a bailout shot my friend get a drink go ahead
I like that so clean man beautiful touch
overcooked it man remember the Golden Rule I talked to you about this previously when
the ball is below the level of the net or below your waist and you're close to the
net you can't go for a winner more shape more shape take about 50 off and place it
good try
okay okay you got it all like nice
keep the left arm extended a little bit longer Alec
I mean you're right I'm sorry yeah the right arm you're dropping a little too
quick I know I bend it like this yes keep it up a little bit longer
it's a little better more like you're here and then right away you're going in here keep
it up here yeah so your cartwheel is going to get affected by that okay you won't get
as much of a tilt so keep it up there just a tad longer okay the right arm fully extended
oh okay now go first serve go flat
that is humongous 127. what do you think like 115.
115 yeah all right now let's play some points on your shirt now okay
it was such a thin shot you get it like this almost yeah but you somehow maneuvered it into
the corner this time the huge serve dough but let me tell you one thing you don't have to rush here
yeah yeah no Panic let the ball come down a little bit take your time I picked it came way faster
than I thought you overran it again yeah you hit the brakes and settle yourself a little bit
see it's apparent now that you that's why I keep giving you a lot of these balls closer
than that because that's a weak area in your game yeah it's the short game I agree so next
time you come here let's do a whole session on working on the short game the halfcourt game
whether it's stationary whether it's in transition you're uncomfortable up here
it's real you're comfortable on the Baseline but here you're making a lot of unforced
errors yeah so there you simply didn't recognize the ball fast enough you got
in there too late and you tried to shovel it back and play it was too late it was too low
yes very nice you didn't kill it you rolled it with a lot of feel yeah into a good location
very nice sure go slice out wide okay I didn't see your attempt to hit one of those how come
as a lefty it's a shame that you don't utilize the slicer you understand the advantage you have
because you as a lefty you want to give us a slice to the backhand which you don't see too much
we don't see a slice to the backhand from righties we see a slice of the forehand so you have a
huge advantage that you have to utilize think of John mcenroe, goran ivanisevic, guy forget all the great
left-handed servers Greg Rusedski they hit a lot of slice serves you like to go flat bomb
and you like to kick on the second but you're kind of ignoring your slice yeah it is a weapon
go again that was a good one that you hit there I would hit like 50% Slice on this side what about
on the that's uh the deuce side I will go down the T slice okay maybe because it's the T it's
low percentage so I wouldn't maybe go half at a time I'll go 25 of the time but this is a high
percentage Target out wide I would go half at a time there and even if you become predictable
think of Rafa what does Rafa do he hits a slice serve there 90 of the time and even the great
Federer couldn't do anything with the one of the greatest backhands of all time he knew it
was coming to his backhand right and still there's only so much you can do yeah if the ball is coming
with some good speed good placement with side spin there's not much you can do as a right-hander
that is absolutely nasty right there but it was a little bit wide go again
oh that is the killer slice I'm telling you if you utilize this serve you're going
to be holding serve much easier this is something that I tell to every Lefty you
have to have a slight service a shame if you don't in addition to that you have to
continue to work on your transition game this is where you are missing a lot of balls you're
not only like not ready for it at times and not recognizing it but also when you recognize it
you tend to overrun it and have the wrong shot selection and so on if I agree it's
a very common problem area though at all recreational levels so don't worry about
that return a serve requires a little bit more intensity a little better positioning but other
than that you're playing well man you're doing good you'll keep working hard okay