hey guys in today's video i'm gonna have two of my students play two sets against each other so
we have wellington and alec wellington is the one with the hat on and the interesting thing
is gonna be i'm going to be coaching them both and these two guys have never played each other before
so it's gonna be interesting to see how much of a role coaching plays okay guys so real quick let's
make a coin toss to see uh who's going to pick which side i'm going to be coaching from this
side okay keep that in mind when you select the side and alec you want up or down up nothing
that's nothing we have to do it again all right again here up or down up all right here we go
down wellington you want to receive yeah which side do you want remember this is the
coaching side i'll take this side are you gonna be coached first all right good luck
great serve alec very nice in the beginning when you're on the first service game i would always
try to maybe don't go too big on the first serve just make him play yeah because he's probably a
little bit tight right he might give you some return errors so don't try to blast aces uh
maybe like reduce your speed a little bit but it was a great second serve trying to go for
kick serves mostly okay good well not necessarily kick you don't have to necessarily kick like
hit the first serve maybe slice it you know yeah just take a little bit off yeah exactly
always remember you as a lefty man that slice is nasty when you hit it so keep that
always keep that in mind plus these courts are super fast they're very slick keep going. nice serve
all right serve and volley i like that i like that it's a good move i got caught going in a
little bit so i didn't say again i got caught going in just because i leaned in too much so
oh so wasn't that intentional serve and volley see i would i thought you were
doing serve and volley on purpose right all right that's okay it's all right
fantastic service game alec that is this is how you want to start the match this
is awesome so now a first return game you got to get returns back in play because he looks
a little bit tight to me yeah so just make him play right now right and get the
break right away let's get this on my side early exactly
okay you overcooked that a little bit and plus you didn't plus you didn't move your
feet that well there keep your feet moving keep the intensity level high stay on your toes come on
long all right take it right here alec high intensity make him play long rallies are your
friend in this part of the match good footwork just keep good footwork keep it in play don't go
for winners just like you hitting the forehand now pick a safe spot to make him play come on
okay i felt like you that one forehead you didn't pull enough cross-court you could
have pulled that a lot more cross-court you know great with those low ones so picking them
up that was actually a good pick up but i felt like that one prior to that you had
whole court open crosscourt remember the two shots that you got to utilize
always is a lefty forehand cross-court and slice slice serve out wide
it's all right so it's a good serve it's okay
fantastic hustle all right now deuce you got to get this break right here but see
he's going to give you some mistakes he seems to be very like
like kind of counter puncher for sure yeah keep that in mind so even if you blast the ball he
probably likes that so the way the pace you're playing right now is probably perfect okay good
there it is alec that's exactly what you're supposed to do come
on great return so i kept it in the middle beautiful no problem at all with the middle
that's a beautiful slice man your slice got a lot better
okay remember if you if you get a slice low you probably have to follow it in there you got kind
of stuck in the middle of court you lost your balance a little bit follow it into the net yeah
with a slice you hesitated for sure come on it's okay stay in it
it's interesting what's happening now he is not as tight anymore he's kind of
starting to find his shots right so you got to go a little bit more now and going through the
middle won't probably work as well so you gotta maybe open the court a little more now
it's all right okay it's still a great game alec it's a great game you were
there you made him work for it just forget about this game let's go on to
the next service game um let's go with slice serves yes continue going slice
serves you gotta utilize these courts utilize your slice as a lefty come on
absolutely fantastic keep plugging away man same thing
tricky with that wind the toss is moving you're doing good
see he doesn't definitely does not like lefty serves you can see that just keep going man
absolutely fantastic all right now it's time to grind again okay let's get this let's get into
a lot of long rallies maybe since these seems to be playing a little better be
maybe a little bit more aggressive but not overly aggressive where you're ripping winners just
keep grinding but maybe a little bit more opening the court putting a little bit more pressure on him
more angles but same pace keep everything in play absolutely yes come on you get it right here
fantastic job alec fantastic job man
he likes a lot of drop shots but you're moving well i'm trying to take advantage of my legs
you're moving well just keep going come on
all right good depth on that one come on now right here love 30 treat this super super seriously
this point because there's a huge difference between love 40 and 15 30. come on right here
all right man come on things change throughout the game so i love 30 he's probably more tight again
so going through the middle it's not that bad of an idea yeah okay come on keep plugging away
it's alright you steered it
that's a great serve man not much you can do there it's all right
30 40. right here you got this i'm gonna try to be aggressive he's still on the back foot a
little bit because he's down at the score stay let's get a rally going come on make him play
alec that is absolutely beautiful that return now be honest did you
aim to hit that through the middle you hit it late you see what happens aiming for
a big target so and that's what happens a shot it ends up being a beautiful
down the line forehand return winner he doesn't know that so it looks like you
you aimed there but in fact it was a little bit late but again aiming through the middle
is what got you that return into the court come on right here keep going with the slice serves
fantastic forehand again through the middle hard i love that so that first serve that
you missed there got away from you a little bit but also the location wasn't very smart because
it's harder to slice out wide on that side came off my racket weird it did it's all right so to give
it now like think of a slice hard slice is going to give you a lot of benefits keep going come on
there it is man beautiful job
okay this is actually a very important point
at 30 love yeah it's okay that you lost it no worries at all but let's get this one generally
speaking 30 love i should have warned you before you should have put a very big emphasis on that
you know okay exactly because 40 love versus 315 big difference right for sure so i'm right here
that is so heavy man that second serve yeah absolutely fantastic it got into his body the wind
blew it into him a little bit too fantastic i get this point right
here don't let this game get tight come on big emphasis on this point right here
absolutely humongous great game alec so now
get the insurance break okay right then the set is over you don't have to worry anymore so
treat this game like it's like 4 all and not 4-1 okay right here come on get this break
overcook it great hustle there that means a lot that when i see a point like that from
you because i know you're fighting hard that was awesome keep going that way i got a bad
return but i was just trying to stay in you're fighting man you're fighting this is it come on
that's too good of a serve man nothing you can do body serve come on keep going
okay when the ball comes through the middle i would always hit a forehand
since it's your stronger side okay but it's okay come on keep going
all right alec come on right here is maybe the biggest point of the set okay treat it
super important make him play come on right here 30 all
that is absolutely perfect man perfect
scenario right there because you can see he was a little bit tight right yeah just make him play
i think you caught it right
very good return man you caught a little bit late but still the spin brought it back in all right
now don't relax you're up 5-1 two breaks don't relax serve it home right here come on
humongous man
okay that definitely was too defensive on that backhand it was too short and he
took advantage of it come on stay aggressive now five one you gotta be aggressive come on
very heavy second serve alec very good thanks keep going man come on same thing
toss got in front of me it's okay it's windy i understand that but right here 30 all this is where
you got to take your time and really think about what you're going to do
and remember what brought you a lot of points was a slice
again absolutely phenomenal second serve alec good job come on bring it home right here
you overcooked it there you hit it way too hard remember the toss was a little bit off
it's all right man shake it off you keep going
there it is again first serve was phenomenal give me another one
right here another first serve come on right here
absolutely fantastic set alec i gotta say you've gotten a lot better man this is maybe the best
i've seen you play i'm trying to keep myself more patient too taking more time at the baseline
this is fantastic big improvement man i'm proud of you good job here give me another one awesome