that was what i call a sick kick shamir what in the world was that i think you hit it it hit a
bump right here there's a bump see that there's a little bump right here because that bounce
like way over my head man your kick is aiming for it your kick bounce is higher than mine
you and your drop shots man i don't know i don't know what to do
how many times did i tell you i'll repeat it again how about going down the
line with a nice little slice shamir yeah what is it with you on drop shots get rid of
it you're right you're right you lost every single point where you try to hit a drop shot
don't worry about that we're not here for punishment okay just just listen to me that's
all i'm asking okay yeah huh yeah just don't no drop doesn't necessarily have to be down
the line either you can go cross-court catch me wrong footed yeah or short angle go short angle
not short angle no that's another thing that you do every now and then
go with the high percentage thing high percentage all right here we go
right
you're never set my friend why would you think you'd be set because i had my forehead you didn't
have anything locked the ball was lively man plus it's a windy day yeah you've got to keep your feet
moving much much longer don't set early ever oh i set too early you watch the pros they set inside
the stroke they're not set prior to the stroke sometimes they do when it's very
easy ball but generally speaking they set inside the stroke keep your feet moving as
long as possible so that was poor judgment on my end you didn't move you got to just keep it
simple yeah the simple instruction is keep moving longer don't set early keep that in mind okay
ace
you're in love with the hardest shots in the book man you love hitting
the net down the line you love hitting the impossible shot i could have hit in the middle
again you want to end the point you're pulling the trigger too fast you want things to be over
quickly there's nothing wrong with continuing to rally you hit two great forehands inside out
continue going for big targets yeah inside in is the lower percentage shot i gave up on the
battle too soon i gave up in the fight too soon i want to end it stay in there longer man endure the
fight longer come on and by the way it's not like you were fighting you were in control the point
i was the one fighting you're looking at it the wrong way you were in control man stay
cool don't lose your cool when you're in control i'm the one struggling back
there trying to retrieve your your good forehands okay okay come on
only problem there was that you hit it too flat yeah you got to put a little bit of spin on there
remember we talked about in our putting short balls away lesson and unless the ball is higher up
it's going to be very difficult to bring the ball back inside the baseline so you have to
bring more caution to your shot more caution in other words if you were
hitting a shot like that you hit it way too hard it's enough to just slow it down like
half speed put it put in a corner it's going to be a winner anyway why because i'm way off the
court it doesn't have to be that hard yeah you understand that makes sense it was too much risk
what was that well i got i got thrown off i don't know something happened and i didn't
first of all why don't you run around that there was not that far to the backhand you were hitting
such great forehands if something's working keep going with it your forehand did hit the net pop
up is that what happened what was your ball hit the net and popped up and i had time to hit it
i forgot what happened no that did not happen okay you got to work on your memory too
yeah yeah i don't remember anything hitting the net i don't know
i remember you ripping crazy forehands i'm barely getting my racket on and all of a
sudden all of a sudden you decide to change the tactics so you bring me a slice yeah how much
sense does that make just keep ripping your forehead it's working keep being aggressive
you didn't have my choice that's a really tough shot actually it's a low short ball
you're being dragged in all i did was just the only thing you do better is trying to get in
there quicker and take the ball when it's a little bit higher if you're digging the ball
right off the so like i got there late if i will get there exactly i would have had more
of a play maybe if you were scraping it off the ground there's not much you can do got it okay
very good shot shamir
footwork footwork again it's a really tricky day because it's windy right yeah it's super windy
again you did not move enough i saw a couple of steps but you literally got to be moving like
crazy if you're trying to find that ball because it's moving it's so being moved by the wind and
also it's got a little bit of backspin on it i need more adjustment steps this mistake that
you just made had nothing to do with your backhand technique it had all to do with two things which
are ball recognition and setup yeah right setup means footwork i had more intensity too intensity
you need to have that no matter what without that you can't play tennis at the higher level okay
excellent shot nice
I was inside the court. I didn't recover after my serve because I'm tired
is that what it was
i love the way you analyze that because it's absolutely 100 correct is exactly what happened
you can't be stuck in no man's land that's the oldest tip in the book you've heard it
a million times like i hit a serve there you go i hit it the only exception would be if you
get a very floaty defensive ball as a return then you're fine but if it looks
like i'm taking a cut at it you better back up buddy exactly you're gonna be in big trouble
oh so smart wrong footed me
haven't volleyed all day
that was bad volley
shamir i'm gonna give you homework for today go back and watch our volley lesson yes what did we
say about floaty balls that are just sitting in the air what do you do on them i don't remember
oh my goodness i'm sorry shamir do you watch our videos back squeeze and freeze no squeeze
and freeze on hard balls oh contact one two contact one two so you can't be stepping in
there and freezing your footwork because you're gonna be too far away from the ball
and it's gonna lead to you're losing balance number one and also often you're gonna be out
of position so we got to do is transition through a ball like that what kind of balls
a ball with very little penetration a floater or sitter a dink shot remember that contact one two
contact you take two steps after contact right you'll make it every time i guarantee you that
i think you're hitting way too many slices too shamir
it's almost like any ball that's wide on your backhand side you end up hitting a slice
where's your one-handed backhand man you got a great one-hander you're not using it nearly enough
yeah come on man that's my movement issue well here's it let's move i can just turn and
slice yeah i'm gonna say a word you're not gonna like this word but it's uh lazy yeah
no i agree it's very lazy to hit slices it takes a little more effort to do a one-handed backhand
more steps more steps a little more effort yeah more calories maybe a little bit more calories
yes but it's worth it for your game because the slice it's it's not the end of the world to hit
a slice but it's never going to be a situation where you can turn defense into offense okay
not necessarily john mcenroe can hit backhand winners on the run it's not a john mcenroe
shot at all uh well he's nowadays slice not even nowadays if you watch john mcenroe if he
played you he'd be ripping backhand winners all day long dude you wouldn't get a point
i apologize there no problem we got to protect our john mcenroe don't ever insult johnny mac
all right hold on i'm not done with you okay okay so what you're doing basically is um playing very
defensive tennis you have a great one-handed backhand use it more okay okay it's what a lot
of players do is they decide way too early to do a slice so in the middle of the court you
see the ball going there you already know you're going to hit a slice yeah let the slice come out
intuitively more as an emergency situation yeah like right now i i'd rather hit slice than hit it
backhand don't this is not good yeah let me see you hit more backhands on the run come on yeah yeah
very good shamir nice
okay nice try shamir all right shamir that was a really good session
and you hit a lot of great shots but also a lot of mistakes but it's okay yeah today was a really
tricky day because it was super windy and also you have a little bit of a problem with your foot
let's make the disclaimer your foot is what's going on with it um the tube the bones in my
feet uh they're kind of mashed a little bit and the cartilage is being worn away yeah so that's
why we didn't really play that much in the last i would say four months you only play that one time
because you've been hurt so it's about you getting healthy you you getting back out here and moving
a little better but you're not 100 yet yeah so that explains some of the mistakes too because you
you want to move but you simply can't yeah that's not the level of intensity because if i yeah
and also no i would have done a lot more drop shots but you told me you can't really move
forward as well no because i love doing a little bit of drop shot lab where you tried to do to
me that one time yes you know i was very upset because i wanted to do it to you but i remember
your foot hurts and i couldn't do it but i hope the foot gets better soon and we can we can grind
a lot more because guess what the goal is we got to get the 5.0 man in the next two to three years
we got to get that 5.0 rating my friend thanks nick all right