Short Cross Court Angle Forehand & Backhand Lesson with Former D1 Player Sara

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In today's tennis lesson, I teach my student Sara (former D1) how to develop short angle forehands and backhands with progressions to develop feel and fundamentals.

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[ANGELOFDARKification]

The voiceover over the drills really makes the video more informative and better!

[theonlyJinXFirE]

I feel like Andy Murray is the king of angle shots and he hits it out of the blue after a hard shot just like the drill. Great lesson!

[milanvincic]

Switching from your normal shot to this finesse shot is what the most difficult part is. Actually all kinds of "shot switching", i.e. backhand to forhand, top spin to slice etc, is what we all need to work on. It gets very easy when you are in the comfort zone and just keep hitting the ball with the same power, body involvement, etc.
Well said Nick! Love this video very much😉

[willkittwk]

This is so so important. I always work angle deep and short even if i got to drop the balls myself. Also that forecourt put away running around BH to option FH going in respective corners. Then dropping ball close to BH sidelines and slicing approach deep in opponent FH corner and following to volley position. You can do all this alone though getting fed is better for obvious reasons.

[asdrubalpoker]

It is a true plesure to watch sara improving...

[pphb]

great video. been looking for this for a long time

[-Munditimum-]

have to love Sara's focus. Great lesson Nik.
Been doing angle BH slices since the 70s and love it till today. Really works well.
Keep up the great work.
Cheers!
M

[willkittwk]

Roger is probably the best doing that short slice BH angel close to net. It's hella way to bring somebody in and is a great reply when your opponent pushes you in BH corner and wanna put him in a defensive scenario.

[JasonFurlong]

It’s interesting you say it’s easier for one handed backhands. I have trouble hitting it and I have a one hander. When I was younger and had a two hander, I could easily hit it. It might be because of my lack of confidence on my one hander though because I do agree with the things you’re saying in this video. I’m a 5.0 player in Orlando btw. 😊

[Sweeney-Kubach]

Great video my friend. I love hitting the angle shots, it helps me shorten the points, I am to old to be running around. Hahe

[KRN]

Just to make it more clear, we *should* take pace out of this angle shot, correct? It's a finesse shot. We want the ball to drop short. I believe you highlighted it in the video..just wanted to confirm. Thank you. Great lesson

[rkytr.]

I trained almost the exact same thing weeks ago…
But my trainer used to teach me that I should vertically accelerate more… giving the ball max. Spin.

[sr.degeorge]

Good video, I learned a lot. Sarah is fine

[Sweeney-Kubach]

The only thing I would add coach, Sara’s footwork is just a little off, on her angle shots. You did a great job helping her to improve her shots.

[joachimvleminckx]

Loved this one, somehow a shot that has not really been covered within the 1000s of tennis video's on YouTube and where I realized my mistakes. But a different question:
I, and a lot of people, would LOVE to a match between you and Karue of MyTennisHQ

[willkittwk]

Like to see more shot demonstrations with Sarah. She's got a pretty hot 🔥 FH shot. 🔥

[oneminus]

What racquet is he using? Is it a custom paint job?

[colinbyer]

In a match are you going to try to hit deep and heavy or go for angles?

[ssfubln]

Nick, what's the racket you are using in this video?

[sergiosimbula]

I always thought it was way easier with a double handed backhand to hit short angles. Maybe it was just be being really good at it 😉