Give Up Control - A Lesson In TENNIS CONSISTENCY

If you want to improve your consistency in tennis, you need to give up control. In this lesson, I show you how to do it.

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[Karue-Sell]

One thing you can control is pressing that 👍🏻 button! You know….for the algorithm

[emvv]

as a former d1 player who took 5 years off of tennis and is now a coach, thank you karue so much for this channel. I've commited to training myself back to play the futures and challenger tours starting next year and this channel has helped so much for my own improvement and mental blocks as well as drastically improved the coaching i can offer to my aspiring juniors. Thanks for everything

[jamesharvey]

‘Commit with your feet’ is spot on, especially at higher levels against someone who’s hitting a heavy ball.

[karllee]

To me “over control”- can lead to push type shots with a lack of follow through, tightened breathing, lack of footwork, etc… Also a part of consistency is a willingness to reset in between each stroke. Always love your videos.

[devtennis]

I love the commitment MyTennisHQ put into these videos to help us rec players improve. Thank you for the tips here.

[kenkrehbiel]

Great job Winston! The camera adds a lot of pressure and you played the part of student perfectly!

[Chaotix]

I had this idea myself as well.
Whenever I have a plan in my head for which shot I'm going to hit and I change my mind at the last moment, the shot becomes a lot worse. It's nice to hear someone as good as you say the same as me of like "when you make a decision, go for it. Even if it's not necessarily the best idea."

[gregtseng]

This lesson also really clicked for me especially in combination with your mental guide (great value for $9) lesson that every point ends with a mistake. If I give full commitment and effort on a shot (decision, footwork, full swing) then that's all I can ask of myself so I don't try to control the outcome or get upset if it becomes a mistake. This takes off a lot of pressure and fear of missing which were really holding me back. I'm now able to play with more freedom, which is more enjoyable and results in better outcomes. Thank you Karue!

[FrostyYogurt]

5-10min of coaching and the rallies at the end got so much better. Karue really knows how to tap into the abilities of each player👏

[Sly_]

I never formulated it anywhere as precisely as you did, but you are spot on!: So often when people think of control, they do the opposite of what they need.
Get tight and have a shortened swing/follow through, which just makes the ball sail long more often than not.

[tenniszerg]

"Look at that, Mr. Winston" brought a smile to my face (around 12:30).

[andyhungable]

I felt like you read my mind. I recently started telling my daughter a very similar thing. I told her I'd rather she be committed to her decision for a shot and then be confident in hitting that stroke. If she does that and still misses, that's ok. I told her not to 'baby' any shot simply because she wants to put the ball in the court. I started saying this to her because every time she just wanted to keep the rally going and "baby'ed" the ball, the shot ended up going into the net or shanking the ball.

[tennisteuton]

0:19 This rally actually provides some really good benchmarks with SwingVision: we know how fast we should hit the ball when rallying, and we know how much variation there can be in the landing spots of the balls!

[tennerstrings]

Give up control and swing through - gutsy but makes loads of sense! Thank you

[joseurbina]

This video makes much sense to me... Is a mental twist that I think can change completely my game. I will write after applying this on court. Thanks Karue!!

[BackoftheLineTennis]

Love you did the dubs on Winston's channel, then have Tiff and Winston for your instruction. All the best to everyone. Thanks for the information.

[Lucian]

I like how you put it. Indeed even "inconsistent" players can hold a nice rally when they commit to the shots..it usually comes as the rally progresses. You're seeing everything more clearly and you push all yourself to the next shot. I can feel that many times.

[gabby]

I like that you emphasize moving into the ball. That's something I'm working on. Hitting more with the legs.

[Whisper]

Karue is so good, Nick Bolleteri is stalking his lessons now.

[brasileirosim]

Thanks for the great video!
Some days ago in the club tournament I was losing the third set 03 after two breaks. I was convinced that it was over and I was extremely frustrated. I first thought I should break something, my bottle or my racket, but a colleague came and said I could win, and I should win.

I thought “well, I should adjust my game if I want to win”. I decided to move better, especially back. I was exhausted and was trying to play half volleys on the baseline. Parallel to this I should play more backhand topspin (give up control, as I love to “control”the ball with slice). And I should “let go”, swing freely, also while serving . With this commitments I began to force my opponent to play backhand from the backhand side. He began to play more slice and I was now dictating most points. It was a completely new game. I came back. He could break me again by 44, but I kept committed and won 75. I am very proud of the game adjustments and will keep doing this.