World’s most ANNOYING tennis opponent (and why they BEAT you) - Part 2

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If you can read this you have an impressive scrolling game.

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[saschahitzendorfer]

I just wanted to thank you so much for these helpful videos.
Yesterday I won a match against a pusher that I usually don't win against and without your videos, I think I would have lost clearly.

THANK YOU!

(now I'm in the semi finals ;) )

[TennisTrollChannel]

Excellent point with 8:10. I did that many times throughout the match. Also - we'll show more points including errors and misses in future videos. Challenged accepted : ] It makes sense - and it appears viewers want to see more tennis too. Thank you for the suggestion and thank you for analyzing our games as it's helpful to us who are looking for ways to improve.

[ajaxsf]

You should find the pusher and interview him. Even though we hate to play him we secretly love him because he exposes our flaws.

[KRN]

Pusher: "Let the JUNK flow through you, join the dark side."

[RK-ftrn]

I'm lucky enough to practice against a player exactly like him right down to his switching hands on forehands. I asked him who he loses too and his reply was to the players with solid volley/overhead that keeps the pressure on him and not allow pusher to dictate play.

[danielakerman]

Here’s the thing about pushers: their mindset is almost always humble and they almost always think their opponent is better than them. So their approach is just “let me just survive.” There are a lot of lessons in that!

[LaoFarm]

I love playing with those pushers!!! Important prerequisites: Solid slices (back and forehand), volley well, know how to kill short balls well, know your overhead smash well, patience, attack the weak serves (I often stand very close to the service line and take it on the rise and prepare for a pop up), watch out for your unforced errors, no need to serve hard - save your energy - he່'ll dink the serves anyway, good legs and study his weaknesses (study the winning points). Yeah, these pusher will test your knowledge and skills!! They can and will expose your weaknesses! ..and respect their game style.

[thstreetmedia]

This is honestly the best resource on playing defensive players that I've ever seen. The classic refrain has just been "get to net; they can't hurt you." It's almost like people create a caricature of a pusher that has literally no shot-making or offensive ability. That's not realistic. Every player with this style I've seen has had great lobs, drop shots, and passing shots. This shows so much more understanding of what playing these players is actually like. Can't wait for the next part.

[vijaymisra]

Guys, Give credit where it is due. if you ignore his non conventional strokes, this guy has awesome consistency, athleticism, and ball control. It takes a lot of hard work to achieve it. Hats off to him to beat another good conventional player.

[RFinch]

I do the same thing as TennisTroll Channel. I never like to include the errors in my videos, but I do see your point in that it gives a false sense of what "real tennis" and "real life" actually looks like. I guess that's why on average I'll have 1 hour of a footage and end up with a 4 minute video 😂😂😂😂

Also side note to echo what some other people have said in the comments. I think a match between you and the "defensive player" would be an amazing video. Especially if you added commentary to it!!

[TennisTrollChannel]

TennisTroll looks really good in the thumbnail : ]

[s.charlesbrubaker]

Ian, you need to come down to Atlanta and play "the defensive player." He is a legend.

[joaodemcneto]

This new format is amazing!

I just lost a match to a defensive player and the highlight "mentality trap" you just mentioned was my doom.

Please keep up the great strategy content, there isn't a lot of those for us amateurs out there.

[kakoiijing]

Ian, thank you so much to making video tutorials like this, this really recalled my own memory of dealing with pushers in the past, such a nightmare back then, especially when playing in 3.0 category. I could comfortably win a 4.0 match yet ended up losing to a 3.0 pusher a bagel somehow, which really frustrated me back then.

[atrem]

Beating a pusher is a mental thing. First stop judging their style of play. It is, what it is. Accept their way of playing. Accept they make you work for every point. Make you suffer for every point you loose. Don't waste any mental energy on it. Note, Only a much better player is able to over power their weak techniques so much they lose big & fast.

Patience is the name of the game. I try to get them on the run in panic mode. Often enough 75 % of your normal tempo, is enough to make it very difficult for them. If running doesnt work try pinning them down in on cornerother advices would be keeping the ball deep on their court side as close the baseline as you can without an error.. Never try to beat them at their own game draw them into your game. A pusher gives you all sorts of valuable information about the flaws in your game..To most players a pusher works like poison to your game slowly breaking it down till you end up joining the pushing game losing in 3 long sets. There is a turning point in the matter. Some very high skilled players even at the top pro level. Work like a pusher or a defensive style of play leaching of your opponents mistakes or just wait to counter a weak shot. My problem is as go for many I have an attacking mindset, I want to be the one in control of the point dictating tempo from behind the baseline, speed acceleration during the rally all my decision, i learned if let myself get hung up about stuff he does or should be doing. My feet are the first to stop moving like a butterfly and my shots stop stinging like a bee soon after all is over.If you also have a defensive mindset yourself you are used to wait, now only nothing happens. If you lose against a pusher you lost because he is better at winning the game of tennis then you are. Because he got a plan, you didn't.

[chjcptt]

I just subscribed. Very informative video. Learn a lot of good concepts and just realised some of the errors from my own play. Thank you!

[johnjhope]

So true in that when someone really carves the ball, I almost always do the same back. Why do I do that? Like some kind of mental tick. Glad you pointed it out as a common issue. I will more consciously try to overcome this bad habit going forwards. Great video, again.

[shaydelgado]

awesome instructional! The monitor supplement really helps! Where can one get that?

[jamesleem.d.]

This is a fascinating topic. I have enjoyed your careful examination of the Pusher Game. Back in my tennis-playing days there was a highly ranked player here in the midwest who had the most unorthodox game I've ever seen for a guy who won so many amateur tournaments, both singles and doubles. I watched him many times drive really good players (4.5s etc) nuts, and mainly because of his weird backhand that was essentially fool-proof and hit exactly like that of the famous Francois Dürr, who was said to swipe the ball on her backhand just like she had a fly swatter in her hand. In other words, the guy hit both his forehand and backhand ground strokes with the SAME side of the strings. I think his deadly secret was that he LOOKED like a pusher, and had a very simple serve that rarely went out, yet he was actually not a pusher at all but just a very smart fellow who uniquely "saw" a whole point as it unfolded. I have been beaten badly by this guy in tournament play. I always (but wrongly) figured any very low ball to his backhand would be hard for him to return offensively, but I learned that this was not true.

[johnyang]

When you push and bring home a trophy, there is no asterisk thats says “Yeah, he won, but he pushed” A win is a win.