Awesome lesson, Will! Easily the most simple and actionable explanation of the "inside vs outside ball" concept. I struggle the most against counter punchers....don't tell Kevin. -Ian

Great use of Roger Federer for educating the tennis public!

Subscribed! You explained about $2k with of tennis coaching sessions. Phenom job!!

Im barely half way through and I know this video deserves a million views. Bravo!!

OMG, what a revelation. I tried this today and it felt like I wasn't playing blind anymore. Thanks Will.

Wow, I honestly can't believe it. I watched this video before my new tennis season started thinking, I'll give it a chance. I can hit hard but I wanted to stay consistent and I made plays. To attack the opponents backhand, how to hit my forehand. What plays I wanted. And I won, easily. This video is fantastic. Just having a gameplan helps beat better opponents.

Fantastic job reinforcing the power and consistency the shots made strategically using the vertical line diagram! I also saw this technique/gameplay being used quite evidently by Roger vs Rafa in the fateful 2017 final in the most dramatic rally of that evening. Thanks.

great new kind of idea for improving competetive game. Thanks on behalf of everyone who watches this video.

Thank you for explaining "inside" vs "outside"! My anecodate: I didn't realize until recently that my forehand cross-court was so inconsistent until I started playing a southpaw who had a great forehand. I had to develop my forehand-cross court by ***close-stancing*** my forehand and getting more shoulder-turn to pull the ball cross-court, and now I use the forehand cross-court to hit winners against righties who guard their backhand side of the court too much and leave the forehand side open for a winner. (This might help some folks.)

Loved this! I never post on KZfaq, but as a coach myself, I appreciate such clear, practical teaching. Thanks for this awesome lesson. :)

Wow! My favorite tennis channel is back!

This video has changed my life!!!!.. I used to go for the wrong shots all the time, now, I always know what shot I am going to play and it has made me more calm. Cannot thank you enough.

I have two shields:(

Love this video. Can be applied to badminton even. Love it !

This is excellent. I'm a Badminton player but your keywords about "running plays" is exactly the kind of new mindset that I needed. It's not the quality of my shots that matter, it's the quality of my decisions like you mentioned.

Love the "imaginary line!" I will use it in my matches, as well as when I'm watching the U.S. Open this week! I struggle with the southpaw (you love that!)

I'm so glad to stumble upon this video! Subscribed! Excellent work and easy to understand explanation. Just the kind of thinking tennis that I needed! Thank you!

Omg it’s been so Long since I’ve seen FYb! I remember back in 2011. I bought all of your videos! Miss you lots will!

Dude, where has this been my whole life. I've won many matches, but somehow was totally clueless to any of this. It makes perfect sense when explained though. Subscribed! Bought the book! So brilliant, yet so obvious in hindsight.

I just realized this is exactly why Roger moves so little during matches. Wow, very cool!

This is some high quality analysis. Great video Will

I will be looking for Federer to run this to perfection tonight!!!! Go Federer!!! Great video Will as always mate

What a high quality video in all aspects, i subscribed instantly!

This is a well basic strategy, thanks mate

Great stuff, thanks for sharing!

Definitely appreciate this, and I will try it for sure. For the record, I still generally struggle with pushers, as it forces me to generate my own pace, oftentimes take the ball at a higher point (which I am trying to improve at), but also their slow balls allow them to be able to recover their position and neutralize any positional advantage I may have on them.

That is fantastic thank you 🙏 This play helped me fantastic today.. awesome

I always tell my students when they say they lost but... 1st give kudos to opponent always. .. they tell me but my strokes were much better... i tell them nope, maybe you think they 'looked' better..but they were not better and didnt get the job done. Its really about taking accountability. And thereafter watching videos like this for some lovely tactics!

Loved that! I struggle against pushers and net players.

Serve & volleyer and all counters. Good explanation. Easy to understand and probably implement. Probably.

Nicely explained, Will. Have read a book which talks about similar concepts by Anthony Stockman, he talks about angle of deflection, playing to your strengths, pulling the ball etc... (How to hit out, get ball control and play percentage tennis). Always good to visualise this like you have, makes me actually look at tennis shots differently now!

Will, this is a great video. Thank You!

This video taught me a lot! Thank you!

This video absolutely blew my mind. I realize I've been playing tennis with zero plan my whole life. Thank you for your great work!

Very good tactics thanks.

I.LOVE.THIS.VIDEO. I've been searching for content like this online and IRL, but I never had the right terminology..

Great video. Pushers, always struggled against pushers.

Wow amazing!!!!

Excellent video

Loved this video

Great info on strategy. I also enjoyed your opening sequence because it describes very closely my experience of effectively psyching myself out of a match. Misery loves company!

Loved it. Great example point too. Very high percentage. Also I laughed a bit when you used the phrase "No matter which way you slice it" hahaha 🤣

Subscribed- badass video my man

Incredible video top top work

Congratulations Will on a super clear and useful explanation, I can't wait to apply these tactics tomorrow morning :) I was wondering though, as I am among the minority that feels more comfortable on the backhand side than on the forehand, how different a strategy would apply even better to my situation? Thank you and once again congrats on this series! (... and subscribed!) :)

Great!! Sei Geniale! Grazie

YASSSSS FYB IS BACK!!! 🎾🎾🎾 I struggle the most against Aggressive Baseliners, like my bro who I’ve been trying to beat FOREVER! Can’t wait to go out again and try this! 💪

Thank you!

It's definitely the Pusher for me - I struggle with those players.I enjoyed watching this, thanks!

Love your tacticts

Definitely will try this next time I play, awesome explanation. I struggle agaisnt pushers.

Thanks for the explanation! In this instance Federer applied a special case of this tactic that is simple to remember. He directed his shots to always cross that imaginary line, regardless of where the ball came from. Seems like a decent go-to tactic.

great job!

Wow amazing video with the explanation and example. I just found this channel and I'm a new tennis player. Thank you so much.

Great. Good step up from my standard plan, 'thump it at their backhand'.

Great info for righty to righty, can you do a video on righty versus lefty?

Very nice thanks

I’ve been a Tennis Player for a very long time, and the concept of “Running Plays” was never ever clearly presented. Back in my day it was called playing percentage tennis. Just knowing that my opponent could be using this against me, will give me a better handle on where the ball could go against a fairly competent player. Very nice analysis, keep up the good work!

Thanks I will use this strat in my next match

One simple tip to add to the great advice in this video. Remember to take note of whether your opponent is left or right handed - you feel pretty silly when you're part-way into a set and you finally figure out why all the balls you hit to the backhand side are coming back so strong and consistent. **ahem** ... speaking from experience there.

Fascinating

It worked!

Great stuff mate 🇭🇷❤️

makes sense Will I didnt notice this before thanks

v nice play...hope to incorporate that in my game ...

Love it.

Nice vid! Keep on

i love this

The driving home part & "I hate tennis" resonates with me so much. Appreciated that section

Used this in my 3.5 match last night, 6-2, 6-2. Dictated the point everytime my opponent hit inside, was able to finish at the net or hit winners. I never thought I needed plays but this was great.

amazing, Will!

Bravo!!!

Lovely, I now understand what is going on in Wimbledon. Before it just didn't make much sense. Thank you.

The "singles playbook" sounds like something Barney Stinson would come up with lol

I just happened on your channel. I've played for ...a long time...before you were born. This is good stuff. Subscribed.

Great teaching. I couldn't agree with you and the Bryan brothers more. I play with a really competitive group of guys, some of them are doctors, but all are very smart successful people, but for some reason most of them do not use their brain when playing tennis. Its as if they leave their head on the bench and just hit balls. Which is the issue with club players. Instead of using tactics, (attack the backhand, bring the player in, slice and top spin, high ball, court positioning, etc), the tendency is to just hit back with out thought. Thanks for making the time.

thanks mate

I’d love to see some running plays for doubles, too.

Federer has 2 swords

Very interesting...

Good tip

Wow I've never overthought it like this.

10000000000000000000000000000% me I needed this video thanks so much

Thank you - it helps me to win my last match agian an old friend, who plays much better then I for years.

I really liked this video. It is helpful to know such simple things and try to execute it. I do have a question. Where does hitting an inside out forehand fall with this strategy. Would we never deploy this kind of a shot in the home base strategy

Im 5`7, "on my prime" my villain was Dr. Feel Good, i literally had to run extra steps to properly hit the ball and in long rallies those added up fast, now that i dont train anymore i dislike the counter-punchers... i was want the point to be over and not run anymore xD

Great video, but quick question: how much would this strategy/play change for a left-hander like myself?

Practice and a live opponent when it matters are completely different things

Awesome, I will try this against a pusher in my club 🎾

I got a type of shot I can go the opposite this pattern because I can hit down the line block slice forehand. Directing the ball to my opponent backhand and players are completely confuse because they have a lot of trouble to attack cross court with there backhand following that low shot and than I use a battering ram back and to backhand strategy because my backhand is so solid and consistent.

The home rum analogy is more about hitting beyond the point of impact vs not. Awesome video though, thanks a lot.

This is so great that you’re coaching tactics. Just as you said, this is not stressed enough and I don’t know why. Here in America, all the coaches stressed to me hitting the ball hard, having a big forehand and serve and always hitting to the opponent’s backhand. It wasn’t until I started training in France that I was taught all sorts of tactics and how to beat different playing styles. The best peace of advice I’ve ever been given is not to play on my strength, but to always play on my opponent’s weaknesses. So my game style is an aggressive baseliner. I try to set up forehand winners with my serve as well as take the offensive position on the rallies. However, even though i prefer my forehand, if I see that my backhand is stronger than my opponent’s, I’ll try to go backhand to backhand with him rather than trying to always run around my forehand to hit an inside out shot or as you demonstrated in the video, hit down the line forehands during neutral rallies which are tough to be accurate on. Even though I don’t feel as comfortable at net as on the baseline, if I play a pusher,I’d rather go to net to take time away than spend all day at the baseline and get myself tired.

Great explanation of the inside and outside groundstrokes! Thank you. My question is when can we hit the outside down to the line?

I'm going to hit tomorrow. Not an official match, but will still try this technique!

what a comeback

Thanks Will.. Great advise. I struggle with pushers. Normally I end up winning 1st set with power and serve and volley. Then the pusher cops this and starts playing high and deep over the net. This leads to me getting frustrated as I like "proper" ground stroke tennis. Sometimes I limp to a cagey win or Sometimes I lose in 3 sets, through beating myself as I try to force the game. I feel your pain when you lose to someone you know you should put away.

I struggle the most against aggressive conterpuncher , very nice video , the book Is available or are just your notes?

Really interesting. Looking forward to trying it tonight. Can´t wait for the "pusher" villain. I really struggle against them.

This applies to many other sports too!

Loved you as The Church Lady on SNL!! :D