0:00:00.479,0:00:04.110 So, here's a play you can run that's gonna help you win a lot more singles matches. 0:00:05.119,0:00:05.250 Now, 0:00:05.320,0:00:05.440 first, 0:00:05.519,0:00:08.489 this video is courtesy of 12kgp-Tennis on YouTube. 0:00:08.579,0:00:10.149 Make sure you subscribe to their awesome channel. 0:00:10.149,0:00:11.760 I've put their link in the description below. 0:00:11.840,0:00:12.140 All right, 0:00:12.239,0:00:13.880 I'm gonna let you watch two points. 0:00:13.960,0:00:15.390 They're very similar points, 0:00:15.520,0:00:16.520 and then we'll diagram them. 0:00:30.610,0:00:30.850 All right, 0:00:30.930,0:00:34.459 so this is a match between Krueger and Taylor Fritz, 0:00:34.930,0:00:36.549 and the idea is very simple. 0:00:37.450,0:00:39.200 It's called 2-1. 0:00:39.450,0:00:42.119 This is the concept of hitting two shots 0:00:42.569,0:00:44.080 to one side of the court 0:00:44.369,0:00:45.759 to open up 0:00:46.169,0:00:47.159 one shot 0:00:47.529,0:00:49.700 into the other side of the court. 0:00:49.889,0:00:50.610 And oftentimes, 0:00:50.650,0:00:52.400 you don't even need this 0:00:52.930,0:00:53.319 because 0:00:53.650,0:00:54.759 this right here 0:00:54.990,0:00:56.009 wins the point. 0:00:56.250,0:00:56.360 So, 0:00:56.369,0:00:57.479 let's look at this serve. 0:00:57.610,0:00:57.750 Now, 0:00:57.770,0:01:02.689 this serve is actually a body serve and it comes to Taylor's left side. 0:01:03.119,0:01:05.559 So, he moves out of the way to make this a backhand. 0:01:05.569,0:01:07.290 It's a strong serve. 0:01:07.480,0:01:08.830 It's deep in the box 0:01:09.120,0:01:11.309 and it gets on Taylor very quickly, 0:01:11.360,0:01:12.519 so he chooses a backhand. 0:01:12.559,0:01:13.800 He's just reacting to this ball. 0:01:13.870,0:01:14.029 Now, 0:01:14.040,0:01:15.110 when he does this, 0:01:15.559,0:01:17.190 notice where he ends up. 0:01:17.440,0:01:19.019 He ends up in 0:01:19.440,0:01:20.510 the doubles alley. 0:01:21.199,0:01:22.160 If your shot, 0:01:22.199,0:01:24.160 whether it's a serve or a ground stroke, 0:01:24.199,0:01:26.440 when your shot pulls your opponent 0:01:26.680,0:01:27.959 into the doubles alley, 0:01:28.480,0:01:31.080 they need to now quickly recover. 0:01:31.589,0:01:33.680 And when they're recovering quickly, 0:01:34.000,0:01:35.529 you can use that to your advantage. 0:01:35.569,0:01:36.410 If we look at Krueger, 0:01:36.449,0:01:38.319 he's hitting the ball right now. 0:01:38.809,0:01:39.120 Now, 0:01:39.319,0:01:40.599 look where Taylor is. 0:01:40.889,0:01:41.879 His brain is thinking, 0:01:42.010,0:01:42.330 you know what, 0:01:42.489,0:01:43.769 I've got to be prepared for this. 0:01:43.849,0:01:46.360 We can see that Krueger is inside the court. 0:01:46.690,0:01:48.489 So, taking the ball down the line and 0:01:48.489,0:01:51.279 just ripping this ball down the line would absolutely 0:01:51.569,0:01:52.949 make sense strategically. 0:01:53.290,0:01:53.510 So, 0:01:53.569,0:01:55.080 Taylor is moving across 0:01:55.319,0:01:56.819 to protect that shot. 0:01:57.290,0:02:00.810 But what Krueger does is he decides to actually hit the ball right 0:02:00.810,0:02:00.919 here 0:02:01.819,0:02:02.080 or 0:02:02.099,0:02:02.970 close to there. 0:02:03.139,0:02:04.569 So watch his shot. 0:02:04.860,0:02:06.819 Watch where this ball lands. 0:02:07.059,0:02:11.259 It lands near the service line and actually wrong foots Taylor, 0:02:11.539,0:02:13.490 who is moving back to the center. 0:02:13.899,0:02:16.770 So, that's the 2-1 strategy where you 0:02:17.020,0:02:18.720 hit two shots and on the serve, 0:02:18.779,0:02:19.139 obviously, 0:02:19.179,0:02:20.979 you're serving to this side because it's your 0:02:20.979,0:02:23.009 serve and that's the rules to serve cross-court. 0:02:23.300,0:02:27.410 But you can use your serve as the first of those two. 0:02:27.660,0:02:29.940 And then as your opponent is recovering, 0:02:30.149,0:02:32.919 you can hit again back behind them. 0:02:33.669,0:02:34.419 Now here, 0:02:34.720,0:02:35.259 Taylor 0:02:35.679,0:02:37.100 does the exact same thing 0:02:37.389,0:02:38.169 against Krueger. 0:02:38.389,0:02:39.369 So, Taylor, 0:02:39.630,0:02:41.419 instead of hitting the body serve 0:02:41.990,0:02:43.100 that moved, 0:02:43.309,0:02:43.630 you know, 0:02:43.949,0:02:45.910 Taylor out wide when Krueger was serving, 0:02:46.070,0:02:48.500 what Taylor does is he actually serves out wide 0:02:48.710,0:02:50.740 and that pulls Krueger over. 0:02:51.029,0:02:53.850 So, not only is Krueger outside the singles line, 0:02:54.029,0:02:55.869 he's outside the doubles line too. 0:02:56.449,0:02:59.399 So, now he has to recover quickly. 0:02:59.490,0:03:00.600 If he doesn't, 0:03:00.889,0:03:04.039 then Taylor can just hit it down the line for a winner. 0:03:04.330,0:03:05.960 So, Krueger is coming back, 0:03:06.169,0:03:08.119 and sometimes in this situation, 0:03:08.610,0:03:13.729 your opponent just has to guess and just is sprinting to this other side. 0:03:14.429,0:03:18.860 So, Taylor decides to spin it and actually purposely hits short, 0:03:18.929,0:03:20.880 which actually helps create a better angle, 0:03:21.089,0:03:23.179 and he spins the ball and watch sorry, 0:03:24.330,0:03:25.250 watch Taylor here. 0:03:25.410,0:03:25.649 I'm sorry, 0:03:25.750,0:03:26.479 watch Krueger, 0:03:26.649,0:03:29.089 he's running and he's got to come back. 0:03:29.289,0:03:29.410 You know, 0:03:29.490,0:03:32.610 he's gotta have his body facing this direction 0:03:32.889,0:03:34.039 as Taylor is hitting. 0:03:34.250,0:03:36.410 He really cannot square up his body 0:03:36.809,0:03:40.770 and face forward because he's got to get over fast enough. 0:03:40.979,0:03:44.089 And that's because Taylor hit the ball so wide 0:03:44.380,0:03:47.729 that Krueger had to run fast to get back into the court. 0:03:47.940,0:03:51.070 And that's when Taylor's using that speed 0:03:51.500,0:03:54.929 that Krueger is using to get into the middle of the court against him 0:03:55.100,0:03:56.100 in order to hit behind him. 0:03:56.179,0:03:56.339 All right, 0:03:56.539,0:03:58.410 let's watch these two points again. 0:04:10.669,0:04:10.770 Now 0:04:10.770,0:04:14.919 the exact 2-1 strategy, we just saw the pros using is included 0:04:15.089,0:04:17.608 in the singles playbook from Fuzzy Yellow balls. 0:04:17.730,0:04:22.369 It's over 50 pages play after play on how to beat your toughest opponents, 0:04:22.380,0:04:23.519 and on page 10, 0:04:23.690,0:04:24.279 there it is, 0:04:24.410,0:04:25.200 the 2-1. 0:04:25.290,0:04:28.000 What's really cool with every play in this book, 0:04:28.130,0:04:29.160 there's a QR code. 0:04:29.329,0:04:31.570 Hold up your tablet or your phone up over 0:04:31.675,0:04:34.726 the QR code up pops a video automatically of Will Hamilton from 0:04:34.726,0:04:38.295 Fuzzy Yellow Balls teaching you exactly how to use that play. 0:04:38.466,0:04:41.545 You can grab the link for the singles 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0:05:12.231,0:05:12.492 All right, 0:05:12.682,0:05:13.231 we had, 0:05:13.402,0:05:15.152 let's take Taylor Fritz first. 0:05:15.820,0:05:19.250 He served out wide that pulled Kruger off the court. 0:05:19.440,0:05:20.920 Now in the 2-1, 0:05:21.000,0:05:25.730 you can do this off of a serve as part of, you know, the set up for this, 0:05:25.920,0:05:27.510 or you can just do it with a ground stroke, 0:05:27.720,0:05:28.029 but 0:05:28.320,0:05:31.200 you hit the ball so that it pulls your opponent off the court. 0:05:31.279,0:05:31.950 So, that's 0:05:32.160,0:05:34.549 the first shot of the two. 0:05:34.959,0:05:36.429 Then when they recover, 0:05:36.640,0:05:37.480 they have to be 0:05:37.842,0:05:40.263 coming back pretty fast because they're afraid you're 0:05:40.263,0:05:41.423 gonna hit it into the open court, 0:05:41.463,0:05:42.912 which is actually called 1-1, 0:05:42.983,0:05:43.342 right? 0:05:43.542,0:05:46.013 So, you hit the first shot out wide, 0:05:46.342,0:05:47.572 now you can, 0:05:47.583,0:05:48.572 if they hit short, 0:05:48.743,0:05:50.613 you can hit behind them 0:05:50.822,0:05:53.453 where you know the opponent has to come to the center, 0:05:53.703,0:05:55.102 so you can actually hit behind them. 0:05:55.222,0:05:55.683 Now 0:05:56.102,0:05:59.203 if they get that ball back and now they're scrambling, 0:05:59.222,0:05:59.463 they're 0:05:59.615,0:06:01.006 back way off the court again, 0:06:01.205,0:06:02.235 completely off balance. 0:06:02.566,0:06:04.395 That's what sets up the ability 0:06:04.605,0:06:05.855 to hit into the open court. 0:06:05.976,0:06:08.156 So, that's the two shots to one corner, 0:06:08.446,0:06:10.026 one shot in the other corner. 0:06:10.365,0:06:12.385 With Krueger and Fritz, 0:06:12.566,0:06:15.395 they actually won the point with just the 2, 0:06:15.605,0:06:17.235 the 2 shots into the same corner. 0:06:17.246,0:06:19.365 And you're gonna find that with your opponents that 0:06:19.365,0:06:21.485 you don't even have to hit that third shot 0:06:21.899,0:06:22.989 into the open court, 0:06:23.140,0:06:25.299 that just pulling your opponent off the court 0:06:25.570,0:06:27.690 and every once in a while as they're recovering, 0:06:27.700,0:06:28.769 you hit behind them, 0:06:28.899,0:06:30.459 you're gonna win the point outright. 0:06:30.839,0:06:32.029 Then guess what happens? 0:06:33.640,0:06:35.149 We try to layer onto this. 0:06:35.480,0:06:36.399 They start thinking, 0:06:36.440,0:06:37.029 oh, 0:06:37.519,0:06:38.640 I got pulled over. 0:06:38.709,0:06:41.279 I'm gonna hang out here a little bit because they're gonna try to 0:06:41.279,0:06:44.619 hit behind me and then you start noticing that they're hanging out, 0:06:44.799,0:06:45.850 hitting into the open court, 0:06:45.880,0:06:46.869 which is the 1-1, 0:06:47.000,0:06:47.720 and then they feel like, 0:06:47.760,0:06:48.200 "Oh my gosh, 0:06:48.250,0:06:49.149 no matter what I do, 0:06:49.239,0:06:50.350 I'm gonna lose to this person." 0:06:50.399,0:06:51.790 That's good for you. 0:06:52.170,0:06:55.350 Start working on the 2-1 single strategy, 0:06:55.399,0:06:56.410 and there's no doubt. 0:06:56.600,0:06:57.459 You're gonna gain confidence, 0:06:57.519,0:06:58.230 win more matches, 0:06:58.239,0:06:59.559 and play much better tennis. 0:07:00.010,0:07:02.970 This is Ryan Reidy from 2MinuteTennis.net. 0:07:03.519,0:07:04.510 You got this.