WEBVTT 00:00:00.479 --> 00:00:04.110 So, here's a play you can run that's gonna help you win a lot more singles matches. 00:00:05.119 --> 00:00:05.250 Now, 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:05.440 first, 00:00:05.519 --> 00:00:08.489 this video is courtesy of 12kgp-Tennis on YouTube. 00:00:08.579 --> 00:00:10.149 Make sure you subscribe to their awesome channel. 00:00:10.149 --> 00:00:11.760 I've put their link in the description below. 00:00:11.840 --> 00:00:12.140 All right, 00:00:12.239 --> 00:00:13.880 I'm gonna let you watch two points. 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:15.390 They're very similar points, 00:00:15.520 --> 00:00:16.520 and then we'll diagram them. 00:00:30.610 --> 00:00:30.850 All right, 00:00:30.930 --> 00:00:34.459 so this is a match between Krueger and Taylor Fritz, 00:00:34.930 --> 00:00:36.549 and the idea is very simple. 00:00:37.450 --> 00:00:39.200 It's called 2-1. 00:00:39.450 --> 00:00:42.119 This is the concept of hitting two shots 00:00:42.569 --> 00:00:44.080 to one side of the court 00:00:44.369 --> 00:00:45.759 to open up 00:00:46.169 --> 00:00:47.159 one shot 00:00:47.529 --> 00:00:49.700 into the other side of the court. 00:00:49.889 --> 00:00:50.610 And oftentimes, 00:00:50.650 --> 00:00:52.400 you don't even need this 00:00:52.930 --> 00:00:53.319 because 00:00:53.650 --> 00:00:54.759 this right here 00:00:54.990 --> 00:00:56.009 wins the point. 00:00:56.250 --> 00:00:56.360 So, 00:00:56.369 --> 00:00:57.479 let's look at this serve. 00:00:57.610 --> 00:00:57.750 Now, 00:00:57.770 --> 00:01:02.689 this serve is actually a body serve and it comes to Taylor's left side. 00:01:03.119 --> 00:01:05.559 So, he moves out of the way to make this a backhand. 00:01:05.569 --> 00:01:07.290 It's a strong serve. 00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:08.830 It's deep in the box 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:11.309 and it gets on Taylor very quickly, 00:01:11.360 --> 00:01:12.519 so he chooses a backhand. 00:01:12.559 --> 00:01:13.800 He's just reacting to this ball. 00:01:13.870 --> 00:01:14.029 Now, 00:01:14.040 --> 00:01:15.110 when he does this, 00:01:15.559 --> 00:01:17.190 notice where he ends up. 00:01:17.440 --> 00:01:19.019 He ends up in 00:01:19.440 --> 00:01:20.510 the doubles alley. 00:01:21.199 --> 00:01:22.160 If your shot, 00:01:22.199 --> 00:01:24.160 whether it's a serve or a ground stroke, 00:01:24.199 --> 00:01:26.440 when your shot pulls your opponent 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:27.959 into the doubles alley, 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:31.080 they need to now quickly recover. 00:01:31.589 --> 00:01:33.680 And when they're recovering quickly, 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:35.529 you can use that to your advantage. 00:01:35.569 --> 00:01:36.410 If we look at Krueger, 00:01:36.449 --> 00:01:38.319 he's hitting the ball right now. 00:01:38.809 --> 00:01:39.120 Now, 00:01:39.319 --> 00:01:40.599 look where Taylor is. 00:01:40.889 --> 00:01:41.879 His brain is thinking, 00:01:42.010 --> 00:01:42.330 you know what, 00:01:42.489 --> 00:01:43.769 I've got to be prepared for this. 00:01:43.849 --> 00:01:46.360 We can see that Krueger is inside the court. 00:01:46.690 --> 00:01:48.489 So, taking the ball down the line and 00:01:48.489 --> 00:01:51.279 just ripping this ball down the line would absolutely 00:01:51.569 --> 00:01:52.949 make sense strategically. 00:01:53.290 --> 00:01:53.510 So, 00:01:53.569 --> 00:01:55.080 Taylor is moving across 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:56.819 to protect that shot. 00:01:57.290 --> 00:02:00.810 But what Krueger does is he decides to actually hit the ball right 00:02:00.810 --> 00:02:00.919 here 00:02:01.819 --> 00:02:02.080 or 00:02:02.099 --> 00:02:02.970 close to there. 00:02:03.139 --> 00:02:04.569 So watch his shot. 00:02:04.860 --> 00:02:06.819 Watch where this ball lands. 00:02:07.059 --> 00:02:11.259 It lands near the service line and actually wrong foots Taylor, 00:02:11.539 --> 00:02:13.490 who is moving back to the center. 00:02:13.899 --> 00:02:16.770 So, that's the 2-1 strategy where you 00:02:17.020 --> 00:02:18.720 hit two shots and on the serve, 00:02:18.779 --> 00:02:19.139 obviously, 00:02:19.179 --> 00:02:20.979 you're serving to this side because it's your 00:02:20.979 --> 00:02:23.009 serve and that's the rules to serve cross-court. 00:02:23.300 --> 00:02:27.410 But you can use your serve as the first of those two. 00:02:27.660 --> 00:02:29.940 And then as your opponent is recovering, 00:02:30.149 --> 00:02:32.919 you can hit again back behind them. 00:02:33.669 --> 00:02:34.419 Now here, 00:02:34.720 --> 00:02:35.259 Taylor 00:02:35.679 --> 00:02:37.100 does the exact same thing 00:02:37.389 --> 00:02:38.169 against Krueger. 00:02:38.389 --> 00:02:39.369 So, Taylor, 00:02:39.630 --> 00:02:41.419 instead of hitting the body serve 00:02:41.990 --> 00:02:43.100 that moved, 00:02:43.309 --> 00:02:43.630 you know, 00:02:43.949 --> 00:02:45.910 Taylor out wide when Krueger was serving, 00:02:46.070 --> 00:02:48.500 what Taylor does is he actually serves out wide 00:02:48.710 --> 00:02:50.740 and that pulls Krueger over. 00:02:51.029 --> 00:02:53.850 So, not only is Krueger outside the singles line, 00:02:54.029 --> 00:02:55.869 he's outside the doubles line too. 00:02:56.449 --> 00:02:59.399 So, now he has to recover quickly. 00:02:59.490 --> 00:03:00.600 If he doesn't, 00:03:00.889 --> 00:03:04.039 then Taylor can just hit it down the line for a winner. 00:03:04.330 --> 00:03:05.960 So, Krueger is coming back, 00:03:06.169 --> 00:03:08.119 and sometimes in this situation, 00:03:08.610 --> 00:03:13.729 your opponent just has to guess and just is sprinting to this other side. 00:03:14.429 --> 00:03:18.860 So, Taylor decides to spin it and actually purposely hits short, 00:03:18.929 --> 00:03:20.880 which actually helps create a better angle, 00:03:21.089 --> 00:03:23.179 and he spins the ball and watch sorry, 00:03:24.330 --> 00:03:25.250 watch Taylor here. 00:03:25.410 --> 00:03:25.649 I'm sorry, 00:03:25.750 --> 00:03:26.479 watch Krueger, 00:03:26.649 --> 00:03:29.089 he's running and he's got to come back. 00:03:29.289 --> 00:03:29.410 You know, 00:03:29.490 --> 00:03:32.610 he's gotta have his body facing this direction 00:03:32.889 --> 00:03:34.039 as Taylor is hitting. 00:03:34.250 --> 00:03:36.410 He really cannot square up his body 00:03:36.809 --> 00:03:40.770 and face forward because he's got to get over fast enough. 00:03:40.979 --> 00:03:44.089 And that's because Taylor hit the ball so wide 00:03:44.380 --> 00:03:47.729 that Krueger had to run fast to get back into the court. 00:03:47.940 --> 00:03:51.070 And that's when Taylor's using that speed 00:03:51.500 --> 00:03:54.929 that Krueger is using to get into the middle of the court against him 00:03:55.100 --> 00:03:56.100 in order to hit behind him. 00:03:56.179 --> 00:03:56.339 All right, 00:03:56.539 --> 00:03:58.410 let's watch these two points again. 00:04:10.669 --> 00:04:10.770 Now 00:04:10.770 --> 00:04:14.919 the exact 2-1 strategy, we just saw the pros using is included 00:04:15.089 --> 00:04:17.608 in the singles playbook from Fuzzy Yellow balls. 00:04:17.730 --> 00:04:22.369 It's over 50 pages play after play on how to beat your toughest opponents, 00:04:22.380 --> 00:04:23.519 and on page 10, 00:04:23.690 --> 00:04:24.279 there it is, 00:04:24.410 --> 00:04:25.200 the 2-1. 00:04:25.290 --> 00:04:28.000 What's really cool with every play in this book, 00:04:28.130 --> 00:04:29.160 there's a QR code. 00:04:29.329 --> 00:04:31.570 Hold up your tablet or your phone up over 00:04:31.675 --> 00:04:34.726 the QR code up pops a video automatically of Will Hamilton from 00:04:34.726 --> 00:04:38.295 Fuzzy Yellow Balls teaching you exactly how to use that play. 00:04:38.466 --> 00:04:41.545 You can grab the link for the singles playbook in the description. 00:04:41.585 --> 00:04:43.295 It's also pinned in the first comment. 00:04:43.425 --> 00:04:47.036 And if you're looking for new people in your local area to find, 00:04:47.105 --> 00:04:50.156 maybe you have a group of friends and people you play tennis with, 00:04:50.186 --> 00:04:51.865 but you want a kind of a better challenge. 00:04:51.925 --> 00:04:53.436 You want stronger players in your local 00:04:53.492 --> 00:04:53.761 area. 00:04:53.812 --> 00:04:54.971 You want to find those people, 00:04:55.161 --> 00:04:56.881 then use my link for Play Your Court, 00:04:56.921 --> 00:04:59.921 and it's playyourcourt.com/2minutetennis. 00:05:00.041 --> 00:05:01.161 You'll find people to play against, 00:05:01.282 --> 00:05:01.701 practice with, 00:05:01.712 --> 00:05:04.552 and even find coaches who are gonna help you up your game. 00:05:04.682 --> 00:05:07.562 All you gotta do is go in the description and in the first comment, 00:05:07.601 --> 00:05:11.872 and you'll find the links both for Play Your Court and for the singles playbook. 00:05:12.231 --> 00:05:12.492 All right, 00:05:12.682 --> 00:05:13.231 we had, 00:05:13.402 --> 00:05:15.152 let's take Taylor Fritz first. 00:05:15.820 --> 00:05:19.250 He served out wide that pulled Kruger off the court. 00:05:19.440 --> 00:05:20.920 Now in the 2-1, 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:25.730 you can do this off of a serve as part of, you know, the set up for this, 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:27.510 or you can just do it with a ground stroke, 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:28.029 but 00:05:28.320 --> 00:05:31.200 you hit the ball so that it pulls your opponent off the court. 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:31.950 So, that's 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:34.549 the first shot of the two. 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:36.429 Then when they recover, 00:05:36.640 --> 00:05:37.480 they have to be 00:05:37.842 --> 00:05:40.263 coming back pretty fast because they're afraid you're 00:05:40.263 --> 00:05:41.423 gonna hit it into the open court, 00:05:41.463 --> 00:05:42.912 which is actually called 1-1, 00:05:42.983 --> 00:05:43.342 right? 00:05:43.542 --> 00:05:46.013 So, you hit the first shot out wide, 00:05:46.342 --> 00:05:47.572 now you can, 00:05:47.583 --> 00:05:48.572 if they hit short, 00:05:48.743 --> 00:05:50.613 you can hit behind them 00:05:50.822 --> 00:05:53.453 where you know the opponent has to come to the center, 00:05:53.703 --> 00:05:55.102 so you can actually hit behind them. 00:05:55.222 --> 00:05:55.683 Now 00:05:56.102 --> 00:05:59.203 if they get that ball back and now they're scrambling, 00:05:59.222 --> 00:05:59.463 they're 00:05:59.615 --> 00:06:01.006 back way off the court again, 00:06:01.205 --> 00:06:02.235 completely off balance. 00:06:02.566 --> 00:06:04.395 That's what sets up the ability 00:06:04.605 --> 00:06:05.855 to hit into the open court. 00:06:05.976 --> 00:06:08.156 So, that's the two shots to one corner, 00:06:08.446 --> 00:06:10.026 one shot in the other corner. 00:06:10.365 --> 00:06:12.385 With Krueger and Fritz, 00:06:12.566 --> 00:06:15.395 they actually won the point with just the 2, 00:06:15.605 --> 00:06:17.235 the 2 shots into the same corner. 00:06:17.246 --> 00:06:19.365 And you're gonna find that with your opponents that 00:06:19.365 --> 00:06:21.485 you don't even have to hit that third shot 00:06:21.899 --> 00:06:22.989 into the open court, 00:06:23.140 --> 00:06:25.299 that just pulling your opponent off the court 00:06:25.570 --> 00:06:27.690 and every once in a while as they're recovering, 00:06:27.700 --> 00:06:28.769 you hit behind them, 00:06:28.899 --> 00:06:30.459 you're gonna win the point outright. 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:32.029 Then guess what happens? 00:06:33.640 --> 00:06:35.149 We try to layer onto this. 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:36.399 They start thinking, 00:06:36.440 --> 00:06:37.029 oh, 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:38.640 I got pulled over. 00:06:38.709 --> 00:06:41.279 I'm gonna hang out here a little bit because they're gonna try to 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:44.619 hit behind me and then you start noticing that they're hanging out, 00:06:44.799 --> 00:06:45.850 hitting into the open court, 00:06:45.880 --> 00:06:46.869 which is the 1-1, 00:06:47.000 --> 00:06:47.720 and then they feel like, 00:06:47.760 --> 00:06:48.200 "Oh my gosh, 00:06:48.250 --> 00:06:49.149 no matter what I do, 00:06:49.239 --> 00:06:50.350 I'm gonna lose to this person." 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:51.790 That's good for you. 00:06:52.170 --> 00:06:55.350 Start working on the 2-1 single strategy, 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:56.410 and there's no doubt. 00:06:56.600 --> 00:06:57.459 You're gonna gain confidence, 00:06:57.519 --> 00:06:58.230 win more matches, 00:06:58.239 --> 00:06:59.559 and play much better tennis. 00:07:00.010 --> 00:07:02.970 This is Ryan Reidy from 2MinuteTennis.net. 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:04.510 You got this.