Comments on: How To Beat Rafael Nadal On Clay http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/08/31/how-to-beat-rafael-nadal-on-clay/ A Tennis Pro Sharing Tips And Thoughts About Tennis Instruction, Strategy and Mental Game Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:25:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tomaz http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/08/31/how-to-beat-rafael-nadal-on-clay/comment-page-1/#comment-803 Tomaz Fri, 01 May 2009 17:24:30 +0000 http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/08/31/how-to-beat-rafael-nadal-on-clay/#comment-803 Thanks for sharing Rick, Those are some great tips! Thanks for sharing Rick,

Those are some great tips!

]]> By: Rick Sudborough http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/08/31/how-to-beat-rafael-nadal-on-clay/comment-page-1/#comment-802 Rick Sudborough Fri, 01 May 2009 16:12:53 +0000 http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/08/31/how-to-beat-rafael-nadal-on-clay/#comment-802 THE WAY TO BEAT NADAL. Please send money later. Unless you are Borg or Vilas forget it, but you will need their strength and patience. Rafa is baseline lover. He loves to run. So run his ass. THE KEY: Mix it up. 1. Hit a forcing shot on all short balls. PRESSURE. 2. Drop shot a lot, and hit a winner or a lob. Make his ass run. Make him feel it at the end of 5 sets. Make him cramp. Break him down. He wants to be tested. Test him. 3. Serve an volley to keep constant PRESSURE. Taking the net forces him to pass. Think Verdasco or Gonzalez as serve and vollyers. 4. Do not go for winners all the time because Nadal's defense is superior. This is why you have to take the net and drop shot. You have to take him out of his comfort zone. Most morons try to hit him off the court, ie , get hot and lucky. That will not work very often. 5. If you stay back against him you must have patience, but always come in on a short ball. 6. Once Nadal realizes you are smarter and have the tools, his head will slowly come unglued. This will take 3 consecutive wins. Good luck. 7. Tilden would tell you to hit slices back against his topspin. Just like table tennis. 8. The key is negating his topspin and endurance. If The Fed does the above I guarantee victory. RF tries to out hit Nadal. Nice try, but why suffer. His topspin will get you in the end. THE WAY TO BEAT NADAL. Please send money later.
Unless you are Borg or Vilas forget it, but you will need their strength and patience. Rafa is baseline lover. He loves to run. So run his ass.
THE KEY: Mix it up.
1. Hit a forcing shot on all short balls. PRESSURE.
2. Drop shot a lot, and hit a winner or a lob. Make his ass run. Make him feel it at the end of 5 sets. Make him cramp. Break him down. He wants to be tested. Test him.
3. Serve an volley to keep constant PRESSURE. Taking the net forces him to pass. Think Verdasco or Gonzalez as serve and vollyers.
4. Do not go for winners all the time because Nadal’s defense is superior.
This is why you have to take the net and drop shot. You have to take him out of his comfort zone. Most morons try to hit him off the court, ie , get hot and lucky. That will not work very often.
5. If you stay back against him you must have patience, but always come in on a short ball.
6. Once Nadal realizes you are smarter and have the tools, his head will slowly come unglued. This will take 3 consecutive wins. Good luck.
7. Tilden would tell you to hit slices back against his topspin. Just like table tennis.
8. The key is negating his topspin and endurance. If The Fed does the above I guarantee victory. RF tries to out hit Nadal. Nice try, but why suffer. His topspin will get you in the end.

]]> By: Mel http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/08/31/how-to-beat-rafael-nadal-on-clay/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Mel Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:12:10 +0000 http://www.tennisthoughts.com/2007/08/31/how-to-beat-rafael-nadal-on-clay/#comment-392 I believe that most players lose to Rafa on clay because they believe they can win using their own tactics. They are wrong. They need to use Rafa tactics. they need to emulate him- play clay coort tennis like he does. The slide into the ball rather than sliding after hitting the ball. Beat him at his own game. Maybe Federer should use a double-handed backhand on clay, so he can use the slide that Rafa uses with his backhand I believe that most players lose to Rafa on clay because they believe they can win using their own tactics. They are wrong. They need to use Rafa tactics. they need to emulate him- play clay coort tennis like he does. The slide into the ball rather than sliding after hitting the ball. Beat him at his own game. Maybe Federer should use a double-handed backhand on clay, so he can use the slide that Rafa uses with his backhand

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