Can I Beat A US College Athlete? Mic’d Up Match ( #4) #tennis

that's big hey everyone so we're back with another miked up match you've seen me play one of my coaching team you've seen me play one of my brothers today I'm going to play against one of my ex students George Russell uh not the formula one there so many people unfortunately yeah so many people commented on that video I posted yesterday thinking it was the form one dve that's disappointing that's gutting isn't it yeah um so yeah George is back from the states he's currently playing in a D2 college Florida Southern Florida Southern y um was previously last year in a D1 college and moved down which we'll talk about a little bit later look forward to the match I am I'm ready little nervous but I'm ready so we we had a little practice session yesterday I cuffed you didn't I I I didn't win a drill didn't win one but he slept on it and he's feeling confident I've already spoke to him so um predictions 63 going to get one break yeah we're going to get one break one Break um I'm going to back myself and I'm going to say I'm going to get a break and it's going to be 6'4 um we'll talk to the camera separately but before we start we got to introduce we've got a new sponsor um to these videos magic mind um they create these matcha shots you want to taste it I'm ready let's do it okay so this is going to help us to feel a little bit more focused in the match hopefully it's going to help me a little bit more than George cheers cheers bdy you haven't tasted those before what's your first impressions no not as bad as I thought it was going to be it's got a bit of a twang to it not too much it tastes pretty good it's smooth I'm a big fan of these I've been drinking them for a few months um First Impressions good um really good let's see how you play I'm ready now I'm ready that was pretty simple game plan his back end is terrible this one's much better I think got to be aggressive into the back hand look to come into the net when I can and high first serve percentage BOS so I know George's game pretty well but that was when he was between the ages of 6 and 12 now he's much taller than me and plays very very different my aim in this match is to try to keep the point short generally as he's a pretty good mover I don't want to get caught up in Long rallies especially on the grass so my aim is to serve well with a good first serve percentage put him under pressure on those games and when returning just making that first ball in play I'm going to see if he serving volleys because if he does I could be in a world pain let's see how it goes up or down down up I will serve first please I will take this side go have a good match you too mate first game decent first percentage probably going to go a little bit spinning into his body to start off with here we go no okay he's paying aggressive kind of happy about that to be honest 15 up here we go that's big the second Point I've given him why am I going to the forehand I'm happy with that one literally just said I'm going to go to the back hand second point he's hit a worldly he's so happy with it as well ah all right here we go into the back end come on that was too good only I was as tall as you George yes yes not good enough there it is there it is there's that back hand he doesn't want to hit Top Spin only slice not good enough with that slice There He Go yeah good Ser surve huge surve it's only going to hit about maybe three of those in the whole match no no no yes no no no yes I meant that every part of that was on my strings I meant every single part of that dirty ah George what I didn't mention at the start is we normally play no ad but I'm happy no I like that it's College okay he's used to it bummer come on what side you taking add side please you going to repeat that shank yeah okay clean as a whistle here we go right here right here de ah there it is there's the break early break come on thought I served well there as well really high high first Serv good first game nice it's unbelievable when you have to do it every match playing juice how like comfortable you get with pressure how um and no lets no have you improved with that do you think yeah I was honestly first year remember like my first match my first juice point was like in my first ever game and I was like bricking it and then now now it I'm using the Bap pure Aro 98 vs any lead on it or just as it comes as it comes uh leather grip yeah underneath and then uh Head Links T strong at 50 all over strong sometimes at 48 but most of the time 50 when would you go 48 uh when it's really humid in Florida just a bit more pop yeah come on P the pressure on here Breaking Me in the first game let's make these returns here we go great first serve come too good a happy with that poor approach see those first few shots just buting the ball in staying alive he loves a passing shot W for an opportunity to hit a pass that's two now already in the first two games oh you got to make that when you're there it's playing to my age now all right s volley right here oh done him oh it's such a bad shot got away with that what am I doing it's good serve yes I love juice I'm going to go outside outside yeah sure just banking on the fact you can't repeat what you just did are you sure yeah okay same again right here ah that's too good that's too good clutch I love juice points play to win baby play to win sure I probably should have changed to go du side piled on the pressure early on here great start here we go every first serve return come on every return so first game serve percentage was pretty good need to keep that going but I think I need to force the issue a bit more I might come and ser Vol on a few come on give it to me let's try one here show me the money almost to good I think that's going to be an effective tactic just need to hit that serve in an awkward spot and get his return above net height he's serving well it's unbelievable 15 left right here right here oh no you got to make that got to make that it's right on your racket the other thing that does when you ser and volley you force your opponent to do more with their return so hopefully I'll see a few Miss turns from George make him play let turn around there's another one it's the easiest service game he's had in 2024 I actually serve more body serves when I'm serving volume to jam him up sometimes when he's got that reach he can use his levers and pass me 4 love oh it's three in a row how did you make the decision to get into college tennis in the first place uh I think I was 13 years old and we had tennis smart came to do a talk at West HS and pretty much I was hooked from there they did a big presentation on going to America the benefits of four years of training pretty much for free if you got a good scholarship and obviously uh an academic side of it as well getting a degree seemed like I was hooked from pretty much 13 14 yeah and what was the process like when you were applying tough I think it's not as easy it's quite stressful you have a lot of you can have a lot of interest or you might not have you have months or periods where there's no interest and no coaches reaching out um but I think the the best thing is to just be as relaxed as you can and just focus on your tennis which is hard because you're obviously thinking about getting good results but the results can take care of themselves and you'll find the right spot yeah and how does the application process work you send video in like a bit yeah you do a a big college recruiting video takes about 10 minutes obviously it's about half an hour just their basic stuff I think it's just more to see what how you how you play and your Technique and then they they more or less if they're more interested they'll ask for more footage maybe a match or something like that cool and tell us about the first college that you um that you went to so I was at University of Montana which was a division one school and actually the year I signed they were ranked they got to high of 58 in the nation which is honestly a massive achievement for them and so then the year that I was going in they lost quite a few seniors so that was there was a quite a big recruiting class and um yeah that was where I went first and then after one year you decided to transfer I made the decision to go to division 2 I it was quite a late decision I was almost certain I was going to stay for a second year and then the last second I kind of had a a change of heart and realized that I really wanted to be in a warmer State and uh maybe a bit closer to home for me was another thing so yeah I went to division 2 and we would we would chatting about it earlier like it was you feel it was the best decision you could have made can you explain kind of why you felt that I think uh for someone in my position I'm obviously not at the top of division one college tennis My Level isn't there yet hopefully I can get a good level one day but I think in that played a big part in the fact that we're not going to be a a TCU or a Texas I'm not that on that level so I think I wanted to compete for a national title and there was a chance to do that division 2 whereas at Montana I don't think we were going to ever really crack the top top of college tennis in division one okay so I'm under pressure here George is is a breakup that serving game for me was very very different you saw me change the tactics a little bit I played out of my comfort zone getting to the net but it really really put him under pressure so let's hope he doesn't do this against me he's looking at me expecting the call I'll take the three point I'll take you can have that one George thank you very much do you think it was wide or long I don't know I it definitely wasn't long it just felt it felt out to you did it just didn't I was expecting a call no I'm not that guy I'll take the fre Point got to go through it just shows the importance of making returns it wasn't anything special but legs use your legs just puts the pressure back on them make balls [Music] deep middle 530 here we go right here let's get this point right [Applause] here yes why are you going to the forehand he loves that shot right let's take this one you do not want to see another juice big from the old guy 30 40 a lot of talking down the other end such a good second serve that such a a good second serve another juice right uh going juice side this time see that's when you know they got no confidence chides come on another juice point Thank you here we go right here two don't need to go unable second service unbelievable much time on that one he's 3 0 on the points huge hold 1 three okay I love juice points it's fine more those juice points you get 31 let's break now come on chances are get another break on the board 1 three how have I gone there whole court open and he's giving me the French Al which if you're English it's really offensive 15 love come on come on come on doesn't like those slower any more back and returns in the net and I'm going to have a serious word with myself right no more back ends in the net come on I'm had enough of that [Music] enough yes yes there you go is poor there you go that's all you have to do simple returns it's all you got to do I'm not going to let that stop me from executing the tactic go again 35 there we go can you just cut that like just cut every single back and return I'm missing here be quite a short video you wouldn't see any returns still a breakdown but cruising your serving games now for all you people watching I'm really sorry for I'm in backand returns I've missed it's embarrassing sorry for interrupting at such a crucial point in the match but I want to talk to you about the sponsor of today's video magic mind magic mind is a match drink fused with neut tropics and adaptogens and loads of natural ingredients designed to help you with your cognitive abilities and your energy levels now you may have seen I made a video about magc mind about 6 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code on the screen here and in the description below I believe you still have to pay for postage but you'll get three shots to test for yourself anyway let's get back to the match ah missed it yes hands are so bad that's the worst dropped volley a I'm playing for the juice in this game George I want one more here we go here we go 305 yeah right here here we go come on fact that this is on camera and you're missing all these volleys put it him away that's big dominated me in that point too good every single back hand I'd rather miss it back fence than the that no more same again no more there's one come on here we go and again every single return right [Applause] here dropping Too Short now yes that's what we want ground stroke Ries Ashley Lees he used to beat me when I was nine anymore not today deep such a kg volley yes we take the free volleys we take them I love free volleys right here break time break time that's a break baby that's a break yes some good returns just got to make it isn't he can you tell me what is the best part of playing tennis atmosphere I think um it's a very different atmosphere from the professional side it's quite a lot more Rowdy and and aggressive and I think you you that's there's four years of that and then you'll never get that again so I think the atmosphere for me I love it I love the intensity of it and the worst thing uh the worst thing sometimes getting back late from a a away game and then the next day you have to go into class early don't don't sometimes don't enjoy going to class when we've had a big game the day before say play Sunday away game and we have to travel back 4 hours or we fly home that can be a little brutal coming in on Monday for that to be your worst thing like it kind of sings Praises for college tennis you're loving it aren't you yeah I don't think I can say a bad thing about the tennis side of it and I I actually really enjoy my academics just not ATMs that's yeah there you go there you go guy too good great [Music] PA yeah yes why am I trying to be fancy what am I doing there there's the not cool yes too weak here you go simple tennis match point simple tennis sorry guys the 63 prediction is going to be 6'2 didn't quite get it right go H make the ball [Music] there we go no which side do I go let me know in the comments another juice point I'm waiting which side would you like no it's your choice play to the rules uh see this look at all this hesitation he's lost on both sides I'll go here looks like you want that come on time that's too good finally beting my coach it's only taking 11 years congrats mate big moment very good was good play well right yeah I did yeah just two returning games that were poor right two yeah yeah wasn't to be today George played pretty well I think outside of those two games where he was returning and missing his return to the net I think my Ser volley tactic threw him a little bit but only temporarily and he started to make more returns got that next game and quite an easy set for him but good tennis let's talk a little bit about that set we just played so um 62 how was that for you it was good like it was really really enjoyable for me to be on court with you and see how far you've come since being away in the States because you know we worked together from you were probably 5 six years old through to like 11 12 years old so a big part of your Junior development and look looking at the The Strokes like you're hitting the ball in the same way youve just beefed up a little bit and you're you've matured massively with your attitude and I think college tennis has done your world of good but the tennis was good I was I was expecting to be able to get into your head a little bit to be honest I was thinking that if I I could hold my serve um you know not get broken in the first game but if I could hold my serve for the first few games I felt like my experience and the fact that you probably respect me a bit too much as the coach could have helped me out but you broke me first game and that kind of stuffed me yeah I think that's what one thing you can say about college tennis is you have so many you have so many matches to play like you can lose one day a massive pressure match and the next day you have another game again and it's the same thing you have huge moments you're going to win something you're lose some I think that's where I feel like I can deal with people getting in your head on the sidelines it doesn't bother me I kind of think that you have so much of it that you get used to it and also the Juice points like you take that for granted you you play that in the states and you're so used to it and it shows like three out of three in the first three games like come on if I had taken one of those I would have felt a lot more confident you may have been a bit more tight but cruised it but George thanks so much for coming down good to hit with you and my first ever win against Ashley first win against me we'll have to do another one on a different ser I thought that the grass would favor me yeah I thought it would just because you you play on slow hard courts but um yeah he won we'll see you next time guys