Raw footage taken was over an hour long, but I trimmed out a lot as Rafa's hitting was rough at times. As always, thanks for watching, and feel free to leave a comment if there's any particular player you'd like video of.

@LiamApilado

2 ай бұрын

Good to know as it can create a false idea that the pros are absolutely perfect when only the good is shown. Enjoy IW!

@leechin6219

2 ай бұрын

Do you think it was an off night, or he looked rusty?

@livingtribunal4110

2 ай бұрын

@@leechin6219 Rusty? He´s not exactly been _active_ in the last 12 months.

@Jackie-ji2sj

2 ай бұрын

​@@livingtribunal4110rusty then

@nguyen925

2 ай бұрын

Yeah you can sort of see as some of the points entail that Nadals timing is a little off but I can't even begin to fathom how well he'll hit when he's back. I'm hoping he takes a grand slam away or two from Novak. I would love to see carlos and him playing healthy at the French Open ❤🎉

I was watching this last night right next to him through the gate and the guy is just incredible. Seen him play a couple times before but last night was different. People were mesmerized almost. Really made you appreciate the greatness of him since it could be his last time here.

Always nice to see him after a long absence, hope he's doing better healthwise 👍

@MrDeuceify

2 ай бұрын

He just retired from Indian Wells

@Ciclopea2

2 ай бұрын

@@MrDeuceify I know 💔

I left Indian wells early yesterday . Didn't know he was practicing. Soo mad I missed this. Thanks for upload ❤

@12kgpTennis

2 ай бұрын

He was a very late add to the practice schedule. I was originally planning on being gone by the time the practice session started, but obviously changed plans when I saw him added.

@Olly_2024_

2 ай бұрын

@@12kgpTennisdo you know if he was serving? I seen a video, and he was hitting it VERY lightly

@12kgpTennis

2 ай бұрын

@Olly_2024_ I left before the practice session ended as I had other plans to attend to. From past practice sessions, I would've expected him to practice serves and returns towards the end of the practice session, but I had to leave before then.

@stevesworld9680

2 ай бұрын

Great video of the GOAT. Thank you for sharing for those of us who missed yesterday.

Respect from a Nole fan. All the best!

Intensity is still there. Hopefully he gets far this Indian Wells. Best of luck Rafa! VAMOS!

@alejandrockalejo

2 ай бұрын

"intensity" against two literal whos! LMAOOOO

@roxy0608

2 ай бұрын

@@alejandrockalejoYou obviously don’t know anything about tennis! Hitting winners in half-court against two players, both of whom have been pros in the past, is amazing! And, his precision at the pace that he’s hitting the ball; and his amazing slice…Go learn to appreciate greatness!!

@huzcer

2 ай бұрын

​​@@roxy0608then pulled out when he saw that he was in Djokovic's half 😂

@willkittwk

27 күн бұрын

Unfortunately the way he hits with a lot of topspin is geared for long rallies and wearing your opponent down visa vi clay courts. This also wears an older player down as it becomes an arduous task to dish it out. Rafa has done extremely well and stayed in the game longer than anyone with his style of play a baseline counter attacker who hits lots and lots of balls to win points. He'd have to flatten his shots often and attack the net more now to stay in the game. But I don't think he wants to do that. Fed did it but Fed had a great serve and Rafa has more of a set-up stabilizer type serve.

So interesting that you can really see a difference in his forehand take back in just a short amount of time. Whether they are good or bad changes, only time will tell.

@varun9366

2 ай бұрын

Higher takeback right ? or is there anything else ?

@angejo5591

2 ай бұрын

I don’t see too many changes, what do you see?

@coquillage8211

2 ай бұрын

Flexion of the wrist, he tried the same thing in 2009 btw, in 2010 he went back to wrist extension on his takeback @@angejo5591

@a_goblue2023

2 ай бұрын

He always hits a bit harder and flatter in practice, he did change his swing a bit after 2021, but I don’t notice much of a difference from normal practice Rafa

@tircek1233

2 ай бұрын

@@a_goblue2023 whats the point playing different than practice?

Great video...thanks so much!

Rafa feet never stop moving, always preparing to be in right position

Even though he is not hundred percent and also the fact that he is 37 years old, you can kinda tell how and why he came to dominate the sport. His movement and footwork, his good hands and free wheeling ground strokes, the angles he can create to widen the court, and comfort level from all areas of the court. It’s too bad that he cannot leave the sport on his own terms. But I guess not many athletes do.

Chefs kiss 🤌

This is maybe the last we will see of Rafa at Indian Wells ever as he’s just pulled out :(

Thanks for the video, perfect angle, could you keep us updated if he practices today or if he plays a practice match ? Would be awesome as a Rafa fan.

Master at work.

Thank you for Such Great Views. Need More View like this to Train both my Kids for their Future in Tennis😘

@sandeepshahrao1985

2 ай бұрын

Need More view Like This Going Forward for Better Practice

He's retiring from Indian Wells 😫 Just saw it on his socials.

@t81629

2 ай бұрын

Saw it too

@huzcer

2 ай бұрын

was in Djokovic's half 😂

@jm7804

2 ай бұрын

@@huzcer Of course the toxic Nole fans have to make every single tennis thread about Novak. No one cares dude. He's far and away the most hated person in tennis.

@huzcer

2 ай бұрын

@@jm7804 Raf-al Nad-al bin Saudal the Saudi Ambassador for tennis flew over to take the money for his 200k/ hour training sessions in Las Vegas and the Netflix exhibition match but now has been recalled by his Saudi Regime masters to report for duty. he's "obsessed" with pertrodollars!

@huzcer

2 ай бұрын

@@jm7804 Raf-al Nad-al bin Saudal was recalled and had to report for duty in Saudi Arabia. "Obsessed" by pertrodollars.

Enjoy these footages of Djoko and Rafa training hard while we still can. Amazing movements.

Priceless video, Rafa's last time in the desert.

Welcome back, Rafa. I hope you will play well and stay healthy so you can make a run at the French Open one last time.

Vamos Rafa ! Es el comienzo looks strong

every year, every indian wells, you always deliver!!

@huzcer

2 ай бұрын

Then pulled out when he saw that he was in Djokovic's half 😂

@eincan1313

2 ай бұрын

@@huzcerHe pulled because of his back, not because of Novak 😂😂. Didn’t matter anyway after Novak’s crap performance against Nardi who was ranked #138.

@huzcer

2 ай бұрын

@@eincan1313 But.... Nadal has lost 19 sets in a row on hardcourt against Djokovic hasn't he... hasn't been able to win a match anywhere off clay against Djokovic in over a full decade - 10-0 and in the same time it's 7-5 to Nadal on clay.... Nadal knows that the GOAT race is lost - that's why Nadal lost his mind with jealously after Djokovic won the US Open 2023 and started saying all that rubbish. then became the Saudi Arabia Tennis Ambassador 😂

@eincan1313

2 ай бұрын

@@huzcer Not sure what your point is, it is pretty established that Novak is the best ever. I merely stated to the other poster that Rafa did not pull out because of the “fear” of facing Novak. It is a ridiculous statement. I don’t understand the intensity of Novak fans in hating Rafa. Why, what is the purpose? I like them both and have enjoyed watching their careers.

@huzcer

2 ай бұрын

@@eincan1313 well when you consider that there are more than double the number of big title events on the ATP Tour on hardcourt compared to clay yet "somehow" Djokovic and Nadal have played more matches on clay than on hardcourt? Nadal when he kicked Djokovic when he was down and screwed over by the Australians in 2022 after being told to come over was pure snivelling behaviour - that's what did it for a lot of Djokovic fans. But as the saying goes "never kick a man when you are down as karma has a way of turning things around".

I ALWAYS BACK RAFAEL AGAINST ANYBODY IN ANY TOURNAMENT IF HE IS ABLE TO MOVE WITHOUT HINDERANCE. VAMOS RAFAEL ❤

@Lucas-tc4io

2 ай бұрын

Hasn't won a single set versus the GOAT Novak Djokovic on hardcourts since 2013 tho

still wearing the best tennis shoe of all time! the Zoom Cage 3

FANTASTICO IL RE DEL CAMPO

Thank you 12Kgp- Tennis Training Practice of Rafael Nadal brilliant.

Best forehand in tennis history right there

@TheseHoesAreLoyal

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, not by a long shot.

This is the world’s best left handed player, one of the greatest player to ever play the game, on par with Federer the most graceful, former World No.1 he holds the second best title of all time. A champion, a fighter and a true Goat!!

@willkittwk

27 күн бұрын

When you say on a par with Fed most graceful I gotta good laugh 😂. Rafa's no doubt a great player but he looks like a Bull in the China closet in terms of graceful against Fed who is tennis poetry in motion.

@mgxzazfbyjuchrisclarkvpz236

18 күн бұрын

Atp slowed down hard courts around 2010 which sadly led to the sorry situation of Nadal and Djokovic winning more slams and the younger generation of fans now thinking Dkoko is "goat". Total BS but nobody can now argue it accept for people who were around to see Fed play in his prime on the faster courts that suited his all court game. The slow hardcourts instead suited the aggressive baseline style of Nadal and Djokovich. The Usta did a huge disservice to the sport which was so much more varried and interesting in the it's and early 2000s. They literally killed off serve and volley as NO players today would even think of trying to play and have success. Fed got screwed of course but today's fans don't know any better. These are the fans that don't even know how good Pete Samprass and Agassi was. A player like Patrick Rafter would be lucky to have one or two slams now. Pete would be lucky to win more than 8 slams. You can't attack the net consistently against a great moving baseline on a slow court. All court game has always been the hardest style to excel at. Tennis used to have 3 court speeds but now it's slow and slower with just a few grass court tournaments. Fed should've ended his career with 25 slams and the other two guys at 15/16/17.

Excellent tennis player take time and let your body heal you will be back and win some slams .

Hi! Great footage. What camera and mount are you using? Looking to video some myself as well.

I've trained with former ATP Tour pros, such as Vince Spadea and Ronald Agenor. But this...this is a whole other ball game. I want to feel the weight of his shots.

@mgxzazfbyjuchrisclarkvpz236

18 күн бұрын

You know a guy named Levar Harper Griffith? Former pro who trained with Spadea too

Just saw that he withdrew from IW. Feel Better Champ🐐

Nadal looking supreme good!

Finally some real coirt level footage

although he has won 22 slams, he keeps trying to improve his forehand with variations of the gesture, he is always seeking perfection in his tennis, if he had not been so heavily injured he would have him the slam record

Nice practice..

Fed fan here.. Really hate your guts... But its nice to see you back on court tbh.. All the best Rafa 👊

did he change his forehand? Looks a bit more hitchy now

I would love to see Lorenzo Musetti!! That would be much appreciated. I love your vids and I love the angle you provide on tennis

@huzcer

2 ай бұрын

The only 1hbh player under 25 in the Top 100. It's really dead

@12kgpTennis

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. I do have some Musetti footage from 3 different practice sessions that I frankly wasn't planning on uploading and shot more for my personal collection as I like his 1 handed backhand. It's not a ton of footage, but I'll have to go back and look thru the videos to see if I get edit/weave them into something workable and upload it for you. He and Khachanov were striking the ball nicely during their practice session this past Wednesday.

By far the best forehand in tennis history.

I'm the guy in the orange shirt in the upper left stands. Electrifying hitting. Couldn't believe he withdrew the next day.

@willkittwk

27 күн бұрын

Looked like practice to me. But looked "electrifying" to you. Alrighty then 👍🎾

@shadowyshutterbug

27 күн бұрын

@@willkittwk were you there live?

@willkittwk

27 күн бұрын

@@shadowyshutterbug yeah they're just hitting the tennis ball back and forth. Now watching batting practice at a MLB game now that's dope seeing balls fly into the stands.👑😎

@willkittwk

27 күн бұрын

You just got outta jail and went to the courts still wearing that orange jumpsuit. 😂

@shadowyshutterbug

26 күн бұрын

@@willkittwk ok goofball

Get well soon Rafa!

Woah.

11:14 This shot hurt to watch :( Younger Rafa would have destroyed that inside out forehand. But we can tell that he is slower now 😢

@poisenopinionator

2 ай бұрын

Def slower, but I think the ball rose much higher than he was anticipating. So to some degree your sadness I think should be alleviated by the fact that he's still getting used to the conditions/court. Vamos rafa

@kakashihatake1029

2 ай бұрын

​@poisenopinionator I think he knew the ball was going to rise up as he was moving. Looked to me like he was preparing to just push it back into play knowing that

@tbiliseligringoebi

2 ай бұрын

No, he wouldn’t have, that ball was way too far. That’s a nostalgia bias and illusion. He hasn’t lost speed at all. Tennis isn’t sprinting, it’s about lateral movements and Nadal is still very quick on his feet when not injured.

@pdcdesign9632

2 ай бұрын

This is practice dude. Rafa need to save his body for real matches.

@superx1457

2 ай бұрын

​@@tbiliseligringoebihe has lost so much speed 😂. Vulnerable to every decent drop shot.

Este juego fue su última participación en IW, lo siento por los que compraron boleto esperando verlo jugar vs Raonic

Was it easy to get this (WONDERFUL) footage? Cellphone on a tripod? Thanks.

@12kgpTennis

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. It's just an old iPhone. You need something with a small lens b/c it's a small gap/hole you'll be shooting through. No tripod. Shooting the video itself isn't that bad. It's more being able to find a decent spot b/c the crowd can be really big for the popular players.

@laika25

2 ай бұрын

@@12kgpTennis Great video!

Can anyone translate what he is saying?

@lg20a1

27 күн бұрын

0:58 trainer:these are good tennis balls. Nadal: are you sure? Trainer: yes yes, very different than the others. 2:03 trainer: get in and get out, get in and get out, don't miss any of the two. Nadal: yes I'm doing it again a little bit, these last ones I forgot about it man, when I started I wasn't thinking about it. Trainer: nah, but I'm just saying don't give more importance to one than the other. 3:02 trainer: maybe, maybe you are going too fast if you slow down it will give you time to get in. Nadal:yes, the only thing is that sometimes like when I force myself to... Until I don't hit the ball very good I prefer... keeping distance even though a lot of times I can get in.

@Joejoe-uo1qo

26 күн бұрын

@@lg20a1 i wish i spoke spanish, just to understand what Nadal is saying haha

@lg20a1

25 күн бұрын

​​@@Joejoe-uo1qohah😂 I speak Spanish because I'm a native Spanish speaker, I think Spanish is not that hard but if you ever wanna learn it it'll take a lot of work and you probably get embarrassed if you make grammar mistakes when talking to people , or at least that what I felt when I was learning English, I've learnt English online talking with a lot of people and using Google translator, oh and school classes once a week when I was in high school

ナグル選手！すげえわ！

anyone know what was he saying from 2:05 - 2:16? Curious...

@bedfordotey8979

2 ай бұрын

and again from 3:05 - 3:22?

@soyjoaquincontreras

2 ай бұрын

Coach: Try to get in and out, in and out. Don't miss either, you see? RAFA: Of course, I wasn't thinking about that now. Now I'm doing it, I had forgotten man. Coach: don't give more importance to one or the other, the same.

Who was his "sparring " do you know?

what is the racket model guys

why he is holding his racket in middle at the volleys?

El viejo Rafa se bajo de Indian Wells 😢 esperamos verlo pronto por última vez

❤❤❤❤❤

Who are the Sparrings?

vamos

He retired from the event... just annouced in the past few hours :(

is it gilles simon?

Didn't help that he had to hit with those two charity cases. Did they win a "hit with Rafa" contest?

Has he always had such a high grip on his volleys?

@ernesto8920

2 ай бұрын

Yes

@ernesto8920

2 ай бұрын

At least for the last 5 years, he covers less distance but has more control

@justusbeweel1109

2 ай бұрын

Yup, also on the slice. His racket is not very nice to slice/Volley with imo. Great for topspin, terrible for backspin .

What shoes is he practicing with? unreleased?

@12kgpTennis

2 ай бұрын

The old Cage 3. Rafa's worn them for a long time even after Nike discontinued them.

what are those shoes ?

@12kgpTennis

2 ай бұрын

Cage 3 which Rafa has continued to use even after they were discontinued

He did not seem to struggle in this training session... why did he withdraw from competing in this tournament?!?!

@Jannick999

2 ай бұрын

Come on... Nadal is spending more time in hospitals than George Cloneey when he was doing 😮 E.R.

finally some 4.5 ntrp tennis

@AustinConlon

2 ай бұрын

Over here in Iowa this is 4.0.

This aged well

Who is he hitting with? Jules Marie? Marc Lopez? Hard to tell.

@ppv1780

2 ай бұрын

Marc López and Gustavo I think.

@sergiofilocamo1938

2 ай бұрын

Marc as always

that awkward moment you realise there is more ppl watching Nadal' training rather then a woman's finals match

@SK-qu4wo

2 ай бұрын

And people want to cancel Djokovic because he once said that mens tennis players should earn more because the ATP brings in more spectators and money than the WTA. I haven't watched a womens final in 10 years. Who tf wants to watch that boring shit?

Anybody can go to these training sessions??

@12kgpTennis

2 ай бұрын

Yes, the practice courts are available to the public as long as you get access into the venue. On this particular day (2nd day of qualies before main draw started), the ground pass was $10 including free parking at the venue.

I wish Rafa All success and hope he stays w/the baseball cap ,for the 1st time in history! LOL

What is the date of this practice ?

@12kgpTennis

2 ай бұрын

It was Tuesday night - March 5. He was scheduled starting at 6 but showed up a little late.

Nadal che si ritira è un brutto segno per lui, ma quello che gli sta capitando capiterà prima o poi a Djokovic vista l'età, si fermerà di schianto prima o poi non si può pretendere di continuare a giocare a 37 38 anni

You should re-upload this with a Nagal practice video 😂

Le pega muy duro apoyandose en la pierna de atrás para generar mas parábola, su punto débil en mi opinión ya q jugadores como Djokovic o los jovenss no le daran tiempo oara ese armado.

No Moya?

@12kgpTennis

2 ай бұрын

Marc and Gustavo. Carlos wasn't there.

Well rip Rafa at IW, sad cause I thought he looked solid

So beautiful. A shame he’s most probably gonna pull out 🤦🏼

I saw him losing to Federer on a windy day. He can retire now

Sad he had to drop out :(

He will be a tidbit for the top 10 players in the week(s) ahead.

@poisenopinionator

2 ай бұрын

oh?

What an obsession Rafa has with brushing up on the ball. Most of his shots landed midcourt and quite a few hit the net....thank god for Alcaraz...

@SK-qu4wo

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I've always found that 'lasso' followthrough on almost every forehand to be the ugliest shot in tennis. So glad to see the new generation has grown up emulating Roger and Novak instead. Tennis is in good hands. This ass fingering weirdo needs to retire already.

Rafa has withdrawn from Indian Wells. He is just delaying the inevitable which is retirement 😢

Im excited For the Match against Raonic . Not easy i think . But when He wins then i hope the next Match IS against Baby Mama Cry Boy Rune and Rafa crush him

2:05, can someone who speaks Spanish translate pls

@ppv1780

2 ай бұрын

It’s hard to tell what exactly are they talking about but they said this: Nadal: Now I’m doing it again, these last balls. I’d forgotten about it. At the beginning I wasn’t thinking about it. Coach: Don’t give too much important to one or the other, balance it out. Then a few minutes later. Nadal: I’m hitting the ball well, I’d rather not crash and go back in. I think he’s talking about going out and in rather than going in and crashing with the ball.

@JoseManuel-rc8sh

2 ай бұрын

coach reminding him 2 things to do (don't know exactly what) giving same importance to both. Then nadal saying he wasn't focus on that but he was starting to do it more and more

@maux3273

2 ай бұрын

His coach reminds him to "get in and out" every time he hits. Rafa admits not being focused on that. Later in the video Rafa says that until he starts hitting well in training he doesn't start to activate his legs to go back and forth on the court to hit.

How the hell Nadal has Nike shoes I am trying to buy since 4 years and all the magasines are empty because they are not producung them any more? :D

Alcaraz beats sinner in the sf and nadal beats djokovic in the other sf. Alcaraz in 3 sets in the final

@aaaaaaleon

2 ай бұрын

This comment aged like milk. 😭

@amn6303

2 ай бұрын

@@aaaaaaleon lol he looked fine in netflix slam and warm-ups.

so many practicing only to withdraw before even first match

How many days you think he will last before retiring due to injury? I'll bet two days.

@ANtr431

2 ай бұрын

God, not even two days...

Come on... Nadal is spending more time in hospitals than George Cloneey when he was doing 😮 E.R.

He withdrew...

why he didn't even play whatta goofball

Hitting a bit too many outs

@moratatata

2 ай бұрын

i was like is this ppl payed to applaud his out or what 🤣🤣 he hits out and ppl are like WOOOOOOOW

@Stu49583

2 ай бұрын

@@moratatata yes, I thought the same, this must almost be insulting to Rafa, people cheering when he hits a semi decent shot (that goes even out)

I can easily win vs this guy now as can all my comrades here in the comments

F'ing A, dude! go back to the "pirate pants"!

@SK-qu4wo

2 ай бұрын

Yeah this shit is shorter and tighter than what Agassi wore late in his career. Somebody in Nadal's camp should tell him what an embarassment those shorts are.

@miljkoni3404

2 ай бұрын

Yeah totally right, is he man or women Longer shorts best suit him.

love him, but wow is he rusty. and the hitting partners? weak as. gotta be his amigos.

The guy has become a joke , he plays 2 and half matches after a whole year off because of injuries and retires, he gets back after two months , plays an exhibition match ( for money) and retires from Indian Wells without playing a single match, citing unspecified physical problems What's going on? And don't get me started with the Saudi deal...

he needs more spin

lol , all that practice, for nothing , at this point he’s taking the piss 😂😂

he looks off

@wavebend1474

2 ай бұрын

hes too injured...

He looks slow, stiff and off balance. He will be gone within 2 rounds.

@Anglaide

2 ай бұрын

Gone already!

all this practice just to withdraw man...

He is finished