I'm curious how you're able to read your opponents so well

and anticipate their next move.

That's a good question because I have no clue.

[Aryna laughs]

Hey Self I'm Aryna,

let's answer all of your tennis questions

and this is how you level up.

Hi, my name is Frankie Osborne,

I would like to have some tips on my serve.

Okay Frankie, I think we need to work on a couple things.

First of all, I think you're facing

the court like too straight,

like with your kind of like body stomach.

So I think you need to turn a little bit,

like kind of like cover it just so you have this rotation

and then when you move it's kind of like gonna help you

to move to the right direction

and it's gonna help you to speed it up a little bit

and you will have more control.

And then we have to work on your grip,

open up your grip a little bit,

also gonna help you to improve your serve.

Hi Aryna.

We have two questions for you.

Question number one, what is the best drill

for a fast serve like yours?

I think the main thing which can help you

to kind of like speed up the swing,

take something heavier than the racket,

probably like one kilo ball

and just try to swing with the ball

or try to throw the ball with the coach

or you can just take like the tennis ball

and throw it as far as you can.

It's just gonna help to lose, pulls up your arm,

and it's gonna help to speed up your serve

because most of the time when you try

to speed up your serve, you actually getting tight

because you're trying to over hit it.

So you actually, it's like work opposite.

You have to loosen up

and make the motion more like smooth.

Question two, what's the best tip

for having the best movement on the court?

Well I think most of that is like a coordination drills.

Kids likes to do like this little stairs.

It's basics, like there is no secrets.

Whatever like you coach suggesting you to do,

like do it every day before and after the practice

so like in the month you are gonna see a huge improvement.

I feel like I need to be there to show them,

like talking, they're gonna be like,

What she just said?

Like, Huh?

My question is how often

should I get my strings re-strung

if I play about once a week?

I think doesn't matter

how many times you're playing a week,

like once a week you can restring them because anyway,

with days like sitting there,

they getting loose and probably

you're gonna feel a bit less control.

If you're just like playing for fun,

it's okay to restring the racket

like once a month, you know?

But if you ask how often I do that,

like every day I play with a fresh racket

because yeah for me it's a big different,

like if the racket sit there for a few days

and they take it, it's completely different feeling

and I have to adjust the technique even.

In my bag, I have four rackets with one tension

and then my coach he has four rackets.

Yeah we have eight rackets.

What's your favorite play to approach the net on?

Well I think because my game is quite aggressive

and at some point I'm gonna get like a short ball,

depends where the player.

I just like to do the approach shot

and like follow the ball to the net

and finish the point there.

But sometimes when I felt pretty confident,

I like to slice and come to the net

because like when you slice the ball it's quite low

and when you get to the net,

anyway what the player gonna do is like lob you,

so you kind of like have like high ball

or even if they try to spin like it's anyway it's high

enough to finish the points.

You have to be confident in your game on the net

and also like overall on the baseline to do that.

When you're playing somewhere

where the weather is really hot and humid

and your hands get sticky,

I assume it can be really hard

to kind of keep that grip on your racket and hold on.

So what are your tips for preventing that slippage?

Well there is not much you can really do.

Every brand has their like own gel,

how to keep your hands dry.

Me personally, I don't like those gels

and there is not much you can do.

So I'm just trying to keep the towel close to me

so I can make sure that the towel absorb it

and I can play a point and then I can do it again

so that's what I do. [lo-fi music]

We have a question for you, check this out

[tennis ball bouncing]

Aryna help us out, how do we...

What do we do wrong?

Yeah how do I get better at tweeners?

Everybody wants to learn

how to do the tweener, help us out.

Right and look cool while doing it.

Completely wrong person to ask that question

because I'm struggling with that as well

but I think like on that video what I saw,

like you have to try to keep the ball...

Like wait a bit longer just so the ball gets a bit lower

and that's how you can like grab it

with the bottom of your racket

and make the ball go higher up.

I think she hit it like quite high

so I think she needs to wait a little bit longer

before she hits the ball.

I love to the tweener, I think it's so fun

and every time I see the the opportunity

I'm like, Oh I'm going for it.

I'm trying so hard but like so far,

I was able to hit the ball over the net

but I wasn't able to win the point.

But I'm gonna keep trying till I win the point

and that's gonna be the biggest achievement

in my career probably. [Aryna laughs]

How much time in a given week

do you dedicate to tennis versus fitness?

Well I'd say my everyday schedule and it's all depends,

usually I have one day off which is Sunday

but most of the days is two tennis sessions two hours,

and then hour and a half or two hours, another one.

And then I do two fitness in between,

which is like takes an hour.

If it's conditioning can be like 30 minutes

and it's always like microdosing.

So like before the tennis in the warmup,

we sneak in like some exercises.

Then after obviously it's a fitness,

then there is the warmup before the second heat

and we also sneak in some exercises

and then after the second heat,

we also kind of like adding some stuff

and it's like the whole day work.

My question is, I'm curious how you're able

to read your opponents so well

and anticipate their next move.

That's a good question because I have no clue.

No I think it's all experience.

It's all experience and I'm watching my opponent

before the game so I kind of like

know what they like to do in the game

and then I kind of like can predict their movement.

Especially when you play against

the same opponent so many times

so you kind of like know their game,

you know what they going for, it's all experience.

Currently I'm playing in college

and planning on becoming a pro after graduation.

I've been following your tennis journey since the start.

How are you handling the nerve during important matches?

Cause that's something a lot of players,

including me are struggling with.

Thank you for your time

and hopefully I'll see you on tour after graduation

About the nerves, I think what actually helped me

when I was younger and I was just starting,

is understanding that everyone is nervous

and this is part of the process and do not focus on that,

and do not try to fix it or try to avoid it.

You're gonna be nervous, you're gonna be stressed

and you just have to know

that you're not the only one out there

and everyone in the same conditions.

I really hope to see you after your graduation.

I play tennis for the University of Georgia,

I'm currently a senior and graduating in May

and after that I want to go pro.

So my question for you would be,

if you could go back in time to a period

where you just started playing your first pro tournaments,

what would you say to younger self

when you were just starting?

Honestly, I think I wouldn't change anything

in my mentality because I was so disciplined

and I sacrificed everything for tennis.

Stay disciplined and make sure you do enough of fitness

so you protect your body from those stress injuries.

So you like physically you're strong enough

and mentally you...

Honestly you have nothing to lose

just like you have to go there and fight,

and be like, you know, like so focused and never give up

and you will have opportunities for sure.

Thank you Self, I really hope

I was helpful with my answers.

I'm not sure if I actually was,

but I really hope I helped some of you guys.

It was really fun to film this.

[uplifting music]