Tennis Doubles Strategy

http://www.essentialtennis.com/ Watch to see examples of both good and bad doubles strategy during this 3.5 level doubles point.

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• tennis
• doubles
• instruction

[axleruzi]

This was hard to watch. Super slow mo with too much talk. Ugh.

[lmsypj]

he is rewarded with a high fore hand volley. lol.

thats my worst shot. i missed two of those in a match the other day!

he he ehe ehhe

[hifromhenry]

@guy49538 i believe that's part of the doubles strategy, and will probably work for singles, too :)

[MrJ314]

foot fault much?

[guy49538]

whats with thos shorts

[SPDG3]

@SPDG3 there is a thing that happens here... if i was the person that have just returned the ball, i would run to the middle to read the intention of the net person of the team that served... so if my teammate returns the ball far from the net person, we would have a nice opportunity to close the point by taking the net...but if the serving team net person aims the ball so my teammate tries to reach it and fails or pops it back up even easier... then we would be sitting ducks :D

[SPDG3]

@SPDG3 you can see also that your partner will remain still as you take the volley, so if you hand the ball to the net person and he pushes the ball back, you both are misplaced.. the ideal thing is that if you dont close the point with your ball, you would make the rival trow it out or send it back as a gift for you... so, back to my initial idea... put the ball close to the net person but dont aim to the body, aim to the feet, forehand side or to a wide angle... (ill continue in other post)

[SPDG3]

isnt it better to aim floating return  not to the body of the net person but to place it near enough to make him do the effort and lose it or pop it ? i say this because you can aim once or twice to the net person but eventually they will develop the moves to counter attack the ball, remember, they just need to put the racquet up to put the ball back in your court, and you are still up in the air, with no chance to respond!!! (ill continue in other post)

[BulletproofBL]

The whole frame-by-frame thing is pretty unappealing.

[diablomid]

you r right. If it was me I would hit option 3. With option 2 after the net player hits it, he's too close to the middle and need fast recovery cause it opens up down the line for the baseliner plus its hard to hit that angle. In this situation I by instinct would hit the ball sharp angle to the left side of the net player its easier to hit the angle since u r facing that way