TENNIS DOUBLES – Here is Myth number 3! “Always Stay Back On Second Serves” Now, serving especially down the centre and moving forwards means that you and your partner cover about 80% of the court on your side of the net. Check out the video (in full screen if possible) and look at the shaded area I’ve set out to illustrate this.
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TENNIS DOUBLES – Here is the TRUTH! Player with the stronger forehand plays in the deuce court. This is one of the biggest myths not just in doubles but in the whole game of tennis. If I had some money for every time I heard someone ask the question, “do you want to play on the forehand or backhand!, I would be very, very, very rich. What people should be saying is do you want to be on the deuce or advantage court.
Full Story »Tennis Strategy – Tie Breaks Are Tie Breaks
I sat in with one of my players this week during a tie-break tournament (coaching was allowed as it was primarily a training exercise). The format of the tournament was that players played the best of 3 tie-breaks in a round robin format (everybody played everybody in their group and top 2 from each group [...]
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