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Doubles Tennis Tips 10 - 12
by Pete Collins
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Doubles Tennis Tip #10 If you can hit the lob in the air, call "Mine," and hit the overhead. If the lob is going to bounce behind you, call "Yours," and let your tennis partner take it. He will have an easier shot because he will be angling towards it and will be able to see the other side. You, on the other hand, would have to turn your back, find the ball and get to it but be far enough away so you could have a swing. Even if you do all this, you will probably still have a blind shot. Remember, if you call "Yours," you immediately switch to cover your partners side. Ready to play Successful Doubles tennis? Contact Pete today about doubles clinics or order his Successful Doubles tennis DVDs. Doubles Tennis Tip #11 A very simple way of figuring where to go if the ball is hit with an angle is to flow in the direction of the ball. In other words if the ball is hit left, go left. If it is hit to the right, go right. To demonstrate this in my classes, I divide the court into three parts from doubles line to doubles line. Each part is 12 feet wide since the doubles court is 36 feet wide. If the ball is hit to one of the outer thirds that side becomes the ball third. My tennis players know that they both must flow with the ball so that one must cover that ball third and the other tennis partner must cover the middle third. This correct movement will place you in the middle of their return angle, taking away all the easy shots, leaving them with only the hardest. Now you are making life difficult for your opponents and isn't that fun? Ready to play Successful Doubles tennis? Contact Pete today about doubles clinics or order his Successful Doubles tennis DVDs. Doubles Tennis Tip #12 The closest opponent, regardless of where he is standing, is who you look at. Both opponents by their action or non-action will tell you who is going to hit your tennis partner's shot. If you are watching the closest opponent, you will be ready to react to him if he hits the shot because more distance gives you more time. If you are watching the more distant opponent you will not have the time to react to the closest one if he hits the return. Ready to play Successful Doubles tennis? Contact Pete today about doubles clinics or order his Successful Doubles tennis DVDs. Doubles Tennis Tips 1-3 |