Tennis Volleys – Baseline Singles Strategy

In singles, do you ever unintentionally hit a great groundie to a corner, see your opponent is hopelessly stretched out trying to get to it, and then horrors of all horrors, you back up behind the baseline…?

And then as your opponent puts up a weak semi lob, they’re scrambling back to the middle of the court as you have to now wait for their shot, your mind is just going ballistic telling you what a golden opportunity you just let slip by?

Get in line, you’re not the Lone Ranger, I see that happen all of the time.

When I’m back on the baseline in singles, I’m always thinking volley

My mindset is – what shot can I play that will give me an opportunity to move forward and play an approach volley?

Some times I play a shot with the intention of getting that opportunity, but lots of times I play a groundstroke that ends up as an unintentional opportunity.

Here’s what I mean…


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Don’t let these unintended opportunities slip by.  I’m sure that if I charted one of your singles matches that I’d see lots of those juicy chances that you don’t recognize.

What do you think? – Are you missing out on some unintended opportunities?

Let me/us know your answer below in the Comments area – thanks.

Brent

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Winning Ugly – It’s Beautiful

I just got off the phone with world class tennis writer Joel Drucker.

Joel’s currently researching an article for ESPN where they are taking a look back at Brad Gilbert’s very successful “Winning Ugly” book.

Joel and I talked about why “Winning Ugly” isn’t really playing some sort of ugly brand of tennis, but in fact, it’s really more about smart strategies that we should all be considering.

Winning Ugly to me is how do I hit shots that get my opponent out of their comfort zone.

It’s really more about figuring out how to best use the geometry of the court and it’s obstacles (the height of the net, etc.) and how to place your shots that create the biggest shot making challenges for your opponents.

So, there you have it!  Haven’t yet picked up a copy of Winning Ugly?  Click that picture.

After you get the pure fundamentals of a shot mastered, stop working so hard to perfect your stroke(s).

Your strokes are your tools to enable you to create lousy geometry for your opponent.

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Tennis Groundstrokes – What Are The Geometric High Percentages?

Look, you probably already know this stuff, but I’ll bet some serious $$s that you don’t spend enough time on the practice court developing a real bread and butter cross court topspin groundstroke.

You do?  Each and every week developing unflappable trust and confidence?  Really?  Come on…

OK, I agree, there are some of you out there who are carving out practice time each and every week and grooving solid high percentage cross court forehand and backhand groundies.

Well, if that’s you, you’re in the minority of players who actually think about the geometry of the court and practice a cross court groundie so often that you’re totally surprised when you miss one in a match.

You must have this go to shot in your arsenal ready to roll at any given time.

In this video below, one of things that I didn’t mention is the pressure you put on your opponent when they figure out that you have no problem rolling another cross court solid groundie and pretty much telling your opponent…

“Hey, whaddya gonna do?  I dare you to either come back cross court to me again cuz I’ll be hammering another one over there, OR, go ahead and take your chances up the line cuz you’ll open up the lower 40 for me when I go over there and drill yet another high percentage cross court groundie into that open space.  Come on, whaddya got?”

And that all sounds so darn well and good, but if you’re not putting in some practice time each and every week hitting at least 10 minutes of mindless (not idiotic, but mindless in the sense that you’re not critiquing each and every groundie) cross court forehands and then another 10 minutes doing the same on the backhand, you aren’t developing the confidence and most importantly the trust of the geometry of the court.


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So, let’s get your cross court forehand and backhand beautifully organized so you can know what the specific fundamentals are that you should tinker with to insure that you’re set up to take advantage of the geometry of the court.

As you may have read in a recent post, I am just about finished with a big time update of my backhand lesson.

The new 2 DVD set is going to be ready the week of July 19.  Don’t purchase the backhand lesson yet.

(And if you’ve already bought my backhand lesson, no worries, you’ll be receiving a free download version next week).

Wait until July 19 to hear the announcement for the release of the new updated backhand lesson because I will be offering a 48 hour window of opportunity where you can pick it up at a Special price that will include some great Bonuses.

In the meantime, grab your copy of my Forehand Topspin Groundstroke Lesson and let’s get started re-organizing your forehand into a dependable lean & mean never missing fighting machine…!

Brent

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