I have created a free ebook for my readers, called the table tennis playbook, all about the best service and receive drills. A wise and well thought out series of doubles tennis tactics must be executed if a team wishes to progress to a higher level of play. Written for doubles players, about doubles players, by a doubles player. Doubles great liezel huber mentions this along with 4 other top 5 doubles tips in this uspta tennis resources video. The general goal from the baseline is not to win the. Rarely only when there is a clear gap that a high percentage shot can win. I understand reluctance to try new formations or tactics so i would suggest incorporated some new things when the score is in your favor 400,4015,51,50 ect. Aim shots down and keep them low to force opponents to hit up from below net height. Both are righties rated about 2000, ages 15 and 16. Close in on the net and prevent your opponents doing it.
Aug 26, 20 tennis doubles tactics tennis doubles tactics involves not only the strategy used by a single team, but of the shot selection, court awareness and placements of every stroke. No offense intended, but the plain fact is that men are generally stronger and quicker than women. Rick altman has been playing competitive tennis for over 40 years. Tennis server wild cards a primer on doubles tactics. Apr 18, 2017 ive put together a guide of great tennis books which make a great read or can make a great present.
This is the place to read all about badminton doubles its shots, tactics, techniques and players, as well as see badminton doubles videos and learn about kit such as rackets and shuttlecocks. That means in mixed doubles, its automatically advantage to the man. The tennis livescore in flashscore tennis scores service is real time, you dont need to refresh it. Clearly the majority of men are stronger and faster than women, not always, but in general. Here are some simple strategies for mixed doubles success. Margaret court and owen davidson also won an individual grand slam with different partners list of mixed doubles grand slam tournament. Doubles strategy questions answers what are the two basic strategy principles. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. But the best way for two people to sharpen their doubles skills is to play what i call crosscourt singles. So thats my interview with brian about mixed doubles, and probably, as you would expect, the answer to the question about mixed doubles etiquette is, to play mixed doubles just like you play regular doubles, whether youre playing mens or womens doubles. A mixed doubles super senior league is offered in combined 6. Should the guys go easy on the girls in mixed doubles. The team with the highest 1st serve percentage in doubles has a big advantage.
Tactics and strategies for doubles 38 to win more matches you really need to study the tactics and strategies according to your preferred style of play. How to beat better tennis players most of the time. Mixed doubles etiquette in tennis tennis quick tips. This form of tennis is rare in the professional game because the mens and womens tours are organised separately by the atp and wta, respectively. I dont think mixed singles is a good way to foster relationships anyway. I see this all too frequently among recreational players. You are either attacking the ball or attacking position.
Find out more about playing great doubles in our guide to doubles tactics. April 14, 2020 check out the latest doubles strategy updates from play better tennis with free tennis lessons, tennis videos, pro tennis player analysis, and more. List one of some of the tactics you use in mixed doubles. Doubles, mixed doubles, cardio tennis, little tennis, and more. He profiles top mens, womens, and mixed doubles teams, highlighting the. He is the former managing editor of inside tennis magazine and a twotime national champion at the 10. Spend some quality time with your playing partner, get great exercise and have fun doing it. I dont play mixed doubles a lot but every once in a while my club has a little mixer that i go to where we play mixed doubles. Open by andre agassi, rafa by rafael nadal, the inner game of tennis. Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent singles or. Crosscourt singles is a full game with normal tennis scoring using the diagonally opposite halves of the doubles court. May 05, 2016 giving your opponent changing looks is key to successful doubles and playing at a high level. Tennis strategy and tactics advanced tennis strategies.
In the normal upandback formation, the net players are kittycornered from each other. Secondly, with two people you really do not have to move as much as you do in singles. Grab this free 43 page doubles strategy ebook so you can play boldly and confidently after learning. You can obviously set up drills for the important shots in doubles, e. Think of doubles as being like volleyball, where you finish a rally with a spike at the net. One of the tennis doubles tactics is to keep the receiver guessing on the type of serve to hit by changing the serving positions every now and then. Im not going to provide kindergartenlevel instruction on grips and forms you would get from a teaching pro or a conventional tennis instruction book. In doubles, the best place for each player to be located is at the net prepared to volley andor hit an overhead smash. Doubles involves using different groundstroke grips. There was also a doubles match which was won by a local pair. The classic guide to the mental side of peak performa. What sort of strategy tactics should we have employed to counteract this. Doubles is a fast paced, complex game involving constant activity by all four players. The 2011 usta league tennis national mixed doubles adult championships 6.
Doubles tennis tactics is the most authoritative book written on this subject. In many cases it forces a change of position for your opponents and gives your net player a chance to pick off a weak reply. Double it isnt the same as think its still a tennis but there are many important difference it lets start with the size of the court and of course there are now four players involved. How to always be in the right place at the right time by using horizontal and vertical shading. While many mixed doubles tennis players have won at least one title in each of the four majors, a career slam, only one mixed doubles team has won the coveted grand slam, all four titles in a single calendar year, margaret court and ken fletcher in 1963. Your opponent is forced to return a weak volley to the open court, and you win the point with a passing shot down the line. The brother and sister guest players have been playing mixed doubles for several years, but they often have. Winning doubles strategy for recreational tennis players. Tennis writer steve flink, in his book the greatest tennis matches of the. Here are tips on how to make the most of your teams strengths and weaknesses to.
So before you even get out to the court, you probably have a good idea in mixed doubles who the weaker player is going to be. Doubles tennis tactics cayer, louis, international tennis federation on. Ive read a lot of them some which i forgot i had read but i must admit i did have the help from our fans on our instagram account at functionaltennis who gave some great suggestions. Tennis doubles strategy, doubles help, doubles tactics. Sooner or later, the doubles player must get to the net. Tennis server turbo tennis the ten commandments of doubles. Basic mixed doubles strategy just as singles is a different game than doubles, mixed doubles is yet again a very different game than regular doubles. His day job is as a communications coach and presentations consultant and he has written 15 books on graphic design and presentations.
I sometimes do ill hit a second serve as a first serve as i feel bad about blasting a flat first serve. The complete tennis guide to a winning doubles strategy. Use the book to learn what positions and movements to use and what shots to make using proven patterns of play. The brother and sister guest players have been playing mixed doubles for several years, but they often have problems cooperating and coordinating their plays. Today during break from our mdttc camp i gave another onehour lesson on tactics to kaelin and billy. Mixed doubles is played the same as doubles, but with one man and one woman per team. Tennis magazine and a twotime national champion at the 10. This is the place to read all about badminton doubles its shots, tactics, techniques and players, as well as see badminton doubles videos and learn about kit such as rackets and shuttlecocks id also be grateful for feedback about my badminton doubles website just click here and fill out the form. The most indepth doubles book i have ever read, stan smiths winning doubles. You get to play with a teammate which means you have someone to talk to. In the second set, the other guy kept targeting her and wouldnt hit to me at all, even when that seemed to be the logical play. The clear strategy is to overpower and outplay the woman, and everyone on the court knows it.
Jul 05, 2007 pat blaskower was ranked number one in the nation in womens 35 doubles, number one in northern california in womens open doubles, womens 35 doubles and womens 40 doubles. Whether youre trying to improve your doubles game or are just getting started playing tennis with a partner, the art of doubles is the book for you. But played well doubles as a game of lightning reflexes powered touch team strategy and most of all action. Turbo tennis the ten commandments of doubles tennis server. These tactics are exactly what a player must master to play winning doubles and mixed doubles tennis. Not offense intended, but the plain fact is that men are generally stronger and quicker than women. Tennis tactics singles play doubles play webtennis24. Just as singles is a different game than doubles, mixed doubles is yet again a very different game than regular doubles. The ustas membership includes more than 500,000 individuals and nearly 6,500 organizations, including schools, park and recreation departments, community tennis associations, and tennis clubs. In 1999 she moved to connecticut where, for the past eight years, every league team she has. With tactics and techniques ranging from basic to advanced, youll learn to adapt court positioning and tweak shot selection for stellar singles, doubles, and mixed doubles play. Badminton mixed doubles tactics in this intermediate badminton training video, coach xiao jie helps guest players on their mixed badminton doubles play. List of grand slam mixed doubles champions wikipedia.
If you have any other suggestions i would more than happy to. All state rules, as outlined, apply to the senior and super senior mixed doubles league unless otherwise noted. May 28, 2004 doubles tennis tactics teaches the correct court positioning, movement patterns, and shot selection in each situation a doubles team will encounter in a match. Very fast inrunning live scores as well as partial and final livescore results for each atp and wta tournament, davis cup and fed cup. Pat blaskower was ranked number one in the nation in womens 35 doubles, number one in northern california in womens open doubles, womens 35 doubles and womens 40 doubles. For all level we all play doubles, so why are most books about singles. In mixed doubles, both of those strategies work, but there is one more variable, the woman.
Every team should engage in smart doubles tennis tactics and strategy in order to be a winning tennis player. When to poach effectively so you can disrupt your opponents play and make them doubt their shots. A player may compete in adult, senior and super senior mixed doubles. From 1985 to 1999 she coached league teams in marin county and was the head tennis professional at the mill valley tennis club. To neutralize this attack and regain control of the point, you retaliate with a crosscourt passing shot, low with topspin. Singles involves two players competing against each other, usually two men or two women, although games between a man and a woman may be played on an informal basis or as exhibitions doubles is played by two teams of two players each, most often allmale or allfemale.
Many tactics in tennis are designed primarily to make the opponents uncomfortable and this is no exception. Learn the six tools that make winning in doubles a whole lot easierand losing a. Hopefully, this months column will find you wanting to seek out a doubles or mixed doubles partner and actively compete. Doubles strategy archives free tennis lessons from. Grand slams excluding wimbledon and the olympic games for mixed doubles. Mar 09, 2015 every team should engage in smart doubles tennis tactics and strategy in order to be a winning tennis player. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. Its completely free and packed full of exercises to help you improve your table tennis match play and develop your tacticsstrategy. The elements of surprise and uncertainty create pressure.
Western and semiwestern forehand grips may be fine for returning serve, but once the point has started, it may be more useful to adopt an eastern forehand grip for. Do you guys take something off the serve when serving to the female opponent. One of the biggest reasons for failure in doubles is improper shot selection. The relaxed competition encourages a more enjoyable social tennis experience. We spent the first 20 minutes on doubles tactics, the rest on serve and attack. Lobbing off the return creates instant chaos on the other side of the net. Author pat blaskower is your personal coach, guiding and encouraging you and your partner to play winning tennis by showing you how to. When, however, ranked singles players compete in doubles as is frequently the case at grand.
Once you find the right partner and have worked on the serve and return, its time to talk about court positioning. When should you try to win the point from the baseline. This is a simple principle, but many doubles players do not realize that their singles grips may put them at a disadvantage. Mixed doubles etiquette in tennis tennis quick tips podcast 95. Doubles requires specific shot selection, court positioning and movement patterns for each player. A guide to the singles and doubles game describes the history and fundamentals of tennis and discusses both psychological and tactical game improvement from inside the book what people are saying. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Its mission is to promote and develop the growth of tennis. In tennis doubles, the server normally stands between the doubles sideline and the center. Learn the three musthave strokes you need for doubles and three you dont. The 2011 mixed doubles super senior state championships will be held in aiken, sc.
The united states tennis association usta is the governing body for tennis in the united states. Sep, 2014 this book is for the doubles enthusiast who wants to better understand doubles strategy, tactics, and even philosophy. In step one, you capitalize on the pressure inherent in the moment with pressure tactics. Fundamentals of doubles tennis tactics and strategy. Singles players must posses good movement and knowledge of court geometry in order to use less energy while choosing the shots that puts them in control of the rally. Each position has a job to do during every exchange, which is vital to the outcome of the point. Subtitled winning strategy for the tennis enthusiast who plays for fun this. Louis cayer, a distinguished coach, analyzes all that in depth. You cannot expect to play winning doubles when one of the team members is constantly staying back at the baseline. This is a good book and has saved me from tennis lessons in this down economy. To neutralize this attack and regain control of the point, you retaliate with a.
The youll need great tactics and youll need to know your partners game well too. When playing doubles, there are a few strategies to keep in mind when returning serves and they are described below, however the main thing to remember in doubles play is this. Nov 07, 2018 remember, in all these doubles tactics and strategies, the important thing to remember is that generally being at the net is a good idea. This coaching book concentrates on how to play mixed doubles better, enjoy it more. Hitting the ball through the middle of the court in doubles does quite. Serving to women in mixed doubles i dont play mixed doubles a lot but every once in a while my club has a little mixer that i go to where we play mixed doubles. In this episode of tennis quick tips, ill discuss mixed doubles and just how to properly play. Your opponent hits a deepsliced approach shot to your backhand. In every match, tennis doubles tactics plays a huge role in the overall success of a team.
So says pat blaskower in her excellent book, the art of doubles. In this intermediate badminton training video, coach xiao jie helps guest players on their mixed badminton doubles play. Developed in conjunction with the international tennis federation itf and worldrenowned coach louis cayer, the doubles tennis tactics book dvd package will help make you part of a winning team on the court. Teamwork is one of the most important aspects of playing successful doubles.
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