This Movement Mistake Ends 90% Of All Doubles Points - Tennis Strategy & Tactics

[@connorbrown1895]

High school player here- my coach drills my team on doubles movement and strategy execution CONSTANTLY. Makes doubles much more simple. Loved the video- a very practical tip.

[@Playyourcourt]

Thanks Connor, glad you enjoyed my man. Keep grinding out there!

[@momoshekar7217]

We were playing this game in my class, and my coach asked if everyone knew the doubles movement, and I said no. They then proceeded to criticize me for not knowing it and not listening and how we went over it like 50 times. I was in this class for 1.5 month, and we went over it once. Never told me what it was

[@thomasmedeiros5722]

This is basically zone defense that is used in many other sports. I coached High School tennis and my hockey and basketball players made good doubles players.

[@chevy4x466]

U have a good coach. U really don’t see this in girls high school tennis 🎾

[@thomasmedeiros5722]

I been coaching High School and USTA Junior tennis for many years. I came to tennis from a Basketball, Baseball and Football background and adapted my training in Zone Defense to tennis naturally. Following the ball and shifting to cover the court is basic zone strategy. I make it a point to ask a y players that I am coaching about other sports they have played. I had good success in training hockey players in doubles. They tend to follow the ball, knowing how to double team an opponent and love to close in on the net. It’s the non athletic people that have not played sports that have difficultly adapting. Also doubles requires more tennis skills like the volley, half volley, overhead and split step to implement good tactics. Personally I am a serve and volley chip and charge kinda player that likes to take it to the net like Basketball. We played a lot of zone defense in high school.

[@Playyourcourt]

We both come from a basketball background as well as tennis and you hit the nail on the head. If you understand playing zone then shifting with the ball and other doubles concepts become second nature. Great feedback coach, thanks for watching!

[@ericdurand9593]

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[@atrem7942]

Great for court coverage. Another problem is that the baseline player isn't thinking about their netplayer. In fact at lower rec level the baseline players play a singles match from the baseline, only a voiding the netplayer of the opponent is their main focus, they dont look at depth of their own balls.playing from rails to rails until one makes a mistake. Due to lack of stamina and understanding how to cover their side of the court. Most just camp out at the rails in front. No defending thoughts have entered their mind

[@davidwatkins8016]

The timing of the forward move is critical. Should it be based on the motion and visual cues of the opponent’s net man?

[@petehill3634]

Thank you

[@Playyourcourt]

Always happy to help!

[@tenniseric8883]

There are less advertisements at the beginning and end of this video than in the video itself. First 1:50 of the video is fluff introduction. Video starts at 1:56, follow the ball, and ends at 3:15, followed by a video showing an exaggeration of this simple concept. From 4:40 until the end of the video is all one big advertisement for their courses.

[@Playyourcourt]

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[@jacksonlar]

Couldn't make more sense.

[@Max-ti5nq]

Yeah but why wouldn't my partner get past the other net guy with that big of an opening at 3:15? Makes no sense. I get the follow the ball part thou, you wanna cover your post, but isn't that the obvious?

[@Playyourcourt]

Not sure I'm following but you hold the net position while the ball is in front of you as your opponent is ready to strike the ball, you only drop back as the net player when the ball is behind you and your partner is playing it. Hope this helps clarify things. Thanks for watching

[@thomasmedeiros5722]

This is zone defense so you have to move with the ball to cover the most vulnerable zone . It is also an effort to isolate one opponent and double team that opponent. One of you sets it up,and the other one knocks it down into the open zone of the court. Do do this players have to constantly reposition. If you played hockey, basketball or volleyball you have learned how to do this.

[@Sweeney-Kubach]

A good lob beats your system almost every time.

[@richardgong5271]

This is rubbish :-) You never see pros going up and down like a yo-yo in doubles.

[@Playyourcourt]

lol, thanks for the warm & fuzzies. The pros do not follow the ball to the extent shown here due to the speed in which they play and their world class reactions / hand speed at net. They do however still shift with the ball much like what is shown here just on a much smaller scale. Hope this helps clarify things

[@studfinderball]

Rec players spend way too much time playing mano a mano diagonally. That's because rec doubles players only have two shots, the forehand groundie and the block volley up at the net. So their partner is left playing statue tennis. If you're over fifty forget the poach. Stay back and play short ball, deep ball, and lob ball, chip and drop. Both partners get in the game and have fun. If your partner insists you play the net, insist he play big groundie and running forward volley.