
One of the big court positioning mistakes I see in doubles is where the server ends up after their 2nd shot.
You know, they serve and come in behind that serve and then play their 2nd shot, normally either a volley or 1/2 volley back cross court to the returner.
And invariably what happens is the server gers too close to the net.
Even if you're about in the middle of your service box, the returner, who is cross court from you, now has a really good opportunity to play a nice deep lob over you.
Check out this court positioning diagram video.
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Do this methodical routine every time you start a rally and your game will get better.
Alternate between forehands and backhands when you start a rally.
You'll probably look a little awkward those first few times you try to coordinate the ball drop with your backhand, but come one, you'll get it right, and your backhand will love you for this extra attention.
Work on picking up the ball right after the bounce to improve your skill of taking the ball on the rise.
Create a slightly higher bounce from your ball drop and work on hitting that tough shoulder high forehand.
Hit drives, slice, 3/4 loopers, etc. You get the idea.
This is the best opprotunity you're going to have to do some mindless tinkering and getting some real "feel" for each of your strokes.
And whne you're at net and you start the rally, please, please toss up a ball and hit a normal volley. You'll get good enough to where you can do both forehand and backhand volleys. Think your volleys just might improve if you took this opportunity to hit a volley perfect?
You bet...
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I had a great chat on the phone this morning with Luke Jensen, 1993 French Open Doubles champ and currently the women's tennis coach at Syracuse.
Joel Drucker, one of the world's leading tennis writers, also joined us.
You can hear that interview below...
Luke Jensen
Joel Drucker
Luke is probably in the 1% of college tennis coaches out there who are teaching and coaching a true "all-court" style of play.
In fact, the kids who play at Syracuse for Luke are trained in all-out serve and volley tennis.
You know me, I'm now thinking there is a future for junior tennis players with guys like Luke promoting serve/volley and all-court tennis.
We talked about how Luke got involved in tennis, what made him an all-court player, why and how he recruits by telling his prospects that they will play at a higher level in college with this style of play, that they will have a better chance if they go out on the tour, and what I liked the most, why learning and refining an all-court style of play will insure that those kids will keep playing and having fun on the court once they get older...
What a concept? - "A Sport of a Lifetime"...
Well, it's about time that someone with some real street cred is out there being passionate about a style of play that is different then the mind numbing 3-5 feet behind the baseline boring crap we see coming out of so many junior programs in this country.
I also asked Luke about a couple of his favorite drills to help the rest of us with our "transition" skills from the baseline up to the net.
Get settled in, get comfy, and here's about 25 minutes of stuff I hope you'll enjoy.
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