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How to Employ Tactics in Singles Tennis
1. Hit the ball down the center if your opponent is
inconsistent. This is a safe shot that relies on your
opponent's unforced errors.
2. Hit the crosscourt
shot. This has the highest percentage of success, for both
forehand and backhand.
3. Serve and volley
intermittently to see how your opponent reacts. If he is not
passing you with a shot when you're at the net, continue with
this tactic, especially as the game goes on.
4. Pass
down the line when your opponent is approaching the net.
5. Approach the net by hitting deep down your
opponent's line. The second choice is to hit deep down the
center.
6. Vary your serve to feel out your opponent's
service return strengths and weaknesses, and then play to the
weaknesses when serving.
7. Mix up your serves. For
example, hit flat on the first serve, slice on the second
serve sometimes, and reverse at others.
8. Develop a
tempo of play that you are comfortable with. You can do this,
for example, by taking your time to serve or receive serve.
9. Control your breathing. Be careful not to pant
through the mouth
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How to Employ Tactics in Doubles
Tennis
1. Get to the net as often as possible.
2. Be aggressive.
3. Move with your
partner in a parallel motion on the court, to avoid
crossing over each other.
4. Stay within one
zone of your partner. The tennis court has the following
areas: the A zone (the net), B zone (midcourt) and C
zone (baseline).
5. Occupy the A zone as often
as possible.
6. Cover your own lob, to avoid
crossing your partner.
7. Take the lob in the
air.
8. Be at the center of the service box on
your partner's serve.
9. Be on the service line,
slightly closer to the center of the court, when your
partner is returning serve.
10. Try not to hit
to your opponent's net person.
11. Hit down the
center as much as possible - it's your safest shot.
12. Try to get your first serve in. To do this,
hit your second serve style (e.g slice, topspin or kick)
as your first serve, if necessary.
13. Work on
your crosscourt shots. You have to hit these all the
time in doubles.
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How to Hit a Flat Serve in Tennis
1. Grip the racket with a Continental grip, not a
forehand grip.
2. Stand near the center mark for
hitting down the centerline. Stand farther from the center
mark for a wide, flat serve.
3. Assume the normal
posture for a serve, with a sideways stance and your hands
down.
4. Throw the racket to the "back-scratch"
position as you toss the ball in front of you.
5. Toss
the ball farther in front than you would for a slice, topspin
or kick serve and farther to your right for right-handed
hitters.
6. Throw your racket out of the back-scratch
position, with your palm facing the net at contact with the
ball.
7. Hit the ball with your arm fully extended.
8. Let your arm finish the serve on either the right
or left side of your body.
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