I can not stress how important this video is. Ian it would be great to see this in a flash back idea like how John and Chris went against each other and you and Kevin were coaching them. Cheers! M
I think your explanation is specific enough, but I would explicitly mention the recommendation to count specific patterns or situations. For example you're standard game from the baseline is working for like 3 games and then you lose a game where you've made two double faults, a poor unforced error and a very risky shot that just couldn't make the line. You can move more to try playing more consistent and don't go for the impossible winners, but also the 2 double faults are very relevant and hopefully don't happen in the upcoming of your serve games. So it's always a reflection of numbers (especially reasons for unforced errors or shifts in who is the superior player on the court). Beginning to play on a 40+ team last summer, I remember a match where I dominated my somewhere 50 years old opponent by playing heavy topspin to his backhand and making him run then. It worked great, but he changed his tactics and started to play many low slices and after hitting a few unforced errors, I began transforming my game to slicing only myself. That moment all the momentum shifted to his side. The match got very tight. Then I 'forced' myself to play topspin tennis again and finally got back on track winning the match. So choosing an adequate strategy requires a very high attention and reflection of what's happening on the court. For the best case on both sides.
Good things to think about! I suppose for the things you can control I'd add the time between points. Not advocating obvious gamesmanship, but there's a benefit in starting points at your own pace/rhythm.
I feel like it’s fine if you’re staying within a clearly defined area, for example, serving right before the 25s run out, or call for medical timeout for minor stuff. However, grey area like doing prolonged bathroom break leans more into gamesmanship in my eyes.
I wish I saw this sooner. Hindsight. My doubles partner and I were up 6-3 5-1 in the second set and ad in on our serve to serve out the match. The opponents started lobbing me and my partner to surprisingly get to 6-6 in the second and winning the set tiebreak 7-4 and just kept lobbing. Would love to hear what you think would be best to deal with the lobbing chaos. I keep thinking back about it and I wonder if it would have been best if we both stayed back, maybe play Australian formation, something. 🫠 (Match Tiebreak ended up being a tie with no time left since it was a timed match). But boy does that one really hurt .
I can not stress how important this video is.
Ian it would be great to see this in a flash back idea like how John and Chris went against each other and you and Kevin were coaching them.
Cheers!
M
I think your explanation is specific enough, but I would explicitly mention the recommendation to count specific patterns or situations. For example you're standard game from the baseline is working for like 3 games and then you lose a game where you've made two double faults, a poor unforced error and a very risky shot that just couldn't make the line. You can move more to try playing more consistent and don't go for the impossible winners, but also the 2 double faults are very relevant and hopefully don't happen in the upcoming of your serve games.
So it's always a reflection of numbers (especially reasons for unforced errors or shifts in who is the superior player on the court).
Beginning to play on a 40+ team last summer, I remember a match where I dominated my somewhere 50 years old opponent by playing heavy topspin to his backhand and making him run then.
It worked great, but he changed his tactics and started to play many low slices and after hitting a few unforced errors, I began transforming my game to slicing only myself. That moment all the momentum shifted to his side. The match got very tight.
Then I 'forced' myself to play topspin tennis again and finally got back on track winning the match. So choosing an adequate strategy requires a very high attention and reflection of what's happening on the court. For the best case on both sides.
Good things to think about! I suppose for the things you can control I'd add the time between points. Not advocating obvious gamesmanship, but there's a benefit in starting points at your own pace/rhythm.
I feel like it’s fine if you’re staying within a clearly defined area, for example, serving right before the 25s run out, or call for medical timeout for minor stuff. However, grey area like doing prolonged bathroom break leans more into gamesmanship in my eyes.
so do we not do tennis lessons on a tennis court anymore?
I wish I saw this sooner. Hindsight. My doubles partner and I were up 6-3 5-1 in the second set and ad in on our serve to serve out the match. The opponents started lobbing me and my partner to surprisingly get to 6-6 in the second and winning the set tiebreak 7-4 and just kept lobbing.
Would love to hear what you think would be best to deal with the lobbing chaos. I keep thinking back about it and I wonder if it would have been best if we both stayed back, maybe play Australian formation, something. 🫠
(Match Tiebreak ended up being a tie with no time left since it was a timed match). But boy does that one really hurt .