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Coaching Tennis Doubles: Strategies and Drills
Keith Swindoll
Indian Hills Country Club
Tactical Positioning at the Net: Skills and Drills - Tactical Positioning at the Net is the key to success in Doubles. It's about strategy... and skill - returning every ball until you make the hit your opponent can't return. These Tennis Drills are great for fine-tuning the skills players need to do just that!
The Net Player: Goals and Strategies - Wow! So many things to think about while a ball is zooming at you! Split step. Move on the Diagonal. Got to gain the tactical position. Make the other player move in order to hit the ball. Is your head spinning faster than the ball now? Relax, Coach Swindoll covers all these strategies and demonstrates a Drill to help players read and react to the opponent's patterns.
The Net Player: Footwork and the Lob - Footwork is the secret to playing good Doubles at the net. Aggressive footwork puts pressure on the opponent. Fear of "the Lob" often puts pressure on the Net Player. Coach provides a strategy for handling the lob and a drill to back it up in this video.
Tennis Drill: The EC - The EC Drill has it all! The primary focus of this drill is to learn how to anticipate the kind of ball that the opponent will return. But, the EC also hits on Footwork at the Net, moving on the Diagonal, and general Conditioning.
Watching the Ball: Focus and Concentration - Keep your eyes on the ball! Easy to say, but how do you really learn to do it! Coach Swindoll discusses specific ways that players can learn to watch the ball and demonstrates drills to increase players' focus and concentration.