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Teaching Tennis Strategy

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Teaching Tennis Strategy

How to Customize the Booklet

What’s Your Job as a Coach

Six Types of Players

How to Beat the Runner-Pusher

Tactic 1: Work the Point

Tactic 2: Look to Get to the Net

Tactic 3: Hit Behind Them

Tactic 4: Use Dropshots

Tactic 5: Hit Up the Middle

Tactic 6: Use Touch and Angle Volleys

3 Things to Avoid

How to Beat the the Huge Forehand player

Tactic 1: Slice Low to the Corners

Tactic 2: Open Up their Weaker backhand

Tactic 3: Mix the Pace of Your Shots

Tactic 4: Serve & Volley More

Tactic 5: Play Dropshots to their Backhand

How to Beat the Wimpy Server

Tactic 1: Use More Topspin on Returns

Tactic 2: Return Mostly Cross-court

Tactic 3: Treat Your Return Like an Approach Shot

Tactic 4: Hit a Dropshot on the Return

Tactic 5: Use Return Targets (Dice Return games)

Summary

Q&A – Davis Cup Drill

Q&A – the Five Must Have Tactics

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Question 1 of 10

1. Question

1. Your MAIN job as a coach is to…

Develop perfect technique for players
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Develop usable tactics for players
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Develop fast athletes
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Create a large lesson program
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2. Strategy is your overall gameplan

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3. Tactics are what you use to deploy your strategy

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Question 4 of 10

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4. Which is NOT a tactic to use against the Runner-Pusher?

Work to get to the net
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Use more Dropshots
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Use more touch and angled volleys
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Hit hard to the corners
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Question 5 of 10

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5. What should you AVOID doing against the Runner-Pusher? (click all that apply)

Trying to hit winners
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Trying to finish the point early
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Trying to hit more Dropshots
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Trying to hit behind the player
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Question 6 of 10

6. Question

6. Which is NOT a tactic to use against the Huge Forehand player?

Slicing low to the corners
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Mixing up the pace of your shots
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Serve & Volley more
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Hit harder groundstrokes
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Question 7 of 10

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7. What should you AVOID doing against the Huge Forehand player? (click ALL that apply)

Getting into a slugfest from the Baseline
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Mixing up the pace of your shots
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Serve & Volley more
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Hitting wide to their Forehand
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Question 8 of 10

8. Question

8. Which is NOT a tactic to use against the Wimpy Server?

Going for a winner on your return
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Treating a return like an approach shot
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Hitting a drop shot off your return
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Adding extra topspin to your return
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Question 9 of 10

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9. What is NOT one of the Five “must-have” tactics?

Ability to moonball
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Ability to dropshot
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Ability to isolate a weakness
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Ability to mix up your pace
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Ability to serve & volley
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Ability to slice and hack
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Question 10 of 10

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10. A main goal for Jorge was to get his students to…

Have massive topspin
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Be serve & volleyers
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Win more matches than their strokes warranted
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Get a college scholarship
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