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Hello we are gonna talk about singles tactics
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First of all when you´re going to serve
If you are a medium player in you club or association
When you are classified like A ou B (not a beginner)
You are now playing good already
In theory you are gonna make your serve,
And your opponent will do in the other side.
You will fight to see who is going to break first.
Let´s do this hypothesis
Both will win the game of the service.
So, you´ve got the 1st game
The other player did the same 1x1
And 2x2 , 3x3 , and
The end , 6/4
6 plus 4 iqual 10. You served 5 games and the opponent 5
One of this 5 games your opponent will serve badly
And then you will break at this time
He gave you a 0x15
A 15x30 or 30x40
At this time that you have to make a difference
You will uses the right tactics at this time to get him
For exemple
From 5 games
He served
If he misses the 1st serve you can hit this ball with pressure to force him to lose the point
And if the ball comes short , go to the net
If you win, he´s gonna serve in the pressure
Then we have a opportunity to win this game
Now serve, let´s talk about serve
What you will do to make your serve game point?
You have to use the medium serve in the 1st serve , near the serve line
Prefer to do this in the weaker point of your opponent
Study your opponent in the warm up and see how he hits the ball in differents ways
To the sides , ahead, anyway, observe his movimentation and difficulties.
Give him a strong shot, a light shot, hi ball , low ball etc
Serve
So, you will do a forced medium serve
In his weak stroke
It is a forced serve , ( slice serve in theory or top spin serve)
The result is he is return shortly and 2nd hit
is very important , but don´t try winner , just push him , force a little in the corner
With no risk realy , in this short returns ( most of the time) you will get points from 7 (seven)
That´s you need to get the game, 4 points
In the average you will get more points than him
Seven point played and you get 4, that´s you need
Remember 1st serve all the time in
He is going to return shortly and you do a job
You need to win a little more than your opponent
If you try aces all the time in your serve...
... beyond you get more tyred
We miss 80%
And you will give 80% of the time ...
...seconds serves to your opponent
And if your opponent decide to take risks in return serve, and do it well ...
If he do it 2 times it´s going to be 0x30
Now you are in trouble
Ther are variations too
1st medium serve in his weaker stroke
For exemple 15x30
You can try a tactical light serve
If you need to get a special point
you can serve and go to the net (surprise attack)
played in special occasion
You can serve on the body
when he is gonna serve
Wait for a 2nd serve
There are some games that server miss a lot of 1st serve
If he do a double fault and
Give you a 2nd serve
Put this ball in his weaker stroke
Force it a little, no winner at this time
If he put the ball shorter , hit the ball to parallel
After the serve line
Wait, he is gonna take risks now
Probably he didn´t wanna take risks at this moment
He thinks : I can loose my serve
Another thing
Talking about game tactics
Cross court in singles is the safety way
Prefer cross court than parallel
The net is shorter in the middle , you will make your opponent run more and you , less
If he has a canon on his forehand...
... but if he has a bad backhand put the ball always there
That is tactical game in function of a bad techinique
Use always cross court in general
And you have to use a little forced ball just to receive a shorter ball , instead winner
After, hit and go to the net
If you try a winner in 15x15 (your serve)
And miss , you will have a 15x30 and pressure
Cross, cross, cross court waiting a good opportunity to do a parallel and go to the net
You don´t need to try winner
If he has a nice stroke in this side put the ball on the body (middle of the court)
It works good
Drop shot
My friends tell me that I´m a specialist in this ball.
You cant try after cross a ball in the parallel
Or Cross court after this.
In the 1st case he gets it
In the 2nd case , don´t
If you wanna let him tired , 1st case.
If you wanna finish, 2nd case
You choose if wanna tyred him or finish the point
After you make a drop shot you can jump to the net
Wait the ball bounces shorter to make a drop shot
If your opponent has a rhythm stronger than yours , put a lot of top spin
Almost a lob
The game will be more slowly, and you relax
If he doesn´t come to the net
Give him 45º lobs
If he doesn´t like
Go on
It is important you analyse yourself (your game)
You have to know your game
Study your own game
I can´t tell for a aggressive player and ask him to be conservative player
But I can ask him to put more top spin
Insted this if you are a touch player
It is almost impossible he becomes a attack player
Another thing
Study your opponent
Look at his backhand
his forehand
The movimentation
Observe his volley
See if he likes hi ball or low.
His grip , look at his grip
Full western or semi western players don´t like low balls in the serve line
The french tennis school is one of the most inteligent
Look at the ex tennis player Fabrice Santoro
He was top 10 single ranking
And top 5 in doubles
Bit Federer in 2005
He left Nalbadian crazy in the court some years ago
He had double hands in both sides
Short man, comparing with others
See Santoro play looks like magic
He made other run all over the court
And so, study your opponents, and
Play looking at his weak points
Don´t go against the physics
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