1Decide where to serve
It's one of the easiest?— and effective?— changes you can make to your doubles game.
Before the point starts, decide where you're going to serve. This will help you to "hit the spot" with your serve. Share your plans with your partner, which will help them anticipate the probable returns of your opposition.?
You'll be better prepared and your chances of winning the point will greatly increase.
2Talk
My favorite drill involves serving a game up to thirty points where one player serves the entire game, but is allowed only one serve. This is a great way to build up stamina for the serve and learn how to win points on your second serve. You will be so much more relaxed on the first serve if you know that holding the game with the second serve is a lock.
With two players of equal ability, the server should typically win (if you follow the stats of the best professional players, you will always see second serve percentage of points won that exceed 50%).
With developing players, however, this is not always the case; they hit way too many double faults and, initially, their serves will be shaky even if they manage not to miss.
But the serve will get noticeably better from week to week as the player learns to relax under pressure. This drill will definitely shine a light on the player's serving skills. Furthermore, this game is far superior to the baseline game as it is purposeful practice.
Once this drill is mastered, the players can transition to other serving-based games. Another favorite drill is for the players to play a set where one person serves the entire set (this time, the player gets two serves). Then, the other player will serve the entire second set.
Another variant is for each player to serve two games at a time (and they play an 8-game Pro Set). These games are intended to build stamina and confidence.
As one of the most important strokes in tennis, practicing these service games on a regular basis your serve will once again take center stage.
3Use what works
Club players often have great intentions, but fail on the court because they try execute everything they've learned at once.?
A great doubles team understands what works best for them. Plan your game around your individual and team strengths.
4Be one with your partner
Good movement on the tennis court is important at anytime. It's crucial on the double court if you want your team to be ready to attack and defend.
Great doubles teams always seem to be in the right place at the right time, whether it's to intercept a shot or to recover a volley from their opponents.
Being at the right place, at the right time requires movement. Players miss shots because they don't move until the ball has already passed over the net.
Practice moving together forwards, backwards and side-to-side on the court. Not only will you win more points, your improved coverage will frustrate your opponents and force them to try high risk, lower percentage shots.
5Less pace equals power
Recreational players often make the mistake of trying to hit the ball in doubles at the same pace they would in singles match.
Success in doubles requires a well- placed ball and team. Players often have to take pace off the shot in order to execute the better shot. Chipping the ball to an opponent's feet or lobbing over the net players are common shots in doubles that have a high success rate even though they're lacking in power.
Blasting the ball at an opponent can result in a return volley too fast to handle. Your level of control also drops when you try to whack the ball instead of taking some pace off.
6Ease your way forward
The best place for any doubles team is at the net. From there, you can carry out the volley -- the easiest technical shot to play -- which forces your opponents to try a passing shot.
You also have the largest amount of court to aim when you're both at the net,? leaving your opponents with the smallest amount of court to aim at.
7 Follow basic doubles rules
back to redditDoubles is much more of a game of tactics and court position than singles. It's important to understand and implement some of the basic best practices of doubles match play.
Each player in the team should understand their job in each of the four basic situations that occur (server, servers partner, returner & returners partner). As soon as you do this you will find your win-loss ratio take a sharp improvement.
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