Return Of Serve Variety – Your Key To Wining Tennis Matches Part 3

I took my kids to Maddame Tussauds the other day to see the waxworks.

They were keen to look around and see who they could spot and couldn’t wait to get to the Michael Jackson statue.

The thing that struck me most as I walked around was this.

I see people with as much movement as the dummies when they are waiting to hit a ball.

This is crazy and this is why.

I mentioned and illustrated a couple of things in two other posts HERE and HERE which highlighted what variety in its various forms could do for your tennis game and how it would help you win more tennis matches.

Both of those were mainly concerned with tennis strokes.

But you know me by now and you will know what I think about just basing your game around your tennis shots.

With that in mind here is something you can do that will have a massive impact on your game even before you hit the ball.

So many people stand in the same place to return serve (first & second) every single time – BIG mistake.

This actually limits your returning options and here’s why!

What I see is that many players at club level (esp the guys) can hit a tennis serve with a fair amount of speed (with a flat serve) but with limited accuracy.

So if that’s the case, you need to stand as far back as you can/need to until they start serving aces out wide (if they can).

The same goes for the server who just slices their serve.

You need to move in and across to cut off the serve untill they start to serve bombs down the “T” (middle).

Can you see how you can soon juggle things to get the best “fit” for YOU??

You may well be the one who is returning, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t have a say in what serve the server will hit.

With you moving around and adjusting your return position, you will force the server to think about what to do with the serve and that for many people with limited accuracy can be a massive problem.

Just move around until you suss out where their strong serves are.

You can then position yourself to cover those most of the time and get them to try and hit their “weaker” serves more often – A Primary Principle of my Beat All The Tennis Players You Want Matchplay System.

Try it and see.

Another example of how to improve your game without adjusting any of your shots.

Which is the model?