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During the first two or three matches, he simply hit the ball down the middle of the court. This will keep your ball away from the side and travel over the lower part of the net. This will also allow you to put you in a comfortable pace, shake off any nerve and discover a key information: can your opponent keep the ball in the game?
IN 3.0 Level and below, this is possible the only strategy you need. Many players at these levels have a two to three strokes space. After that, their mind wanders and their patience evaporates. They go for a reckless, low percentage winner and deliver you.
As you switch to 3.5 Level and above, only durability is likely not enough. Then, you have to move to play high percentage singles. Here are some strategies to keep in mind.
Again, forget the great service
Many players today adopt the explosion and push access to serve. They leave their first service, thinking that if they go inside, they will get an easy point, as well as intimidate their opponent with their wonderful power. They think it is a thoughtless approach because, if they do not go inside, they can always push into their second service and still be at this point.
This can be effective in 3.0 Level and below where players do not have the ability to benefit from a second weak service. Anyway 4.0 Level and above, a strong opponent will eat your “push” service for lunch.
If you cannot constantly hit your first service in court more than 100 MPH(You can’t, and neither can), go for great service is a waste of time and effort. Instead, look at your service as a means of gaining point control.
Try to get 75 % of your first serves within. Return to power and focus on rotation and placement.
For placement, you have three primary objectives: down t, in body and out. Of course, as the match progresses, you can adjust if you notice that your opponent is significantly weaker turning from one side or the other.
Get any service return back to the game
Against a strong server in its first service, think “react”. Use its rhythm and block the back service. Aim your curves five to seven meters above the net and below the middle of the court. If he serves and Volleks, target one -two feet above the mesh and block your return to his feet.
If the first service is missing, move it to the attack mode. Many teaching professionals tell their students to move forward a few steps so that they can be taken throughout the second weaker service. I disagree strongly.
When players think about dancing throughout a second service, more often than not they rest by approaching the ball and their blow collapses.
The attack does not mean that you should try to finish the point with a big blow. Means to take control. Open on the ball, direct a deep crossing of the intersection and start dictating the game.
Depending on the quality of your opponent’s second service, you may be able to move forward and attack the net. If so, think about your return as an approach. Hit it straight forward and moves into the net. Another option is to attack with touch and occasionally hit a shot from his soft, short second service.
Target above the net to hit deep
At a single -bachelors rally, the quality of your purpose is largely determined by its depth. Try to keep the ball inside three legs of your opponent’s initial base. To do this, target five meters above the mesh. In general, the lower your net cleaning, the shorter your ball will go down to court. The pros uses height to improve both their depth on the ground and consistency. Below are Rafael Nadal’s, Roger Federer’s and Djokovic on average Net with their prefaces over the past season.
Nadal: 90 INCHES
Federer: 70 INCHES
Gjokovic: 63 INCHES
The net height in the middle is 3 legs (36 inches). Roger Federer (at 70 inches) is hitting at a height of nearly two nets and nadal (in 90inches) comes about three.
Hit Crosscourt of Grundstrokes
Eighty to ninety percent of your ground shocks should be hit at the intersection. The ball will travel over the lower part of the network, and the court is longer in the diagonal of the intersection. This means you can hit the ball harder and farther and still keep it in the game.
Also, by hitting Crosscourt, you will make your opponent run further than if you hit the line. The next time you practice, you have a player to hit all his crosscourt shooting while the other hits just below the line.
You will soon see that the player who hits the line is doing much more running. Not only does this illustrate the point, but it is also an excellent consistency, speed and air conditioning.
As the point progresses, you are waiting for your opponent to make one of the three mistakes:
An unbearable mistake that gives you points.
A down-down shot that allows you to drive the ball and run them from the court.
A short ball that allows you to move forward and attack.
At an initial rally, position diagonally from the place where your opponent will hit their purpose. From this position, you will be able to move efficiently to cover the possible return of your opponent. The only exception occurs when you hit your blow immediately between the court.
Then, recover in the center of the court.
Hit the shooting of your access to forward
There is an old saying that “the matter does not start until someone strikes a short ball.” When that short ball comes, move forward and hit your approach fired straight to where you hit the ball.
This will turn the ball to your opponent faster and will also allow you to move forward to be in the right position in the net.
Plus, approaching forward, you will always be on the vision line of your opponent. As they move to hit their purpose, looking at you directly in front of them will make them feel more pressure. On the other hand, if you hit Crosscourt, he will look at a court open in front of him, or he will be able to hit behind you while sprint diagonally through the court to reach the net.
Get the network check
Yes, even on this day of high land shocks, the player who controls the net in bachelors controls the point. Look at every opportunity to move forward. However, keep in mind that, as you do not have a partner to help you in the network, you need to be more selective than when you move forward. Make sure the stroke you hit, or the blow you are ready to hit, put your opponent in defense before you get inside.
Once you have reached the net, remember that it will rarely be your first volleyball with which you can end the point. Be prepared to hit at least two savages. Play the first again deep. After that, you can look for a barrage to remove.
Choose one that is over the mesh and you can move forward to hit.
When checking the net, the pressure is over your opponent, so don’t force anything. If you need two or three vollyys and an upper part to win the point, so be it.
Be patient
Be it a single or double match with players with equal skill, it is the player (or team) who is more patient and ready, as I mean, to suppress the folly that will usually come to the top.
