Friday, July 15, 2011

Tennis Ace in the Hole

If you are in a must win situation and you  need a shot combination that is a proven winner, then you can use this combination to win the big points.  See the Tennis Diagram 1 below.

After you have started your rally, hit a shot down the line, yellow arrow.  If your opponent returns crosscourt or down the line, your next shot, blue arrow, must be crosscourt.  Hopefully, it is angled enough to draw your opponent wide of the sideline.

Once he returns the forehand shot, your next shot will be an approach shot, red arrow, must be aimed at the middle of the court.  Your opponent will be wildly scrambling back to cover his backhand.  So by hitting it to the middle of the court, you force your opponent to hit a backhand on the run from the middle of the court, one of the toughest shots in tennis.  Odds are he will have to play it safe and aim back at the middle.  So after hitting your red arrow shot, you will follow it in to the middle of the net where you will put it away with a volley to either his backhand or forehand side, purple arrows.

Tennis Diagram 1