Winning Matches: Game Plan

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If we look at pro tennis it’s obvious that the successful players win matches for one reason: they know how to win points. That sounds almost too simple. If you know how to win points you can win matches. But the truth is very few players below the pro level actually know how they win their points, much less develop strategies to win points against specific opponents.

If the average player wanted to do one thing to raise his game, something that involves no additional skill development, it would be to start thinking like the pros by analyzing and planning how to win points against particular opponents. If you learn how to win points, you will win matches, and possibly reverse your results against players you’ve been losing to for years.

Formulate a Strategy

Before playing the first point of a match it’s absolutely necessary to have in mind a game plan, a basic set of strategic guidelines for playing and winning points.

It’s better to have a bad game plan than none at all. Without a plan a player’s just hitting shots and lacks the focus…