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Let me ask you a question.
When everything seems to be flowing for you out there on the court, you’re hitting the balls with great accuracy and you can see you’re giving your opponent problems… What should be your next move?
That’s easy! We ALL know what to do and what tennis strategy to use when we’re playing well – just keep doing what we’ve been doing. You never want to deviate from a plan that’s working.
But when the flip side happens and things aren’t going your way, that’s where it can be difficult. That’s when you can really see the gap between the good players and the legends. Oh yeah, when the negative emotions begin to stir up from being beaten, that’s when you see a player’s true colors emerge.
So, let me ask you another question. When you are down and feel the match starting to slip away, what’s the best tennis strategy use in order to turn the tides of that tennis match to help you get back on top?
Two possible options available: You could…
Tennis Strategy #1: Tone It Down Pull up and ease off on your shots and just focus on getting it in, with the attempt of trying to eliminate making any errors.
OR
Tennis Strategy #2: Turn It Up: Go in the opposite direction and turn it up a notch – even higher than you we’re playing at before. I mean, you can hit out on your shots and really let them fly – despite the possibility of a possible error here and there.
Which do you think would be the best option? Which game plan would you go with? …Got Your Answer?
The answer is tennis strategy #2. What?!? Yes, this is a rather tricky one (…and goes against what you probably have seen some others do). I mean, who wants to increase the possibility of missing a shot, right? We always hear that we should take some off and “get the ball in.”
But number 2 is going to be your best play the majority of the time. Why? Check it out.
When we begin to recognize that the terms and tempo of the match are slipping out of our grasp, much of the time we pull back and take our foot off the gas, so much that you can’t even tell that we’re driving at all. We start playing “too safe” and even “passive” tennis.
But little do we know, this “going into our shell” and “hoping not to lose” can be just like driving the stake right through our own chances of making a comeback.
When we back off, that subconsciously sends the “we can’t” message to our brain. Then of course, we tighten up, and our technique falters because we end up tucking in our swing.
And then, what began as a small storm, quickly grows into an immense hurricane of slammed rackets, self-sabotage and loud (…disgusted) screams/grunts.
And the core of why all this is happening… is what? Because we stop believing. We stop believing in ourselves and that we have what it takes to pull this off.
Boy, would Melanie Oudin be upset 
. I mean, she feels so strongly against this, she even has it printed on her trademark sneakers.
You don’t want to do that! Don’t allow yourself to be pushed or play passive tennis. Play with a tennis strategy that’s active, not passive! Push back! When you hit out on the ball, that sends a mental message of “I can, and I will.”
As a result, you’ll feel more confident and upbeat. You won’t compromise your technique or your tennis strategy, and you’ll continue to extend and follow through on your shots – which in turn give you more power a more threatening game. So with this, you’ll be playing to win. See the difference.
Who cares about an error every now in then? Heck, you’ll commit a ton more by playing that other way!
As a matter of fact, we saw this tennis strategy live in and in abundance just this past week with some of the toughest players on tour. This was obvious in the stellar match where Sam Querrey stunned the top seeded Andy Murray at the Farmers Classic… when Dinara Safina ousted Alona Bondarenko at La Costa… and who can forget the local newcomer (…fresh out of high school) Coco Vandeweghe who surprised the heck out of Vera Zvonareva at the Mercury Insurance Open.
Check out what the players and expert analysts actually said was the biggest reason why these players were able to conquer their emotions after being down and how “bringing the aggression” was the reason that virtually changed the out come of these matches single-handedly!
Querrey, Safina, and Vandeweghe Choose An Aggressive Tennis Strategy, And It Works!
Los Angeles Times (…On Querrey): “After he lost the first set, Querrey seemed to settle into a positive place. He decided to play offense more than defense and to accept the occasional error as a fair exchange for extravagant winners. He also went to the net more.”
Dinara Safina: “I played a tiebreak last week and lost,” Safina said. “In practice I played a tiebreak and lost. Every time I play the tiebreak I play defensive.
Tonight I said it was OK to not be defensive, to be aggressive and whatever happens happens. I was maybe a little bit tight on match point.”
On her first match point, Safina served a double fault. On the second, she hit a forehand return wide but on the third Safina cracked a winner and pumped her fist.
Zvonareva (…Vandeweghe’s opponent): A rout looked imminent after Zvonareva took the first game, but Vandeweghe wouldn’t be beaten so easily. “She decided to be a little bit more aggressive,” said an emotional Zvonareva, the tournament’s No. 3-seeded player and this year’s Wimbledon runner-up.
You see, all of these players “turned it up” instead of “toning it down” and basically becoming the designated “defender” for the entire match. They used the aggressive tennis strategy to battle through the nerves of being down and to help flip the script to generate major wins!
So the next time you fall behind and start to feel somewhat emotional and want to play “not to lose” by going into your shell, just remember to turn it up and let it all hang out. Do that, and you’ll enjoy more victories, I promise.
Have a great day and an even better game!
Brian
TennisMindCamp
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Hi thanks for the article, I have a daughter age 12 who loves nothing more than playing aggressive, she doesn’t like to rally ball after ball, she just wants to end the point asap. When it works she’ll beat anybody but that play comes with a high price ERRORS.. so after she loses a match because of these errors her coach tells her to tone it down a little…. should she carry on and hopefully after a few years these balls stay in court a little more or should we develop a safer game? Many thanks