silentkman
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I have a player that thinks three shots ahead. Does this sound right?
Thinking ahead
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If, by three shots, you mean the shot you’re about to hit, anticipating the opponent’s reply, and planning your response, yes, good players should be doing that.
If, by three shots, you mean your next three shots, then no, that’s a waste of mental effort and a borderline distraction. It’s impossible to predict 5-6 shots ahead unless both your and your opponent are pushers (I’ll push it deep, then he’ll push it deep, then I’ll….).
If, by three shots, you mean your next three shots, then no, that’s a waste of mental effort and a borderline distraction. It’s impossible to predict 5-6 shots ahead unless both your and your opponent are pushers (I’ll push it deep, then he’ll push it deep, then I’ll….).
common to be thinking in patterns
1. kick adwide
2. (if hit well) move near the baseline and look for a short fh... hit cc fh
3. (close the net, cover the dtl passing shot since hopefully i'm maing them hit an off balance running fh)... bh volley to the open court
4. (expect them to run down my volley, watch their balance and racquet face at contact), likely an overhead
in general if i'm "dictating" i'm limiting their high % responses to an single area of the court (eg. cc), and if i can get to my spot early, and solicit a short ball with the quality of my prev shot, i give myself even more time to hit a quality next ball. of course if they can come up with an incredible low % shot, and that's ok (idea is that over time they won't be able to execute over and over)
when i'm not dictating, i'm usually at the mercy of defending 2 or even 3 options, which over time is a hard % to beat
in general i want to play the %'s like in poker. i want to force my opponent to be betting/calling when they have the lower % hand to win... fortunately there's no such thing as "all in" on a single point... so if i'm playing the right %'s consistently, over the entire match i should win
1. kick adwide
2. (if hit well) move near the baseline and look for a short fh... hit cc fh
3. (close the net, cover the dtl passing shot since hopefully i'm maing them hit an off balance running fh)... bh volley to the open court
4. (expect them to run down my volley, watch their balance and racquet face at contact), likely an overhead
in general if i'm "dictating" i'm limiting their high % responses to an single area of the court (eg. cc), and if i can get to my spot early, and solicit a short ball with the quality of my prev shot, i give myself even more time to hit a quality next ball. of course if they can come up with an incredible low % shot, and that's ok (idea is that over time they won't be able to execute over and over)
when i'm not dictating, i'm usually at the mercy of defending 2 or even 3 options, which over time is a hard % to beat
in general i want to play the %'s like in poker. i want to force my opponent to be betting/calling when they have the lower % hand to win... fortunately there's no such thing as "all in" on a single point... so if i'm playing the right %'s consistently, over the entire match i should win
