Your Plan A and Plan B

TeamOB

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What is your main gameplan? What do you do if it is not working?
My Plan A:
Take the ball early and move my opponent around. I can do this pretty effectively with my FH. I can hit rolling angles, deep heavy balls and flat DTL shots that can really get my opponent on the run. My BH isn't as effective, so the main plan off that side is to stay solid until I can get the ball back to my FH. If I really get my opponent on the run with a big FH or serve I close in to finish it off at the net.
Plan B:
There are 2 kinds of guys who can typically beat my Plan A: guys who hit very big and dictate play and guys who are very quick and get to everything. The first thing I try against both is rushing the net a lot. Big hitters sometimes suffer from lack of accuracy, so they can struggle on passing shots. Grinders can sometimes lack the power necessary to hit good passing shots.
Plan C:
If the big hitter or grinder can pass me consistently, I am in trouble. I typically back way up and start grinding. I hope that the big hitter will start making some mistakes or that I can use my stamina to outlast the grinder. I am typically not very successful if forced into Plan C.
What are your Plans A, B and C?
 
Plan A: Outgrind the opponent, avoid errors at all cost. Make him move and cover a lot of court with varyingly placed strokes close enough to sidelines. Hit heavy but loopy enough strokes so that consistency is good and so that I have enough time to move back to cover the next incoming stroke. Also hit occasional short slice and short flat forehands between the loopy strokes to keep the opponent guessing. And concentrate on passing shots, or lure the opponent to net a couple of times so that the opponent loses confidence to approach the net.

Plan B: Concentrate on the movement and the ball even more, so that errors are avoided. This makes sure that the match turns into the long grinding fest that I'm after. If the opponent can kill my loopy balls with flat FHs, hit a couple of short slices to draw errors from the hard hitter.
 
Plan A: Get first serve in and dictate point as best I can. Try not to overhit. Vary shots but try to move opponent to forehand side then attack backhand.

Plan B: If opponent is good and can absorb pace consistently start moving them front to back. Hit deep loopy topspin until you see opening then mix in drop or drives.

Else: Try not to pick up the free bagels or breadsticks on the way out.. :)
 
Plan A: Use heavy topspin cc backhand to angle opponent off the court, then hit backhand dtl into open space.

Plan B: Ballbash the backhand

Plan C: Ballbash the backhand harder
 
hey OP,

Your plan A is what I call pro style game in another thread.

Your assessment and plan B isn't necessary correct, imo. If you charge the net against a big hitter's shot, isn't that very difficult in the facts that big shots don't give you a lot of time to run up and set up, and inherently difficult to volley off blistering shots?

Anther thought I have is..if plan A is not working, maybe you're not doing it enough so increase its intensity and effectiveness? That's what I usually do but then the counter argument is I might be too arrogant to change. So, it comes down to ..it depends, no?
 
Plan A: 1st serve and volley. If I miss the 1st service, I play my usual game, spin spin spin forcing the opponent's error. Variate a little with a backhand slice.

Plan B: Opening angles

Plan C: MOON BALL! :twisted:
 
Kiteboard is 6' tall, 220lbs.
His bud he mentions, one of my main buds, is 6' tall and 225lbs.
HermanBauer, last I saw of him in '08, is 6'3" and 205lbs.
Zack, the No.1 4.5 for BTC, is 6'5" and 220.
 
LeeD said:
Kiteboard is 6' tall, 220lbs.
His bud he mentions, one of my main buds, is 6' tall and 225lbs.
HermanBauer, last I saw of him in '08, is 6'3" and 205lbs.
Zack, the No.1 4.5 for BTC, is 6'5" and 220.
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Yeah, and all at 3% bodyfat, eh, LeeD?
 
Plan A: Try and win a match playing well constructed points that I know I'm capable of in practice

Plan B: Plan A will inevitably fail so Plan B is to push and usually win somehow.
 
Plan A :
Place my serve (first and second) or ROS aggressively as well as possible so that I get a weak return that I can attack with an accurate placement which opens up one side of the court.

Plan B:
Get the ball back deep in the court. Wait for the short ball. Attack with an accurate placement that opens up one side of the court.

Of course, most of the time I don't have the discipline or stamina to do that so I end up playing a Blake/Sharapova type plan which goes something like this, I believe :

Plan A : Hit as hard as I can because it's more fun.

Plan B : Hit even harder if possible because whacking the ball and losing is much more fun than playing safe and still losing anyway.
 
Plan A: exploit their BH (I am lefty and have a dependable BH myself)

Plan B: be unpredictable (e.g. slides everything, then suddenly hit superhard) + angles & placement.

Plan C: just frustrate them by pushing everything + moonball.
 
Plan A: Shock and Awe - hit big serves and returns, to set up a 1-2 punch winner.

Plan B: Heavy topspin shots to work the angles.

Plan C: Aim loopy topspin shots and sidespin slices deep down the middle to keep the opponent from attacking successully, and wait for a REALLY easy sitter or an opponent UE.
 
GoudX said:
Plan A: Shock and Awe - hit big serves and returns, to set up a 1-2 punch winner.

Plan B: Heavy topspin shots to work the angles.

Plan C: Aim loopy topspin shots and sidespin slices deep down the middle to keep the opponent from attacking successully, and wait for a REALLY easy sitter or an opponent UE.
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Hmm, that's a refined version of what I'm doing, except that I don't use so much topspin, nor slices.
 
Plan A: Big serve, big forehand. I want to hit as few backhands as possible and hurt the opponent whenever I get a look at a forehand.

Plan B: If that doesn't work, then I will throw in some serve and volley, chip and charge, anything to get them out of a rhythm and put pressure on him.

Plan C: If he can handle my serve and forehand and has good passing shots, I'm screwed.
 
winstonlim8 said:
Plan A :
Place my serve (first and second) or ROS aggressively as well as possible so that I get a weak return that I can attack with an accurate placement which opens up one side of the court.

Plan B:
Get the ball back deep in the court. Wait for the short ball. Attack with an accurate placement that opens up one side of the court.

Of course, most of the time I don't have the discipline or stamina to do that so I end up playing a Blake/Sharapova type plan which goes something like this, I believe :

Plan A : Hit as hard as I can because it's more fun.

Plan B : Hit even harder if possible because whacking the ball and losing is much more fun than playing safe and still losing anyway.
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LOL, that's me. Plan A: dictate points, Plan B: dictate points, Plan C: shake hands and say well played.
 
TeamOB said:
What is your main gameplan? What do you do if it is not working?
My Plan A:
Take the ball early and move my opponent around. I can do this pretty effectively with my FH. I can hit rolling angles, deep heavy balls and flat DTL shots that can really get my opponent on the run. My BH isn't as effective, so the main plan off that side is to stay solid until I can get the ball back to my FH. If I really get my opponent on the run with a big FH or serve I close in to finish it off at the net.
Plan B:
There are 2 kinds of guys who can typically beat my Plan A: guys who hit very big and dictate play and guys who are very quick and get to everything. The first thing I try against both is rushing the net a lot. Big hitters sometimes suffer from lack of accuracy, so they can struggle on passing shots. Grinders can sometimes lack the power necessary to hit good passing shots.
Plan C:
If the big hitter or grinder can pass me consistently, I am in trouble. I typically back way up and start grinding. I hope that the big hitter will start making some mistakes or that I can use my stamina to outlast the grinder. I am typically not very successful if forced into Plan C.
What are your Plans A, B and C?
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Imo your game plan is far beyond what most put into it and I like that. Unless you just can't hit at all, I expect you are a pretty good player to have the realizations you do on using the court. Not saying it was brain surgery, but well above avg plans.

Serving game....I look to make a lot of 1st serves and try to be sure to rtn lots of 1st serves in play (usually right back at them) I look to attack second serve rtns to the Bh, which sets up the attack to the Fh at the right time.

Rallys I try to hit balls near the Smart Targets (deeper cone like the one PowerPlayer had in his thread) and get them on the move with biting topspin angle that tends to kick up a bit off the bounce. While working that, I'll usually get an error or mid ct ball for a Fh attack to open court or a low Bh I can slice/skid to open court to set up the volley.

I'd say my plan B would be to stay with plan A, but just look to focus on different parts of it, like more slices or more high rollers to the Bh. Maybe use a little more emphasis on counter punching in plan B, where plan a is more aggressive counter punching.
 
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