Basic Strategy: Consistent Play

The 4 Ways to achieve this strategy, as follows:

1. Keeping the ball in play anywhere on the court, to outlast the opponent.
2. Ability to hit all the shots towards one specific side of the court (e.g. opponent’s backhand) to breakdown this wing, and perhaps attack the other side later in the point.
3. Ability to move the opponent around the court to wear them out, without trying to hit winner shots.
4. Ability to constantly vary the shots (spin, pace, location, height, depth)

• Great footwork and great overall conditioning, to play long points.
• A lot of patients!!! Tolerance during long rallies The willingness to fight.
• Great concentration and persistence.
• Spin well development for control and variety as well.
• Good length on shots.
• Great defensive game.
• Pinpoint accuracy on cross court shots (high percentage shots)
• Solid down the middle return of serve.
• Spin serve well developed (both slice and topspin)
• Ability and awareness to execute drop shots.
• Ability to neutralize the opponent power.
• Ability to change the direction of the ball during rallies.