TACTICAL PRINCIPLES/SKILLS

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• SCORE system

  • S – Strike First (emphasis on Serve Return, 1st shots , instant initiative)

  • C – Controlled Aggression, Consistency (emphasis on top spin, margins, pressure within the limits of own performance)

  • O – Open the court (emphasis on finding first opportunity to stretch opponent on the run)

  • R – Run, Retrieve, Recover (emphasis on response to opponent Opening, effort to stay neutral, neutralizing and counterattacking)

  • E – Enter the court, End at the net (emphasis on always looking to take balls inside the court and moving forward

• Tennis is a pressure game – sources of pressure

  • consistency, hitting more balls then opponent is physically, mentally prepared for

  • depth

  • ball movement resulting in opponent’s movement (placement, accuracy)

  • taking time away (taking balls early on the rise, taking balls in the air, more speed in the strokes)

  • playing outside opponent’s comfort zone

  • applying variety in the point - utilization of different shots within technical capacity of the player

  • changing rhythm and tempo of play